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Issue: February 26, 2009
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  1. Feature

    Guantánamo's Final Days

    As America prepares to close the infamous camp, what about those prisoners?

    By Tim Elfrink and Jesse Hyde
    Published: February 26, 2009

    The soldiers move through the wheat field, scanning the windswept plain for signs of trouble. There are six of them, dressed in fatigues and body armor, wearing the sunglasses...

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    5th Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities Film Festival

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    We’re willing to forgive the 5th Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities Film Festival and Seminar its long moniker. After all, the festival is tasked with...

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    1968 with Tom Brokaw

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Port Arthur is known for two things — Janis Joplin and the Museum of the Gulf Coast. Joplin got the hell out of Port Arthur as soon as she could; the museum has decided...

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    The Edge Hip Hop Festival

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Second place isn’t so bad when it’s second place in the whole frigging country, so forgive us if we don’t bother feeling sorry for the dancers of the So Real...

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    Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

    Everybody’s a cowboy this week

    By Bob Ruggiero
    Published: February 26, 2009

    It doesn’t matter if you’ve never lassoed a horse — pull on your boots and dust off your Stetson, because everyone’s a cowboy or cowgirl during the Houston...

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    Music by Living American/Houston Composers

    Enjoy new works by Paul English, Reynaldo Ochoa, Arthur Gottschalk and others

    By Julia Ramey
    Published: February 26, 2009

    One of the greatest thrills for the serious music fan is to discover a new work, something that expands both your collection and your range as a listener. There are few better...

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    2nd Annual History Road Rally

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    If you wanted to see streets lined with bricks that were handmade by freed slaves, where would you go? Do you know that Houston has an island inside the 610 Loop? No? Well,...

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    Yigal Ozeri Art Exhibit

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri could easily sneak his hyperrealistic paintings into a photography exhibit. Most viewers wouldn’t notice any difference between what Ozeri does...

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    Massive Improv 24-Hour Show

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Massive Improv is out to prove that size — or at least length — really does matter as they attempt to set the world record for the longest continuous improvisational...

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    An Evening with Dick Gregory

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    We would say that activist/writer/comedian Dick Gregory is a chameleon, but he’s never been very good at blending into the background. Finding fame first as a comedian...

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    A Lesson Before Dying

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    It’s easy to see why Jefferson was convicted of murder in A Lesson Before Dying. His lawyer defended him by calling him “hardly more worthwhile than a hog,”...

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    “Perspectives 165”

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Teens do more at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston than just look at art — they exhibit art, too. The museum’s sixth exhibition of work by local teens,...

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    Joshua Beckman and Barbara Hamby

    Poison Pen Reading Series keeps drinks, literary events fresh

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Joshua Beckman stirs poetic craft with a modern sensibility. In true Poison Pen Reading fashion, his works, such as “Karate Chop of Love,” are sure to score with...

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    Deadbeat Club TV

    The local troupe of “registered sketch offenders” releases their first DVD

    By BLAKE WHITAKER
    Published: February 26, 2009

    The Deadbeat Club TV DVD premiere party celebrates the first release by a group of local comedians who decided to shape their own destinies. “This was mainly about taking...

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    22nd Annual ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Get up to speed at the 22nd Annual ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run. The 10K race and 5K fun run/walk is held just ahead of the Rodeo Parade, but there’s a costume contest before...

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    Junkyard Drive-In: Texas Oil on Film

    Aurora Picture Show re-creates watching movies from your car

    By D. L. Groover
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Watch a movie the way your grandparents did — from your car. At the screening of Junkyard Drive-In: Texas Oil on Film, Aurora Picture Show gives viewers a flashback to...

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    Eco-Friendly Wine

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Dan Forbes, a wine specialist for Whole Foods Market (is that a cool gig or what?) will lead you in a tasting of Eco-friendly Wines. He’ll quickly cover organic wine...

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    Tommy Davidson

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Comedian Tommy Davidson could have made a career of imitating Sammy Davis Jr. Good thing for us he didn’t. You know Davidson as the skinny little guy on In Living Color,...

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    “Genghis Khan”

    History’s bad boy goes on display

    By BOB RUGGERIO
    Published: February 26, 2009

    Talk about a guy with an image problem — even the PR geniuses of Mad Men couldn’t overcome Genghis Khan’s rep. Mostly because the name Genghis Khan immediately...

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    Katherine Center

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    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: February 26, 2009

    You get some idea of author Katherine Center’s outlook from the titles of her books: The Bright Side of Disaster and Everyone Is Beautiful. Of course, there has to be a...

Issue: February 26, 2009
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52 stories found - 1 through 20
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