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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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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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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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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...
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“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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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 celebrates 28 years of hard-hat days and honky-tonk nights. Leon Lounge’s monthly country-music installment will feature...
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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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...
