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Ghost Riders
In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.
By John Nova Lomax
Published: October 8, 2009
Cisco Rios lived to ride his bike. The 25-year-old waiter longed to ditch his job and make that passion his livelihood. His buddy Matt Wurth, owner of Heights-area bike shop I...
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Domy Movie Nights: The Bible Tells Me So
News flash: God doesn't hate gays and lesbians
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
A documentary that challenges biblical scriptures which seem to condemn homosexuality, For the Bible Tells Me So asserts that antigay sentiment by religious fundamentalists is...
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The Soul of Houston: Blues Stories
Texas Johnny Brown shares stories of his life as a blues pioneer
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: October 8, 2009
As a child, Texas Johnny Brown made his way across the South with his father doing street performances; as an adult, he helped pioneer electric blues, writing hits for the...
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Houston Museum of Natural Science: Mummies in 3D: Secrets of the Pharaohs
Three thousand years after he died, Rameses the Great is still going strong
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
We're not sure this is how Egyptian pharaoh Rameses the Great planned to spend his afterlife, but he's currently the star of the new IMAX film Mummies in 3D: Secrets of the...
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Keith Carter: "Unseen & Rediscovered"
I get by with a little help from...the Hubble Space Telescope
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 8, 2009
For cultural institutions, fall is the time to bring out the artillery, and Art League Houston's big gun is photographer Keith Carter, one of Texas's most prolific and renowned...
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John Besh: My New Orleans
Take a trip to the Big Easy and still be home by midnight
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 8, 2009
It might be worth the drive to New Orleans for the cuisine of John Besh, whose Restaurant August in NOLA is generally acknowledged to be the best in town (take that, Emeril!)....
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Dynamo Charities Cup
A little soccer, a little doing good - not a bad afternoon
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
Mexico's Monterrey Rayados meet up with the Houston Dynamo at the first-ever Dynamo Charities Cup today. The Mexican team is in the top four of its league at home, but the...
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Bobby Lee
Connie Chung never looked so good - or so funny
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: October 8, 2009
As the Asian guy on MADtv, long-serving cast member Bobby Lee has had plenty of opportunity to do Asian and non-Asian characters alike (Kim Jong-Il, Connie Chung, John McCain)....
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2009 Autumn Artists Concert
Chopin and Mendelssohn are both on the program for today's performance by Evan Drachman and Richard Dowling
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
Most grandfathers leave their grandsons a watch or a little cash. Cellist Evan Drachman's grandfather left him a 1725 Stradivarius. (Of course, Drachman's grandfather was the...
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Houston Poetry Fest 2009
Poet Valzhyna Mort is the first to verse in English and Belarusian in U.S.
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: October 8, 2009
Valzhyna Mort is well versed in Belarusian and English. The Minsk-born poet, the first ever to release a collection of poems translated from her native tongue into ours, reads...
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Progressive Forum: Karen Armstrong
Touching the face of God is a lot easier if you know what he looks like
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
Salon.com calls Karen Armstrong the most "interesting religion writer today." It was her 1993 release A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest for Judaism, Christianity, and...
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Beautiful Losers
Documentary explores '90s define-it-yourselfers
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: October 8, 2009
If you disagree with the establishment, then redefine it. This could be the motto for the artists chronicled in Beautiful Losers. The documentary film, screened today by AIGA...
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Bering & James Gallery: "Taboo"
Be seduced by this art and photography exhibit
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
Catherine Cameron, one of eight artists and photographers participating in the Bering & James exhibit "Taboo!!," makes art that examines the idea of the forbidden. Her EGO 6...
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Classical Theatre Company: Hamlet
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark," but it's all good at CTC
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
Classical Theatre Company Artistic Director John Johnston is in a good mood. "We are thrilled to be bringing internationally renowned artist Guy Roberts to our stage this...
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Latin American Left Film Festival
The revolution may not be televised, but it will be on the big screen
By D.L. Groover
Published: October 8, 2009
Want a crash course in contemporary south-of-the-border politics? Six fascinating documentaries that comprise The New Latin American Left Film Festival, co-sponsored by Rice...
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UH: Importance of Being Earnest
Is it a name or an attitude?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
The University of Houston's theater department tackles Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest, with Jonathan Gonzales in the director's seat. One of...
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2009 Free Night of Theater
Get your freak on (stagewise, that is)
By Lee Williams
Published: October 8, 2009
If the economic downturn has kept you out of the theater lately, the Houston Arts Alliance has just the ticket for you. Working with Theatre Communications Group out of New...
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19th Annual Turkish Festival
Go round and round with the whirling dervish
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
Every year Houston boasts more than a dozen colorful festivals when the city's ethnic communities each take a turn celebrating their cultural heritage. Today it's the Eurasian...
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Bayou City Festival Downtown
All the king's horses and all the king's men...are enjoying art al fresco
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 8, 2009
The Art Colony Association's Bayou City Art Festival Downtown offers not only thousands of artworks but lots of live entertainment. This year, an all-time-high 850 artists from...
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Discovery Green: "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet"
Global warming wouldn't stand a chance if these artists were in charge
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 8, 2009
All of the 50 super-size globes (they're five feet wide and seven feet tall) in the "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" outdoor exhibit are messages from artists...
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