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Houston Roller Derby’s April Annihilation
Austin’s Hell Marys mix it up with the Psych Ward Sirens
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 10, 2008
It’s bash and crash time at Houston Roller Derby’s April Annihilation when the Hell Marys meet the Psych Ward Sirens and the Bayou City Bosses go head-to-head with...
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Tony Earley
Top novelist reads from his latest work, The Blue Star
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
Tony Earley has a knack for using simple plots as platters to dish out his delicious prose. His series about a boy growing up during the Great Depression started in 2000 with...
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Titanic and Today, An Evening Exploring the Arctic Then and Now
Lecture commemorates the unsinkable’s sinking
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
Ninety-six years ago today, the Titanic spent its last day above water. “Titanic and Today, An Evening Exploring the Arctic Then and Now” explores the sinking of the...
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“Images that Flicker Light”
Up-and-coming Latina photographers show their work at MECA
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 10, 2008
“Images that Flicker Light” is a group show by several up-and-coming Latina photographers. Among the group is Fabiola Valencia, who shows us still-lifes, glimpses of...
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Art in the Park/VISIONS Cultural Arts Tour
Midtown has an art double-header
By Chris Gray
Published: April 10, 2008
Mid-towners will have their choice of events this weekend. First, dozens of local and regional painters, sculptors, jewelry-makers and other artists will turn Elizabeth Baldwin...
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WorldFest Houston
If you’ve got the time, you can catch 127 of the best indie films in the world
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 10, 2008
Popcorn? Check. Soda? Check. Seat cushion? Check. Wait a minute, seat cushion? Yep, you’re going to need one when you go to WorldFest Houston International Film Festival...
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Houston Indie Book Festival
Go buy the book…while it’s cheap
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
Bookworms will want to be early birds for the Houston Indie Book Festival. With all the deals from local and national journals, independent presses and bookstores, you’ll...
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Discovery Green Family Day
Downtown’s newest park opens today
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: April 10, 2008
One of Houston’s most ambitious efforts to bring nature areas to downtown will finally be unveiled during Discovery Green Family Day. The development of the 12–acre...
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With a Pen in Her Hand: Mexicanas Telling Stories Through Music and Literature
Author Alicia Gaspar de Alba and singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa join forces to tell the tales of Hispanic women
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 10, 2008
Author Alicia Gaspar de Alba and singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa celebrate the history of Hispanic women at today’s With a Pen in Her Hand: Mexicanas Telling Stories...
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E_Merging II
Dominic Walsh and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano collaborate on two premieres
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 10, 2008
Dominic Walsh’s young dance company (just ending its fifth season) has always made collaboration a priority, and Walsh himself regularly travels around the world to work...
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Glass Exhibition
Abstract Alex Gabriel Bernstein and the ultra-genuine Johnsens show off their hard work at Hooks-Epstein Galleries
By Nick Keppler
Published: April 10, 2008
As April 15 approaches, Alex Gabriel Bern-stein may have the most interesting list of “work-related expenses” of anyone in North Carolina. The artist, whose projects...
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12 Angry Men
The jury’s in on this theater classic
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 10, 2008
The story of a jury’s deliberations on a murder case, 12 Angry Men takes the audience on a rollercoaster ride of anger, betrayal, hope and defeat. The case against a...
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Love Loves a Pornographer
The Nova Arts Project presents a comedy of manners filled with sexual tension
By Lee Williams
Published: April 10, 2008
Everyone loves a farce, especially if it’s filled with juicy sexual innuendo. Blackmail, sex, secrets and cucumber sandwiches bubble over the top of Love Loves a...
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Westheimer Block Party
Local music en masse
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
The Westheimer Block Party is a crash course on the local music scene. The festival includes six stages showcasing more than 70 acts from H-town spanning every genre. There...
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George Carlin
Comedian’s anger still funny after all these years
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
At age 70, George Carlin hasn’t lost his momentum — or his anger. The comedian/actor/author, who got his start in the ‘60s with appearances on The Ed Sullivan...
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“The Absence of the Subject”
Michael Somoroff masters addition by subtraction
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
At first glance, the works in “The Absence of Subject” seem pretty basic. “They look like pictures that would be sold at Pottery Barn, but when you realize...
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Lifting the Veil
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shows us the lives of women in Afghanistan
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 10, 2008
In the 2001 film Beneath the Veil, journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy helped expose the horrors the Taliban were inflicting on Afghan women. For the follow-up, Lifting the Veil,...
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This Is Our Home, It Is Not for Sale
Documentary follows the transformation of historical Houston neighborhood
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
As lofts and townhomes continue to take over historical areas in Houston, it’s bittersweet to see how things started out and, sadly, how they barely still are. In the...
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Moving Pictures
Travesty Dance Group joins AURA and UH Ensemble for a program of contemporary dance and music
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 10, 2008
It’s rare that teachers get to strut their stuff, as their students are usually in the spotlight, but when the instructors in question — the faculty of the University...
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“Leonardo’s Contributions to Engineering”
Panel discussion serves as companion to Leonard da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 10, 2008
“Leonardo’s Contributions to Engineering” is perfect for anyone who’s engineered some interest in the genius inventor. The panel discussion will include...
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