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  10 Best Bets This Weekend: Robert Frank on Film, Jeff Goldblum, and the Moon

  Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Jeff Goldblum in concert, Bill Maher on satire, and the late Robert Frank on film are just a few of the stellar events this weekend in Houston. There's a two day jazz festival, experimental film by female artists, and the world premiere of a new dance by Houston Ballet's Oliver Halkowich...

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  Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Dog Show, Moor Fest and GONZO247's Jet

  Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Imagine this weekend in Houston is a massive interactive scavenger hunt. Before Sunday is over, we'll have seen bar crawlers wearing Santa hats, dogs groomed to look like lions, a Hawker jet tricked out in 1960s colors, the first Moorish American festival in more than a century, and a simultaneous...

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  Fireworks: A Cautionary Tale

  Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  I tried to hide it. As I scurried back into my house, my right hand behind my back, I did my best to sneak off to my room, but then I heard her voice. "Jeff, come in here." It was my mom. Some friends of the family had stopped by...

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  Ray Viator Knows How Houston Earned the Name Space City

  Monday, May 20, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Almost 50 years ago, as those glued to television sets were collectively holding their breath while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin completed their lunar module landing tasks, we heard those now famous words: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." The Apollo 11 lunar landing forever cemented Houston as Space City in...

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  10 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Star Wars, Kentucky Derby and J.J. Watt

  Friday, May 3, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  We can bet on the trifecta this weekend with multiple reasons to celebrate: Cinco de Mayo, the Kentucky Derby, and Star Wars Day. Feel-good events are in the mix too with the JJ Watt Foundation Charity Classic and the BARC pet walk at Rice. Dance, comedy, a divot stomp at...

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  Brash Brewing Celebrates Stoner Christmas at The Last Concert Cafe

  Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

  Brash Brewing teamed up with The Last Concert Cafe to celebrate 420 with a Stoner Christmas themed party on Saturday. There was plenty of Brash beer, vendors and live music in the backyard at The Last Concert Cafe. (Photos by Eric Sauseda)