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Cyberchondriacs
Generation DIY turns to self-diagnosing to save money.
By John Nova Lomax
Published: April 16, 2009
America's most popular doctor doesn't have terrible handwriting and doesn't make you cool your heels reading tattered copies of last fall's golf magazines. He doesn't abandon...
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Global Climate Change: In Search of the Science
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
“The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” Nobody listened to Chicken Little when she ran around giving dire predictions, but it might be smart to listen to...
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Evidence of Supernatural Design in Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
If you’ve been watching the news, you know that evolution and whether it should be taught in schools is a major topic of discussion these days. Get beyond the emotional...
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Houston Arts Alliance Showcase: Houston Poetry Slam Team and Young Houston Writers Teen Poetry Slam
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By Melanie Pang
Published: April 16, 2009
We only have three minutes to make the world a different place,” says Houston slam poet Trinity. She says it’s a poet’s job to deliver the best thing you’ve...
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Society for the Performing Arts: Ros Warby
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
Soldiers and swans have a lot more in common than we might think. They’re both brave, strong and, sometimes, afraid. Monumental, the piece Australian choreographer/dancer...
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The Right Distance
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
Spies and journalists share one rule: Never get too close to your subject. There aren’t any spies in the Italian film The Right Distance, but there is a journalist....
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“Human Nature — Collaborations VI: Food”
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
“I am covered with 30 types of pesticides (even after washed)” is written across a ripe, red apple in Olivia de Salve’s photograph Apple. Oh, yum. De Salve, one...
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Carrie
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
The original poster for Carrie back in 1976 said, “If you have a taste for terror…take Carrie to the prom.” We would change that to “…take Carrie...
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Jim Breuer
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By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 16, 2009
You might say it’s high time Jim Breuer settled down. The actor/comedian best known as Brian, the munchies-starved pothead from Dave Chappelle’s movie Half Baked, has...
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Media Archeology Festival: Liquid Light to the Laptop, the Evolution of Live Visuals
That East Coast/West Coast thing was happening long before rappers
By D.L. Groover
Published: April 16, 2009
The Aurora Picture Show pays weekend homage to those hazy nights of long ago with an audiovisual tribute to light shows during the Media Archeology Festival: Liquid Light to...
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7th Annual Houston Press Menu of Menus Extravaganza
The only thing you won’t be able to eat is the grass
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: April 16, 2009
The 7th Annual Houston Press Menu of Menus Extravaganza is food heaven. That may seem like a bold — and slightly sacrilegious — assertion, but the chance to sample...
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Beer Wars
Ben Stein leads a live world-premiere screening and discussion on American suds
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: April 16, 2009
Did you know that 80 percent of the beer made in the United States is now controlled by two companies — Anheuser-Busch InBev in Belgium and SABMiller in South Africa?...
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3rd Annual Midtown Art in the Park
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By Julia Ramey
Published: April 16, 2009
Expensive home improvements may not be trendy these days, but good taste is still in vogue. Those looking for bargain art should be pleased to see the range of wares offered at...
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Bob Biggerstaff
The Laff Stop welcomes one of Houston’s own to the headlining spot
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 16, 2009
Stand-up comic Bob Biggerstaff is a local favorite, so fans always look forward to his latest material. “I have a new mustache,” Biggerstaff says. “It’s...
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Kyle Mills
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
Ever wonder why, after all the millions of dollars in foreign aid that has been poured into -Africa, very little seems to have changed? Author Kyle Mills does, and his answer...
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Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
Fans of the mother-daughter writing duo Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark will get a double dose of suspense today when the pair sign and discuss their newest books....
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Christopher Titus
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
His mom was a schizophrenic — she killed one of her husbands and then committed suicide in prison. His dad (not the dead guy) was an alcoholic and thought letting his...
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Stefan Merril Block
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
Stefan Merril Block’s debut novel The Story of Forgetting intertwines the lives of two Texans, a teenager in Austin and an aged recluse in Dallas. The two have never met,...
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InPrint: Bill Bryson
The author of I’m a Stranger Here Myself pays a visit to Houston
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 16, 2009
Nonfiction author Bill Bryson is an American, but he’s lived in England so long, the Brits named him an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order (kinda sounds like...
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Rigoletto
Tragedy never sounded so sweet
By Lee Williams
Published: April 16, 2009
For someone whose job is making other people laugh, the court jester Rigoletto doesn’t seem to have much fun. Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, the lead character of the...
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