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Willie Mae Sallie wrote the musical play It’s Almost Midnight in one sitting. The “Holy Spirit woke me up at two o’clock one morning,” she says. “I...
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Most folks have never heard of Chef Dominique Macquet’s homeland, the tiny African island of Mauritius, but that doesn’t stop them from enjoying the savory tropical...
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In the confused and frantic days following Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, the Pakistani government announced numerous causes of her death, ranging from gunshot wounds to...
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The Houston Symphony’s all-day, multiple-discussion, four-performance, full-orchestra-plus-a-choir Beethoven Experience, happening in March, may be too much for some...
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The USA vs. Mexico soccer rivalry is virtually unmatched in North American sports. Historic and nationalistic factors make it more than just a game between two home teams,...
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It’s a good thing this is a leap year — you’re going to need that extra day if you want to see the entire 12th Annual Citywide African-American Art Exhibit....
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Get your samba shoes on, Houston — Brazilian Carnival 2008 is coming. Okay, it won’t be the five-day/shut-down-the-city celebration that they have in Rio de Janeiro,...
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The Continental Club will want to stock up on plenty of Jameson and Guinness today for local Irish rockers the Blaggards. The quartet creates a sound akin to The Pogues or,...
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The inaugural Cirque du SoGay (the title kinda gives it away, doesn’t it?) at Numbers Nightclub features Kings N Things, the drag kings of Austin, and Chelsea Luna, of...
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Children’s book author Barbara Park had her kids back in the days before there were ultrasounds. So when Park, who writes the Junie B. Jones book series, accompanied her...
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It’s a far cry from Alvin and the Chipmunks: Violence and global humanity — not singing rodents — are the topics in the family-friendly short film Flight of the...
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African-American filmmaker Charles Burnett comes to Houston today to introduce the brand-spanking-new director’s cut of his 1983 flick, My Brother’s Wedding, once...
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Of the many rock legends, few have black faces. Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Prince and Rick James make up the short list of African-American rock and rollers. What’s...
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While 1994’s Pulp Fiction is often seen as Quentin Tarantino’s Citizen Kane, some might argue that his 1992 debut, Reservoir Dogs, is actually his best work. Dogs...
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Laredo-born artist Thomas Glassford has exhibited extensively throughout Texas and Mexico, with some stops in France, Germany and Spain along the way. Now based in Mexico...
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We’re hoping the Aurora Video Library Open House and Menil Bookstore Deck Party is as fun as its name is long. Besides screening art flicks at its church-turned-theater,...
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Fans of Chappelle’s Show and Best Week Ever will recognize Christian Finnegan — if not by name, by face. The comedian played the “crazy” white roommate on...
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Forget Cloverfield. For some really creepy, scary fun, see Craig Wright’s allegorical The Unseen at Stages. The darkly humorous story is about two men imprisoned in an...
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Aunt Esther is 284 years old — no, that’s not a typo, 284 years. Impossible? Not in August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean, in which the wizened old woman is not only...
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Hot passion and seduction aren’t necessarily the first things that come to mind when you think of northern Russia, but fortunately the expert performers of the St....
