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  Gettin' Batty With Alley Theatre's Costumes and Sets from 2014's Dracula

  August 16 at 4 a.m.

  The sets, costumes and wallpaper from Alley Theatre's 2014 production of Dracula, The Original Vampire Play would lend themselves very well to a macabre round of Where's Waldo? or an obsessive hunt for hidden Mickeys. Only instead of mouse ears players would be looking for bats. Lots and lots and...

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  "Seeing Harvey" Shows How Texas and Its People Were Changed By the Storm

  August 15 at 4 a.m.

  Very few of us survived Hurricane Harvey unscathed. Texans lost their pets, homes and even their lives. Weeks later, after the rains had dried up and West Sam Houston Parkway started to not look like a river, there still were tears: sadness from losing treasured photographs and family heirlooms, anguish...

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  What's Happening at Those Museums You Never Visit

  August 14 at 5 a.m.

  Let's face it, art scenes can be intimidating. Beyond the high profile museums you only visit with your out of town relatives (the ones who don't day drink), the deeper trenches of this, or any city's art community often feel as though they're inhabited by an impenetrable club of bohemian...

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  Lego People, Gravity-Defying Art and More: Houston's Must-See Art Exhibits

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  Technically not new; we've already seen more than a few H-Town selfies taken with these whimsical Lego® people. But Nathan Sawaya's sextet of monochromatic "Park People" moves to Houston Center for another week or so, giving us one last chance to boost our social media feeds. Don't miss this Insta-worthy art before...

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  Have You Heard? Something Magical is Happening in the Third Ward This Fall

  August 7 at 4 a.m.

  Psst. Have you heard? In a modern twist on an old telephone game, three magical pay phones with mysterious properties have popped up in Houston's Third Ward. The magic isn't that they're free, though that part is cool. Walk up to one phone, press the handset to ear, push a...

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  Say It With Ink: Houston's Best Tattoo Artists and Parlors, 2018-2019 Edition

  August 6 at 4 a.m.

  A tattoo tells the world where we've been, who we've loved and honors those who no longer walk among us. It speaks to family: sometimes it's the one we were born into, more often it's the tribe we found along the way. But it should always be meaningful, original and...