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Galveston goes retro for a beauty pageant
From 1920 to 1932, Galveston hosted an annual "pageant of pulchritude" on the beach in...
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Kids can create a moving, swirling, spinning mobile during todays Kinetic Sculptures play activity at the Childrens Museum of Houston. Using normal household items...
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The World Affairs Council of Houston hosts former Bush adviser and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes for the lecture Who Are We to the World?...
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A field of 72 drum corps performances were narrowed down to just six for the film DCI 2009: The Countdown and you can see for yourself which is the best of all. Drum corps...
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Kids Play: The Musical makes its premiere today with a performance by Hope Stone Inc.s Kids Play Ensemble accompanied by the boys band YouthSound. Hope Stone...
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At the opening of the comedy No Sex Please, Were British, a young wife has just sent off for some mail-order Scandinavian glassware (brides do that sort of thing, you...
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See what happens when American ideas meet Mexican techniques, and vice versa, in The Harmony of Mexico/Matizando México, an exhibit of works by a group known...
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In the early 1940s, Thomas Buergenthal was imprisoned in Auschwitz. He was seven years old. Fast-forward to the present, and hes a member of the International Court of...
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Hormone-filled high-schoolers will identify with the tragic duo at the center of Opera to Gos performance of Gounods Romeo and Juliet. Far from the stuffy, boring...
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Depending on your point of view, Kinky Friedman is either the funniest or most unfunny guy in Texas. But one thing theres no doubt about is that Friedman is an animal...
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The Catholic faithful and art lovers alike will enjoy this look at folk tradition
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Theres a double meaning to the title Retablos: Art for the Masses. The art exhibit, based on guest curator Bob Briddicks private collection, includes...
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See who has become more-than-friends with Give Up in Casual Encounters. The artists involved are people Ive come to know and respect both artistically...
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Seeing the Found Footage Festival might make you a little more careful with the videos and DVDs you throw away. FFF is made up completely of footage found in dumpsters and at...
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Youd be pissed too if all you got was a little lump where your vagina should be
By Lee Williams
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a quirky musical that enjoys a cult following, along with some pretty fabulous press. The New York Times called the rock musical about gender...
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston looks at 20 years of work by a local photographer
By OLIVIA FLORES ALVAREZ
Photographer Amy Blakemore considers her camera a tool for collecting bits and pieces of stories. Instead of picking up stuff, shes said, I leave with a...
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The first time novelist makes an old story new again
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Writer Deirdre Shaws Love or Something Like It: A Novel has been called piercingly insightful, graceful and razor-sharp. Thats...
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Literary event showcases underground authors, publishers, bookstores and more
By Dusti Rhodes
The Houston Indie Book Festival is your once-a-year, one-stop-shop for all things local, literary and underground. The event brings together independent publishers,...
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Maestro Hans Graf and pianist James Dick join the Russian Cultural Center Our Texas for a Tchaikovsky Birthday Celebration. Before everyone sings Happy...
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Meet one of the greatest living graphic designers (according to Domy Books Russell Etchen)
By Lee Williams
Calling all graphic design fans Chipp Kidd, an incredibly charming, dapper and funny guy according to Russell Etchen, manager of Houstons Domy Books,...
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Admit it, Houston looks like UPS just dropped it off. A tangle of residential, industrial and commercial properties (all next door to each other), the citys lack of...
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