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Carly Davin Nation
By Forest Riggs Chances are, if you live on the Island or have visited and attended any of the many venues for drag, illusions and impersonations, you have seen some
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Music Box Films Presents CHAVELA
Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi Chavela opens in Houston October 20 at the Regal Edwards Greenway Grand Palace Stadium 4 & AMC Studio 30 Chavela is the captivating portrait
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People Will Talk: The coming out edition
By Nancy Ford “I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I
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Fall into these sweet, spicy and savory recipes
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) My goodness, STAR readers! Will 2017 be known as the year of disasters? On that subject, has anyone remodeled a kitchen recently? My advice
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Balls, feathers, teeth, talk and more take the stage
By Randall Jobe Main Street Theatre in Rice Village presents Enemies, directed by Rebecca Greene Udden. Maxim Gorky’s extraordinary play, written in exile and banned in his home country, presents
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‘Will & Grace’ returns, undetectable HIV fallouts, and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica The new fall television season is in full swing. While it’s still early we’ve already seen Sheldon propose to Amy, Kevin Can Wait kill off Donna and
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I Want To Be Heard in My Healthcare HIV activist shares journey as an individual instead of a risk pool statistic
By Josh Robbins “I want to be heard.†It is really as simple as that. I just want to be heard. More specifically, I want to be heard in my
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Pleasant surprises await at South Bank Seafood
By Jim Ayres If only self-driving cars were available now. From my home, I’d set a course for a scenic cruise down Kirby Drive through River Oaks, and on to
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Galveston’s eternal summer and myth of fall
By Forest Riggs The calendar tells us that summer has gone and fall has arrived. For island dwellers and southeast Texans, we beg to differ. Locals jokingly say, “Sure, we
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Trump isn’t the only one with a Twitter problem
By Nancy Ford I have a problem and I need your help. Much as I wish I could, I can’t stop thinking about U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and his alleged