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Houston's Choice for Mayor
Black Guy, Rich White Guy, Lesbian or Hispanic Republican
By Richard Connelly
Published: October 22, 2009
It's late October in Houston. That means, of course, the weather's nicer, the Texans are sucking, the Rockets haven't flamed out yet. Typical October. There are some things...
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The Elixir of Love
Love potion number…oh, whatever
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 22, 2009
From Tristan and Isolde to the students at Hogwarts, forlorn humans have long sought to concoct a love potion — take the easy way, if you will. Today, the Houston Grand...
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The Story of My Life
Once upon a time…you were my best friend
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Theatre LaB Houston presents the regional premiere of The Story of My Life. The moving musical centers on a writer, Thomas (played by Stephen Myers), and a bookstore owner,...
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Out in the Silence
Gay filmmaker Joe Wilson blasts open small-town closets
By D.L. Groover
Published: October 22, 2009
After filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer were married in Canada in 2004, Wilson posted an announcement of the gay nuptials in his hometown newspaper in Oil City, Pennsylvania...
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"From Rice Fields to Rockets: JSC in Houston's Bay Area, the Journey in Sights and Sounds"
Explore life living next door to astronauts
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Putting a man on the moon put a sleepy little Gulf Coast community on the map. The art exhibit “From Rice Fields to Rockets: JSC in Houston’s Bay Area, the Journey in...
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Herb Keyser: Geniuses of American Musical Theatre: The Composers and Lyricists
Get the inside dish on Broadway’s masters
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Being accepted into medical school temporarily interrupted Herb Keyser’s career in show business. Good thing for musical theater fans, he found his way back. Keyser will...
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“Inbound: Houston”
Wait, was that a Hornitos ad?
By Julia Ramey
Published: October 22, 2009
Billboards: Love them or hate them, they are an inescapable reality of life in Houston. And while they can sometimes be less than artful (see the Do You Suffer from Excessive...
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Fresh Fest
Go outside the norm with Houston’s alternative arts organizations
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
The Fresh Arts Coalition wants you to know that the Theater District and Museum District aren’t Houston’s only sources of culture. To prove their point, the Coalition...
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Aurora Picture Show Video Salon
Teenage filmmaker Emily Hagins shares her zombie-movie experience
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: October 22, 2009
When Emily Hagins set out to create zombie flick Pathogen, she was still years away from being able to buy a ticket to an R-rated movie. The 12-year-old Austinite was neither a...
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Found Footage Festival
Discarded home movies get the attention they always wished they’d had
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: October 22, 2009
For more than 15 years, Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, the duo behind the Found Footage Festival, have scouted garage sales, warehouses, thrift stores and dumpsters in search of...
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The Devil’s Backbone
A group of orphaned boys battle greed, ghosts and war
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Director Guillermo del Toro gives viewers a ghostly look at the last days of the Spanish Civil War in The Devil’s Backbone. Set in a gloomy wreck of an isolated orphanage,...
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Rocky Horror Show
Is that your ray gun or are you just happy to see me?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Long-time Alley Theatre Company Member Paul Hope takes on directing duties for The Rocky Horror Show at the University of Houston. The fun begins when Brad and Janet, a young...
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Artful Thursday: Bohnchang Koo
The Korean photographer discusses his work as a reflection of his country’s radical transformation
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Over the last 50 years, Korea has gone from being one of the least powerful countries in the world to being a major political player. That transformation is reflected in they...
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Race Across the Sky
Hail, heat, snow and 14,000 vertical feet — the Leadville Trail 100 is the Ironman of biking
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Some of the world’s best cyclists endure extreme conditions during the grueling Leadville Trail 100 Race Across the Sky Mountain Bike Race. This year’s race (100...
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Circus Mechanics’ Birdhouse Factory
It just takes a little imagination to go from widgets to wonderland
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Think Cirque du Soleil meets Charlie Chaplin, and you’ll have some idea of what the Circus Mechanics’ Birdhouse Factory is all about. The 12-member company includes...
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Village of Waltz
Hope Stone dances through time
By Lee Williams
Published: October 22, 2009
Hope Stone Artistic Director Jane Weiner was so inspired by Antonia’s Line, a Dutch film about a woman who takes up with a village of “outcasts and losers because she...
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Aida
Coming now to a theater near you, the Metropolitan Opera’s latest production
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Diva Renée Fleming hosts today’s broadcast of Aida, part of the Met Live in HD series. Lithuanian soprano Violeta Urmana appears as the Ethiopian princess...
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3rd Annual Galveston Pride Fest
Get three pop princesses for the price of one
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
See performances by Tiffany and Britney Spears (okay, not the real Britney, the female impersonator Derrick Barry) at the 3rd Annual Galveston Pride Fest. American Idol...
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Meals on Reels: Tortilla Soup with Irma Galvan
Get a taste for romance during today’s Movies Houstonians Love
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: October 22, 2009
Houston restaurateur Irma Galvan hosts a screening of Tortilla Soup, this month’s installment of Movies Houstonians Love: Meals on Reels. Hector Elizondo stars in Soup as...
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Mary Poppins
Look at your problems from a little higher up
By Lee Williams
Published: October 22, 2009
It’s been almost half a century since the superest super nanny of them all taught us that “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Mary Poppins, that...
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