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Art Attack
10:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
Are We Free?: Top 10 Movies Where The Government is After You Independence Day is the one day out of the year that Americans can stand up proudly, eat hot dogs, drink Budweisers and blow stuff up in the name of being free to not call our apartments "flats" ... More >>
Art Attack
9:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
Dressing for the Occasion: Independence Day Inspiration When July Fourth falls on a Thursday, some of us get four day weekends. That's pretty awesome. That's four days of picnics and pool parties, fireworks displays and cocktails with friends. That's ... More >>
Art Attack
8:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
Pop Rocks: Would You Give Your Baby Someone Else's Breast Milk? So maybe you are a mother who wants to breastfeed your child but you have physical limitations; it happens often. Or perhaps you ran out of pumped milk and dad's alone with the baby and is at a l... More >>
Art Attack
7:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
July Fourth Shopping: Declare Independence from Your Money Like all Good Americans? we know that our duty on any national holiday--particularly one with patriotic importance--is to go shopping. The retail gods answer our need for good deals with a myriad ... More >>
Art Attack
6:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
The Rest of the Best: The 10 Most Recognizable People in Houston Part 2 Back in May we brought you a list of ten people, some famous and others just of noteworthy countenance that you instantly know who they when you see them out and about in Houston. Seems we left of... More >>
Ask a Mexican
12:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
Aztec Savagery Responses Dear Readers: My columna a couple of weeks ago about whether Aztec savagery influences violence in Mexico today drew muchos responses, both bueno... More >>
Artbeat
12:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
Capsule Art Reviews: "Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know," "CTRL + P," "Late Surrealism," "Playback," "PRINTTX," "Unwoven Light," "Water's Edge (Mizugiwa)" "Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know" In our time, there may be no art form more divisive than street art. For decades,... More >>
Encore
12:00 am
Jul. 4, 2013
Houston Art News
Capsule Stage Reviews: From My Hometown, Nunsense From My Hometown Three male performers, known by their hometowns, meet on the way to callback auditions at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. Act One... More >>
Art Attack
12:00 pm
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
Reality Bites: Big Brother "But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." - George Orwell Before I watched an episode from this seas... More >>
Art Attack
11:00 am
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Despicable Me 2 Title: Despicable Me 2 Since When Do They Let Supervillains Adopt Children? I blame Madonna. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Three nacho hats out of five. Brief Plot Synopsi... More >>
Art Attack
10:00 am
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
Game Demo of the Week: GT Academy 2013 Game: GT Academy 2013 (Gran Turismo 6 primer) Platform: PS3 Publisher/Developer: Sony/Polyphony Digital Genre: Racer Release Date: 2013 From now until sometime in August you get a nice litt... More >>
Art Attack
9:00 am
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
PASSION (2013 New York Cast Recording) is Stunningly Lavish and Ornately Elegant Stephen Sondheim was inspired to write the musical PASSION while watching Ettore Scola's Passione d'amore, a film adaptation of Iginio Ugo Tarchetti's 19th-century novel Fosca. The musical origi... More >>
Art Attack
8:00 am
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
Bill Cosby Sweater Poll; Best Use of Your Work Day Right now we'll assume you are sitting at your desk, counting down the seconds until your boss leaves and you and your coworkers can make a swift break for the holiday weekend. Face it, you are d... More >>
Art Attack
7:00 am
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
100 Creatives: Blue 130, Pin-Up Explosion Art What She Does: Blue 130 is a lot like another local artist, Julie Zarate. Her paintings and mixed media pieces focus on garishly colored female forms that dance between representational art and go... More >>
Art Attack
6:00 am
Jul. 3, 2013
Houston Art News
Jay Giroux's Street Art Style and More at Devin Borden Gallery Highbrow meets lowbrow. That can be a glib yet effective way of way of describing the work of Jay Giroux -- an artist with a background in skate and street culture who holds an MFA in painti... More >>
Art Attack
12:30 pm
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
Today's DVDs & Blu-rays: Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyersin 6 Souls and a Zero Mostel Classic In case you haven't noticed, we love horror movies. We especially love smart, new-twist-on-the-bad-guy horror movies made by talented people. Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are among th... More >>
Art Attack
12:00 pm
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
Today's Houston Press Voice Daily Deal: Big Savings on Skin Care, Blue Jeans, Bespoke Alternations, and More With a four-day weekend coming up you may not need any help relaxing, but just in case we've got a great Houston Press Voice Daily Deal for you today: over half-off facial services at Houston Holi... More >>
Art Attack
11:00 am
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
Art League's "Bas:" Enjoyable With Some Cohesion Issues This weekend, Art League Houston opened in its front gallery a collaborative exhibition that focuses on history, social and societal characteristics of ethnicity. Bs, which runs through August 2... More >>
Art Attack
10:00 am
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
Nunsense is a Silly Little Show, But Just Go With It The set-up: When the creator of this super phenomenal hit calls his musical a "silly little show," all bets are off. Dan Goggins's Nunsense, thoroughly entertaining all at Texas Repertory Theatr... More >>
Art Attack
8:00 am
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
The Secret Origins of 5 Famous Secret Codes It seems this day that the concept of a cheat code is just plain dead. Once upon a time you lived for the day when you'd discover the secret combination of button presses that would gift you with ... More >>
Art Attack
7:00 am
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
Houston Independent Booksellers: In-Store Events for July 2013 I have a strange addiction: book signings. It is an odd thing to be hooked on, but since moving to Houston in 2010, I have been able to meet some of my favorite authors, and discover new writers,... More >>
Art Attack
6:00 am
Jul. 2, 2013
Houston Art News
Paula Deen Needs To Donate Some Money; How 5 Other Celebrities Got Out of Jams It just keeps getting worse and worse for Paula Deen. Over the weekend, the celebrity chef was dropped from her publisher Random House's Ballantine Books. Deen and Ballantine were due to release ... More >>
Art Attack
12:00 pm
Jul. 1, 2013
Houston Art News
Houston's Where's Waldo? Scavenger Hunt: Let's Track This Guy Down, Once and for All He's always hiding in plain sight, but in spite of his distinctive red-and-white striped shirt and thick-rimmed hipster glasses, he's always tough to find. We're talking about famous children's bo... More >>

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Aztec Savagery Responses Aztec Savagery Responses

Dear Readers: My columna a couple of weeks ago about whether Aztec savagery influences violence in Mexico today drew muchos responses, both bueno and malo. Here are two: Dear Mexican: I… More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know," "CTRL + P," "Late Surrealism," "Playback," "PRINTTX," "Unwoven Light," "Water's Edge (Mizugiwa)"

"Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know" In our time, there may be no art form more divisive than street art. For decades, the… More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: From My Hometown, Nunsense

From My Hometown Three male performers, known by their hometowns, meet on the way to callback auditions at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. Act One introduces them, and Act Two does… More >>

The 2013 Houston Web Awards: The Best Of Online Houston The 2013 Houston Web Awards: The Best Of Online Houston

In 1996, a young reporter in Little Rock, Arkansas, ran into a problem with a grasshopper. The insect flew into the 27-year-old's mouth, and all hell broke loose. The entire… More >>

James Turrell: Master Of Illusion And The Light Inside James Turrell: Master Of Illusion And The Light Inside

James Turrell has made light his stock in trade. He generates it, channels it and colors it to create stunning visual experiences that alter our perceptions in ways that range,… More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know," "Celestial," "Late Surrealism," "No Paint," "Playback," "Unwoven Light," "Water's Edge (Mizugiwa)"

"Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know" In our time, there may be no art form more divisive than street art. For decades, the… More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: MBTV, Road Show

MBTV Under full disclosure, I must declare that there is no more talented musical theater quintet than this collective (Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough, Cay Taylor, Kristina Sullivan and Luke Wrobel… More >>

Neighborhood Pride and Ethnic Identity Neighborhood Pride and Ethnic Identity

Dear Mexican; I'm a U.S.-born Mexican that grew up part of my life in Tijuana. Why do Mexican-Americans from Santa Ana and South Gate always think they're harder than the rest… More >>

Eternal Egypt Lives on in the Hall of Ancient Egypt Eternal Egypt Lives on in the Hall of Ancient Egypt

'Mommy, look, that lady is naked." The little girl, standing no higher than the bottom of the black Plexiglas case into which she peered, saw her immediately. In the gloom that surrounds… More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know," "Celestial," "Late Surrealism," "The Ornamental Plumb Bob"

"Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know" In our time, there may be no art form more divisive than street art. For decades, the… More >>

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