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Have a Nice Summer!
Panic, FEMA, empty shelves — here's the only Hurricane Guide you'll need this year.
By Richard Connelly
Published: June 4, 2009
For the second time in too many years, Houston faces the worst kind of hurricane season — the kind that follows a serious hit. The anxiety level leaps just a little bit...
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Brantly Martin
A former Houstonian gives us Cracula and the inner workings of Manny-hanny
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
The main character in Brantly Martin's debut novel, Pillage, is named Cracula. Can you guess that addiction issues play a part in the plot? There's also sex, the possibility of...
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"Round 3"
The works in Lawndale's Studio Program exhibit depict everything from eyelashes to James Byrd
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
We're pretty sure Amber Eagle, one of three participants in the Lawndale Artist Studio Program, isn't giving us the finger in the "Round 3" exhibit, but we could be wrong. The...
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"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection"
Get a glimpse into the' growing cache of work from south of the border
By Julia Ramey
Published: June 4, 2009
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's newest exhibit, "North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection,"shows just how much the MFAH has become a gateway to Latin...
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23rd Annual American Institute of Architects-Houston Sandcastle Competition
We're not talking kid stuff, this is serious business
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: June 4, 2009
This time of year, kids building sandcastles are everywhere on Galveston beaches, it's Rockwellesque charm turned up to 11, right? Well, the 23rd Annual American Institute of...
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Natural Disasters
Two plays, two comedic takes on the damage people do to each other
By D.L. Groover
Published: June 4, 2009
Jack Heifner's 1976 play Vanities ran for five years, and his musical revue Leader of the Pack (he wrote the book) was nominated for a Tony Award in 1985, so while he's not as...
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The Power of Movement
Every top dance company in town comes together for a whirlwind concert
By Julia Ramey
Published: June 4, 2009
The Houston dance scene is an unusually chummy one; it's routine to see several companies perform together or a handful of choreographers unite to make moves. But The Power of...
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Loves of a Blonde
Milos Forman takes a look at love, lust and living with your parents
By D.L. Groover
Published: June 4, 2009
Czech cinema came into its own, winning international acclaim, in the early '60s when the New Wave splashed all over everything. Loves of a Blonde is a 1965 film from Milos...
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"Danielle Frankenthal"
Hurricane Ike shut down her last show, but she's back with new work
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
Painter Danielle Frankenthal's 2008 exhibit at Wade Wilson Art was a casualty of Hurricane Ike. (The show was open only a week before the storm struck.) But lucky for us, she's...
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"Jan van der Ploeg"
Gallery Sonja Roesch presents the Dutch artist in his Houston debut
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
Ariane Roesch, assistant gallery director for Gallery Sonja Roesch, says visitors should expect to be surprised at the "Jan van der Ploeg"exhibit, the first-ever Houston show...
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The Farnsworth Invention
In the race to invent television, no one has a monopoly on the truth
By Lee Williams
Published: June 4, 2009
Idiot box, boob tube, babysitter, best friend, however you regard your television, you should give a shout-out to boy genius Philo T. Farnsworth. He's the guy who created the...
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Lincoln Hall
Left for dead, the famous mountain climber survived a night alone on Mount Everest
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
The title of Lincoln Hall's book describes him to a tee: Dead Lucky. That's because he narrowly escaped becoming a Mount Everest fatality three years ago. During a climb, the...
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Drink for Aurora!
Support your favorite movie house by starting a tab
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: June 4, 2009
Show Aurora Picture Show you care, by getting boozed up. At Drink for Aurora!, local bar Poison Girl will donate a portion of the day's sales to Houston's favorite little...
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Man on Wire
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
It took tightrope walker Philippe Petit more than six years to plan his illegal high-wire walk between the then-newly constructed Twin Towers in New York. Petit snuck onto the...
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Bike & Bugs II
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
Feel like letting the good times roll? Head over to Bikes & Bugs II. There's live music by the Zydeco Dots and L.T. and the Zydeco Mob, a crawfish boil and a motorcycle wash...
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Come Blow Your Horn
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By Lee Williams
Published: June 4, 2009
In 1961, Neil Simon was a nobody as far as Broadway was concerned. That all changed when his play Come Blow Your Horn opened. The family comedy follows a guy who moves into big...
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Asian Comedy Night
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
Enjoy three comics who explore the "cultural disconnects" Asian Americans experience in the U.S. with Asian Comedy Night. Steve Byrne, who's returning after a successful stint...
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Beginning Photography for Teens
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
Kids will learn more than just which button does what during Beginning Photography for Teens with Sarah Sudhoff. The principles of composition and different creative approaches...
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C. M. Mayo: The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
They didn't call it geopolitics back then, but Mexican Emperor Maximilian was playing international power games just the same. Set up as a puppet ruler by Napoleon, Maximilian...
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5th Annual Tomato Fest
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: June 4, 2009
The main draw at the 5th Annual Tomato Fest is the tomato tasting. Offerings come from backyard gardeners who have just a handful of tomato plants, to family farmers who have a...
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