Email Author Olivia Flores Alvarez

2010 Stories by Olivia Flores Alvarez

• "Grandalism: Pilot (FX)"

  published November 18, 2010

  GONZO247 started things off, but now it's Pilot (FX)'s turn to show off his latest large-scale works in "Grandalism." (If you're wondering... More >>

• To Cross the Face of the Moon/Cruzar la Cara de la Luna

  published November 11, 2010

  Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte had been working for five years as a chorus member for Houston Grand Opera when, last summer, without any warning,... More >>

• I Can Move Small Objects with My Mind

  published November 11, 2010

  Suchu Dance is adding two new works to its repertoire this season and you can be among the first to see them at rep program I Can Move Small... More >>

• Isabella Rossellini

  published November 11, 2010

  If you feel the earth move this week, it's just the planet reacting to Isabella Rossellini's white-hot star power. The... More >>

• An Evening with Isabella Rossellini

  published November 11, 2010

  Enjoy "An Evening with Isabella Rossellini," at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where she'll receive the festival's first Levantine... More >>

• Brent Green: Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then

  published November 11, 2010

  Brent Green's feature film Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is a 70-minute film based on the life of the eccentric figure Leonard... More >>

• Gulf Coast Reading Series

  published November 11, 2010

  Nicole Walker, one of three writers reading at today's installment of the Gulf Coast Reading Series, looks like a bright, cheerful young... More >>

• "Richard Martinez: NEW"

  published November 11, 2010

  One of the joys of being a gallery owner, says Linda Darke, is the opportunity to introduce new artists to Houston. San Antonio-based Richard... More >>

• Kathryn Casey: The Killing Storm

  published November 11, 2010

  Writing novels about brutal crimes and evil murderers doesn’t bother Houston author Kathryn Casey, who spent 20 years writing true... More >>

• "Charlie Hardwick: What I See"

  published November 11, 2010

  Artist Charlie Hardwick, more commonly known as Uncle Charlie, is visually impaired, which often prompts fans to ask him, "Exactly how blind are... More >>

• Cirque du Soleil: Alegría

  published November 11, 2010

  Cirque du Soleil sweeps through Houston this weekend with Alegría. The show has thrilled millions around the world with its... More >>

• Dennis Lehane: Moonlight Mile

  published November 4, 2010

  Some mistakes do come back to haunt us. And it's hell when they do. In Dennis Lehane's new thriller, Moonlight Mile, private... More >>

• "Present Fugitive: New Work by Ruth Pastine"

  published November 4, 2010

  Gallery owner Sonja Roesch is very emphatic when she says, "These paintings are not monochromatic; they are near monochromatic, but there... More >>

• 13th Annual Polish Film Festival

  published November 4, 2010

  You can still catch several screenings at the 13th Annual Polish Film Festival. On Thursday, it's director Juliusz Machulski's 2010 release... More >>

• 'night Mother

  published November 4, 2010

  Jimmy G. Mai, artistic director of the Midnight Theater company, isn't afraid of taking audiences to a place of hopelessness in 'night... More >>

• Impulse Artist Series: The Alter-Ego Season

  published November 4, 2010

  Think all classical musicians are old and dusty, playing sonatas in symphony halls somewhere? You haven't met the musicians slated for this year's... More >>

• Eve Ensler's The Good Body

  published November 4, 2010

  Playwright Eve Ensler's The Good Body focuses on a different part of the body than The Vagina Monologues did; this time it's... More >>

• Selkie, A Sea Tale

  published November 4, 2010

  The bittersweet love story of Selkie, A Sea Tale is based on Irish folklore about mythical creatures. To come on land they shed... More >>

• "Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art"

  published October 28, 2010

  In just ten short years, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Latin American art department has gone from thin to robust. "Cosmopolitan Routes:... More >>

• Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil

  published October 28, 2010

  John and Dominique de Menil were forced to leave Nazi-occupied Paris after John helped the Resistance forces there. When they came to the United... More >>

• Richard Leakey: Why Our Origins Matter

  published October 28, 2010

  More than 1.5 million years ago, a pre-teen boy lived and died in Kenya. Twenty-six years ago, famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey... More >>

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  published October 28, 2010

  You'll want to steer clear of Mrs. Lovett's meat pies during Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, but don't let her... More >>

• "B-Sides: A Dialogue with Contemporary Photography"

  published October 28, 2010

  New York-based photographer and videographer Richard Mosse is well known for his work in dangerous, war-torn areas such as the Congo, Afghanistan... More >>

• "Astroworld 1968"

  published October 28, 2010

  When AstroWorld was being built in the late 1960s, company execs commissioned a scaled model of the park, and Ed Henderson was the man for the... More >>

• Halloween Cemetery Safari

  published October 28, 2010

  Wanna see ghosts? Take a ghost tour. Wanna see some of Houston's dead history? Take the Halloween Cemetery Safari with guide Gary White.... More >>