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Review

Stanton Welch Goes Greek with Sylvia

The Houston Ballet world premiere expands on an overlooked classic to create a beautiful collage of music, costume, and choreography.

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Review

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Rec Room's one-woman tour de force takes us on a journey to the heart of America's gun violence dilemma.

02/21/2019 By Doni Wilson

Pros and Cons

There's a Local Comic Con for Teens This Weekend

Brazoria County Library System's BrazCon is like Comicpalooza, but for kids.

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Fifteen of Houston's top chefs competed for best gumbo.

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More than 700 guests at the 2019 Houston Heart Ball helped fund research and education programs to prevent heart disease and stroke.

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Grief

You've Lost Your Child to Gun Violence. Now What?

On the Exhale at the Rec Room will explore "a uniquely American crisis."

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NSFW Struggles to Find Satire at Stages

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Tv Doctor

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Charity

An Intimate Dinner Party Funds Additional Rienzi Artifacts

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NSFW

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Lucy Kirkwood's rollicking pan of the media industry, millennial experience, and more opens this week at Stages.

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Back to the 713

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