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2012 Stories by Olivia Flores Alvarez

• Chasing Ice

  published June 14, 2012

  Environmental photographer James Balog didn't believe in global warming in 2005. Then he undertook an assignment for National Geographic... More >>

• Pierre Étaix: French Comedy Master

  published June 14, 2012

  After going years without being seen, works from one of France's most gifted filmmakers are back on the big screen at the Museum of Fine Arts,... More >>

• A Graf Farewell

  published June 14, 2012

  Acclaimed conductor Hans Graf makes his final appearance as music director of the Houston Symphony during today's A Graf Farewell concert.... More >>

• David Morrell: Murder as a Fine Art

  published June 14, 2012

  The action in David Morrell's Murder as a Fine Art might not be as explosive as his debut novel, First Blood (the genesis for the... More >>

• Taboo – Yardies

  published June 14, 2012

  Filmmaker Selena Blake introduces her documentary Taboo … Yardies, an exploration of homophobia in Jamaica, at a screening... More >>

• Wordsmyth: Autonomy

  published June 14, 2012

  Dr. Marlene Rampart has set a gargantuan task for herself: to prove that God does not exist. The Noble Prize-winning physicist is an open and... More >>

• Houston Ballet: Madam Butterfly

  published June 14, 2012

  Stanton Welch's internationally acclaimed Madame Butterfly gets a weekend run at Miller Outdoor Theatre by the Houston Ballet. The... More >>

• The Sound of Music Mother's Day Brunch Feast

  published June 14, 2012

  Show mom how much you love her at The Sound of Music Mother's Day Brunch Feast. Julie Andrews and a troupe of talented kids sing... More >>

• John Sandford: Silken Prey

  published June 14, 2012

  Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford comes to Houston to discuss and sign his latest novel,... More >>

• George Lopez: I’m Not Going to Lie

  published June 14, 2012

  Comedian/actor/author George Lopez has made a career out of telling lies. He's exaggerated, embellished and amplified his life experiences... More >>

• Dracula, the Music and the Film with Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble

  published June 14, 2012

  It's hard to improve on a classic, but Philip Glass does exactly that in Dracula, the Music and the Film. When it was released in... More >>

• Suzanne Rindell: The Other Typist

  published June 14, 2012

  Suzanne Rindell, who's done years of research about early 20th century American life in pursuit of a doctorate degree at Rice University,... More >>

• Katherine Center

  published June 14, 2012

  Houston author Katherine Center gives her characters plenty of second chances in The Lost Husband, her latest novel, which she's... More >>

• Folklore Mexicano featuring Leyenda Dance Company

  published June 14, 2012

  Let Leyenda Dance Company whisk you away to Mexico during today’s family-friendly Cinco de Mayo at Miller celebration. Along with... More >>

• Falstaff

  published June 14, 2012

  Baritone Guido LeBrón makes his debut as Verdi's most popular rotund, womanizing drunkard in Opera in the Heights' production of... More >>

• Latin Wave 8

  published June 14, 2012

  We're gonna go lowbrow and admit that Juan of the Dead is among our favorite films being screened as part of the Museum of Fine Arts,... More >>

• ''Emma Richardson Cherry: Houston's First Modern Artist''

  published June 14, 2012

  Art curator Randy Tibbits is on a mission: to give late Texas painter Emma Richardson Cherry the attention she deserves. ''We're trying to have... More >>

• ''International Discoveries IV''

  published June 14, 2012

  Work by more than a dozen photographers from Argentina, Denmark, Korea, France and Russia makes up ''International Discoveries IV,'' the... More >>

• Night of the Iguana

  published June 14, 2012

  Tennessee Williams's The Night of the Iguana has been called the ''last masterpiece by one of America's greatest and most powerful... More >>

• Paradise Misplaced: An Evening of Two New One Act Plays

  published June 14, 2012

  Playwright/director Elizabeth A.M. Keel drew her inspiration for Paradise Misplaced: An Evening of Two New One Act Plays from real life.... More >>

• First Friday Poetry Reading: Norma Koontz

  published June 14, 2012

  No matter how she tried, Norma Koontz, the guest artist at today’s First Friday Poetry Reading, couldn't completely avoid writing... More >>

• ¡Ritmo Latino! featuring Spanish Harlem Orchestra

  published June 14, 2012

  It's a mistake to call Spanish Harlem Orchestra's music Latin jazz. Led by pianist, arranger and producer Oscar Hernández, SHO... More >>

• Augusten Burroughs

  published June 14, 2012

  Augusten Burroughs has a one-step self-help plan that should work for anybody in any situation: Be honest with yourself. Burroughs is in... More >>

• Henry V

  published June 14, 2012

  After last season's triumphant Richard III, fans have been eagerly awaiting the next production by the Prague Shakespeare Company, and here... More >>

• C. C. Hunter: Chosen at Nightfall

  published June 14, 2012

  Spring, Texas-based author C.C. Hunter (her real name is Christie Craig) signs and discusses her latest supernatural release, Chosen at... More >>