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“La Labor”
Roel Flores pays tribute to farmworkers
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
For painter Roel Flores, music and farmwork go hand in hand. The music, he says, is “inspiration to keep working.” His exhibit “La Labor” shows the...
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“Chen Changfen: The Historic Wall” and “Fernando Castro: Reasons of State”
One photographer likes his shots without people, one likes them with
By LEIGH BELL
Published: April 3, 2008
Imagine looking at the same damn wall for 40 years. Boring, right? Well, not if you’re Chen Changfen and the wall in question is the Great Wall of China. The photographer...
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Houston Children’s Festival
See High School Musical star Corbin Bleu
By LEIGH BELL
Published: April 3, 2008
Corbin Bleu, the hot young star of High School Musical, will be at the Houston Children’s Festival, the largest children’s outdoor event in the country. If...
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Bayou City Cajun Festival
Will it be eat first and dance later, or vice versa, at this zydeco party?
By Julia Youssefnia
Published: April 3, 2008
The folks at Traders Village have settled on the unfortunate motto “Gator Done” for this year’s Bayou City Cajun Festival. But we can overlook that, in light of...
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Young Guns Amateur Cage Fighting
Real fighters bleed real blood in this no-holds-barred showdown
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: April 3, 2008
Tired of all that fake, scripted, cartoonish WWE bullshit? Lots of testosterone-fueled guys apparently are, which explains the huge rise in popularity in mixed martial arts...
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Kevin Everett
A former football player talks about his battle with a life-threatening spine injury
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 3, 2008
Every football player fears injury, but few have had to face what happened to Houstonian Kevin Everett. During his second season with the Buffalo Bills, Everett went...
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Theodore M.E. Taylor
Local comedian stands up to the H-town stare
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 3, 2008
Theodore M.E. Taylor learned comedy the hard way, and he says he owes that to Houston crowds. “We’re a good audience down here, but we don’t take bullshit,”...
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The self-portrait of Frida Kahlo
Choreographer Nadia Dosal brings the Mexican painter’s life to the stage in a new ballet
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 3, 2008
Vibrant artwork, sultry Mexican abodes and adventures in bisexuality — Frida Kahlo’s life is the stuff of legend. The Self Portrait: The Life of Frida Kahlo, a...
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Merkel at Third Coast Comedy Theatre
This musical farce features dozens of characters, but just two actors
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
Take a pad and pencil with you when you see Merkel, because while there are only two actors, Julia Laskowski and Patti Rabaza, there are dozens of characters. You’ll need...
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First Film Thursdays at Dean’s: Austin FilmWorks
Get a sneak peek at what Steve Mims has to offer
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 3, 2008
Aspiring filmmakers will want to head to this First Thursdays at Dean’s. The monthly short-film installment will feature samples from cinema instructor Steve Mims’s...
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Linda Francis Lee
The author of The Devil in the Junior League reads from her latest novel, The Ex-Debutante
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
Carlisle Wainright Cushing, the protagonist of Linda Francis Lee’s The Ex--Debutante, left Texas just as soon as she could. As the novel opens, she’s engaged to be...
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Susanna and Will
Shakespeare’s daughter sorts rumor from reality in this play about the Bard
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
Local playwright Diana Howie gives us a different take on Shakespeare in Susanna and Will. Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna has to sort reality from rumor not only to save...
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The Cassidy Kids
Teens solve a local murder – or do they?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
Murder meets teenage angst in the film The Cassidy Kids. Five teens become instant heroes when they seemingly solve a murder in their small town. The incident spawns a hit...
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Houston Japan Festival
The local Asian community celebrates its heritage
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
The Japanese Garden at the Hermann Park will look a little different this weekend when it’s transformed into a Japanese village for the Houston Japan Festival 2008. Among...
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Of No Relation III
Barnevelder Movement/Arts Center celebrates its fifth anniversary with a freewheeling performance by Lower Left
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 3, 2008
The dance collective Lower Left doesn’t need rehearsals — hell, they don’t even need their dancers to live in the same city (members live in San Diego, Oakland,...
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Wines of Portugal Tasting
Refreshing offerings from the Minho region
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 3, 2008
The Wines of Portugal Tasting features offerings from Vinho Verde, but don’t be fooled by the name. Though it means “green wine,” the name refers to the...
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“Stations”
Anthony Thompson Shumate illuminates the connection between oil and religion
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 3, 2008
In his new exhibit “Stations,” Anthony Thompson Shumate recreates Jesus’s march to the crucifixion, except he puts gas stations where Stations of the Cross...
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The Station Agent
Peter Dinklage leads a cast of oddball, damaged characters
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
Finbar McBride is a man used to being alone. The lead character in The Station Agent, Finbar is a dwarf, and he’s learned to limit his interaction with people in order to...
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Big Death and Little Death
The UH School of Theatre & Dance joins Catastrophic Theatre to present the Houston premiere of this dark comedy
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 3, 2008
A shell-shocked Gulf War vet returns to discover that his home is an emotional combat zone in the dark comedy Big Death and Little Death, presented by the UH School of Theatre...
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Peter Pan
Harpist Leslie McMichael creates a new sound for an old favorite
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: April 3, 2008
A classic story gets a new soundtrack today when Leslie McMichael plucks her strings along with the 1924 silent film Peter Pan. The harpist will play her original score to...
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