Email Author PAULA BELTRÁN

2010 Stories by PAULA BELTRÁN

• Day of the Dead Festival: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future

  published October 14, 2010

  MECA's Day of the Dead Festival: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future kicks off on Friday night with a calavera (skeleton)... More >>

• Ang Lee Film Series

  published October 14, 2010

  Before Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, there was The Wedding Banquet. The Ang Lee Film Series, presented by the University of... More >>

• Festival of New Spanish Films

  published October 14, 2010

  If the only Spanish filmmaker you know about is Pedro Almodóvar, check out this week's Festival of New Spanish Films. You'll... More >>

• Carlos Fuentes

  published October 7, 2010

  Famed Mexican author Carlos Fuentes believes that "in a novel, no one owns the truth." For more than five decades, the world-renowned... More >>

• Ira Glass

  published October 7, 2010

  Writer/broadcaster Ira Glass knows he faces an intimidating task every time he steps onstage for a live performance. "The novelty of seeing... More >>

• “The Anatomy Lesson”

  published September 30, 2010

  The collaborative exhibition “The Anatomy Lesson” is the work of husband-and-wife team Bret Harmeyer and Rachel Harmeyer. The... More >>

• Juarez: A Killing Field

  published September 30, 2010

  With the series Juarez: a Killing Field, the Rothko Chapel explores the ongoing violence in the city just south of El Paso that has... More >>

• Fatima Bhutto

  published September 30, 2010

  Author and journalist Fatima Bhutto’s family history is inextricably bound up with Pakistan’s political past. Her grandfather... More >>

• “Let’s Light Up: Alex Rosa and Armita Pebdani”

  published September 30, 2010

  For the exhibit “Let’s Light Up: Alexandre Rosa and Armita Pebdani,” Apama Mackey asked the artists to present images of... More >>

• Saint Arnold’s Oktoberfest 2010

  published September 30, 2010

  Saint Arnold’s Oktoberfest 2010 is here, and the folks from the local brewery are ready to tap a cask or two of what Saint Arnold... More >>

• Ameriville

  published September 30, 2010

  In Ameriville, New York-based theater group Universes uses an eclectic fusion of poetry, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down-home blues... More >>

• Central Market’s Beer & Chocolate Pairing

  published September 30, 2010

  The folks over at Central Market cooking school have come up with a class that’s sure to make students extremely happy — if not a little... More >>

• Asian Film Festival

  published September 30, 2010

  The films for this year’s Asian Film Festival hail from South Korea, Japan and India. The festival kicks off on Friday with two... More >>

• Great Taste of the Gulf

  published September 23, 2010

  Some 1,500 hungry folks are expected at the "Great Taste of the Gulf," so you may want to get there early. The big draw is the chance to... More >>

• Anousheh Ansari

  published September 23, 2010

  The book My Dreams of Stars: from Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer is the story of how Anousheh Ansari reached her dream of flying... More >>

• Scream World 2010

  published September 23, 2010

  When was the last time you were so scared you almost peed your pants? Well, get ready to let go again - ScreamWorld’s season of... More >>

• "Grandalism"

  published September 23, 2010

  When DiverseWorks' Diane Barber approached local street artist/curator Gonzo247 with an idea to showcase the latest in Houston's aerosol movement,... More >>

• Galveston Island Shrimp Festival

  published September 23, 2010

  Are you a lover of all things shrimp? Then head for the first Galveston Island Shrimp Festival. A hundred teams are participating in a... More >>

• Some Like It Hot

  published September 23, 2010

  It doesn't get much hotter than Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot. The fluff film about a couple of male musicians who go on the... More >>

• 2nd Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston

  published September 16, 2010

  Sutapa Ghosh, founder of Houston's own Indian Film Festival, told us the idea for the first festival was inspired by the success of Slumdog... More >>

• Anthony Bourdain

  published September 16, 2010

  Anthony Bourdain, the tattooed, foulmouthed, wine-juggling host of the television show No Reservations, says he's amazed that ten... More >>

• Amy Tan

  published September 16, 2010

  Luck has had very little to do with the continued success of Amy Tan. She first came to mainstream audiences with The Joy Luck Club,... More >>

• Come As You Are: HOUSTON!

  published September 16, 2010

  In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots (the Rosa Parks moment of the GLBT civil rights struggle), Come As You Are:... More >>

• When I Knew: A Staged Reading

  published September 16, 2010

  You walk into the exhibition "Because We Are" and stand in awe of a seven-foot-tall sculpture of a man built from 300 empty bottles of HIV meds.... More >>

• Graphic Novel Day

  published September 16, 2010

  Do you have a story to tell? Maybe have the beginnings of a comic book or graphic novel sitting in a drawer somewhere, but you don't know how to... More >>