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Night & Day
“Clay Across Texas: San Antonio”
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 18 Hands Gallery is opening “Clay Across Texas: San Antonio,” an exhibit by three Alamo city artists. In press materials, Karen Cruce, co-curator...
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Night & Day
Speeding Motorcycle
Meet Joe Boxer (and be nice to him, please)
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: April 2, 2009
What better subject for a rock musical than a mentally ill, artistically singular songwriter? Speeding Motorcycle, the show originated by the now-defunct Infernal Bridegroom...
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Night & Day
Pocket Full of Soul Music: The Harmonica Documentary
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Get a sneak peek at Pocket Full of Soul Music: The Harmonica Documentary, the perfect blend of film and music. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. with a harmonica workshop led by...
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Night & Day
Craig Ferguson: Stand Up for Houston's Children
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Here’s something you probably didn’t know: Houston is reportedly the largest hub for child trafficking in the country. Shocked? Well, today’s your chance to do...
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Night & Day
Brent Fogt: “Silent Topographies”
Lawndale Art Center exhibits art by a guy who gets a-round
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 2, 2009
Tiny circles make up Brent Fogt’s “Silent -Topographies.” The artist uses the simple shapes to create ink drawings that resemble — among other things —...
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Night & Day
Meg Cabot
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Meet Meg Cabot, the woman behind The Princess Diaries, the 1-800-Where-R-You series and other classic teen titles, today when she reads from and signs her latest release, Best...
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Night & Day
InPrint/Methodist Hospital Studio Series
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By Julia Ramey
Published: April 2, 2009
Poetry nuts and prose-heads alike can find inspiration at tonight’s InPrint/Methodist Hospital Studio Series, which features two young, successful writers. Wunderkind...
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Night & Day
“Pioneers of Contemporary Glass”
Dale Chihuly blows
By Kelly Klaasmeyer
Published: April 2, 2009
Harvey Littleton is the guy who took glassmaking out of the factory and brought it into the studio — he’s considered the founder of the studio glass movement. And...
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Night & Day
Chiara String Quartet
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Most musicians who perform at the level of Chiara String Quartet prefer the sanctity of the concert halls, but this foursome is spending some of its time in Houston in...
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Hair Balls
Axman at the Houston Chronicle and Bank-Robbing Cops
Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM
Published: April 2, 2009
Spaced City Assessing the fallout from Chron layoffs It might seem like we harped on the recent round of layoffs at the Houston Chronicle just because we're journalists too...
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News
Searching for Hurricane Ike Victims
Some may never be found.
By Thomas Rundle
Published: April 2, 2009
The airboat's engine burned out while ferrying members of J.R. Santana's crew back to Bolivar. Since that flat-bottomed craft propelled by a giant fan was the only method...
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Letters
Layoffs at the Houston Chronicle
The Black-and-White Blues
Published: April 2, 2009
"The Former Chron Employees' List, So Far (Updated 5 pm Wednesday)," By Richard Connelly, Hair Balls blog, March 24 and 25, got more than 100 comments. Here's a...
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Music
Slim Thug Breaks a Four-Year Dry Spell on Sophomore LP Boss of All Bosses
Big boss man
By Shea Serrano
Published: April 2, 2009
Intimidation. Definition: To frighten into submission or compliance. Application: Sitting on Slim Thug's couch. It's a nice couch, really — one of those L-shaped...
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Noise
Playing Favorites
By Chris Gray
Published: April 2, 2009
About a week before SXSW, where he knew he would be on foot almost constantly, Noise did something that until recently would have been completely incomprehensible to him. He...
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Chatter
Kelly Hansen Joins "Hot Blooded" Rockers Foreigner
Head games
By Chris Gray
Published: April 2, 2009
Founded in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones (Spooky Tooth) and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald (King Crimson), UK/American hybrid Foreigner dominated FM radio throughout...
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Local Rotation
Spitten King: Gold Room EP
By Shea Serrano
Published: April 2, 2009
Houston's Scottie Spitten is a very talented, very creative MC. He flaunts a monochromatic yet sporadic flow, recognized most often by whichever of producer King Midas's soul...
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Rotation
Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
By Michael D. Ayers
Published: April 2, 2009
Smarty-pants Colin Meloy has yet once again topped his prior output, this time bringing his Portland group Decemberists to bear on a 17-song concept album. People will no doubt...
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Rotation
The Riverboat Gamblers: Underneath the Owl
By Pete Freedman
Published: April 2, 2009
It's been three years now since Spin named Austin-via-Denton punks the Riverboat Gamblers to its list of "25 bands to see live right now," but still, the band's penchant for...
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Rotation
New Found Glory: Not Without a Fight
By Doug Wallen
Published: April 2, 2009
The most pop by far of a whole generation of pop-punks, New Found Glory has been influential enough over the last dozen years to see mainstream radio stations now fairly packed...
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Playbill
Balaclavas, Future Blondes
By Craig Hlavaty
Published: April 2, 2009
We stayed alive and in one piece, albeit a broken piece, long enough to catch Balaclavas' SXSW showcase last month. What we saw floored us beyond words, as Tyler Morris and the...
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