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“Art Official Intelligence”
The University Museum at Texas Southern University gives hip-hop its props
By Troy Schulze
Published: February 21, 2008
Texas Southern University hasn’t exactly been getting a lot of positive press coverage lately. (Shout out to Dr. Slade!) Luckily, the University Museum at TSU is a refuge...
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Katherine Paterson
The author of Bridge to Terabithia comes to Houston for Inprint’s Cool Brains series
By FRANCISCA ORTEGA
Published: February 21, 2008
The characters in author Katherine Paterson’s books for children are not awash in sunshine and lollipops. They are picked on, abandoned, orphaned and bullied -— and...
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Lisa Landolt and Jo Barrett
Two law-school-grads-turned-chick-lit-authors show us amore might be the death of us yet
By FRANCISCA ORTEGA
Published: February 21, 2008
Some people are just faster at sex than others. Author Lisa Landolt proved that by writing her debut novel, Good Man Hunting, in just ten days. The plot revolves around Sandra...
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Love Is a Disability
Dionysus Theatre shows us that the able-bodied and differently-abled aren’t so different when it comes to affairs of the hear
By Lee Williams
Published: February 21, 2008
The theater is for everyone. Nobody knows that better than Deborah Nowinski, founder and artistic director of Dionysus Theatre, a company devoted to breaking down barriers by...
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Last Comic Standing Auditions and Showcase
NBC’s comedy reality show hunts Houston for humor
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 21, 2008
Pack up your puns, one-liners and what’s-the-deal-with’s for the Last Comic Standing Auditions and Showcase. The NBC reality show, which turns a sense of humor into a...
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Regrets Only
Paul Rudnick gives us a day without gays
By Lee Williams
Published: February 21, 2008
Friends and politics don’t always mix. This bit of wisdom is the starting point for Paul Rudnick’s high-concept comedy Regrets Only. Filled with zappy one-liners and...
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“Matter Unmasked,” “Undercurrents” and “Members of the Wedding — A Fantasy Narrative”
Hooks-Epstein Galleries opens three PhotoFest exhibits
By Lee Williams
Published: February 21, 2008
FotoFest doesn’t officially start until March, but Hooks-Epstein Galleries is opening three participating exhibitions of photography today. “Matter Unmasked”...
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Melancholy Play
Sarah Ruhl presents a character so sad she drives people nuts
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 21, 2008
Melancholy Play stirs sexy with sad and adds a twist of absurdity. The comic production by Sarah Ruhl (who penned the Pulitzer-nominated The Clean House, which was staged last...
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Brand Nubian
Hip-hop veterans relax the rhetoric without killing the message
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 21, 2008
In the ‘90s, the New York crew Brand Nubian set itself apart from socially conscious hip-hoppers like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul by taking a more militant...
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“Production, Not Reproduction: Offset Printed Artist Books”
Lithography never looked so good
By JONATHAN MCNAMARA
Published: February 21, 2008
So what exactly is offset printing anyway? Well, the paper in your hot little hands is one example. Newspapers like the Houston Press start as giant rolls of paper. Those are...
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“Above Ground”
Urban art ditches its underground rep
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: February 21, 2008
At Premium Goods’s “Above Ground” you can spend more on a pair of limited-edition sneakers than on a piece of original art – and they like it that way. The...
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Wicked Poseur
These local rockers keep our attention with a mature, new wave sound
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 21, 2008
Wicked Poseur’s “Intoxicating Soap” is a song that makes dancers out of doubters. Listen to the live recording on the local band’s MySpace page, and try to...
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Speakerboxx
Rock Box spin-off keeps the party going
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 21, 2008
Rock Boxers jonesin’ for a Thursday night boogie can relocate to Speakerboxx. The weekly event is a spin-off of The Proletariat’s popular dance installment and...
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Black History Month Retrospective
Celebrate the contributions of African-Americans with the Sandra Organ Dance Company
By Julia Ramey
Published: February 21, 2008
Sandra Organ Dance Company has two reasons to celebrate this month: First, this season, which they’ve dubbed “A Season to Remember,” marks the contemporary...
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Steve Almond
The author of Not That You Asked: Rants, Exploits and Obsessions goes after Oprah – kinda
By Julia Ramey
Published: February 21, 2008
It’s rare that someone else’s rant is tolerable to a listener and rarer still that it’s enjoyable, so writer Steve Almond has achieved quite a feat with his...
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“Emotional Realism”
Aurora Picture Show offers a psyche-shaking program
By Nick Keppler
Published: February 21, 2008
“Emotional Realism,” today’s program at the Aurora Picture Show, has the kind of artsy-fartsy title that usually just sounds smart without actually telling you...
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British Television Advertising Awards
It’s the Super Bowl for hawkers on the small screen
By FRANCISCA ORTEGA
Published: February 21, 2008
Not all commercials are created equal. You can see what we mean at today’s British Television Advertising Awards. The show is like Super Bowl Sunday for British...
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Hot Fuzz
The Shaun of the Dead duo skewer action flicks
By Nick Keppler
Published: February 21, 2008
In 2004, director/writer Edgar Wright and co-writer/actor Simon Pegg impressed critics and slasher flick faithful alike with Shaun of the Dead, a horror comedy that was...
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G Love and Special Sauce
The “Milk and Cereal” comes to Warehouse Live
By Nick Keppler
Published: February 21, 2008
After 15 years of extensive touring and getting teasingly close to the Billboard Top 20, G. Love & Special Sauce finally found massive, massive exposure thanks to two Virginia...
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Joe Rogan
The host of Fear Factor and Man Show won’t let stealing slide
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: February 21, 2008
You may remember Joe Rogan as Joe from News Radio or from his gigs hosting Ultimate Fighting Championship, Fear Factor and The Man Show. But what other comedians will always...
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