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2012 Stories by Steve Jansen

• Texans Figure Heavily on Northern Lights, One of the (So Far) Best Albums of 2012

  published Feb 22, 2012

  ​If it was in question before, Ola Gjeilo is now officially a rising star, thanks to the release of the album Northern Lights: Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo. Over the past few years, the 33-year- More >>

• Historic UH Chicano Mural Could Be Destroyed

  published Feb 21, 2012

  ​Since 1973, Cesar Chavez, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata have had steady presences at the University of Houston. That's when Vietnam War veterans and then UH students Ruben Angel Reyna and Ma More >>

• Concerned Legends of KTSU Publish Final Manifesto, Demand Donna Franklin's Immediate Resignation

  published Feb 16, 2012

  ​In its first manifesto since our feature story about KTSU "The Choice" FM 90.9, the Concerned Legends of KTSU are apparently saying "peace out" for now...but not before lobbing strong words at More >>

• Top 5 College Football Drug Scandals: An Ode to TCU

  published Feb 16, 2012

  ​Yesterday, 17 Texas Christian University students were arrested by Fort Worth authorities following a six-month drug sting. Four TCU football players -- including Tanner Brock, one of the team' More >>

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  Glenn Weiss, After Three Months, Quits as Art League's Executive Director

  published Feb 15, 2012

  ​Glenn Weiss, who Art Attack interviewed during his first day on the job, has resigned as Art League Houston's executive director. Weiss had replaced former executive director Vanessa Perez McCa More >>

• East End to Get Artsy Bus Shelters and Rubbish Bins

  published Feb 14, 2012

  ​The East End revival continues. This time with a "dream team of famous public works artists" who will transform the area with out-of-the-box benches and trash cans. The Greater East End Distr More >>

• Laura Lark's "The Liveable Forest" Opens This Weekend at Devin Borden Gallery

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​When Art Attack contacted Laura Lark for a phone interview, she answered the call with one hand while holding a 2012 calendar full of images of hamsters in the other. This is completely fittin More >>

• Marlana Doyle Becomes the New Artistic Director of The Met

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​Marlana Doyle, the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company's just-christened artistic director, should be a recognizable face to anyone familiar with the professional dance outfit. In 2001, Doyle More >>

• Vienna Boys' Choir: Guarantee You Weren't This Productive When You Were 13 Years Old

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​He's only 13, but Edis Levent is basically a rock star in classical music. Raised in New York City, Edis is the only American soloist in the Vienna Boys' Choir, known as one of the best singin More >>

• Nathan Carter's Faux Cityscape at Window Into Houston

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​In a way, it makes sense that Art Attack's phone interview with Nathan Carter took place while the New York City-based artist was holed up in a Chicago airport awaiting the departure of a re-ro More >>

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  Dekaney High Riots: Tardy Students Start Fire Inside of the School Gym

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​On Sunday night, Leticia Miranda received an e-mail from the staff at Andy Dekaney High School, which has been beset with violence that includes all-out riots. "It said they aren't allowing ho More >>

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  5 Examples Why National Signing Day Is Overhyped Lameness

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​There's the hat trick, where Mr. College Football Recruit (who often turns out to be a bust) tries to do the fake-out thing with which hat he'll put on his dome; the flip-flopper who can't make More >>

• Nigerian Child Witch Hunter Visiting Houston for "Marathon Deliverance"...and Folks Are Pissed

  published Jan 27, 2012

  ​Former steamrolling NFL running back Christian Okoye isn't The Nigerian Nightmare, according to folks like Deana Holmes. Self-proclaimed witch hunter Helen Ukpabio is. "Not sure that we need t More >>

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  Another Nasty Fraternity Hazing Allegation in East Texas

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​In April 2010, Xavier Christopher Foster, a freshman at the historically black Jarvis Christian College in Hawkins, walked into a private apartment for a Kappa Alpha Psi pledge meeting. Inste More >>

• Former KTSU Advertiser Alleges Bait-and-Switch by Station Management

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​In 2010, event planner Sharon Johnson says that KTSU-FM 90.9 management sabotaged a trip she had put together for the 2010 New Orleans Jazz Festival. As a result, she may file a class-action su More >>

• Cover Story: The Winners of the 2012 MasterMind Awards Are...

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​A museum, a filmmaker and a pair of chefs -- profiled in this week's cover story -- are the winners of the 2012 Houston Press MasterMind Awards, which hook up cutting-edge organizations and ind More >>

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  MasterMinds 2012

  published January 26, 2012

  In its fourth year, the Houston Press MasterMind Awards process gathered in more of everything, as we continued to discover things about... More >>

• Jandek Performing "Strobe Light"-Heavy Concert at Big Star Bar

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​Brad Moore, owner of Big Star Bar and Grand Prize, was driving through Roswell, New Mexico when his cell phone blew up. "It was Jandek, I shit you not," says Moore about the experimental musi More >>

• Update: Richard Serra Is Good to Go at the Menil Starting March 1

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​Update: We've been informed that Richard Serra's site-specific installation will be up for the duration of the exhibit (through June 10). Richard Serra is pretty famous, but even art know-it- More >>

• Alvin Fielder Talks Free Jazz, Working for Tricky Dicky and About Dying A Few Times

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Alvin Fielder helped found the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in Chicago, worked for the Nixon Administration and spent much of his life running the family drug st More >>

• Alvin Fielder and Nameless Sound: A Profile on the 2012 "Resounding Vision Award" Winner

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Out of all of Alvin Fielder's accomplishments -- co-founding the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), contributing to free jazz and improv essentials, working for the N More >>

• 100 Creatives 2012: Sandy Ewen

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​Sandy Ewen, who grew up in Canada, eventually relocated with her family to Katy, where she attended high school. Shortly after the move, she began attending improvised music workshops taught by More >>

• Matmos Playing Houston for the First Time

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​Matmos, the Matador Records-signed electronic music duo that has done work for Bjork, has never performed in Houston. The person responsible for making the group's debut show in town happenr An More >>

• Ayman Harper Returns to Houston with Matmos

  published Jan 10, 2012

  ​Thanks to dancer Ayman Harper, Matmos will perform for the first time in Houston this weekend. All it took was for Harper to miss a concert by the popular Matador Records-signed electronic musi More >>

• “Dennis Harper: Born in the Bayou”

  published January 5, 2012

  Tilman Fertitta has some downtown competition. The latest Window Into Houston installation, “Dennis Harper: Born in the Bayou,”... More >>