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Designer Toni Whitaker makes a dramatic comeback after a forced hiatus from fashion

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Mayor for 60 minutes: Audience members are the actors in thought-provoking City Council Meeting

By Nancy Wozny

11.01.12 | 1:14 pm

"You are a good mayor," director Mallory Catlett told me as I was leaving a City Council Meeting rehearsal. I got to be the mayor — several in fact — as a test audience for a ...

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Large Animal Games explores sex, love & self delusion; throw in bullfights & lingerie, too

By Nancy Wozny

06.28.12 | 4:52 pm

Large Animal Games by Steve Yockey is at Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company through July 14 at Studio 101. It's always interesting to find out how a play lands on a Houston stage: ...

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Frogs on bikes wearing Tom Ford & saving Athens: A new take on Greek extravaganza, The Dionysia

By Nancy Wozny

04.26.12 | 3:53 pm

It's spring, you know what that means: The city hands its keys over to Dionysus, or, OK, technically, John Harvey, playwright and director of University of Houston’s Center for Creative W ...

Strange carnival of a play

Freak show or thought-provoking? Mildred's Under the Big, Dark Sky showcases Houston's Dark Prince

By Nancy Wozny

04.28.11 | 8:00 am

Edward doesn't have a body, but that's fine with him, he doesn't mind just being a head. Actually, he longs to be a book, by John Keats to be exact. Jesus is believed to be a plant. ...

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Greek drama gone wild: Houston arts groups get ancient, reimagine classical themes

By Nancy Wozny

04.08.11 | 6:57 am

The House of Atreus gets a make-over as Houston hands the keys to the city over to Dionysus this spring, with some delicious reimagining of classical themes. The mythmastering begins tonight at ...

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The stranger the better: A ghost story, theater sculpture & Eno mania mark these new season arts picks

By Nancy Wozny

08.11.10 | 9:58 am

Editors Note: We've asked Houston arts leaders and CultureMap contributors to pick the jewels from Houston's upcoming arts season — the events that they don't plan to miss. Here&# ...

An uplifting show

Just another play about an anal sex accident: Enter Mildred's Umbrella

By Nancy Wozny

06.10.10 | 11:48 pm

Beatrice and Tito are in a tight spot in Guiseppe Manfridi's dark comedy Cuckoos, produced by Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company. now playing through June 26 at Talento Bilingue de Houston. ...

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Ten performances that linger in my mind

By Nancy Wozny

12.31.09 | 12:00 am

Distilling a decade of art-watching into ten selections is not for the faint of decision-making. How best to select ten best in a sea of strong offerings? I let my memory be my sieve and asked ...

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Hotel Bar Great Escapes	Gallery Hopping in The Heights

The Bar at La Colombe d’Or Hotel Bar Malatesta Monarch Lounge Monnalisa Vinoteca Line and Lariat	Gallery M Squared Hiram Butler Gallery 18 Hands Gallery G Gallery Redbud Gallery
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Where the NFL/NBA Players Play	A-List Art Deco

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Vic & Anthony’s Hotel Icon Sushi Raku Yao's Restaurant and Bar at Houston Pavillions (closed)	Lawndale Art Center Houston City Hall JPMorgan Chase Building University of Houston — Downtown Macy's Downtown
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Swell Party Venues	Cool hotel pools for chilling

The Corinthian Goode's Armadillo Palace Hotel ZaZa Houston House of Blues Houston Hudson Lounge La Colombe d'Or Lucky Strike Lanes	Hotel Granduca Four Seasons Hotel Hotel ZaZa The St. Regis Hotel Hotel Sorella, CityCentre Westin Houston Memorial City
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Cupcake Heaven	Late Night Bites

Sprinkles Cupcakes Crave Cupcakes Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique Ooh La La Dessert Boutique Dessert Gallery-Kirby Celebrity Cupcakes Jodycakes	Spanish Flowers BB's Cajun Café Frank's Pizza House of Pies Theo's Smith & Wollensky Taqueria La Tapatia
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Not-To-Be-Missed Ceviche	Frosty Sno Cone Stands

Hugo's Escalante's-Highland Village Cyclone Anaya's Ninfa's on Navigation Pico's Mex-Mex	MAM's House of Ice Tampico Tropical Chill Sno Beach
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Free Museum Days	Shops for the Hip H-Town Man

The Menil Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Museum of Natural Science Children's Museum of Houston Holocaust Museum Houston Blaffer Art Museum	Mortar Reserve Supply Company Kuhl-Linscomb Billy Reid Hamilton Shirts
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Downtown Watering Holes	Places to see an art house movie

CharBar The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium Hearsay La Carafe McElroy's and Molly's State Bar notsuoH	Sundance Cinemas River Oaks Theatre Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium 14 Pews Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park Rice Media Center AMC Studio 30
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Quirky Houston attractions	The Bow Wows of Dog Parks

Beer Can House National Museum of Funeral History Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Anderson Fair Glenwood Cemetery	Market Square Park Danny Jackson Family Dog Park Congressman Bill Archer Dog Park Millie Bush Dog Park Discovery Green Ervan Chew Dog Park
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Happy Hour treats	Imperiled Architecture

Uchi Benjy's-Washington Alto Pizzeria (Closed) Bistro Bar Brennan's of Houston Fleming's-River Oaks Down House	River Oaks Theatre Alabama Theater Astrodome Rice Museum building Sears
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Test Drives: Today's hottest cars	Indie Coffee Joints

Formula One technology hits the streets: A sneak peek at McLaren's new supercar Revving up summer in the 2011 Chevy Camaro convertible: Does the top down love stack up? A sporty new Range Rover that's big on style: CultureMap previews the new Evoque The Ford Mustang GT convertible is the original pony car, but is it the best? An exotic tour of the town with Houston Motor Club: Inside the culture of hot car swapping Volvo S60 T5 strives to be a little naughty, but with nifty features it sure is nice The comeback kid: Chrysler experiences a renaissance with the 200 and 300	Greenway Coffee Co. Brasil Agora Black Hole Café Catalina Coffee Down House The Coffee Groundz
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Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

05.23.13

06:51 pm

Fake pastor scam: Houston man pretends to be a religious leader to bilk divorcee out of $650,000

05.23.13

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J.J. Watt tries to clone himself: The Texans force changes things up, sets a new mission

05.23.13

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Snow cone vendor at Minute Maid Park is caught with his pants down

24 \| may at 10:00 am	American Society of Interior Designers Show Home Tour
Riverstone
24 \| may at 10:00 am	Emissaries: Galacticon III
George R. Brown Convention Center
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The Menil Collection
24 \| may at 12:00 pm	Comicpalooza 2013
George R. Brown Convention Center