This was the hotttness back in the day in GalvestonFrom 1920 to 1932, Galveston hosted an annual "pageant of pulchritude" on the beach in front of the Seawall. At its Roaring `20s peak, the bathing-suit contest that was officially known as the Galveston Island Beach Revue would entice some 200,000 people (a preponderance of them male, we would imagine) per year, tripling the population of the Island for the weekend. After a dormancy of 76 years, it is coming back on May 16. The event is being re
Photo courtesy San Jacinto MuseumThe Gothic comedy The Miss Firecracker Contest closes on Sunday. Pulitzer-Prize winner Beth Henley's play is about Carnelle, a young woman with a less-than-perfect past who has entered the local beauty pageant in order to restore not only her reputation but her self-esteem as well. She's getting a little help from a cast of only-in-the-south eccentrics. There's a faded beauty queen, a fresh-from-the-mental-ward cousin, and a seamstress who got her start sewing ou
Photo by Olivia Flores Alvarez"Street Tempted" at Aerosol Warfare There are two arts shows and a play that warrant your attention before they close this weekend. First is "Street Tempted," an art exhibit at Aerosol Warfare by Galveston-based artist Gabriel Prusmack. After starting as a graffiti artist about eight years ago, Prusmack has since moved on to using found objects, stencils, and installations. Paintings in the Aerosol Warfare gallery were made on found material, adhered to the walls an
