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Francis Ray
The author of Any Rich Man Will Do reads from her latest release, Not Even If You Begged
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: January 24, 2008
You gotta love a novel that has lines like, “You know how men are. They take what sluttish women offer.” And who can resist such tidbits as: “He stared down into...
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Don’t sit in the front row unless you want to become part of the act
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: January 24, 2008
Even if you haven’t seen his stand-up act on Loco Comedy Jam and Comedy Central, you’ve heard his voice in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (as Sheen) and in Happy Feet (as...
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Galveston’s Mardi Gras
Gear up for Fat Tuesday with some island fun
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: January 24, 2008
Organizers of the Galveston Mardi Gras are doing everything they can to make this year’s celebration more family friendly — they want to clean up the drunks, topless...
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Winter Formal
Local dance troupes krump it up with a program of hip-hop performances
By Julia Ramey
Published: January 24, 2008
In the dance smorgasbord Winter Formal, the local presentation group Dance Houston celebrates urban dance (also known as hip-hop), a genre that’s old enough to have a...
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Super Happy Fun Land Grand Reopening
The Houston Press Best of 2007® award winner for Best Local Music Venue gets bigger and better
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
If you’ve been jonesin’ for sock monkeys, odd wall art, theater seating and crazy music, don’t worry — the new version of Super Happy Fun Land, whose old...
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Adriana Lecouvreur
Opera in the Heights mounts a production of romance and revenge
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: January 24, 2008
Based on the true life story of an 18th--century French actress,
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Houston Roller Derby Recreational League
Work that ass without getting it kicked
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
Got everything it takes to be a roller girl, except for time? The Houston Roller Derby Recreational League is perfect for those who have the skating skills, muscles, guts and,...
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One Pot Showdown
Saint Arnold Brewery is hosting a cook-off that we so hope will include sheep nuts
By Nick Keppler
Published: January 24, 2008
Stew, chili, chicken and dumplings, roast, and potatoes — these are some of the dishes Saint Arnold Brewing Company is suggesting culinary wizards create for its One Pot...
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Torture Chamber Ensemble
Thomas Helton and his jazz/chamber music/prog rock group perform new compositions at DiverseWorks
By Troy Schulze
Published: January 24, 2008
Bassist Thomas Helton’s compositions pull from free jazz, chamber music, minimalist experiments and prog rock. He’s the leader of the Torture Chamber Ensemble, but...
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Pharoahe Monch
A hip-hopper takes on politics, culture and a pack of brats
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
Pharoahe Monch blends the sounds of soul, R&B and gospel for beats that back lyrics usually not about bitches and bling. An exception: his recent remix of Amy Winehouse’s...
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“Black Box”
Native Houstonian Phi Phi Oanh’s exhibit is a matter of life and death
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
For “Black Box,” her new exhibit at Art League Houston, Houston-born artist Phi Phi Oanh arranged black boxes on the floor; they look like caskets ready for burial or...
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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin
The Russian Cultural Center screens a Larry Weinstein documentary about life as a composer in Stalin’s Soviet Union
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: January 24, 2008
Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, the subject of the documentary film The War Symphonies, once wrote, “There was only one question: How did the leader like your work?...
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Green: The New Red, White and Blue
Thomas Friedman looks at environmental patriotism
By Julia Youssefnia
Published: January 24, 2008
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman knows that going “green” is not just another marketing slogan. In his 2007 documentary screening today at Rice, Green: The...
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My Village at Sunset
Rice professors and a former U.S. ambassador try to explain why the king of Cambodia directed a B movie
By Nick Keppler
Published: January 24, 2008
Born into Cambodia’s royal family, Norodom Sihanouk has, in his lifetime, been the figurehead of the country’s independence movement, the author of a constitutional...
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Dead Poets Society
Chloe Dao, winner of Project Runway and native Houstonian, introduces the film that inspired her success at the MFAH
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
For Chloe Dao, fashion designer and winner of the Project Runway’s second season, Dead Poets Society was a life-changing film. “I dropped out of University of...
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Houston Tango Festival
Try the national dance of Argentina
By Julia Ramey
Published: January 24, 2008
Argentinean composer Enrique Santos Discépolo once said, “The tango is a sad thought that you can dance.” See how melancholy you can be at the three-day...
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Maria Guzman’s “Moving In”
A local artist boxes up her feelings about new places
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
Local artist Maria Guzman’s “Moving In” exhibit at Lawndale Art Center is about adapting to a new environment. “My dad is Colombian, my mother is from Peru,...
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Charlie Roberts
See why the creator of “Mambo Jambo: Cabinet of the Cosmos” calls himself a “maximalist”
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: January 24, 2008
Once you’ve seen “Mambo Jambo: Cabinet of the Cosmos,” you’ll understand why artist Charlie Roberts calls himself a “maximalist.” The wooden...
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Suh Se-ok’s “Where Clouds Disperse”
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the first major museum exhibition of Korean modernist Suh Se-ok
By FRANCISCA ORTEGA
Published: January 24, 2008
At first glance, Suh Se-ok’s exhibition “Where Clouds Disperse” appears to be Korea’s version of the Rorschach test, but in these ink, paper and brush...
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Matt Braunger
A comedian warns of the dangers of owls
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: January 24, 2008
Matt Braunger is worried about the message Harry Potter is sending to kids — “that it’s okay to own an owl for a pet — noooo,” says the comedian,...
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