Email Author Olivia Flores Alvarez

2013 Stories by Olivia Flores Alvarez

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  The Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Pam Ann: Cockpit!, the Houston Press BrewFest 2013 and More

  published May 17, 2013

  Thankfully ameliorating the perils of modern flight with her Mad Men-era attendant's cap and saber-sharp punch lines, that gorgeous standup stew from Australia jets back into Houston this Friday with ... More >>

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  The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Tiny Art Galleries

  published May 16, 2013

  Everything's actually not bigger in Texas, at least not when it comes to art galleries. Houston's the fourth largest city in the country (you know we have to say that every chance we get), and home ... More >>

• 100 Creatives 2013: Outspoken Bean, Performance Poet

  published May 15, 2013

  Emanuelee "Outspoken" Bean understands that being a Slam poet isn't for everyone. The process involves performing original work not only for a live audience, but also for a panel of randomly chosen ju... More >>

• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Cloud Atlas, Two Classic Westerns and a Warning

  published May 14, 2013

  Tom Hanks and Halle Berry star in the sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas. Our sister paper the Village Voice named Cloud Atlas one of the worst movies of 2012. Film critic Roger Ebert named it one of the best... More >>

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  Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Chinglish, Philip Glass's Dracula, Art Car Parade and More

  published May 10, 2013

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• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Starlet and Shane Carruth's Upstream Color

  published May 07, 2013

  Two actors make surprising film debuts in Starlet, winner of a special jury prize at SXSW. Dree Hemingway (yes, one of those Hemingways) is Jane, a 21-year-old porn film worker surrounded by a host of... More >>

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  Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Latin Wave 8, Chris Tucker and More

  published May 03, 2013

  We admit that Juan of the Dead is among our favorite films being screened on Friday as part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Latin Wave 8 film festival. The political satire that director Alejand... More >>

• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Three New Releases We Absolutely Refuse to Watch

  published Apr 30, 2013

  We love movies. Love, love, love them. We eagerly watch everything from the newest international releases to the best of classic cinema, torture porn to the whimsical fantasies, blow-everybody-up acti... More >>

• Top Four Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Anjelah Johnson, The Elephant Man, It Was 20 Years Ago Today, and Henry V Closes

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Much of comedian Anjelah Johnson's stand-up is based on ongoing characters. In town for a weekend stint, including Friday, Johnson is sure to pull out Tammy, the noisy Vietnamese manicurist with a hea... More >>

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  The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 College Campus Buildings

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Every year hundreds of parents and prospective students tour Houston's many college campuses. Along with football team stats, the average class size and the cost of tuition, the campus ambience is alw... More >>

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  Anjelah Johnson: "Pretty Don't Sell Funny Tickets"

  published Apr 25, 2013

  When it came time for comedian/actor Anjelah Johnson to tape her comedy special, the San Jose native came to Houston to do it. Her reasonr Houston has always treated her like a hometown girl and Johns... More >>

• 100 Creatives 2013: Justin Garcia, Artist

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Artist Justin Garcia explores every aspect of his art, from its message to the way the human eye sees colors he uses. "Color is a viewable energy, if you will, that the eye can see. When you think ab... More >>

• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Pierre Etaix, Any Day Now, Richard III and Pawn

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Legal woes kept French director/actor Pierre Etaix's cache of comedies from being seen for years but happily those issues have been settled and Etaix's complete works are being released in a box set b... More >>

• Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: one step promenade, please, Voyager, Houston Improv Festival, Outspoken Bean, and Tristan and Isolde

  published Apr 19, 2013

  Hope Stone Dance Company Artistic Director Jane Weiner has enthusiastically worked to bring contemporary dance to a wide audience. Her latest endeavor, one-step promenade, please, running Friday and ... More >>

• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Dragon, A Monster in Paris and Escapee

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Seems we've been deluged with fight films lately and today's release is among our favorite lately. Action star Donnie Yen plays an unassuming peasant who just happens to be an expert fighter in hid... More >>

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  Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Bobby Lee, Shifting Spaces, Midtown Art in the Park and More

  published Apr 12, 2013

  Bobby Lee, our favorite queer Korean--American stand-up comedian who isn't Margaret Cho, hits Houston this week and is one of our picks for Friday. Proudly teasing on Twitter recently that he's "a koi... More >>

• New Museums We'd Like to See in Houston: Fashion, Texas Art, Sports, Criminal Justice and Politics

  published Apr 10, 2013

  We keep hearing that Houston has several world class museums (mostly from the directors of those museums). We don't disagree, but we do think we could use a few more museums; there are a couple of sub... More >>

• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: In Another Country, The Sorcerer & the White Snake and Woochi, The Demon Slayer

  published Apr 09, 2013

  All three of our DVD/Blu-ray releases this week have Asian directors and settings. In Another Country from South Korean director Hong Sang-soo examines relationships while The Sorcerer and the White S... More >>

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  Please Insert Public Art Here: The Washington Avenue Edition

  published Apr 09, 2013

  Houston has plenty of public art around the city. Some pieces, like Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk over at the Rothko Chapel, have become touchstones for the art community. Others, like Luis Jimene... More >>

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  Top 5 Things to Do in Houston this Weekend: Jo Koy, Lila Downs, Dollhouse, the Turkish Film Festival and Rigoletto

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Our choice for Friday comedian Jo Koy, who lives in California, doesn't mind earthquakes, but tornados, well, that's something else. Koy had just arrived at a Kentucky airport when one of the baggage ... More >>

• Going Rogue: Joshua Sasse and Leah Gibson Star in DirecTV's New Original Series

  published Apr 04, 2013

  DIRECTV's new limited original series, Rogue, premiered last night. The first of just nine episodes introduced audiences to several captivating characters. We should say captivating and beautiful char... More >>

• The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Performing and Visual Arts Venues

  published Apr 04, 2013

  Houston's performing and visual arts venues are among the most beautiful in the world. While theaters and museums have different purposes, both types of buildings usually have grand entrances, large a... More >>

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  Novelist Maya Banks is the Erotic Romance Queen of East Texas

  published Apr 04, 2013

  The Gulf Coast novelist known by the pen name Maya Banks keeps her real identity secret. In fact, while we know she lives in a small town somewhere in East Texas, during our conversation, she deftly a... More >>

• Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Hemingway & Gellhorn and Unfinished Spaces

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Both Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen got Golden Globe nominations for their performances in Hemingway & Gellhorn. Neither won and it's easy to see why; while each turns in a decent performance (Kidman do... More >>

• Houston Actor Chandler Canterbury Stars in Stephenie Meyer's The Host

  published Mar 29, 2013

  According to young Houston actor Chandler Canterbury, getting the role of Jamie in the sci fi flick The Host wasn't all that difficult. "I sent a tape to the casting director. The casting director sen... More >>