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2007 Stories by Olivia Flores Alvarez

• “Race & Class”

  published October 18, 2007

  When Chuy Benitez began work on his contribution to “Race & Class,” the latest group exhibit at Project Row Houses, the El Paso-born... More >>

• Radio Houstoned: Jennifer Egan and The Keep

  published Oct 12, 2007

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• Radio Houstoned: Silver Screams Film Festival

  published Oct 10, 2007

  Click here for a slideshow of art by Clive Barker. To listen to a podcast interview with Silver Screams Film Festival co-directors Jolene McMaster and Cynthia Neely and Houston Press Night & Day E... More >>

• Inprint Brown Reading Series

  published October 11, 2007

  Author Jennifer Egan isn’t afraid of a little complication, like, oh, say, a plot that is a story within a story within a story. It’s... More >>

• MFAH hosts an East German film festival

  published October 11, 2007

  University of Houston professor Sandra Friedan says there’s a funny thing about East German cinema — some of it is actually, well,... More >>

• Black Pearl Sings

  published October 11, 2007

  Black Pearl Sings by Frank Higgins makes its world premiere at Stages Repertory Theatre this week. The story follows Susannah, an ambitious... More >>

• Silver Screams Film Festival

  published October 11, 2007

  Cynthia Neely and Jolene McMaster like to sit in the dark — and scream! The co-directors of the Silver Screams Film Festival,... More >>

• for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

  published October 11, 2007

  It was a defining moment in African-American theater when Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when... More >>

• Walter Mosley

  published October 11, 2007

  New York Times best-selling crime novelist Walter Mosley will be at Murder by the Book for a lunchtime reading. The author of ten thrillers... More >>

• Radio Houstoned: James Swain and Midnight Rambler

  published Oct 09, 2007

  To hear a podcast with author James Swain and Houston Press Night & Day Editor Olivia Flores Alvarez, click the buttons below. James Swain's newest book Midnight Rambler focuses on abduct... More >>

• 11th Houston Grand Taiko Festival

  published September 27, 2007

  Taiko is the Japanese word for “drum,” so it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what will be at the 11th Annual Houston Grand... More >>

• Barber of Seville

  published September 27, 2007

  Does your ten-year-old hum Verdi? Does your toddler nap to Bach? Then you’ll love the Opera to Go! production of The Barber of... More >>

• Anthony Arnove

  published September 27, 2007

  Anthony Arnove doesn’t expect a knock-down-drag-out fight during his upcoming appearance at Rothko Chapel, but he does admit it might be a... More >>

• Manhattan Short Film Festival

  published September 27, 2007

  You’ll be part of an international jury at today’s Manhattan Short Film Festival. Houston is one of 99 cities around the world screening... More >>

• “Sounds of the Past: Phonographs, Radios, and Records”

  published September 27, 2007

  If you think the 8-track tape is an ancient form of recording sound, wait until you discover the cylinder. These small devices from the late 1800s... More >>

• 5th Annual Latino Book and Family Festival

  published September 27, 2007

  Univision anchorman Jorge Ramos set out to report news, not make it, but his bestselling books keep him in the headlines anyway. Ramos (think a... More >>

• “Treasures from Shanghai: 5,000 Years of Chinese Art and Culture”

  published September 13, 2007

  Okay, sports fans, here’s a pop quiz for you: Who invented soccer? The Mayans? The British? The Russians? Wrong! It was the Chinese (okay, it... More >>

• Aye, Here’s the Rub

  published September 13, 2007

  You have to admit, making William Shakespeare sound thrilling and sexy in the 21st century is no easy task. But somehow, -Jennifer Lee Carrell... More >>

• Blow-Up

  published September 13, 2007

  The latest film in the Homage to Antonioni series at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is 1966’s Blow-Up, a film many consider a... More >>

• Gloria Steinem

  published September 13, 2007

  “It was 30 years ago today.” Okay, that’s not exactly how the lyrics to “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” go,... More >>

• Poetic License

  published September 13, 2007

  The name “Brook Oliphant” doesn’t sound very romantic, but then again, compared to “Ordinary Joe,” it is a bit of an... More >>

• Pablo Montero

  published September 13, 2007

  Okay, any guy who has dated three — count them, three — Miss Universes has got to be extra-super-mega cool. Well, Pablo Montero is that.... More >>

• This is One We Actually Like ...

  published Sep 10, 2007

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• Weekend College in Review

  published Sep 10, 2007

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• Astros Recap

  published Sep 10, 2007

  The Astros suffered through another lost weekend, this time being swept by the NL East leading New York Mets. The Astros ended the month of August on a high-note by winning four of the last five game... More >>