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Getting Off
Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.
By Mike Giglio
Published: November 5, 2009
Sergei Tukanov drove his gold Nissan Maxima through a red light toward the end of a Sunday night. It T-boned a police cruiser, sending Tukanov into his airbag and the female...
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The Illuminations Project
Local musicians and dancers support HIV/AIDS education
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
The Illuminations Project is a fund-raiser that isn't concerned with money. "It's more about [HIV/AIDS] awareness than a big fund-raiser," says IP Executive Producer Falcon...
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100 Years of Magic
Mickey Mouse pulls out all the stops as Disney celebrates a century of family fun
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
You might experience a case of Disney overload during the spectacular 100 Years of Magic, a Disney on Ice production. More than 60 characters from "the house the mouse built"...
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"Perspectives 168"
Three Austinites take over the CAMH with inventive photography
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: November 5, 2009
For "Perspectives 168," photographer Anna Krachey shopped around. The artist scavenged eBay for items to photograph, including a backdrop for a princess party. "It's a giant...
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Ben Tecumseh DeSoto: "Understanding Poverty"
This photographer shows us images of need and desolation
By Lee Williams
Published: November 5, 2009
Ben Tecumseh DeSoto won two Houston Press Best of Houston¨ awards earlier this year; he snagged Best Photographer, and his "Understanding Poverty" show at DiverseWorks was...
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Berliner on Berliner
There's not a pigeonhole big enough for him
By D.L. Groover
Published: November 5, 2009
How in the hell do you categorize Alan Berliner? Experimental filmmaker? Sure, that's easy (The Family Album, Wide Awake).Unparalleled audio/videographer? Yeah, simple...
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3rd Annual Chocolate Festival of Texas & Texas Wines
The Mayans and Aztecs were right about one thing - the fruit of the cacao tree is delicious
By Lee Williams
Published: November 5, 2009
Today we can all celebrate chocolate, that delicious confection, at the 3rd Annual Chocolate Festival of Texas & Texas Wines. Honoring everything dark and creamy, the festival...
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Las Nuevas Tamaleras
This one-act by Alicia Mena has the recipe for laughter
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
Wortham Center will become a tamale factory during today's presentation of Las Nuevas Tamaleras. Written and directed by Alicia Mena, who also stars, the one-act comedy is the...
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The Recycle Club
Two generations of dancers make what's old new again
By Lee Williams
Published: November 5, 2009
Karen Stokes, co-founder of Travesty Dance Group, says The Recycle Club is "an hourlong performance, a swing dance lesson, a party and art installation that all use recycled...
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Dieter Balzer
The Sonja Roesch Gallery presents an artist who works in geometrical figures
By Lee Williams
Published: November 5, 2009
Dieter Balzer is known for his complex, clean-lined art objects - boxes on top of boxes and fun layers of primary blues and reds. The sculptural work, a mixture of geometry and...
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Chocolate, Champagne, and Charity
Pony up the cash
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
The Houston Galveston Institute and friends will take over the Groovy Grill during today's Chocolate, Champagne, and Charity fund-raiser. (Never heard of the HGI? They...
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Pandora's Box
Golden Arm Trio opens Pandora's Box
By D.L. Groover
Published: November 5, 2009
Prepare to be amazed and awed by luminous beauty Louise Brooks in G.W. Pabst's masterpiece, Pandora's Box (1928), part of KUHF's Silent Film Concert Series. Her innocent/amoral...
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Taste of the Town
Sample Pasadena's finest food, from upscale restaurants to neighborhood eateries
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
Jessica Meza, administrative assistant for the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, has a bit of advice for anyone planning to attend the 20th Annual Taste of the Town: "Don't eat...
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Truth and Consequences on the Mexico-United States Border: Protecting the Rights of All Border Residents
Home births draw American-born Latinos directly into the immigration issue
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
Lisa Brodyaga, founder of Refugio Del Rio Grande, a refugee camp and law office near Harlingen, will appear at today's presentation of Truth and Consequences on the...
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Manon
What more could a sensible man want?
By Lee Williams
Published: November 5, 2009
For a look at an 18th-century version of girls gone wild, catch Jules Massenet's Manon, opening this week at Opera in the Heights. It's the tale of a pretty teenage girl who...
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"International Discoveries II"
Foto Fest has global vision
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: November 5, 2009
Just in case you haven't had time to globe-trot between prestigious international photography events lately, FotoFest is bringing some of the world's best to you in...
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Susan Kandel: Dial H for Hitchcock
What would Alfred do?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
Cece Caruso is in a bit of a tailspin. The central character in Susan Kandel's newest release, Dial H for Hitchcock, Cece has called off her wedding (even though she's not sure...
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UN Association Traveling Film Festival
Movies of the world unite!
By D.L. Groover
Published: November 5, 2009
One of the United Nations' secret weapons in dealing with global economic and humanitarian issues is the UN Association Traveling Film Festival. The documentaries chosen for...
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The Comedians of Chelsea Lately
Drag your long boobs over here, Heather McDonald
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
Chelsea Handler is giving lots of comics a gig these days, both on her late-night talk show (Chelsea Lately features a roundtable with Handler and three comics in every...
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"Transfusion"
G Gallery introduces the University of Houston's new art professors
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 5, 2009
After a change in the G Gallery's scheduling left a slot open on the exhibit calendar, gallery director and artist Wayne Gilbert happily added the group show "Transfusion."...
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