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Bad Faith and Texas Mutual Insurance
Houston attorney Mike Doyle and TMI are locked in a battle over truth, lies and an employee's right to workers' comp benefits.
By Margaret Downing
Published: November 13, 2008
It was June 12, 2000, and Lance Morris, a volunteer firefighter for the small town of Justin in north Texas, was in a ditch, eight or ten feet below road level. He remembers...
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Eyeopener Tour: Music Maestros
The Orange Show shows off Houston’s musical history
By Julia Ramey
Published: November 13, 2008
In the category of places that make you “stop and do a double take,” The Orange Show has to top anyone’s list. But their own kookiness isn’t enough for...
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“Cinema Remixed & Reloaded:” Artist/Scholar Talk with Carroll Parrott Blue and Neena Barnette
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Delve into the thinking behind the work at the CAMH’s “Cinema Remixed & Reloaded,” a talk with artists Carroll Parrott Blue and Neena Barnette. The exhibition...
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Autumn Poetry Festival
Roses are read…and so are poems by dozens of local writers at Houston’s first-ever fall celebration of rhymes
By KATHERINE ADAMS
Published: November 13, 2008
Are your poems gathering dust? Take them to the first-ever Autumn Poetry Festival, where you’ll find some friendly listeners. The Festival includes several events on...
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Art Car Drive-In Film Festival
See wacky cars from the comfort of your own
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: November 13, 2008
The Art Car Drive-In Film Festival is a family affair, so, keep the funny business to a minimum. You never know when you might look up and see some bright-eyed, eight-year-old...
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“Iraqi Artists in Exile”
The Station Museum of Contemporary Art presents the first look at work from Iraq’s banished
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Over the last 24 hours, $300 million has been poured into the Iraq war. But the actual cost of the conflict can’t be measured in money alone. Besides the thousands of...
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Impluvium
Suchu Dance’s newest production is, um, conceptual
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Don’t expect a storyline at Suchu Dance’s newest production, Impluvium. “We’re more abstract than that,” laughs Managing Director Louie Saletan. (The...
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Carl Rimi
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Get a face full of offbeat observational comedy at today’s show by Carl Rimi. The comic has opened for funnymen Dave Attell and Dave Chappelle, so you know he has chops. 8...
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Cinematheque Series: God's Country
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
The film that eventually became God’s Country was started in 1979 when Louis Malle filmed the residents of Glencoe, Minnesota, then a prosperous farming community....
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The Ottavia Project
Divergence Vocal Theater chooses a deadly love triangle for its first production
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, unless it’s a woman singing opera scorned. At least that’s what Divergence Vocal Theater’s inaugural performance shows...
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Damon Wayans
The star of In Living Color and Saturday Night Live is back onstage
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: November 13, 2008
There are some things you have to forgive Damon Wayans for: his movies. Flicks like Blankman, Major Payne, Bulletproof and most of the others pale in comparison to his efforts...
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Cinema Bomar: A Bit on the Arty Side…
Cinema Bomar unleashes a cornucopia of mindbenders
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: November 13, 2008
A Bit on the Arty Side… is a Cinema Bomar potpourri. The vintage filmstrip collective’s latest round of offerings is a multi-genre, multi-topic mix of its...
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Big Night
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Welcome to Paradise — brothers Primo and Secondo’s Italian restaurant in Big Night. Primo is an excellent chef, but he’s determined to serve only authentic...
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Las Nuevas Tamaleras
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
How hard can it be to make a few tamales? You smear some dough on a corn husk, add a little pork filling and you’re done, right? Well, in Las Nuevas Tamaleras, three young...
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“Leandra’s World of Fantasy”
It’s not Daliesque, it’s Dibuelnaesque
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Saying that artist Leandra Dibuelna Jr. is in his own fantasy world isn’t an insult — it’s just accurate. The 73-year-old Dibuelna’s paintings are based on...
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“We the People”
The Art League Houston takes on Hispanic and Muslim immigration in a multimedia exhibit
By Julia Ramey
Published: November 13, 2008
The election is over, but the issues remain, including immigration, which was much ignored during the campaign. But it, and the racial tensions accompanying it, are still very...
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Keith Sonnier: “Selected Works 1994-2004”
Sculptor sees garage garbage in a different light
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: November 13, 2008
“Keith Sonnier: Selected Works 1994-2004” suggests the artist was parked inside a garage for ten years. The collection includes mixed-media sculptures that...
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“Dinosaur Mummy CSI: Cretaceous Science Investigation” Behind-the-Scenes Tour
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Paleontology fans will find out how crime-scene investigation techniques are being used by anthropologists during today’s “Dinosaur Mummy CSI: Cretaceous Science...
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“Monster Show 3”
Domy unveils its annual showcase of creepers and crawlers
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: November 13, 2008
There’s not a lot of thought behind Domy’s “Monster Show 3.” “It’s Halloween, people like to draw monsters — there’s really not much...
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Earth Entranced
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: November 13, 2008
Part of the Celebrating Brazilian Film Now and Then series, Earth Entranced centers on a young poet (played by Jardel Filho) caught between two corrupt politicians (Paulo...
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