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April 23, 2012
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March 1, 2012
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February 17, 2012
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February 16, 2012
Gone with the Wind
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December 15, 2011
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November 1, 2011
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June 30, 2011
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March 10, 2011
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January 13, 2011
Ron Franscell: Delivered from Evil
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November 10, 2010
Black Bear - It's What's for Dinner
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June 10, 2010
The Strand Walking Tour
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May 12, 2010
Texas Textbooks Ignore Hip-Hop, Thomas Jefferson
"...But history is written by those who have hanged heroes" - Braveheart What do you need to know about history? They are the stories that made up America. They are the stories that America made up. That's actually not ours. If you've seen Assume The Position on HBO, you know it's a comedic but a ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Texas Textbooks Ignore Hip-Hop, Thomas Jefferson
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May 6, 2010
Love & Marriage, Texas Style
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February 18, 2010
Connie Willis: Blackout
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February 4, 2010
Topdog/Underdog
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July 30, 2009
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July 23, 2009
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July 23, 2009
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June 25, 2009
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April 15, 2009
Hypin' Up Those Tea Parties
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January 22, 2009
The History of the USA
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January 8, 2009
Dryope and Iole
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November 27, 2008
Home for the Holidays at Old Town Spring
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November 20, 2008
“Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art”
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July 17, 2008
Children’s Hilltop Theatre Festival
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March 20, 2008
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February 28, 2008
Sarah Miles Bolam
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February 18, 2008
Over the Weekend: Bar Hopping and Political Posturing
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August 16, 2007
“Women in Jazz”
Houston pays homage to “The Divine One”
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May 10, 2007
“Forgers, Fakes and Pirates: Faking the Book”
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July 6, 2006
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June 15, 2006
Emancipation Jam
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April 6, 2006
Amazing Height
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February 23, 2006
Enjoy Some Chocolate
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February 23, 2006
Fit for a King
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February 23, 2006
Supreme Party
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September 23, 2004
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January 22, 2004
Shooting Gallery
Guns were once fit canvases for artisans
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September 25, 2003
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October 24, 2002
The True-Hearted Traitor
Why did Benedict Arnold defect? The Alley has an unusual explanation
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October 3, 2002
Corny Fun
Sienna Plantation wants you to get lost
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February 7, 2002
Keep History Alive
Paul Matthews puts his collection of military history on display
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June 14, 2001
Raw Roots
Excavations for plantation artifacts - and the real truth - are unraveling the genteel gloss covering Texans' old notions about the slave era here
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April 26, 2001
Westward Ho!
Houstonian Bridger chronicles the evils of manifest destiny with A Ballad of the West
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November 12, 1998
American History Xploitation
Nobody's clamoring to claim this uncertain neo-Nazi film
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October 8, 1998
Bright Blues
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April 30, 1998
The President's Analyst
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January 5, 1995
Letters
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December 9, 1993
Arming Peggy MacGregor
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