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Jane Howze

   Jane Howze is managing director of The Alexander Group.

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Great golf, cheap food & Tiger's lack of decorum make for a Masters-ful experience

By Jane Howze

04.14.13 | 11:23 am

While I am avid about all things golf, the last thing that interests me is being a golf spectator. I spend my life waiting in lines at airports, hotels, rental ...


Peaceful, easy feeling

The joys & woes of a spontaneous vacation: Forsaking birds in the jungle for the Eagles in Las Vegas

By Jane Howze

03.30.13 | 12:40 pm

As a road warrior who clocks 100,000 miles a year, a spur of the moment vacation should be a no brainer. Most weeks I am on a plane somewhere ...


Middle-age crazy

What, no "Layla?" Eric Clapton still plays a mean guitar but concert leaves audience wanting more

By Clifford Pugh, Jane Howze

03.17.13 | 2:28 am

Midway through Eric Clapton's 50th Anniversary Tour, which touched down at the Toyota Center Saturday night, not many in the decidedly older audience had stood up from their seats ...


Get the Party Started

Concert of the Year? Pink gets a gold star for dazzling show: She sings, she soars, she sparkles!

By Jane Howze

02.22.13 | 11:05 am

Pink, whose Truth About Love Tour kicked off its U.S. leg in Phoenix last week, with 99 total shows planned worldwide, touched down in Houston’s Toyota Center on ...


Sundance Film Festival 2013

Sundance hits a high note with films featuring Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin and The Eagles

By Jane Howze

01.27.13 | 9:22 am

PARK CITY, Utah — It seems light years ago that the Sundance Film Festival opened. Actually, for me, it was 20 movies ago.  At the onset of the festival, executive director ...


Sundance Film Festival 2013

Reel life: Steve Jobs, Linda Lovelace and next year's Oscar winner meet at Sundance

By Jane Howze

01.26.13 | 8:38 am

PARK CITY, Utah — In the closing days of the Sundance Film Festival, several films with big names and big themes based on real-life individuals captured the attention of filmgoers and ...


Sundance Film Festival 2013

Political documentaries make the grade at Sundance, but teacher-student sex affair film fails

By Jane Howze

01.25.13 | 9:05 am

PARK CITY, Utah — The first few days of the Sundance Film Festival are characterized by film stars, paparazzi and gridlock traffic. But as the festival continues, actors depart for their ...


Sundance Film Festival 2013

Dick Cheney, Anita Hill and late-term abortion doctors are focus of Sundance documentaries

By Jane Howze

01.20.13 | 3:30 pm

PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Film Festival is in full swing, with lots of stars (Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Naomi Watts) and filmgoers eager to offer instant analysis of the ...


The CultureMap Interview

Houston is ready for its close up: City is the star of a hot Sundance film — with a German twist

By Jane Howze

01.19.13 | 1:24 pm

PARK CITY, Utah —Nothing grabs the attention of a Houstonian attending the Sundance Film Festival faster than a film called Houston. Premiering as one of 12 entries in the World ...


Sundance Film Festival 2013

Cold temperatures, hot films & Robert Redford kick off a sunnier Sundance Film Festival

By Jane Howze

01.17.13 | 9:56 pm

PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Film Festival—the granddaddy of all film festivals—kicked off its annual 10-day run Thursday in this normally sleepy ski town 30 miles from Salt ...


Movie Time

Texas-made films grab center stage at Sundance Film Festival, including Houston and Linsanity

By Jane Howze

01.16.13 | 4:48 pm

PARK CITY, Utah — It is shaping up to be a banner year for Texas-centered films and filmmakers as the Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday and runs through January 27 ...


Love, economic ruin & unknown singer

Taking stock of Sundance: Six don't-miss films from last year's festival that may have Oscar magic

By Jane Howze

01.02.13 | 6:01 am

While others spent New Year’s Day watching bowl games and making resolutions, I was focused on movies. For the last four years I have reviewed films at the Sundance ...


Looking Back, Looking Forward

2012 was a year of loss and life lessons; for 2013 I'm looking for the good — in a Mason jar

By Jane Howze

12.29.12 | 1:30 pm

As the curtain closes on 2012, it is time to reflect. Was it a good or bad year? A year of regrets? Thrilling achievements? Narrow escapes? A year of loss ...


Antidote for Jetlag?

A United plane with Continental flair: The Dreamliner is nearly perfect — except for the food

By Jane Howze

12.10.12 | 6:00 am

It takes a lot to wow a road warrior.  For months we have heard about United Airlines' new but much delayed 787 Dreamliner and how it would revolutionize air travel ...


The CultureMap Interview

From signing body parts to album covers, Year of the Cat's Al Stewart explores & explains his long career

By Jane Howze

11.16.12 | 6:00 am

Musicians and bands are a little like past romances. There are some you fall head over heels in love with and can’t get enough of them, but are no ...


Heavenly Homecoming

Coming home: A milestone college reunion conjures up memories of the way we were

By Jane Howze

10.28.12 | 2:30 pm

While many of my friends spent last weekend watching the baseball playoffs or big-time college football games, I was in Memphis to see my alma mater, Rhodes College, get mauled ...


In the workplace

Remembering Robin Weiner: When a co-worker dies, it's time to grieve a death in the family

By Jane Howze

10.08.12 | 10:29 am

This time last year our company blog centered around Steve Jobs’ demise and the effect a co-worker’s death has on the workplace. We talked about how serious illness and ...


The Hacker

Fore! Ahoy! World's best golf cruise includes stops at six landmark courses

By Jane Howze

09.02.12 | 1:20 pm

Ah, Labor Day weekend. A symbolic if not precise end of summer. A time to ramp up for the fall, but not without reflecting on that summer vacation, cruise or ...


What you see is what you get

The case for Yanni: Greek composer/musician charms diverse baby boomer crowd

By Jane Howze

08.21.12 | 9:39 am

As sure as night follows day and the temperatures climb above 90 every August, you can count on New Age musician Yanni, or as he might prefer to be called ...


The Hacker

My golf lesson with Annika Sorenstam (along with a little talk about Tiger Woods & life)

By Jane Howze

07.23.12 | 6:00 am

While Ernie Els was rallying to win his second British Open, this hacker was having the golf experience of a lifetime. Sometimes Lady Luck smiles on us in ways that ...


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