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11:00 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Reimagining the Classical Is Western Classical music dead? If yes, when did it die? Was there a funeral? Writer Joseph Horowitz describes in his book Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall a "culture o... More >>

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9:49 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Idol Beat: The Big Cut-Down Oh, I admit, I felt like an idiot calling my shot yesterday and putting all my money on Ashley Sullivan, only to watch her melt down during the final Hollywood round. What a fool I was, I thought,... More >>

Art Attack

8:46 am
Feb. 18, 2011
Community: Too Far to Turn Back? The A.V. Club's Todd VanDerWerff recently expounded on the differences between Community and Glee, astutely observing that the main difference between the two is that Glee's "base reality stays c... More >>

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8:18 am
Feb. 18, 2011
(Update) Father of Piano Quintet The 5 Browns Charged With Sexual Abuse of Daughters Update: Keith Brown pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of first-degree felony sodomy and two counts of second-degree felony sexual abuse says a report from the Salt Lake Tribune. According to ... More >>

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4:53 pm
Feb. 17, 2011
We Announce the Winner in Our Crazy-Roommate-Stories Contest (First Place) Earlier this month, we asked readers to submit their craziest roommate stories for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, along with official promotional items for the film The Roommate, which is... More >>

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3:07 pm
Feb. 17, 2011
Art for the Cash Poor: Collecting on the Cheap The new tongue-in-cheek DIY book by Amy Sedaris (sister of David), Simple Things: Crafts for Poor People, inspired this blog--only we (naturally) crammed her ideas, which include assembling cutes... More >>

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11:54 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Alley Theatre to Receive Texas Medal of Arts At a ceremony on March 1 at Austin's Long Center for the Performing Arts, Governor Rick Perry will present Texas Medal of Arts Awards to 12 outstanding individuals, businesses and organizations ... More >>

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9:50 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Gallery Scene: Opening This Week 4411 Montrose will be buzzing Friday with building-wide openings, and the MFAH preps for a throng of visitors to its big-famous-artist show this Sunday. Bjorn Basen: "Tainted Tales" This is N... More >>

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8:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
When Celebrities Assert The subtitle to the interview (coming in the March 3 issue of Rolling Stone) reads, "How Justin Bieber became the biggest teen idol in the world," so I have to assume at some point RS reporter Van... More >>

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12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Brilliant "Color" Establishing the Latin American Art Department was one of the late Peter Marzio's greatest achievements during his nearly three decade tenure as... More >>

Encore

12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Capsule Stage Reviews: The Last 5 Years, Paradise Hotel, Stairway to Paradise: The Young George Gershwin The Last 5 Years Directed by Jimmy Phillips with pace and deftness, and presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater, this is an ambitious... More >>

Ask a Mexican

12:00 am
Feb. 17, 2011
Saying "Hola"? Dear Mexican, I'm a white, rural, ninth-generation Texan who left the farm and is now a lawyer for a large corporation in one of the largest... More >>

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4:46 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
"Bad Project" Creators Will Hold a Public Q&A; Today, non-profit microcinema 14 Pews announced that on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd, 7 p.m., it will host Baylor students David Shim and Mary Wiese for a screening of their Lady Gaga parody "Bad Project.... More >>

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3:57 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
There's a New Ghost Town In Texas The Setup: A Fertle Farewell chronicles the demise of the hamlet of Dumpster, Texas, population 12, a distant relative of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, but most definitely on the other side o... More >>

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12:58 pm
Feb. 16, 2011
We Announce the Winners in Our Crazy-Roommate-Stories Contest (Second Place) Earlier this month, we asked readers to submit their craziest roommate stories for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, along with official promotional items for the film The Roommate, which is... More >>

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11:24 am
Feb. 16, 2011
Compagnie La Baraka: Dance You Can Feel Free to Hate French Algerian dancer and choreographer Abou Lagraa doesn't mind if you hate his work, especially if you hate it for not telling a story in the manner of classical ballet. In a 2008 interview w... More >>

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9:45 am
Feb. 16, 2011
Your Meme of the Week: Come At Me Bro What are you looking at, bitch? You reading this Meme Of The Week or something? You think you're better than me? What, you too good to also share and like this for Facebook? You can't retweet this... More >>

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8:46 am
Feb. 16, 2011
Dear Recording Academy, What About Music Made by Animals? The 2011 Grammy Awards are over. Among the nominees, many and various genres of music were represented, often via recordings on small independent labels. In the wake of Arcade Fire's album-of-th... More >>

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3:54 pm
Feb. 15, 2011
We Announce the Winners in Our Crazy-Roommate-Stories Contest Earlier this month, we asked readers to submit their craziest roommate stories for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, along with official promotional items for the film The Roommate, which is ... More >>

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2:10 pm
Feb. 15, 2011
Ellen DeGeneres' Trespasser Used to Work for Local Investigation Firm "We have not sent any spies to Ellen's house," says Bobbi Bacha with the Webster, Tx.-based Blue Moon Investigations Security and Protection. Last Thursday, former Houston resident Karen Grace S... More >>

Art Attack

12:15 pm
Feb. 15, 2011
Video: Frederica von Stade Gives Her Final Operatic Performance in Houston Last week, Art Attack was fortunate enough to see Houston Grand Opera's final performance of Dead Man Walking. The opera, which debuted in 2000, is based on the book by Nobel Laureate Sister Hel... More >>

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10:56 am
Feb. 15, 2011
Stairway to Paradise Is a Glimpse at Gershwin's Early Genius The Setup: Before George Gershwin became George Gershwin, what did he sound like? That's the question that gets rhapsodically answered in the latest cabaret from Bayou City Concert Musicals. A p... More >>

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9:00 am
Feb. 15, 2011
New On DVD: Unstoppable, Waiting for Superman, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Capsule reviews by Melissa Anderson, Brian Miller and Ella Taylor) Unstoppable In Unstoppable, an unmanned runaway freight train, laden with toxic waste, is careening across Pennsylvania! Ther... More >>

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Brilliant "Color" Brilliant "Color"
By Kelly Klaasmeyer

Establishing the Latin American Art Department was one of the late Peter Marzio's greatest achievements during his nearly three decade tenure as director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.… More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks," "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"
By Kelly Klaasmeyer

"flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks" Art of Painting 3, by Lily Sparks, is a four-minute 30-second video styled as a Bob Ross-eque painting show… More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Last 5 Years, Paradise Hotel, Stairway to Paradise: The Young George Gershwin
By D.L. Groover and Jim Tommaney

The Last 5 Years Directed by Jimmy Phillips with pace and deftness, and presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater, this is an ambitious two-character musical that combines some original staging with… More >>

Saying "Hola"?
By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican, I'm a white, rural, ninth-generation Texan who left the farm and is now a lawyer for a large corporation in one of the largest cities in the state. Maybe… More >>

Oh The Humanity Oh The Humanity
By David Theis

Oh, the Humanity and other exclamations begins with a disorienting bang. A disheveled and nervous-looking Coach (Philip Lehl) walks out onto the blandly neutral set — a table and microphone,… More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Bus Stop, Gee's Bend, Triple Focus, Weekend with Pablo Picasso
By D.L. Groover, David Theis, Jim Tommaney and Trump, Rosie

Bus Stop In the 1950s, William Inge was lauded along with Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller as one of the three great American playwrights. His four seminal plays — Come… More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks," "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"
By Kelly Klaasmeyer

"flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks" Art of Painting 3, by Lily Sparks, is a four-minute 30-second video styled as a Bob Ross-eque painting show… More >>

Special Refried Edicion
By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Readers, Although many of you have loved and/or loathed my columna for years, the Mexican still finds new readers every week in the unlikeliest of spots (hola, Chattanooga! See you… More >>

Clown School Clown School
By Kelly Klaasmeyer

Mocking Thomas Kinkade is as challenging as shooting fish in a barrel. The hamfisted, self-styled "Painter of Light" is known for luridly rendered images loaded with hokey bucolia — cottages,… More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines"
By Kelly Klaasmeyer

"flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks" Art of Painting 3, by Lily Sparks, is a four-minute 30-second video styled as a Bob Ross-eque painting show… More >>