Last fall the Houston Press asked readers to send in nominations of people who were breaking new ground in the arts around here.The lucky winners have been named and will be getting a $2,000 check at a dinner Saturday and -- perhaps more importantly -- they are profiled in the Press today. (Well, maybe the check is a bigger deal.)It's all a part of the Press' Artopia bash, dedicated to food, booze, art and fashion.Who are the MasterMinds? A husband/wife team of visual artists, a group of high s
Edalat Square is an opera based on the true story of two gays teens who were hung in Iran in 2005 for homosexuality.The Opera Vista Festival at UH is featuring the piece this year, and organizers say they expected some controversy. It's arrived, in the form of a death threat.Amy Hopper, founding director of the Nova Arts Project (also involved in producing the festival), says she received a note in her mailbox saying this: "You are pigs to mix Islam with gays. You must stop! We will not let you
