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    January 26, 2012

    Before We Cared: 10 Bit Players Who Became Superstars

    On this day in 1965, British songstress Petula Clark reached number one on the charts with "Downtown," a pop classic with an unforgettable hook that has become a mainstay of oldies radio, film soundtracks and TV advertisements in the years since. The song even served as a plot point in an episode o ... More >>

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    December 1, 2011

    Shchelkunchik

    On this day in 1965, British songstress Petula Clark reached number one on the charts with "Downtown," a pop classic with an unforgettable hook that has become a mainstay of oldies radio, film soundtracks and TV advertisements in the years since. The song even served as a plot point in an episode o ... More >>

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    November 18, 2011

    Comment of the Day: The Day The Astros Died

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

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    October 27, 2011

    By a Committee of Style — 10 Choreographers from TX, OH, MO, NY, WA, MS

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Who Knew Closing One Block of Smith Street Could Be Such a Pain in the Ass?

    One block, big troubles​For a week or so -- and for the next three months -- drivers have been dealing with the closure of Smith Street between Franklin and Congress while TxDOT does some bridge repair. One block: No big deal, right? It turns out that block of Smith Street is apparently the ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 7, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Curtains, Jitney, Masters of Semblance, Urinetown

    One block, big troubles​For a week or so -- and for the next three months -- drivers have been dealing with the closure of Smith Street between Franklin and Congress while TxDOT does some bridge repair. One block: No big deal, right? It turns out that block of Smith Street is apparently the ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 24, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Luck of the Draw, Paradise Hotel, The War of the Worlds

    One block, big troubles​For a week or so -- and for the next three months -- drivers have been dealing with the closure of Smith Street between Franklin and Congress while TxDOT does some bridge repair. One block: No big deal, right? It turns out that block of Smith Street is apparently the ... More >>

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    January 27, 2011

    Dark Frames: Animations from Devious and Daring Places

    One block, big troubles​For a week or so -- and for the next three months -- drivers have been dealing with the closure of Smith Street between Franklin and Congress while TxDOT does some bridge repair. One block: No big deal, right? It turns out that block of Smith Street is apparently the ... More >>

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    January 6, 2011

    The Nach Project Launch Party

    One block, big troubles​For a week or so -- and for the next three months -- drivers have been dealing with the closure of Smith Street between Franklin and Congress while TxDOT does some bridge repair. One block: No big deal, right? It turns out that block of Smith Street is apparently the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Openings & Closings

    No more ceviche at the Midtown outpost of Lemon Tree.​A reader alerted us via Twitter to the fact that the Lemon Tree (207 West Gray) had closed its doors sometime in the past week. We went by to check it out and it is, indeed, closed. A call to Lemon Tree's original location on Whittington re ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Tartuffe

    Or how to refuse to see what's in front of you

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    December 25, 2009

    Openings and Closings: Market Square Edition

    ​By now, most Houstonians have heard of the efforts to once again revitalize downtown's Market Square. The city block, which is bounded by Travis, Milam, Congress and Preston, has long been a park but has also long been ignored, despite many past efforts to revive it to its former glory. Plan ... More >>

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    December 10, 2009

    The Formers

    Suchu Dance presents an original work by Jennifer Wood

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    November 19, 2009

    Fall Mosaic

    Revolve Dance Company invites a couple of friends over

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Houston Finally Learns How To Recycle -- Through Dance

    ​You can catch one of the most spontaneous and eclectic events of the season this weekend at The Recycle Club. It's a combination of dancing, speaking, singing, and video projection in what choreographer Karen Stokes calls "a theatrical re-mix."Stokes, who has been working as a dancer and choreogr ... More >>

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    September 17, 2009

    Night of the Giant

    Mildred's Umbrella keeps it eccentric in its latest production

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Five Direct Beatles Connections to Texas

    Four postcards included in the limited edition of The Beatles: Rock Band​ Looks like Beatlemania 2.0 is in full swing. Rocks Off may have mentioned how excited we are to play The Beatles: Rock Band at Coffee Groundz tonight, with prizes, drink specials and much laughter as we try to gnash our way ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 11, 2009

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Beauty Queen of Leenane, Big Range Dance Festival, Complete Works of William Shakespeare...Abridged, Urinetown

    Four postcards included in the limited edition of The Beatles: Rock Band​ Looks like Beatlemania 2.0 is in full swing. Rocks Off may have mentioned how excited we are to play The Beatles: Rock Band at Coffee Groundz tonight, with prizes, drink specials and much laughter as we try to gnash our way ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 4, 2009

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Beauty Queen of Leenane, Big Range Dance Festival, Fiddler on the Roof, Of an Era

    Four postcards included in the limited edition of The Beatles: Rock Band​ Looks like Beatlemania 2.0 is in full swing. Rocks Off may have mentioned how excited we are to play The Beatles: Rock Band at Coffee Groundz tonight, with prizes, drink specials and much laughter as we try to gnash our way ... More >>

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    March 19, 2009

    The 10th Muse

    Divergence Vocal Theater joins forces with Sappho

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    March 5, 2009

    How to Absorb the Colorama Format

    Dance away to Wonderland

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Houstonian Survives First Day Of Amazing-ness

    Photo courtesy CBSHoustonian Jodi Wincheski and her partner have (apparently) survived to live another day on The Amazing Race.The reality-Tv show's 14th season premiered last night, and Wincheski was on one of the teams, partnered with a fellow Southwest Airlines flight attendant.According to this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Today Is A Holiday, Dammit

    Boxing Day - the day after Christmas -- is on most of our calendars, usually with the caveat that it has something to do with Canada. If Americans ever stop to think of it all, most of us grow up thinking it is related to the sweet science.It doesn't. Instead, it's a holiday with its origins in the ... More >>

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    November 13, 2008

    The Ottavia Project

    Divergence Vocal Theater chooses a deadly love triangle for its first production

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Weekend Music: Allen Oldies Band, True Colors Tour, Tom Waits and a Really Strange Japanese Guy

    Divergence Vocal Theater chooses a deadly love triangle for its first production

  • Culture

    June 12, 2008
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    May 15, 2008

    “Libera — The Joy of Believing”

    Ad Deum Dance Company brings faith and art together

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    March 6, 2008

    8:10 Assembly

    Suchu Dance tackles the ordinary

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    January 17, 2008

    Cooper-Moore Trio

    An underground jazz star rekindles an old flame (but not literally)

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    October 18, 2007

    Jihad Abdulmumit

    Former Black Panther heads to Houston for lecture and dramatic performance

  • Culture

    March 29, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    November 2, 2006
  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys

    Dispatches from the 17th annual Houston Press Music Awards

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2005

    Witch Way Is Up

    Something Wicked this way comes

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    August 11, 2005

    Big Chicken

    Comedian/pitchman Bruce Bruce wings it at the Improv

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    March 10, 2005

    Food Fight

    The Benihana-themed Cookin' is a real whack job

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    November 25, 2004

    "Fallen" for You

    DJ Venom and company are ready to Go

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    November 4, 2004

    Flashy Dance

    Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

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    September 30, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

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    May 27, 2004

    Range Rovers

    Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

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    April 8, 2004

    Salad Barre

    A buffet of dance troupes comes to town

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    September 11, 2003

    Feel the Steel

    It'll all pan out at this weekend's Pan Jam Fest

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    June 5, 2003

    ArrowFest

    You'll laugh and cry at this rock tragicomedy

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    May 29, 2003

    Blunt Force

    BMC plays ragga jungle at NoDo's Underground Lounge

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2000

    The Curbside Critique

    (Houston Sculpture 2000)

  • Culture

    August 19, 1999

    Romantic Revolution

    Scarlet Pimpernel scores on all fronts

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1998

    Night & Day

    September 24 - 30, 1998

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    May 7, 1998

    Where the Buffalo Roams

    September 24 - 30, 1998

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    May 11, 1995

    Press Picks

    September 24 - 30, 1998

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    January 20, 1994

    Picks

    September 24 - 30, 1998

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