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Issue: June 5, 2008
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    48 Hour Film Project Screening

    Local filmmakers set out to make a seven-minute film in two days

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    We can’t tell you what you’ll see at the 48 Hour Film Project Screening — no one can. That’s because the films are being created right now, maybe even as...

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    First Thursdays

    The Texas Film Commission hosts its monthly free shorts festival

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Join fellow film lovers at this month’s edition of First Thursdays at Dean’s. Among the shorts screening will be the 13-minute film Capture Claus by Chris McInroy,...

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    DJ Tiësto Hits the Decks

    The Grammy-nominated turntablist is in an Asian mood

    By Chris Gray
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Tiësto knows what it’s like to command a crowd. The Netherlands-based DJ became the first turntablist to appear onstage at an Olympic Games opening ceremony, at the...

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    Poi Dog Pondering

    The Chicago band visits the Continental Club

    By Chris Gray
    Published: June 5, 2008

    It takes 12 people, and sometimes more, to bring Poi Dog Pondering frontman Frank Orrall’s patchwork quilt of rock, folk, funk, soul and techno to life behind his probing,...

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    “Kaleidoscoptical Super Revolution!”

    “Kaleidoscoptical Super Revolution!”

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    “Kaleidoscoptical Super Revolution!” is a show of works by one of Houston’s most meticulous artists. Patrick Turk spends hours cutting out inch-size pieces of...

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    “A Problem of Courage”

    Kara Hearn takes on tragedies by herself — as different people

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Kara Hearn’s exhibition at DiverseWorks, “A Problem of Courage,” includes a video installation starring the artist as herself and some 20 other characters. The...

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    Vinyl Ranch’s tribute to Urban Cowboy

    Leon’s monthly country-music installment pays tribute to classic country cinema

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Vinyl Ranch’s tribute to Urban Cowboy celebrates 28 years of hard-hat days and honky-tonk nights. Leon Lounge’s monthly country-music installment will feature...

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    Dust

    Artist Marc Fox hauls all of his stuff to the Rice Gallery

    By Nick Keppler
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Marc Fox draws his stuff. For Dust, his self-described “meditation on ownership,” Fox drew over a thousand items sitting around his studio. Furniture, art supplies,...

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    “Deeply Rooted”

    Houston’s newest dance troupe, Urban Souls Dance Company, makes its debut

    By Julia Ramey
    Published: June 5, 2008

    It’s always a pleasure to see a young troupe take its place in the Houston dance pantheon. Today, Urban Souls Dance Company officially arrives with a presentation of new...

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    Eddie Izzard

    Dressed (Differently) to Kill

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Eddie Izzard isn’t cross-dressing these days. (Hence the name of his latest tour: Stripped.) The legendary transvestite comedian has decided to drop the ladies’...

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    Electile Dysfunction

    Houston’s very own political provocateurs — Radio Music Theatre

    By Lee Williams
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Celebrating the most exciting election year in decades, Radio Music Theatre’s come up with a brand new comedy called Electile Dysfunction, featuring a whole new cast of...

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    Mat Johnson

    A University of Houston faculty member reads and discusses his graphic novels

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Mat Johnson admits readings aren’t easy for graphic novelists…especially at a park. “We’re trying to see how to do a PowerPoint presentation outside,”...

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    “African American Battlefields of the Civil War: Contemporary Photography by William Earle Williams”

    The MFAH hosts an exhibit of more than 50 photographs of the remains of black colonial sites

    By Chris Gray
    Published: June 5, 2008

    After President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, more than 180,000 African-American soldiers fought in the Union Army, in regiments and battalions that...

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    “Scholar’s Eye: Contemporary Ceramics”

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    By Julia Ramey
    Published: June 5, 2008

    The world of ceramics, to many, starts with teacups and ends with saucers. But those who see “The Scholar’s Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark...

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    The Accordion Kings and Queens

    Give it a squeeze

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: June 5, 2008

    You’ll find a little bit of zydeco, a little bit of Tejano, some swing and a whole lot of polka at the 19th annual Accordion Kings and Queens concert. Step Rideau & the...

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    Polka Party

    Maybe it’s the beer that makes all these stoic countries produce such jubilant dancing

    By Julia Ramey
    Published: June 5, 2008

    Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland: It’s amazing that countries with such gray weather could come up with something as colorful and joy-infused as polka (maybe...

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    Grand Canyon Adventure 3D

    This new HMNS film is IMAX-imum fun

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez
    Published: June 5, 2008

    People thought filmmaker Greg MacGillivray was crazy to carry expensive and delicate movie equipment, including a 350–pound IMAX camera, onto the rough and racing Colorado...

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    The Splasher

    The Catastrophic Theatre Company’s on a roll

    By Lee Williams
    Published: June 5, 2008

    The second offering from the brand-new Catastrophic Theatre Company is an original in every way. Created by company member (and Houston Press contributor) Troy Schulze, The...

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    In Seclusion

    By Julia Youssefnia
    Published: June 5, 2008

    When artist Aisen Chacin visited the slums of Latin America, she couldn’t help but feel guilty. “My tour only lasted four hours,” her artist’s statement...

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    La Sylphide/A Doll’s House

    Houston Ballet closes with something old and something new

    By Dusti Rhodes
    Published: June 5, 2008

    The Houston Ballet features a war to end all wars…in Mattel terms. The dance company closes its season with the world premiere of A Doll’s House, a ballet that pits...

Issue: June 5, 2008
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49 stories found - 1 through 20
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