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Dive Bars
A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.
By John Nova Lomax
Published: October 15, 2009
Somewhere in a godforsaken stretch of near northwest Houston, a very drunk man wearing a Texas Longhorns cap is smoking outside the front door of the strip mall bar on a moist,...
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Gruesome Playground Injuries
Rajiv Joseph explores the pain of being in love
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
The Alley Theatre's latest coup is the world premiere of Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph. A provocative dark comedy, Injury follows a couple who meet in the school...
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Spotlight on Contemporary Greek Cinema
Six filmmakers are showcased as the best Greece has to offer
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Works by six of Greece's most renowned filmmakers are included in the first-ever Spotlight on Contemporary Greek Cinema showcase at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Shown over...
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38th Annual Galveston Restaurant Association Epicurean Evening
How do you cook beefcake?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Yes, there'll be food by some of the best chefs in the Gulf Coast for tasting at the 38th Annual Great Taste of the Gulf Epicurean Evening, and yes, the Silver Spoon and Silver...
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Traves Hedemann: "Young at Heart Art"
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: October 15, 2009
Artist Travis Hedemann is known for his anime-esque, innocent style, putting his signature big, blue-eyed spin on everything from opera characters to animals, and even...
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Viewer Request Program
Cinema Bomar takes suggestions for its latest program of obscure 16mm films
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: October 15, 2009
Cinema Bomar's Viewer Request Program showcases a simpler time, when half the fun of shopping was dressing up and predictions of the future included a holo-TV in every home....
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E. L. Doctorow
The author of Billy Bathgate takes on the inner lives of hoarders
By Lee Williams
Published: October 15, 2009
E.L. Doctorow has a way with history. Ragtime and Billy Bathgate, just two of his many titles, are stuffed with the sort of delicious details that make the past come to...
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Dance Infusion
Go uptown with Beth Gulledge-Brown and company
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Uptown Dance Company Artistic Director Beth Gulledge-Brown premieres her latest work, The Moment, at today's Dance Infusion. The piece is performed by guest artists Alexander...
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"600 sq mi: Hidden"
Houstonist.com brings the background to the foreground
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: October 15, 2009
"600 sq mi: Hidden" is a photography exhibit that invites you to stop and ponder what you've missed. "Houston is such a sprawling and complex place that interesting or...
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Magnolia Park Centennial Celebration
Get in on the birthday party when one of Houston's oldest Hispanic neighborhoods reaches the 100 mark
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Join the residents of Houston's East End as they mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Magnolia Park. The historically Hispanic neighborhood, which started off as a...
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Rocky Horror Show
Don’t forget to bring your party bag
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Spend Halloween with the trippy transvestite Dr. Frank N. Furter and his crew of misfit malcontents at The Rocky Horror Show. Oh, and don’t forget Brad and Janet! ACE...
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Heaven
Searching for perfection, Morgan Thorson found beauty in brutality
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Choreographer Morgan Thorson had a simple premise when she started working on Heaven, which is making its world premiere at DiverseWorks today. "I was interested in...
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2009 International Quilt Festival/Houston
The world's largest show of fabric arts comes to town
By Lee Williams
Published: October 15, 2009
Quilts have become fine art; stop by the 2009 International Quilt Festival/Houston and you'll see what we mean. These aren't puffed-up blankets. Instead the fabric art, which...
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They Live
Beings from another planet infiltrate L.A.'s high-society scene - how can anyone tell the difference?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
In director John Carpenter's They Live, John Nada, a drifter in Los Angeles, is the only person in the world who knows that members of the city's society scene aren't really...
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Immersed in Ink Tattoo & Arts Festival
Talk about a colorful crowd
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
See bodies adorned in every color at today's Immersed in Ink Tattoo & Arts Festival. Some of the top tattoo artists in the country, including Dale the Nail and Roman Abrego,...
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Matthew Day Jackson: "The Immeasurable Distance"
If purgatory had art...
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 15, 2009
There's an idea that culture and innovation advance most during times of duress. (Translation: Pain is inspiring.) That's the driving force behind Contemporary Arts Museum...
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1909-2009: The Great Collaborators of the Ballets Russes
The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater re-creates century-old classics
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 15, 2009
When time machines are finally on the market and you feel like having a little fun, head to Paris some time between 1909 and 1929 - the heyday of the Ballets Russes dance...
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Cinemad Almanac 2009 DVD Release Party
The Aurora Picture Show's fourth compilation of short films hits the screen
By D.L. Groover
Published: October 15, 2009
Experimental filmmaker Deborah Stratman (From Hetty to Nancy, Kings of the Sky) once told Mike Plante, editor of Aurora Picture Show's Cinemad blog, "I love watching films with...
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Michael Andrews: Historic Texas Courthouses
The author discusses the state's architectural history
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Michael Andrews, author of Historic Texas Courthouses, hems and haws a little when asked which of the restored architectural gems is his favorite, before admitting, "My top...
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Agatha Christie Takes Manhattan
The mystery maven tackles murder of a theatrical sort
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 15, 2009
Houston theater lovers know the name Eddie Cope (the playwright is a local legend), but they might not have heard of his play Agatha Christie Takes Manhattan. Luckily, UpStage...
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