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Issue: April 2, 2009
Page: 2
56 stories found - 21 through 40
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  1. Night & Day

    “Clay Across Texas: San Antonio”

    Web exclusive!

    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...

  2. 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...

  3. Night & Day

    Pocket Full of Soul Music: The Harmonica Documentary

    Web exclusive!

    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...

  4. Night & Day

    Craig Ferguson: Stand Up for Houston's Children

    Web exclusive!

    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...

  5. 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 —...

  6. Night & Day

    Meg Cabot

    Web exclusive!

    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...

  7. Night & Day

    InPrint/Methodist Hospital Studio Series

    Web exclusive!

    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...

  8. 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...

  9. Night & Day

    Chiara String Quartet

    Web exclusive!

    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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. 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...

Issue: April 2, 2009
Page: 2
56 stories found - 21 through 40
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