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Honoring Sally Yan Yan Ng
The MFAH remembers a film fan
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 31, 2008
“Honoring Sally Yan Yan Ng” is perhaps the first film series the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has had in memory of an individual, says Marian Luntz, film curator for...
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AGA-BOOM
It’s Cirque du Soleil meets the Three Stooges on crack at this alternative circus
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 31, 2008
Imagine Cirque du Soleil and the Three Stooges at a pie-throwing contest with really loud rock music, and you’ll have some idea what Aga–Boom, the Theatre of Physical...
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The Unforgettable Tour
Big Brassy Bollywood arrives in Texas
By Lee Williams
Published: July 31, 2008
Bollywood fans, your day has arrived. The Unforgettable Tour is here. The sexiest, most celebrated legends from Indian film — everyone from that dark beauty Aishwarya Rai...
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18th Annual Houston International Jazz Festival
Ruben Studdard, Hiroshima and the “Sax Pack” head up Bubba Thomas’s yearly ode to all things jazz
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: July 31, 2008
We’re not quite sure what the vocal stylings of American Idol winner Ruben Studdard have in common with Al Jarreau or Joe Williams, but Studdard’s one of the...
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Breaking Dawn
Two release parties mark the arrival of the final book in the Twilight series
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 31, 2008
It’s here! The final installment in the Twilight young adult fantasy series by author Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn, hits the shelves today, and there are two release...
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Houston Young Playwright’s Exchange
The Alley Theatre gives its stage to local teens
By Lee Williams
Published: July 31, 2008
Terminal illness, nasty name-calling, an existential crisis — these are just some of the ideas being explored by local teens in the Alley Theatre’s 12th annual...
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Soul and Blues Festival
Betty Wright, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Willie Clayton headline a mega-jam
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: July 31, 2008
The Soul and Blues Festival features Betty Wright, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Willie Clayton — need we say more? Well, we’re going to anyway. Wright released...
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UniverSoul Circus
This African-American troupe presents hip-hop under the big top
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: July 31, 2008
UniverSoul Circus features a “Hip Hop under the Big Top” show with trapeze, daredevil, gymnastic, aerial and animal acts from all over the world performing to R&B,...
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Scott Blackwood
A fiction writer puts a refreshing spin on the try-walking-a-mile-in-their-shoes approach
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 31, 2008
Author Scott Blackwood’s characters find hope in the darkest of places. Many of the stories in his 2001 collection In the Shadow of Our House end on a note that is...
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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Meet Maya Deren’s unusual circle of friends
By Nick Keppler
Published: July 31, 2008
In 1936, experimental filmmaker Maya Deren got a grant to shoot voodoo rituals in Haiti from the Guggenheim Foundation and soon found herself dancing in a circle praising...
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Tuna Does Vegas in Galveston
Let the silliness begin
By Lee Williams
Published: July 31, 2008
It’s been more than two decades since Joe Sears and Jaston Williams created the cast of hilarious hoots from Tuna, Texas, “the third smallest town in Texas.”...
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Nellie McKay
Songstress sweetens bitter issues with peppy pop
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 31, 2008
Nellie McKay packages feminist, pro--animal rights and antiwar sentiments into sugarcoated piano pop with jazz, Latin and hip-hop influences. This style, along with her...
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White Linen Night in the Heights
Check out the latest offerings from area restaurants, businesses and galleries
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 31, 2008
Bleach out those armpit stains because it’s time once again for White Linen Night in the Heights. You wouldn’t want any yellow spots to dampen an evening of art,...
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The River Oaks Theatre features medieval mayhem at midnight
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 31, 2008
Today brings the legendary British comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The retelling of the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table from the troupe that...
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Linnea in Monet’s Garden
The MFAH screens a kid’s film about art, Paris, and one of the most famous French artists ever
By Julia Youssefnia
Published: July 31, 2008
Kids who are still more interested in Saturday morning cartoons than stuffy old art will find today’s free Family Flicks screening, Linnea in Monet’s Garden, pretty...
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Saturday Night Fever
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston brings back one of those movies people who aren’t film buffs consider classic.
By Nick Keppler
Published: July 31, 2008
Saturday Night Fever has all the hallmarks of a good dumb movie. It’s got a famous soundtrack. It’s got great dance scenes. It’s got a stereotypical but...
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The Houston Shakespeare Festival
Friends, Romans, Houstonians, lend me your ears
By Lee Williams
Published: July 31, 2008
Since 1975, the Houston Shakespeare Festival has been making our summers richer, funnier and more dramatic. This year the annual tradition features a magnificent tragedy and a...
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Sam Taylor-Wood
Get another look at this “End Game” artist at the CAMH
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: July 31, 2008
If “End Game” at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston got you jonesin’ for more Sam Taylor-Wood, then get your fill across the street at the Contemporary Arts Museum...
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Game On
Civilization Revolution Offers a Fast Way to Build Up a Culture.
This version is a stripped, streamlined interpretation of past Civ games
By Gary Hodges
Published: July 31, 2008
Gandhi is threatening to invade my country if I don't share the secrets of gunpowder with him. Consulting with my advisers, I'm told his army is no threat, their technology far...
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Feature
Texas Woman Fights Abuse at the State's Schools for the Mentally Retarded
Her son was beaten up by an angry caregiver at Denton State School
By Jesse Hyde
Published: July 31, 2008
Farhat Chishty pushes her son's wheelchair into the shade of an oak tree and sits down with a sigh. It's a calm spring morning at Denton State School, the largest institution...
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