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“Wendell Minor in the American Tradition”
A well-known illustrator brings his vision of America to the Children’s Museum of Houston
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: May 1, 2008
You’ll usually find illustrator Wendell Minor’s artwork on book covers, but for the next several weeks, it will be hanging on the walls of the Children’s Museum...
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Tom Jones
The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir definitely believes they put a man on the moon…it was him
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
Tom Jones knows the moon, man. The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir has been in the space business for nearly two decades. Not only has Jones ventured into...
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“Listen Up!”
The Iris Project is waiting for you to push its buttons
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
The Iris Project wants you to push its buttons. For its public art project “Listen Up!,” the local artist collective stuck 500 red sound buttons on buildings, signs,...
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“Art Born of the Horror”
Avraham Sapir and Saul Balagura reflect on the Holocaust
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: May 1, 2008
Israeli artist Avraham Sapir, who was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, makes work dealing with genocide and torture. Artist/poet Saul Balagura is not a...
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Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America at MFAH
Some of Latin America’s most promising directors are set to screen new films in their Houston premieres
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: May 1, 2008
The Latin Wave film festival is a mixed bag of comedies, thrillers, family dramas and documentaries, all making their Houston debut this weekend. Many of the filmmakers will be...
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This American Life — Live!
Ira Glass takes his show on the road…via satellite
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
Those who missed This American Life host Ira Glass’s recent appearance in Houston can see him again via satellite. Sure, it’s not as good as face to face, but fans of...
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We’re Going to Eat You (Di Yu Wu Men)
This Hong Kong film features everything but the kitchen sink — no, wait, it has that, too
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
The makers of We’re Going to Eat You were too busy cramming freakin’ awesomeness into the movie to worry about a plot. The multigenre flick features cannibals,...
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Norm MacDonald
This former SNL cast member continues his comedy — sans his greatest hits
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
Success has given Norm MacDonald a vault of oldies-but-goodies. There are joke gems from the comedian’s years on the stand-up circuit and his time on Saturday Night Live...
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“Houston Architectural Trilogy: Photography of Valentin Gertsman”
Change your mind about construction cranes and traffic cones at this art exhibit
By Julia Ramey
Published: May 1, 2008
It is very difficult to see urban construction as anything less than an enormous pain in the ass, especially when you’re stuck for 45 minutes on a six-lane highway that...
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Cokie Roberts
This award-winning NPR reporter knows all about the first first ladies
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
Cokie Roberts is giving it up for the ladies. The award-winning senior news analyst for National Public Radio and former co-anchor of ABC’s This Week with Sam Donaldson &...
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“J. Antonio Farfan, A Solo Exhibit: On the Nature of Time”
Explore the colorful, satisfying work of this Houston haunt
By Julia Ramey
Published: May 1, 2008
In 2002, the artist J. Antonio Farfan, who had spent much of his young life in our fair city (he was educated at the University of Houston), decamped for New York. Fortunately...
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Liars, Lovers and Lunatics
Alyson Hannigan’s Sapphic significant other from Buffy the Vampire Slayer also directs
By Nick Keppler
Published: May 1, 2008
Amber Benson is best known as the -second-hottest lesbian witch on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She continues acting, but what she really wants to do is direct. For her first...
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“Nothing to It (An evening of itty bitty witty ditties)”
The Art Guys offer up some of their greatest hits
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
“Nothing to It (An evening of itty bitty witty ditties)” features reruns of The Art Guys’ best episodes. The Guys, also known as Jack Massing and Michael...
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“Orchidaceae”
The Museum of Printing History presents gardener-turned-photographer Frazier King
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: May 1, 2008
When Frazier King isn’t raising orchids, he’s photographing them. Silky, sensual and delicate, the flowers in his photographs seem to be caught in mid-flight,...
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Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky for Tots
By Julia Ramey
Published: May 1, 2008
Houston Grand Opera’s “Opera to Go!” Company is presenting a 45-minute mini-opera version of Sleeping Beauty for kids today at the Miller Outdoor Theatre —...
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Cinco de Mayo Festival
Houston artists Las Fenix and Fito Olivarez are headliners for the Mexican celebration at Miller Outdoor Theatre
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: May 1, 2008
It’s a hometown lineup at the Cinco de Mayo Festival, the annual celebration of the Mexican victory at the 1862 Battle of Puebla. Girl group Las Fenix (four teenaged...
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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Festival
Sufi rocker Junoon brings his Santana-meets-Led Zeppelin sound to Miller Outdoor Theatre
By Julia Youssefnia
Published: May 1, 2008
At this year’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Festival, you can experience the meeting of East and West. One of the biggest draws this year will be Pakistani rock group...
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Chelsea Handler
This author, comedian and TV host heads to Houston on the heels of her second book release
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: May 1, 2008
Comedian Chelsea Handler loves being on television, but hitting the road also means she gets to hit the bottle. “I can’t really drink on television,” says...
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Ashes to Africa
The Ensemble Theatre presents a family drama about going home (in more ways than one)
By Lee Williams
Published: May 1, 2008
Grandmothers can be so difficult. That’s what Marta Henderson finds out in Mark Clayton Southers’s Ashes to Africa, a family story about a nana’s dying wish to...
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Game On
Prologue is a tantalizing – and overpriced – glimpse at the next Gran Turismo
When Less Is Less
By Gary Hodges
Published: May 1, 2008
When the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I first hit theaters, some fans bought tickets for the movie it was presented with, watched the trailer and then walked out —...
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