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1. Night & Day

   Sarah Tollemache

   Local funny gal jokes about video games, prosthetics and porn-star hairstyles

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Sarah Tollemache wins laughs pondering subjects such as how much Paul McCartney’s ex-sweetheart Heather Mills’s beautifully crafted prosthetic leg must have cost....

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   Brandon Lee and the Matt Lemmler Trio

   A Houston trumpet player joins a New Orleans trio for a weekend of jazz

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Things are heating up at Tommy’s Seafood — no, not the food, the music! This weekend, trumpet player Brandon Lee joins Tommy’s house band the Matt Lemmler Trio...

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   Sandra Worth

   A historical novelist with an expertise in feudal England comes to Borders

   By Nick Keppler

   Published: January 10, 2008

   The Wars of the Roses isn’t one of the more History Channel-worthy conflicts, but its passionate lords and ladies, who undergo constant tests of loyalty and carry out...

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   Baby Loves Disco

   Hip moms find a way to keep the party going

   By Bob Ruggiero

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Though hip moms have traded in 2 a.m. last calls for 2 a.m. breast feedings, there’s no reason they can’t still get their groove on with their rugrats at Baby Loves...

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   “Hidden Children in Occupied Greece”

   Hiding in Plain Sight

   By Julia Ramey

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Anne Frank is the best known of the hundreds of Jewish children that were hidden across Europe during the Holocaust; thanks to “Hidden Children in Occupied Greece,” a...

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   Chevron Houston Marathon

   Runners from around the world will challenge the race’s course records

   By Bob Ruggiero

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Good news, bad news. Bad news first: With 17,000 runners already signed up for the full and half marathons, the annual Chevron Houston Marathon is sold out. So if you...

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   Mediterranean Harvest

   Martha Rose Shulman shares recipes from the cross-section of Europe, Asia and Africa

   By Nick Keppler

   Published: January 10, 2008

   In an age when “eating healthy” means consuming foods that have had all the carbs, fats and/or cholesterols ripped out of them through chemical tinkering, Martha Rose...

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   Artful Thursday: War and Peace – The Short Version

   A lecture by Rice professor Terrence Doody kicks off a week of events surrounding the historic novel and the seven-hour-long film

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Dr. Terrence Doody is nothing if not brave. Here’s hoping he’s long-winded, too. The English professor from Rice University takes on the daunting task of boiling down...

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   Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy

   Robert Leleux details ‘life with mother’

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Growing up gay in East Texas might be enough of a challenge for some people, but Robert Leleux had a hysterical, self-absorbed mother to contend with as well. In The Memoirs of...

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    The NeverEnding Story

    This ‘80s fantasy flick is worth its weight in false advertising

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The NeverEnding Story and Everlasting Gobstoppers: Neither is true to its name, but both offer layer after layer of goodness. You can stock up on both today at Alamo...

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    “Video Now: Artists Working in the Spirit of Bruce Nauman”

    The Menil and the Aurora Picture Show pay tribute to those who pay tribute to the groundbreaking video artist

    By Nick Keppler

    Published: January 10, 2008

    If you’re the type of art lover who gets aroused by the words “video installation,” thank Bruce Nauman. The San Francisco-based artist, whose works on and off...

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    Solstice for Trombone and Orchestra

    Cindy McTee musically turns the lights on and off

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Composer Cindy McTee was inspired by a coincidence. “[Last summer] I was talking with a friend about the various ways in which ‘shadow’ might be expressed...

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    “DIGITALIA: Intimacy in the Hyperreal”

    Nine artists take on sex in the digital age at Deborah Colton Gallery

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    “DIGITALIA: Intimacy in the Hyperreal” explores a hot topic of the information age. Deborah Colton Gallery assistant Evan J. Garza is making his curatorial debut with...

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    Celebration of Beer Dinner

    Chef Igor Rosi proves Italians know beer as well as wine

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    It seems strange for an Italian restaurant to host a Celebration of Beer Dinner — after all, aren’t Italians wine people? Yes and no, according to Italian native and...

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    “Opposites Attract”

    Musiqa Houston and the Aurora Picture Show join forces

    By Julia Ramey

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The music of contemporary classical composers often takes second fiddle to that of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. But one of the great advantages contemporary music has over its...

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    “Intersections”

    The Art Chatter Critique Group shows works they created together

    By Troy Schulze

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Something you might hear at an Art Chatter Critique Group meeting: “Hey brushy, brushy, brushy…STEE-ROKE!” Okay, that was pretty dumb (art/baseball analogies...

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    See Me

    Hope Stone celebrates ten years with a new production by Jane Weiner

    By Julia Ramey

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Hope Stone will celebrate its tenth anniversary with something old and something new, as it premieres a new dance production by veteran choreographer Jane Weiner. SEE Me is...

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    Doomsday VIII: The Pink Menace

    Gulf Coast All-Star Wrestling is on the lookout for Precious Jewels

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    A dark cloud looms over Gulf Coast All-Star Wrestling’s Doomsday division — well, actually it’s a sparkly-pink-spandex-clad wrestler named Precious Jewels —...

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    Tommy Chong

    Nine months in the joint gave this counterculture comedian a new stash of material

    By Nick Keppler

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Getting sent to prison may have been the best thing to happen to Tommy Chong in years, careerwise at least. Before his “water pipe” company Chong Glass/Nice Dreams...

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    17th Annual Swing Dance Championships

    This competition’s open to all who still have that swing

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Swing dancing didn’t die (again) in the late ‘90s. Believe it or not, there’s still enough interest to fuel the 17th Annual Swing Dance Championships. Dancers...