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2012 Stories by Olivia Flores Alvarez

• One Kiss: The Music of Sigmund Romberg

  published May 3, 2012

  Music greats Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand and Bobby Darin all sang Sigmund Romberg’s songs. True, Romberg composed mainly for the... More >>

• ''Balancing Act''

  published February 2, 2012

  Kids will have a hard time keeping their feet under them at the new exhibit ''Balancing Act.'' There’s the Balance Bridge, a bridge... More >>

• Insight/Out Festival: Seven in the Third

  published May 17, 2012

  The folks behind the Insight/Out Festival are interested in the impact of art and performance on our interpretation of public spaces. “We... More >>

• DVDs & Blu-rays: Sherlock, Season Two

  published May 24, 2012

  We admit television series don't get much attention in this column, but this week's release of Sherlock, Season Two, is just too good to pass up. Benedict Cumberbatch is Sherlock, gifted as a detecti... More >>

• Free for All: The Emotional Life of a Spy, SK8 and Rock, and Memorial Day

  published May 24, 2012

  Alfred Hitchcock classic film The 39 Steps colors Houston artist Sasha Dela's installation The Emotional Life of a Spy, which opens on Friday. A collection of found objects and video, the work reflec... More >>

• Barber of Seville

  published May 17, 2012

  Figaro can’t help it — he causes madcap mayhem wherever he goes. In Houston Grand Opera’s The Barber of Seville,... More >>

• UCLA Festival of Preservation: Cry Danger

  published May 17, 2012

  Convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, Rocky (Dick Powell) finds himself suddenly set free after five years when a stranger comes forward... More >>

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  Fifty Shades of Grey -- The Houston Public Library's Dirty Dozen

  published May 22, 2012

  You're going to have a bit of a wait if you're hoping to check out a copy of the erotic best-seller Fifty Shades of Grey at the Houston Public Library. There are only 12 hard copies of the book, five ... More >>

• Wordsmyth 2012 Reading Series: Reading of Forgotten Kingdoms by Randy Baker

  published May 10, 2012

  It’s a question of faith in Randy Baker’s Forgotten Kingdoms, which is getting a staged reading as part of the Wordsmyth... More >>

• 2nd Annual Haute Wheels of Houston — The Food Truck Festival

  published May 10, 2012

  We don’t know about you, but for us, there’s something especially fun about food on a stick. The 2nd Annual Haute Wheels of Houston... More >>

• Free for All: J.R. Helton, Barber of Seville and the Insight/Out Festival

  published May 17, 2012

  J. R. Helton appears at Brazos Bookstore on Friday to discuss and sign his latest novel, Drugs. When it comes to making art about drugs, there is one crucial factor that divides the truly great works ... More >>

• ''Bridge 11: Lia Cook''

  published May 10, 2012

  You’ll be asking yourself, “Is it a photograph or is it a tapestry?” at the exhibit “Bridge 11: Lia Cook.”... More >>

• ''Transference: Andy Paiko & Ethan Rose''

  published March 15, 2012

  Remember singing wine glasses? Performers would “play” the glasses by rubbing a wet fingertip around the lip of the glass and it would... More >>

• Wanda Sykes

  published May 10, 2012

  Comedian Wanda Sykes likes traveling for her job. She enjoys the fancy hotels, lavish meals and stretch limos a headliner like her gets... More >>

• 25th Annual Art Car Weekend

  published May 10, 2012

  Art hits the streets during the 25th Annual Houston Art Car Parade Weekend. Carol Simmons, a regular parade organizer, tells us, “It... More >>

• “Emily Link: TUMULUS”

  published April 19, 2012

  Death and resurrection are the themes in “TUMULUS,” the newest exhibit at the EMERGEncy Room Gallery at Rice University. (The... More >>

• Fire at ExxonMobil a Buzzkill for Lunch Crowd

  published May 16, 2012

  The lunch crowd at ExxonMobil got a surprise today when the food court and dining room had to be evacuated because of a fire in a lower level. Food-service workers say they were in the midst of prepar... More >>

• Homegrown Houston - 3G

  published May 10, 2012

  There are four good reasons to see Homegrown Houston — 3G. There are the three native Houston musicians who will be performing: Jewel... More >>

• Charlaine Harris: Deadlocked

  published May 10, 2012

  Sookie Stackhouse’s story is almost at its end; after the just-released Deadlocked, there’s just one more title before novelist... More >>

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  DVDs & Blu-rays: The Grey

  published May 15, 2012

  The Grey stars Liam Neeson and Dallas Roberts; Joe Carnahan directs, writes and produces. It was easy to like The Grey when it came out last January and its release now on DVD/Blu-ray is a bright sp... More >>

• Charlaine Harris: Saying Goodbye to Sookie

  published May 11, 2012

  Novelist Charlaine Harris is surprisingly unemotional when she discusses the upcoming end of her Sookie Stackhouse series of books. There are only two more titles planned in the Southern Gothic series... More >>

• ''Snail Mail''

  published January 26, 2012

  Over the years, the staff at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has received thousands of photos with notes scribbled on them. Some were just a few... More >>

• ''Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitsk''

  published February 9, 2012

  A major figure in 20th-century American art gets a retrospective in ''Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski,'' currently at the... More >>

• Stick ’Em Up

  published May 3, 2012

  When he was still filming his documentary Stick ’Em Up, someone asked director Alex “Pr!mo” Luster where... More >>

• Free for All: Charlaine Harris, the Art Car Parade and Giselle

  published May 10, 2012

  Novelist Charlaine Harris is about to pull the plug on Sookie Stackhouse and her friends in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Ater the just-released Deadlocked, there's only one more title in the series of books ... More >>