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Hair Balls
Ron Paul and KBR Struggle with Female Staffers, in their Own Special Ways
Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM
Published: July 23, 2009
Political Animals Ron Paul Aide Too Sexy for the Net Press secretary on the hunt for fun By Steve Olafson Question: How sexy are Ron Paul-style Republicans? We intended to...
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An Evening with Lamar Smith
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Spend An Evening with Lamar Smith as he discusses his book There's More to Life Than the Corner Office. The story of a young, ambitious investment banker and an older, wiser...
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Yelp Eats
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Attention, foodies — have dinner at some of Houston's hottest restaurants for a mere $25 during Yelp Eats week. Now through Sunday, eateries such as Perry's Steakhouse &...
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Charlie Ferguson: "Street Impressions"
This world traveler/photographer finds beauty in urban decay
By Julia Ramey
Published: July 23, 2009
A cursory look at Charlie Ferguson's photos, shot in countries ranging from India to Nepal to Brazil to Spain, might make you think that the Houston-born photographer leads a...
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The Tamarie Cooper Show
Get ready for some belly laughs
By Lee Williams
Published: July 23, 2009
Be happy, Houston - our lady of the beautiful red hair has risen once again and she's bigger (as in, very pregnant) and better than ever. That's Tamarie Cooper, for those poor...
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Zulu Creative's 3rd Birthday Celebration and TOMS Style Your Sole Shoe Designing Party
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
It's an easy concept - at Zulu Creative’s 3rd Birthday Celebration and TOMS Style Your Sole Shoe Designing Party, you buy a pair of blank, white TOMS to decorate in any...
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Not So Final Frontier
Aurora Picture Show hosts some enterprising fan fiction
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 23, 2009
There are Star Trek fans, and then there are people who spend thousands of dollars and hours creating authentic-looking spin-off versions of the popular '60s sci-fi series....
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"Oneself by Oneself"
Stephanie Toppin tells her story (so far) in 64 abstract paintings
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 23, 2009
At the age of 18, painter Stephanie Toppin moved to England and began chronicling her life one wooden panel at a time. Four years later, the Houston native is 64 panels deep...
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Deadgirl
Somewhere between the living and the dead, this is one chick who really raises hell
By D.L. Groover
Published: July 23, 2009
What would you do if you and your slacker high school friend (Shiloh Fernandez from Gossip Girl and Noah Segan from Cabin Fever 2) discovered an apparently dead girl, naked and...
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How to Look at Contemporary Art, Part 1
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Can't tell the difference between a Picasso and a pork chop? Maybe you've tried to get into today's art scene, but you can't tell what anything means (it's got to mean...
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Jo Koy
Okay, "Yoseph," time to make funny
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Comedian Jo Koy's observational comedy hits close to home. His mother and son are frequent targets (we've noticed Koy's smart enough to leave his wife out of most of his...
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows)
Louis Malle's French new wave classic paid homage to Hollywood noir
By D.L. Groover
Published: July 23, 2009
The French "new wave" loved the Hollywood crime movies of the '40s, with their perennially wet streets, shadowy velvet cinematography, antiheroic leading men and amoral leading...
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Saturday Night Fever
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
According to Saturday Night Fever, New York in 1977 was a more innocent place, a place where enough hairspray and some fancy dance moves made you a king. The film features a...
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Steve Hockensmith: The Crack in the Lens
This novel gives us the Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West
By Julia Ramey
Published: July 23, 2009
Here's a twist on Sherlock Holmes - Otto "Big Red" Amlingmeyer is a 19th-century Kansan cowboy who uses Holmesian methods to solve crime in the Wild West. You can learn about...
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Houston Center for Photography Family Day
See what you can create with a little help from the sun
By KEARA CORMIER-HILL
Published: July 23, 2009
Get some old-school knowledge at the Houston Center for Photography Family Day. The event will awaken your inner artist as you go back to the basics with the 19th-century art...
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El Franco Lee II: "Visual Harassment"
Houston's resident urban mannerist takes a hard look at life in black America
By Julia Ramey
Published: July 23, 2009
The son of a Houston County Commissioner and nephew of a Black Panther, El Franco Lee II has both politics and protest in his blood. This is apparent in the University of...
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The Blue Planet Live!
The Houston Symphony goes deep-sea fishing (musically speaking, of course)
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: July 23, 2009
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants, of course. But a lot of his aquatic neighbors have more traditional homes and ways of life, as chronicled in the...
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"Miles and Miles of Texas: The Lone Star State Through the Eyes of Buck Schiwetz"
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Get a rare look at the works of one of the most renowned Texas artists at the exhibit "Miles and Miles of Texas: The Lone Star State Through the Eyes of Buck Schiwetz." Trained...
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Crush for Fun
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Your feet will get purple, but that's just part of the experience at today's Crush for Fun, the Pleasant Hill Winery grape stomp. There's not as much of a chance for stained...
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Dirty Dealings in Dixie
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 23, 2009
Get ready to boo and hiss each time the evil Carlton Creepstone takes the stage in the melodrama Dirty Dealings in Dixie. As the Civil War rages, Creepstone is chasing the...
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