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It was just after dawn along the Houston Ship Channel when all hell broke loose inside the Valero oil refinery. What had begun as a small fire in a storage tank quickly sparked...
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Okay, so there are just a few more days before Santa flies through town and drops off presents for all the kids, but if your little one can't quite wait that long, try...
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Got a budding thespian on your hands? Well, future actors ages three to 12 can spend their school holiday in the Alley Theatre's Young Performers Winter Workshops. Little kids...
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Move over, Nutcracker, there's another Christmas ballet in town. The Sandra Organ Dance Company's Amahl and the Night Visitors tells the story of the three kings who go in...
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This time of year, turning off the Mariah Carey and heading out to hear a live performance of Handel's Messiah is the equivalent of turning in your shiny aluminum Christmas...
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The Town Center Theatre puts a slightly different spin on a familiar tale with Merry Christmas, George Bailey. A takeoff of It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey is the story of...
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Mix up the old dinner-and-a-movie routine with The Gift of Christmas - Live, a dinner theater variety show at Moody Gardens. The centerpieces of the evening are a new work by...
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As a newly single father (read: divorced), comedian Greg Giraldo is faced with a new challenge on the stage. "I'm at a crossroad for what I am going to talk about," he says....
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I Hate the Holidays Cabaret celebrates all the moments we most want to disassociate from the merrier memories. The group's sketch-comedy/cabaret revue rocks its way through...
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The Oscars might have a better red carpet, but the Houston Film Critics Society's Award Ceremony is a lot closer (and actually lets noncelebs in on the fun). Critics from...
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There are two reasons to see holiday flick Elf: Bob. Newhart. Sure, Will Ferrell is hilarious as the innocent, lovable Buddy the Elf, a human accidentally raised by elves in...
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Calling all Grinches. We've got the antidote for your sour Christmas soul. The Houston Children's Chorus will sing away your seasonal blues with their Kids and Christmas 21st...
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Discover your inner cowboy at the George Ranch Historical Park's Campfire Christmas. Costumed re-enactors, including Civil War soldiers, 1890s ranch hands and a farm family,...
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The story of one man and the three women he loved and tragically lost, Les Contes d'Hoffman is performed live by the Metropolitan Opera with Joseph Calleja in the title role,...
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We're not sure if it's a happily-ever-after ending for Mike Nichols's landmark film The Graduate. First, an aimless Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman in a star-making role)...
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The Children's Museum of Houston's annual "Seasons of Sharing" exhibit and activities focus on Christmas this week. Kids can turn a paper bag into a reindeer or learn about...
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Was the star that led the three wise men to the infant Jesus a miracle or a normal astronomical event? Like many other planetariums, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has...
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Artists such as South Korean native Seongho Cha, who studied at New York University and was a member of Anaheim Ballet, and Cindy Liu, who was born in Beijing and was with the...
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According to The Evil That Men Do, written and directed by Valentine Ekweanua, religious leaders, like the rest of us, come in all shapes, sizes and, it seems, moral...
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Think Ebenezer Scrooge married to an alcoholic Mommy Dearest with a brood of 21 kids, and you've got some idea of the musical Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge. A parody...
