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You Want a Piece of Me?
Homeless Corey Black thought he'd struck gold when he says he was offered $10,000 to sell his kidney.
By Mike Giglio
Published: April 30, 2009
Corey Black walks with his nose tipped down to the ground but his eyes glaring dead ahead. His long black hair hides his pale hollow face from the sun, and it bounces with his...
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Vida del Baile
Dance Houston tackles a huge Cinco de Mayo dance concert
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
If anyone else besides Dance Houston tried to present a show as huge as Vida del Baile, we’d say they’d lost their mind. But for a Dance Houston show, we expect...
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“Nextures”
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Abstract artist Janet Wayte enjoys her second solo exhibit at Darke Gallery with “Nextures,” a mixed-media show happening this month. The Houstonian, who works on...
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The Artist’s Eye: Christopher Sperandio
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
The loud urban streets and the hushed halls of art museums don’t usually intersect, but they do for Christopher Sperandio. The artist, who works with longtime partner...
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The 5 Browns
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Mama and Papa Brown must be so proud — and broke. They put five unusually talented kids through thousands of hours of music lessons and tours, not to mention Juilliard,...
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The Jung Center’s 23rd Annual Benefit Dinner - The Power of Untold Stories: An Evening with Cokie Roberts
The NPR commentator does some fund-raising for a local charity
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
She’s one of the most familiar faces in broadcasting — Cokie Roberts. She counts among her many titles NPR News congressional correspondent, best-selling author,...
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Livin’ Fat
Judi Ann Mason finds the funny in finding a stash of cash
By D.L. Groover
Published: April 30, 2009
What would you do if $50,000 dropped into your lap? You’d probably be pretty torn. That’s just how the Cooper family feels in Livin’ Fat when son David, a...
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“The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup”
The Art Car Museum boasts the Lone Star’s best
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 30, 2009
“The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup” ain’t no cattle call. The exhibit features work by Texas artists The Art Guys, Paul Kittleson, Troy Woods and Sharon Kopriva...
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“Regeneration”
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Metal sculptors can find their materials quite costly. That’s why Jonatan Lopez recycled the scraps from earlier efforts for his work seen at “Regeneration,” the...
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Honk! A Musical Fable for Grown-ups
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
The Lion King was the hottest musical around in 2000, but it somehow lost the Oliver Award for Best Musical to the show Honk! A Musical Fable for Grown-ups. Then again, Lion...
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Representa! Theater for the Hip-Hop Generation
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Rapper Julio Cardenas and spoken-word artist Paul S. Flores met at the Global Hip-Hop Festival and found they were kindred spirits. The two joined up and produced today’s...
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"Three"
Several Dancers Core searches the globe for the right choreographers
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 30, 2009
From Mexico to the Netherlands, Several Dancers Core reached around the world to commission new works by female choreographers, which its CORE Performance Company will have its...
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“The Trilogy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"
Two dance companies perform three works about one man
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 30, 2009
Mozart fatigue is a common occurrence among classical music fans, but it can be alleviated by “The Trilogy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,” a dance performance by Dominic...
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Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America: The Maid
Filmmakers south of the border enjoy another golden age
By D.L. Groover
Published: April 30, 2009
Latin American cinema is in another golden age. First there was Luis Buñuel and his feature work in Mexico during the ‘40s and ‘50s; more recently,...
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Target Free 1st Sunday
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Take advantage of Target Free First Sunday, built around the exhibit “Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul.” Kids can become archaeologists...
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2009 Cinco de Mayo Celebration
It was when the Mexicans defeated the French, damn it. Try to keep up.
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: April 30, 2009
Who cares if Cinco de Mayo isn’t a federal holiday in Mexico? Around these parts, it’s still cause for celebration. And even if you don’t know the historical...
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Aperio: Cabaret of the Americas: From Piazzolla to Porter
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Aperio’s Cabaret of the Americas From Piazzolla to Porter pairs the sultry sounds of Latin America with the sophisticated tunes of a swing-time America. Tenor Justin...
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"Mixing It Up!"
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 30, 2009
Ever had “imbalanced detrimental, overbearing thoughts”? Then you should understand choreographer Kiki Lucas’s new work by the same name. An examination of the...
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Alley Theatre: Rock ‘n’ Roll
Groove to the rhythm of Stoppard’s big ideas
By Lee Williams
Published: April 30, 2009
Tom Stoppard is known for his erudite and difficult scripts that make audiences feel like geniuses when they get his references to everything from the Greeks to Russian...
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Soul Nite
From Motown to the Orange Show, that’s quite a trip
By D.L. Groover
Published: April 30, 2009
Worship at the church of the funky groove during today’s Soul Nite, a screening of vintage concert footage. In the 1960s, Detroit’s Motown recording studio became the...
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