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March 23, 2012
Upcoming Events: Crawfish Across Houston
It's high crawfish season in Houston, with a slew of different boils coming up to satisfy all your head-sucking pursuits. But first, you don't want to miss this weekend's big charity event: Kicking Cancer's Ass. The fundraiser dinner will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 25 at Ralph Smi ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
Awready Kickoff Artist Reception & Graffiti, B-Boy and B-Girl Exhibition
It's high crawfish season in Houston, with a slew of different boils coming up to satisfy all your head-sucking pursuits. But first, you don't want to miss this weekend's big charity event: Kicking Cancer's Ass. The fundraiser dinner will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 25 at Ralph Smi ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
Upcoming Events: Just Say No to Green Beer and Cancer
Instead of chugging crappy green beer for St. Patrick's Day (which is tomorrow, in case you missed the memo), here are three other suggestions that don't suck: Barbecue guru Neil "Bigmista" Strawder is returning home to Galveston tomorrow for a charity barbecue at St. Augustine of Hippo, the oldest ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
App of the Week: Tophatter
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine alerted me to a Web site called Tophatter where she had started selling her photos, suggesting I might consider doing the same. Before I could take a look, it was explained to me that Tophatter was a live auction Web site for selling handmade or vintage goods market ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Meat Market: Sorry State
Slim pickings at an East Texas cattle auction point to a grim future for the industry.
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January 19, 2012
"2012 HCP Print Auction Exhibition"
Slim pickings at an East Texas cattle auction point to a grim future for the industry.
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January 13, 2012
Chris Gray Day: The Final Details, Lineup and Information
Tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m., a loud, raucous, event will take place in support of our music editor, Chris Gray, and it couldn't be more appropriate. Chris Gray Day opens with breakfast with the Allen Oldies Band and closes just south of 2 a.m. with Horseshoe on the Continental Club stage. Below ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Chris Gray Day: Auction Items and a Special Deal from Live Nation
With the Chris Gray benefit just a few days away, news is flying fast and furious. We told you yesterday about the addition of Hayes Carll to the artist line up and gave you a rundown of every artist on the bill. Today, we have news from Live Nation. Live Nation has donated two box seats including ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
East End Live Art: Politiqueer
With the Chris Gray benefit just a few days away, news is flying fast and furious. We told you yesterday about the addition of Hayes Carll to the artist line up and gave you a rundown of every artist on the bill. Today, we have news from Live Nation. Live Nation has donated two box seats including ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Where to See Some Live Music on Thanksgiving (and the Wednesday before)
We all need a place to mellow out after a day of dealing with family. Don't get us wrong, we love our families. It's just that, getting together with the extended crew can take a toll and relaxing with some live, local music helps take the edge off. Holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving fit neatl ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Rebecca Masson and Friends Raise Money for Lucky Dog Rescue in a Sweet Way
Masson's course of pistachio pound cake with candied fennel was my favorite of the night."This is confusing the hell out of my palate, and I'm loving it!" joked Eater Houston editor Amber Ambrose to my right on Sunday night. We were polishing off pastry chef Chris Leung's dessert course of s ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
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Masson's course of pistachio pound cake with candied fennel was my favorite of the night."This is confusing the hell out of my palate, and I'm loving it!" joked Eater Houston editor Amber Ambrose to my right on Sunday night. We were polishing off pastry chef Chris Leung's dessert course of s ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Texas Donkeys Being Abandoned Because Of Drought
Eeyore doesn't like droughtsYou gotta figure Texas donkeys have a hard enough life anyway. It's freaking hot all the time, you're probably sterile and everyone's confusing you for a mule. But when a king-size drought comes along, things can get a lot worse. Donkey rescue groups are warning ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Hey, Wanna Buy a (Notorious) Prison?
Bad memories includedIf you've ever wanted to own a prison, now's your chance: The city of Littlefield is auctioning off the Bill Clayton Detention Center, abandoned by the GEO Group, a private prison operator with a troubled history in Texas. The Florida-based GEO pulled out after the son o ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
The Most Bizarre Music Memorabilia Ever Auctioned Off
michaeljacksonfuneral.orgNote: Not the actual million-dollar jacket.Have you ever worked in a souvenir store, memorabilia outlet or run an online auction? If so, odds are you have developed a venal, burning hatred for collectors. Rocks Off isn't going to mince words: collectors are some of t ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Upcoming Events
As you may have read and seen around the Internet, this Sunday is Linda's Block Party at 1834 Westheimer, a fundraising event to help defray medical costs for Linda Salinas. Salinas, a local bartender and sommelier, was injured in a scooter accident on Sunday night, and the Houston restaurant ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
The 2011 Best Bites and Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Photos by GroovehouseFor more photos from Best Bites, visit our slideshow.The 2011 Rodeo season has officially kicked off -- at least as far as food and wine lovers are concerned -- with the announcement of this year's top winners of the annual International Wine Competition. Last night at t ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin For Sale: Christmas Shopping DONE!
Photo courtesy Nate D. Sanders AuctionsOswald's coffin could be under YOUR Christmas treeForget trying to fight the crowds at Ikea or Toys R Us. Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin is for sale!! No, don't be so ghoulish -- you don't get the one he's buried in now. This coffin is the utterly unghoulis ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
H.A. McArdle: Long-Lost Battle Of San Jacinto Painting Found In A West Virginia Attic
Found in an atticAnyone who's visited the Texas capitol in Austin has seen the epic painting depicting the Battle of San Jacinto, where Sam Houston whipped up on the Mexican Army.There was a smaller, slightly different version of it by the artist, H.A. McArdle, but he kept it after a commission p ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
"23rd Annual Día de los Muertos" Exhibit
Lawndale Art Center does it again
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July 12, 2010
Silent Auction To Benefit Gulf Fishermen: Foodie Goodies For Sale
Even if you aren't attending the upcoming Ceviche Throwdown, you can still help with the Houston Chowhounds' goal of raising $15,000 to support local Gulf fishermen in the wake of the BP oil spill and ensuing environmental disaster. An online silent auction, organized by head 'Hound Jenny Wan ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Stolen, Huge Samurai Sculpture May Be In Houston; Where To Look?
Not exactly shopliftedAnyone seen a $60,000 samurai sculpture? It's over 10 feet tall -- it'd kind of be hard to miss.Authorities believe it's somewhere in Houston, after being stolen in March from Heirloom Gardens in College Station.The "sculpture was reported missing after a public auction was ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
You Think Today's NASA Mission Posters Are Lame?
Photos courtesy BonhamsA while back, there was some general web guffawing over what was perceived as NASA's lame mission posters, which have trended towards spoofing popular movies. (We kinda liked them, actually.)Now we're getting a glance at how bad things used to be.On Tuesday -- the 40th anni ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
It's Alive!
Boo Town promises an "artsy-fartsy" evening
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January 21, 2010
"2010 Print Auction Exhibition"
It's a buyers' market - an art buyers' market, that is
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November 12, 2009
13th Annual Art on the Avenue
Winter Street’s about to be inundated with work by 275 Texas artists
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June 18, 2009
Cocktails for the Cure
Web exclusive!
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March 10, 2009
Houston Sells Galveston Some Old School Buses, Cheap
Photo by wheanyAn item on the upcoming HISD board agenda calls for the district to sell 50 school buses to Galveston ISD to replace those lost in Ike.The cost: $682 each.HISD says that figure is "the average sale price of a school bus that HISD has received from past auctions." To which we asked: Re ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
"If The Real Thing Don't Do The Trick" -- A Barracuda, Elvis & San Antone
Photo courtesy Leake Auction CompanyFor a moment there, it seemed like a lost piece of Elvis Presley memorabilia was rediscovered.No, not the mason jar where they kept his stillborn twin brother Jesse Garon, but something almost as cool - a Plymouth Barracuda thought to have been bought by the King ... More >>
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February 12, 2009
Houston Center for Photography Print Auction
Web exclusive!
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October 23, 2008
"Made From Ike"
The Fresh Arts Coalition auctions off hurricane creations for relief efforts
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May 15, 2008
Night of the Derby — Part Deux
Local artists get down and derby with their de-car-ations
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November 8, 2007
“Art on the Avenue”
Avenue Community Development Corporation’s annual fund-raiser and party
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February 12, 2007
Don't Remind Us
Avenue Community Development Corporation’s annual fund-raiser and party
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December 7, 2006
Wintertime Blues
Avenue Community Development Corporation’s annual fund-raiser and party
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November 3, 2006
Get On Board
Avenue Community Development Corporation’s annual fund-raiser and party
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August 23, 2006
Re: Breaking News: Death to the Dogs
Avenue Community Development Corporation’s annual fund-raiser and party
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August 17, 2006
Breaking News: Death to the Dogs
Avenue Community Development Corporation’s annual fund-raiser and party
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July 6, 2006
Frida Fiesta
Celebrate art and the unibrow
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June 22, 2006
Don't Let Him Go!
Celebrate art and the unibrow
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March 30, 2006
Shall We Danse?
Celebrate art and the unibrow
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March 23, 2006
Nothing's Up
Classic underachievers fumble through [sic]
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September 5, 2002
Costs You Money!
The furniture king finds himself in a charity-ticket tangle
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October 28, 1999
Serial Killers On-line
Victim advocates condemn sales of murder-related items
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November 5, 1998
The Farb File
Victim advocates condemn sales of murder-related items
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April 10, 1997
The Insider
Victim advocates condemn sales of murder-related items
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September 5, 1996
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Victim advocates condemn sales of murder-related items
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May 2, 1996
Oh, Ken! Oh, Aladdin!
Just how old should a doll be before it's allowed to have sex?
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April 4, 1996
Press Picks
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April 27, 1995
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