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1. Night & Day

   “Wendell Minor in the American Tradition”

   A well-known illustrator brings his vision of America to the Children’s Museum of Houston

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: May 1, 2008

   You’ll usually find illustrator Wendell Minor’s artwork on book covers, but for the next several weeks, it will be hanging on the walls of the Children’s Museum...

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   Tom Jones

   The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir definitely believes they put a man on the moon…it was him

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Tom Jones knows the moon, man. The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir has been in the space business for nearly two decades. Not only has Jones ventured into...

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   “Listen Up!”

   The Iris Project is waiting for you to push its buttons

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: May 1, 2008

   The Iris Project wants you to push its buttons. For its public art project “Listen Up!,” the local artist collective stuck 500 red sound buttons on buildings, signs,...

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   “Art Born of the Horror”

   Avraham Sapir and Saul Balagura reflect on the Holocaust

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Israeli artist Avraham Sapir, who was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, makes work dealing with genocide and torture. Artist/poet Saul Balagura is not a...

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   Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America at MFAH

   Some of Latin America’s most promising directors are set to screen new films in their Houston premieres

   By Olivia Flores Alvarez

   Published: May 1, 2008

   The Latin Wave film festival is a mixed bag of comedies, thrillers, family dramas and documentaries, all making their Houston debut this weekend. Many of the filmmakers will be...

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   This American Life — Live!

   Ira Glass takes his show on the road…via satellite

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Those who missed This American Life host Ira Glass’s recent appearance in Houston can see him again via satellite. Sure, it’s not as good as face to face, but fans of...

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   We’re Going to Eat You (Di Yu Wu Men)

   This Hong Kong film features everything but the kitchen sink — no, wait, it has that, too

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: May 1, 2008

   The makers of We’re Going to Eat You were too busy cramming freakin’ awesomeness into the movie to worry about a plot. The multigenre flick features cannibals,...

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   Norm MacDonald

   This former SNL cast member continues his comedy — sans his greatest hits

   By Dusti Rhodes

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Success has given Norm MacDonald a vault of oldies-but-goodies. There are joke gems from the comedian’s years on the stand-up circuit and his time on Saturday Night Live...

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   “Houston Architectural Trilogy: Photography of Valentin Gertsman”

   Change your mind about construction cranes and traffic cones at this art exhibit

   By Julia Ramey

   Published: May 1, 2008

   It is very difficult to see urban construction as anything less than an enormous pain in the ass, especially when you’re stuck for 45 minutes on a six-lane highway that...

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    Cokie Roberts

    This award-winning NPR reporter knows all about the first first ladies

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Cokie Roberts is giving it up for the ladies. The award-winning senior news analyst for National Public Radio and former co-anchor of ABC’s This Week with Sam Donaldson &...

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    “J. Antonio Farfan, A Solo Exhibit: On the Nature of Time”

    Explore the colorful, satisfying work of this Houston haunt

    By Julia Ramey

    Published: May 1, 2008

    In 2002, the artist J. Antonio Farfan, who had spent much of his young life in our fair city (he was educated at the University of Houston), decamped for New York. Fortunately...

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    Liars, Lovers and Lunatics

    Alyson Hannigan’s Sapphic significant other from Buffy the Vampire Slayer also directs

    By Nick Keppler

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Amber Benson is best known as the -second-hottest lesbian witch on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She continues acting, but what she really wants to do is direct. For her first...

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    “Nothing to It (An evening of itty bitty witty ditties)”

    The Art Guys offer up some of their greatest hits

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: May 1, 2008

    “Nothing to It (An evening of itty bitty witty ditties)” features reruns of The Art Guys’ best episodes. The Guys, also known as Jack Massing and Michael...

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    “Orchidaceae”

    The Museum of Printing History presents gardener-turned-photographer Frazier King

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: May 1, 2008

    When Frazier King isn’t raising orchids, he’s photographing them. Silky, sensual and delicate, the flowers in his photographs seem to be caught in mid-flight,...

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    Sleeping Beauty

    Tchaikovsky for Tots

    By Julia Ramey

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Houston Grand Opera’s “Opera to Go!” Company is presenting a 45-minute mini-opera version of Sleeping Beauty for kids today at the Miller Outdoor Theatre —...

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    Cinco de Mayo Festival

    Houston artists Las Fenix and Fito Olivarez are headliners for the Mexican celebration at Miller Outdoor Theatre

    By Olivia Flores Alvarez

    Published: May 1, 2008

    It’s a hometown lineup at the Cinco de Mayo Festival, the annual celebration of the Mexican victory at the 1862 Battle of Puebla. Girl group Las Fenix (four teenaged...

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    Asian/Pacific American Heritage Festival

    Sufi rocker Junoon brings his Santana-meets-Led Zeppelin sound to Miller Outdoor Theatre

    By Julia Youssefnia

    Published: May 1, 2008

    At this year’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Festival, you can experience the meeting of East and West. One of the biggest draws this year will be Pakistani rock group...

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    Chelsea Handler

    This author, comedian and TV host heads to Houston on the heels of her second book release

    By Dusti Rhodes

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Comedian Chelsea Handler loves being on television, but hitting the road also means she gets to hit the bottle. “I can’t really drink on television,” says...

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    Ashes to Africa

    The Ensemble Theatre presents a family drama about going home (in more ways than one)

    By Lee Williams

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Grandmothers can be so difficult. That’s what Marta Henderson finds out in Mark Clayton Southers’s Ashes to Africa, a family story about a nana’s dying wish to...

20. Game On

    Prologue is a tantalizing – and overpriced – glimpse at the next Gran Turismo

    When Less Is Less

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: May 1, 2008

    When the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I first hit theaters, some fans bought tickets for the movie it was presented with, watched the trailer and then walked out —...