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Art collecting is something most of us have no concept of, at least in the formal sense. The majority of us probably collect art as part of some sort of decorating scheme, and...
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In 1978, three passengers voyaged across the Atlantic, carried by the buoyant helium of a balloon. Although the feat would be far more impressive had that balloon been, say,...
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George Michael may be the man who croons songs like "Kissing a Fool" and "Praying for Time," but, along with Kenny Goss, the two channel their passion for spreading inspiring...
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I was 8 years old in 1977, when Star Wars came out, and it was everything. Who could have foreseen that, at least for the girl half of us, the next year would hold such...
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Wednesdays are suppertime at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. The Heard boasts the most comprehensive public collection of Texas-native snakes including...
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With vinyl records, tie dye, acoustic music and campfires, SonsStock 2009 sounds like an offbeat way to spend a Saturday. And dig this: It falls on the 40th anniversary of...
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One of the things about karaoke that is so cheesy is that you are not only drunkenly singing some old song, but you are doing it with a recorded back-up band. Even with my...
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When you think Nerd Bar, don't picture LAN parties and Star Trek viewings. Think three women--Pumpkin, Pooble and Phancy--connected to Denton's scene, discussing everything...
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Huggy Lowdown is best known as the "Celebrity Snitch" on Tom Joyner's syndicated morning show, on which he gives daily gossip updates cracking himself and the other hosts up...
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From respectful, traditional stage performances to Baz Luhrmann's "hip" modernization, Romeo + Juliet, to the violent gross-out parody Tromeo & Juliet, Shakespeare's tragic...
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Hate to break it to you, girls, but there is some truth to the freshman fifteen. This may surprise you, but dorm food is typically 90 percent carbs and 10 percent pesticides,...
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I never saw Mamma Mia! onstage, but I did enjoy Meryl Streep's performance in the movie (which, since it was filmed in the Greek islands, is chock-full of amazing scenery that...
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With your own Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox in the heat of a wild-card race, this weekend's three-game series is huge. With less than two months to go, that long...
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It seems like in the old days, institutionalization was the cure-all to life's little problems. Just take a look at some Hollywood classics--One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,...
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"American consumers are demanding more God in their entertainment every day!" So chirps Matthew, lead singer of an adorably clueless, Bible-based pop quintet called Altar...
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What with the Dallas Observer Music Awards taking up the bulk of our time here at the offices of late, we've been focusing a little too much on the best that area musicians...
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Ten years after Mos Def's solo debut, Black on Both Sides, fans might've looked at his subsequent uneven catalog and started to wonder if their fondest memories of him in the...
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The music scene is clogged with performers desperately seeking stardom. So does Los Campesinos! guitarist/songwriter Tom Campesinos! (who, like his mates, has jettisoned his...
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In the same week that the South African import District 9 gives us a Johannesburg beset by alien invaders, the latest film by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki envisions a small...
