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41. Stirred and Shaken

    RICHMOND CHILL BAR & GRILL'S CHILL-LEMONADE

    By W. Healy

    Published: September 4, 2008

    I'll never judge a book by its cover again. Or rather, I'll never drive past a bar stuck on the end of a drab strip center and think to myself, NFW. The Richmond Chill Bar &...

42. Dish

    Two Words at Petit Café Mediterranean Grill

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: September 4, 2008

    "Good?" and "Welcome." These are the only two words of English spoken by the mother of Chris Felefle, owner of the newly opened Petit Café Mediterranean Grill (1250...

43. Film

    About Boy A

    What happens when a child murderer grows up?

    By Ernest Hardy

    Published: September 4, 2008

    So fuckin' delicate, people...they die so easily," says a supporting character to the titular Boy A, whose barely audible two-word reply — "She didn't" —...

44. Theater

    Mildred's Umbrella explores A Murder of Crows

    Mustardy Musings on Life, Death and Ugly Americans

    By Lee Williams

    Published: September 4, 2008

    The world is a bleak place in Mac Wellman's hilarious invective A Murder of Crows, now in the hands of Mildred's Umbrella. The apocalyptic tale imagines a landscape ravished by...

45. Artbeat

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Defending Democracy," "Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom," "Heroes Alter Egos," "Neo HooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith," "(Re)Vision: A Preservation of Houston's Inner Loop"

    By Sean Carroll, Troy Schulze and Beth Secor

    Published: September 4, 2008

    "Defending Democracy" "Defending Democracy" displays work by artists who share the belief that art can be a catalyst for change. The show includes political graphic art of...

46. Encore

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Baby with the Bathwater, Electile Dysfunction, In the Middle of the Ocean

    By D.L. Groover and Lee Williams

    Published: September 4, 2008

    Baby with the Bathwater Poor baby. It's got a psycho for a nanny (Jay Menchaca), and parents (Julie Thornley and John Lloyd Clingman) who are so inept, they can't even figure...

47. Ask a Mexican

    Amnesty and Margaritas

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: September 4, 2008

    Dear Mexican, I'm an illegal alien. Got here on a tourist visa and stayed for a job. My gabacho employer knows about it and doesn't give a crap. I don't apologize about it. I...