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“Artists of Permanence: The Fine Art of the Tattooist”
This exhibit makes its mark at UHCL
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: February 7, 2008
The human body is often the focus of art, but at “Artists of Permanence: The Fine Art of the Tattooist,” the human body is the canvas as well. Tattoos, around for...
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“Mardi Gras Galveston! — Phyllis Hand”
See how the island’s high society celebrates
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: February 7, 2008
See 200 never-before-exhibited photographs in “Mardi Gras Galveston! — Phyllis Hand.” A society photographer, Hand documented the annual Tremont House Masked...
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“The Thames Mudlarks: A Group Show of London Artists”
A show inspired by London mud wrestlers/artists
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
The Thames Mudlarks are a group of Londoners who have been wrestling the mud along the famed river’s bank since 1980. The group searches for toys, weapons and other...
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“Miwa Yanagi – Deutsche Bank Collection”
A Japanese photographer confronts the conventional images of women
By Julia Ramey
Published: February 7, 2008
There’s a nasty joke in Japan about unmarried women older than 25: They’re called “Christmas cake” — as in, no one wants them after the 25th. Much like...
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Sarah C. Reynolds’s Houston Reflections: Art in the City, 1950s, 60s and 70s
Dozens of local artists remember the art scene
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: February 7, 2008
How did Houston go from a cow town to a metropolitan arts center? Sarah C. Reynolds has at least part of the answer. In 1992, author and curator Reynolds started interviewing...
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Love’s Last Shift
Houston’s newest theater company opens with a sexy gift
By Lee Williams
Published: February 7, 2008
Support the arts and spend absolutely no money! The opening show of Houston’s brand new Classical Theatre Company is not only funny, it’s free. The group, which is...
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Illyria
Texas Repertory Theatre mounts the regional premiere of the off-Broadway musical based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: February 7, 2008
Ah, Illyria — an ancient land where nothing is quite what it seems, and everyone is someone else. At least that’s the way it is in the musical Illyria, currently...
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“GENOME: The Secret of How Life Works”
What do you get when you cross a human, a fly and a banana? Matching genes
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
What do you get when you cross a human and a banana? A 50 percent match in the gene pool. According to the press release for “GENOME: The Secret of How Life Works,”...
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Shat
Punkish metal brought to you by a bunch of dildos
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
Prepare to be Shat on. The New Jersey foursome combines punk, metal and comedy in “Vagetarian,” “Fuck, I Stepped in Shit” and other tunes too obscene (even...
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Kathy Kelley’s Suckling Is Continuous
Rubbers, nipples, sucking mouths. Now that we have your attention: reduce, reuse, recycle
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
For Suckling Is Continuous, local artist Kathy Kelley covered ten-foot, eight-foot and six-foot balls with pieces of leftover tires. The scraps are twisted to form shapes...
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My Neighbor Totoro
Rice screens the only film to warm hearts and pop eyes at both Troma and Disney
By Nick Keppler
Published: February 7, 2008
Troma is the nation’s leading stock house of horror-comedies -- films filled with levels of gore and nudity the word “gratuitous” doesn’t even come close to...
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Diana Ross
Legendary entertainer discusses her rise to fame, sans big screen
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
If you want to see Diana Ross discuss her rise out of the Detroit projects to become one of the top female entertainers in American history, you may want to bring binoculars...
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“Icons and Hieroglyphs”
Dune-Micheli Patten sees Houston through caveman eyes
By Nick Keppler
Published: February 7, 2008
Self-taught artist Dune-Micheli Patten researched cave paintings and primitive artwork in Central America and Europe, then tried out their methods and aesthetics himself. The...
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Alma y Fuego (Soul and Fire)
Lucia y Valdemar Gitanerías Flamenco brings passion and expertise to the complicated Spanish music
By Julia Ramey
Published: February 7, 2008
Flamenco music developed in India and Spain, with influences from Islamic, Gypsy and numerous other cultures. So, when you hear this complex, passionate style live, you want it...
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The Ravi Coltrane Quartet
John Coltrane’s son finds his own musical path
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: February 7, 2008
It’s hard enough to be a musician following in the same line of work as a famous parent — just ask Julian Lennon. But when dad was not just an innovator of a genre...
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Chantal Akerman: A Sampler
A monthlong film series screens four of the video artist’s best-known works
By FRANCISCA ORTEGA
Published: February 7, 2008
In Je, tu, il, elle, one of the films being screened in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston series Chantal Akerman: A Sampler, the lead character, played by Akerman (who also...
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Analyzing While Waiting (for Time to Pass): Contemporary Art in Tehran
Treibsand magazine, via the Aurora Picture Show, delves into the other Iranian film scene
By Nick Keppler
Published: February 7, 2008
As the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s annual Iranian Film Festival demonstrates, the Islamic Republic has developed a thriving industry of well-produced, well-financed and...
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Labei Ritual
Dainty dames get down with death metal
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
Kitty may be shitty, but that doesn’t mean other maidens shouldn’t take on metal. Labei Ritual — which we’re guessing is the plural form of labia — is...
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“The Best That I Can Give You and Less Than Half of What You Deserve”
Katie Pell wants you to know you are loved
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 7, 2008
Katie Pell thinks you’re worth it. She tells you so in “The Best That I Can Give You and Less Than Half of What You Deserve.” “I wanted to do a piece where...
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Tommy Davidson
In Living Color comedian hits Houston for a four-night stint
By JONATHAN MCNAMARA
Published: February 7, 2008
Sly Stallone is beating the dead horse also known as Rambo one more time, and fans everywhere are cringing in their theater seats. But there’s one way to improve Rambo:...
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