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2012 Stories by Olivia Flores Alvarez

• Taylor Stevens: The Doll

  published June 14, 2012

  Vanessa Michael, the woman at the center of Taylor Stevens's new mystery novel The Doll, is unique. Raised by missionaries in Africa, she learned... More >>

• Journey with the Masters

  published June 14, 2012

  The Houston Ballet's latest repertory program, Journey with the Masters, includes works from three acclaimed choreographers; there's the... More >>

• Jazz on Film: Paris Blues

  published June 14, 2012

  Local film curator Peter Lucas has put together Jazz on Film, a month-long series of both famous and little-known movies that examine jazz. One of... More >>

• UpStage Theatre: Wait Until Dark

  published June 14, 2012

  David Hymel directs UpStage Theatre's Wait Until Dark. Frederick Knott's thrilling drama is set in a cramped New York apartment in... More >>

• Joy Preble: The Sweet Dead Life

  published June 14, 2012

  Texas-based author Joy Preble signs and discusses her newest young-adult title, The Sweet Dead Life. The paranormal story follows... More >>

• Ridley Pearson: Choke Point

  published June 14, 2012

  Author Ridley Pearson has quite a twisted plot for his latest release, Choke Point. Investigators John Knox and Grace Chu have been... More >>

• Jeffery Deaver: The Kill Room

  published June 14, 2012

  Best-selling author Jeffery Deaver keeps the surprises coming up to the very last page of his newest Lincoln Rhyme thriller, The Kill... More >>

• Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow: Bernie

  published June 14, 2012

  Shirley MacLaine, Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey take Texas eccentricity just about as far as it can go in Bernie, part of the... More >>

• Warrior Class

  published June 14, 2012

  The latest offering from the Alley Theatre's New Play Initiative, Warrior Class by Kenneth Lin, makes its way to the stage. Alley... More >>

• B.L.K. Gurls ~n~ W.H.T. Boiz: Singin' 'bout Gawd!

  published June 14, 2012

  Choreographer jhon r. stronks is joined by former student Jasmine Hearn for B.L.K. Gurls ~n~ W.H.T. Boiz: Singin' 'bout Gawd!, an... More >>

• An Evening with Cesar Millan: Dog Whisperer

  published June 14, 2012

  Learn how you can become the leader of your pack at today’s An Evening with Cesar Millan: Dog Whisperer. Star of a hit television... More >>

• ''Book Illustration Exhibition by Igor Karash and Vladimir Zimakov''

  published June 14, 2012

  The Russian Cultural Center Our Texas presents a different sort of art exhibit with ''Book Illustration Exhibition by Igor Karash and Vladimir... More >>

• Walter Mosley: Little Green

  published June 14, 2012

  Life isn't so easy for Easy Rawlins. The private investigator was almost killed in his last outing (Blonde Faith), and now he's tasked with... More >>

• Little Fugitive

  published June 14, 2012

  See the movie that François Truffaut claims paved the path for the French New Wave movement when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston screens... More >>

• Chinglish

  published June 14, 2012

  Lots of folks in Houston don't find anything funny about the Enron scandal; Tony Award® winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang,... More >>

• Pink Martini

  published June 14, 2012

  The band Pink Martini has a reputation for being wild, jazzy and hip. When it takes the stage with the Houston Symphony, the group will be... More >>

• Psophonia: Taking Flight

  published June 14, 2012

  Like most people, Psophonia Dance Company co-founder and choreographer Sophia Torres sometimes dreams of flying through the air (à la... More >>

• Dance Source Houston Barn Raising

  published June 14, 2012

  Dance Source Houston's taking over Barnevelder Theatre as its new base of operations. To break in the new digs, DSH's presenting Dance Source... More >>

• 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 >>