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Mortgage Papers and Foreclosure
It's easy for a homeowner's payments to fall through the cracks.
By Craig Malisow
Published: April 2, 2009
At first, Nancy Perez thought it was a neighbor's house on fire. She and her two children were returning from dinner at Perez's parents' house on June 19, 2005. It was already...
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The Wizard of Oz
Surrender, Dorothy, while you still have a chance…oh, no, run, Toto, run…
By D.L. Groover
Published: April 2, 2009
If you think The Wizard of Oz is a little kid’s story, think again. Sure, there’s the pastel countryside and a sweet little girl who just wants to go home. But...
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Houston Children’s Festival
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By Bob Ruggiero
Published: April 2, 2009
Most elementary school-age kids aren’t quite ready for the sights, sounds and smells of the Westheimer Block Party (“Mommy, why is that man wearing a bra?”)....
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Here’s your chance to see Main Street Theater’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show is usually touring local schools, but it has a two-day home...
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The 23rd Annual Elissa Regatta Festival
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Take a tour of the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa, the centerpiece of the 23rd Annual Elissa Regatta Festival. The Houston Yacht Club and the Texas Seaport Museum joined forces to...
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The Convenient Woman
Learn to love yourself, whatever size and shape you are, with Teresa Chapman and Leslie Scates
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 2, 2009
It’s entertaining to watch the women of Real Housewives and Top Model. But less entertaining is the cold, hard fact that women are still confused and tormented by...
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Buy One Get Five Free
Life in a trashy trailer park, Texas-style
By Lee Williams
Published: April 2, 2009
Amy Lanasa is from the grand state of Texas, which seems to have served her well — the up-and-coming playwright garnered a Best Short Play award at the 2001 Kennedy...
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“First Annual Neopopstreetfunk Art Show”
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Exhibit co-organizer Kevin Sechelski admits that there really isn’t any funk art in the one-night-only “First Annual Neopopstreet - funk Art Show.” There’s...
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Vox Populi
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By Julia Ramey
Published: April 2, 2009
Even the most generous of souls might have a hard time signing a check for charity these days, but when you get live music, food and social interaction in return, as you will...
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Scarface
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By Bob Ruggiero
Published: April 2, 2009
When I was in college, we had a drinking game that got us all really loaded really quickly — we’d put on Scarface and take a slug of beer every time somebody said...
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The Grapes of Wrath
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
John Steinbeck’s famous novel The Grapes of Wrath gets the musical treatment in today’s Houston premiere of the show at The Edythe Bates Old Moores Opera Center....
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El Desvarío
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
See Gente de Teatro perform a Spanish-language reading of Chilean playwright Jorge Díaz’s comedy El Desvarío. There’s a 7:30 p.m. reading today...
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El Desvarío
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
You’ve got two chances to see Gente de Teatro perform a Spanish-language reading of Chilean playwright Jorge Díaz’s comedy El Desvarío. First...
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Dafnis Prieto
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
It’s been less than a decade since Latin jazz drummer Dafnis Prieto came on the international music scene. In that time, he’s won a Latin Grammy nomination for Best...
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Lonestar and Laundry & Bourbon
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Pandora Theatre mounts its first production in the newly remodeled Frenetic Theater with a pair of James McLure’s one-act plays. First, there’s Lonestar, which is...
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Working, the Musical
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Stephen Schwartz knows a thing or two about musicals. After all, he wrote some of the most popular ones ever to hit Broadway — Wicked, Pippin and Godspell. Still, when it...
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Short Films from Emily Hubley
Aurora Picture Show presents a woman, her issues and her award-winning shorts
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 2, 2009
Women’s issues get the big-screen treatment at today’s Short Films from Emily Hubley, when the Aurora Picture Show presents seven shorts from the award-winning...
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Wallflower
A shy girl blooms in the world premiere of Deborah Stein’s ode to YouTube
By Lee Williams
Published: April 2, 2009
The age of YouTube has turned shy girls into revolutionaries. That’s the premise behind Deborah Stein’s Wallflower, getting its world premiere today at Stages...
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ARchiTecture: College of Architecture Faculty Biennial 2009
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
The faculty members of Texas A&M’s Architecture program usually let their students take the spotlight, but for ARchiTecture: College of Architecture Faculty Biennial...
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David Brown: “20/40”
David Brown makes art with his iPhone
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 2, 2009
Apple Inc. ought to be paying David Brown for his “20/40” photography exhibit, since he shot all of the images in the exhibit with his iPhone. That’s not a big...
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