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“Remembering Robin Utterback”
The Galveston Arts Center hosts work by a “painter’s painter”
By Troy Schulze
Published: December 13, 2007
It came as a shock on March 30, 2007, when well-known Houston artist Robin Utterback was pronounced dead after being pulled from a fire at his Montrose home. Even more shocking...
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“Fine Focus 06”
Art quilters from around the world display their small-format work
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: December 13, 2007
Work by 50 artists from around the world is on display in “Fine Focus 06,” showing the incredible range and diversity of the art-quilt movement. Rice Bowl and Bird by...
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Roméo et Juliette
The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Shakespeare’s classic love story his the big screen — live
By Julia Ramey
Published: December 13, 2007
Opera, as solid a cultural pillar as there is, is often sadly inaccessible to the general public (those high production costs lead to equally high ticket prices). To fill this...
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“Star Wars”
Luke Skywalker and company land their starfighter at NASA
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: December 13, 2007
Science fiction meets science fact at “Star Wars,” a collection of props from the movies, on display at Space Center Houston. Residents of Houston and Tatooine alike...
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1st Annual Pre-Kwanzaa Ujamaa Festival
Enjoy Afrocentric fun on the Almeda Street Corridor
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: December 13, 2007
Get in the holiday spirit at the 1st Annual Pre-Kwanzaa Ujamaa Festival. Ujamaa means “cooperative economics” (the concept celebrated on the fourth day of Kwanzaa) — that is,...
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“Fragile Nature: The Photography of Joel Sartore”
A photographer for National Geographic takes a look at endangered species
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: December 13, 2007
Joel Sartore has a dream job — he goes around the world to exotic, far-flung locations photographing wildlife for National Geographic. Now you can see some of his best...
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Orange Show Christmas Lights EyeOpener Tour
4,800 Santas, thousands of lights and a little eggnog
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: December 13, 2007
Think you’ve seen Christmas in Houston? Well, you haven’t seen anything until you take the Orange Show Christmas Lights EyeOpener Tour. Sure, the annual tour includes...
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Mercury Baroque’s Messiah
Step back in time — musically, that is
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: December 13, 2007
It’s been a few years since Houston’s favorite period ensemble, Mercury Baroque, performed Handel’s Messiah. That performance prompted music critic Charles Ward...
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Ornament-Making Extravaganza
Find your creative side at the MFAH
By Julia Youssefnia
Published: December 13, 2007
Long to be crafty but find you’re all thumbs? The annual Ornament-Making Extravaganza at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston can help. Thirty tables, each with its own set of...
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Bob Biggerstaff and Mike MacRae
These two top comedians share the stage
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
Local comedians Bob Biggerstaff and Mike MacRae, who got their start at Houston’s Laff Stop, can now add “As Seen on TV” to their resumes. Biggerstaff was...
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Cantare Houston
The heavenly sounds of the season come to the MFAH
By Lee Williams
Published: December 13, 2007
Since carolers don’t come door to door anymore, anyone who wants some good holiday music has to venture out to find it. Cantare Houston is bringing the sounds of Christmas...
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Ward Sanders: “Rules of Order”
A biologist-turned-artist exhibits his box sets
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
Primarily an artist, Ward Sanders also has a degree in biology. He exhibits his curiosity for both the artistic and the physical in “Rules of Order.” The show is a...
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“AES+F”
Station Museum of Contemporary Art’s multimedia exhibit provides a new argument for a tired cliché
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
It may be a bit of a stretch to say video games such as Call of Duty and Halo inspire grade-school snipers, but they do feature nonstop violence, and the armed forces use them...
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Bobbindoctrin’s Fourth Annual Puppet Festival
A group of local puppeteers show off their latest, strangest works
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
Not all puppetry is Muppetry. This was proven to mainstream audiences recently when Broadway in Houston brought in Avenue Q, but it was already well-known among local fans of...
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The Literary Greats
File under easy listening
By Nicholas L. Hall
Published: December 13, 2007
The Literary Greats have a slightly bombastic name, but their music has an understated charm. Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Elam, bassist Darin Lee,...
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Bob Biggerstaff and Mike MacRae
These two top comedians share the stage
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
Local comedians Bob Biggerstaff and Mike MacRae, who got their start at Houston’s Laff Stop, can now add “As Seen on TV” to their résumés....
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A Christmas Story at Texas Repertory Theatre
Remember the days when a BB gun could solve all your problems?
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: December 13, 2007
Nine-year-old Ralphie wants just one thing from Santa: a Red Ryder BB gun. The warm comedy A Christmas Story follows his increasingly desperate pursuit of said firearm. The...
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This Will Destroy You, Unwed Sailor
Ambient and/or progressive fans will find plenty to like with these two instrumental groups
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
If you’d like an opinion on This Will Destroy You, just ask the Pentagon. According to a blog post on the San Marcos quartet’s MySpace page, two This Will Destroy You...
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“Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now”
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston lets the mind roam freely
By Nick Keppler
Published: December 13, 2007
Stream of consciousness, in which running thoughts are used as the basis of a work, is one of the most difficult but rewarding styles lit buffs encounter — as anyone...
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William Boone: “A Man’s House Is His Coffin”
This local artist keeps it real in his latest exhibit
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 13, 2007
To figure out William Boone’s art, just talk to him. The local artist behind “A Man’s House Is His Coffin” isn’t interested in the abstract....
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