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Just Horsing Around

The War Horse puppet captain explains the secret of bringing an equine to life on stage.

05/27/2014 By Michael Hardy

Classical

Review: Houston Symphony Pops Finishes Season on High Note

Actor Victor Garber helps the orchestra close out its 2013–2014 season in style.

05/26/2014 By Sydney Boyd

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Grand Opening of Bowlero

05/23/2014

Dance

Final HopeWerks Performance Strikes Whimsical Note

With the closing of Hope Stone's Montrose studio, the long-running residency series also says goodbye.

05/23/2014 By Adam Castañeda

Music

The Thrill on the Hill

Motown-themed show has become a Memorial Day weekend tradition for soul enthusiasts.

05/22/2014 By Chris Abshire

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The New Summer Standard

05/22/2014

visual art

The Art of Propaganda

New exhibition explores late-Soviet-era posters and the artists who created them.

05/22/2014 By Peter Holley

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: May 23–25

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

05/21/2014 By Michael Hardy

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The Fashion Gene Awards

05/20/2014

AROUND TOWN

Circus Freak

A two-hour class is all that stands between you and your lifelong dream of joining the circus. Sort of.

05/20/2014 By Silvia Pera

dance

Dinner and a Dance

Frame Dance Productions teams up with chef David Leftwich for a special performance at Good Dog Houston.

05/19/2014 By Adam Castañeda

H-TOWN MUSIC HEROES

The Gangster of Love from the Third Ward

Far more influential than famous, Johnny "Guitar" Watson effortlessly and flamboyantly excelled in every era from blues to rap.

05/16/2014 By John Lomax

H-TOWN WEIRDNESS

How Now Giant Dancing Cow? And Who?

Sorry for the Upworthy-style headline here, but...Chris Keeble was taking pictures of a mural in the First Ward, and what happened next will blow your mind. At least a little bit.

05/15/2014 By John Lomax Photography by Christopher Keeble

WEIRDNESS

Michael Brown's Favorite Artist Jailed In Houston

A look at the picaresque life and breathtaking work of Russian-born, Miami-based Irina Bogatcheva, a.k.a. "Anastasia the Great."

05/15/2014 By John Lomax

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Heroes and Handbags

05/14/2014

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT

Wolf Gang Crosses the Atlantic and Drops by Fitzgerald's

Indie British band, Wolf Gang, talks about how Houston inspires them

05/14/2014 By Silvia Pera

Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: May 16–18

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

05/14/2014 By Michael Hardy

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Camp Catastrophic!

05/13/2014

Visual Art

Penetrating the "Houston Penetrable"

The monumental final work of late Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto will hang through the summer at the MFAH.

05/13/2014 Photography by Alice Alsup