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1. Night & Day

   Francis Ray

   The author of Any Rich Man Will Do reads from her latest release, Not Even If You Begged

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: January 24, 2008

   You gotta love a novel that has lines like, “You know how men are. They take what sluttish women offer.” And who can resist such tidbits as: “He stared down into...

2. Night & Day

   Don’t sit in the front row unless you want to become part of the act

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: January 24, 2008

   Even if you haven’t seen his stand-up act on Loco Comedy Jam and Comedy Central, you’ve heard his voice in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (as Sheen) and in Happy Feet (as...

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   Galveston’s Mardi Gras

   Gear up for Fat Tuesday with some island fun

   By Bob Ruggiero

   Published: January 24, 2008

   Organizers of the Galveston Mardi Gras are doing everything they can to make this year’s celebration more family friendly — they want to clean up the drunks, topless...

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   Winter Formal

   Local dance troupes krump it up with a program of hip-hop performances

   By Julia Ramey

   Published: January 24, 2008

   In the dance smorgasbord Winter Formal, the local presentation group Dance Houston celebrates urban dance (also known as hip-hop), a genre that’s old enough to have a...

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   Super Happy Fun Land Grand Reopening

   The Houston Press Best of 2007® award winner for Best Local Music Venue gets bigger and better

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: January 24, 2008

   If you’ve been jonesin’ for sock monkeys, odd wall art, theater seating and crazy music, don’t worry — the new version of Super Happy Fun Land, whose old...

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   Adriana Lecouvreur

   Opera in the Heights mounts a production of romance and revenge

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: January 24, 2008

   Based on the true life story of an 18th--century French actress,

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   Houston Roller Derby Recreational League

   Work that ass without getting it kicked

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: January 24, 2008

   Got everything it takes to be a roller girl, except for time? The Houston Roller Derby Recreational League is perfect for those who have the skating skills, muscles, guts and,...

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   One Pot Showdown

   Saint Arnold Brewery is hosting a cook-off that we so hope will include sheep nuts

   By Nick Keppler

   Published: January 24, 2008

   Stew, chili, chicken and dumplings, roast, and potatoes — these are some of the dishes Saint Arnold Brewing Company is suggesting culinary wizards create for its One Pot...

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   Torture Chamber Ensemble

   Thomas Helton and his jazz/chamber music/prog rock group perform new compositions at DiverseWorks

   By Troy Schulze

   Published: January 24, 2008

   Bassist Thomas Helton’s compositions pull from free jazz, chamber music, minimalist experiments and prog rock. He’s the leader of the Torture Chamber Ensemble, but...

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    Pharoahe Monch

    A hip-hopper takes on politics, culture and a pack of brats

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Pharoahe Monch blends the sounds of soul, R&B and gospel for beats that back lyrics usually not about bitches and bling. An exception: his recent remix of Amy Winehouse’s...

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    “Black Box”

    Native Houstonian Phi Phi Oanh’s exhibit is a matter of life and death

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 24, 2008

    For “Black Box,” her new exhibit at Art League Houston, Houston-born artist Phi Phi Oanh arranged black boxes on the floor; they look like caskets ready for burial or...

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    The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin

    The Russian Cultural Center screens a Larry Weinstein documentary about life as a composer in Stalin’s Soviet Union

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, the subject of the documentary film The War Symphonies, once wrote, “There was only one question: How did the leader like your work?...

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    Green: The New Red, White and Blue

    Thomas Friedman looks at environmental patriotism

    By Julia Youssefnia

    Published: January 24, 2008

    New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman knows that going “green” is not just another marketing slogan. In his 2007 documentary screening today at Rice, Green: The...

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    My Village at Sunset

    Rice professors and a former U.S. ambassador try to explain why the king of Cambodia directed a B movie

    By Nick Keppler

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Born into Cambodia’s royal family, Norodom Sihanouk has, in his lifetime, been the figurehead of the country’s independence movement, the author of a constitutional...

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    Dead Poets Society

    Chloe Dao, winner of Project Runway and native Houstonian, introduces the film that inspired her success at the MFAH

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 24, 2008

    For Chloe Dao, fashion designer and winner of the Project Runway’s second season, Dead Poets Society was a life-changing film. “I dropped out of University of...

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    Houston Tango Festival

    Try the national dance of Argentina

    By Julia Ramey

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Argentinean composer Enrique Santos Discépolo once said, “The tango is a sad thought that you can dance.” See how melancholy you can be at the three-day...

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    Maria Guzman’s “Moving In”

    A local artist boxes up her feelings about new places

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Local artist Maria Guzman’s “Moving In” exhibit at Lawndale Art Center is about adapting to a new environment. “My dad is Colombian, my mother is from Peru,...

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    Charlie Roberts

    See why the creator of “Mambo Jambo: Cabinet of the Cosmos” calls himself a “maximalist”

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Once you’ve seen “Mambo Jambo: Cabinet of the Cosmos,” you’ll understand why artist Charlie Roberts calls himself a “maximalist.” The wooden...

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    Suh Se-ok’s “Where Clouds Disperse”

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the first major museum exhibition of Korean modernist Suh Se-ok

    By FRANCISCA ORTEGA

    Published: January 24, 2008

    At first glance, Suh Se-ok’s exhibition “Where Clouds Disperse” appears to be Korea’s version of the Rorschach test, but in these ink, paper and brush...

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    Matt Braunger

    A comedian warns of the dangers of owls

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: January 24, 2008

    Matt Braunger is worried about the message Harry Potter is sending to kids — “that it’s okay to own an owl for a pet — noooo,” says the comedian,...