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From Nebraska to the Cirque du Soleil stage – meet artist Ethan Lottman
By SA Tripi –– I watched an old movie years ago with Eddie Cantor, an entertainer from the twenties and thirties. He sang a song “The Man on the Flying
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‘Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us’
By Terri Schlichenmeyer You had plenty of both and then, well, life and politics wedged an ocean-sized chasm between you and it makes you sad. And yet – are you
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STAR OF THE MONTH: Angel Oxl
By Johnny Trlica –– Ever since we started the “Star of the Month” column in January of 2024, all of the featured performers have been drag queens. We’ve profiled legends
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Four more years, renewed fears
By Carly Davin Nation, Special to the MONTROSE STAR –– As of this writing we are three months into Trump’s second term. Every day I wake up to news of
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23rd Street Station’s Sherry Boyett
By Johnny Trlica –– Does a tourist town with over eight million visitors a year have a slow season? For Galveston, the answer is definitely a “yes.” While May through
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GALVESTON IS MARCHING TO THE BEAT: It’s Mardi Gras time on the island
By Forest Riggs –– After a little cold snap that dampened some early festivities, the parades, music and partying for Mardi Gras 2025 kicked off on February 21. Friday evening
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PLUM LOCO MOTIVES: All aboard the Trump train
Trump may have an oceanfront condo in Gaza-Lago he wants to sell you...
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TEX-NEXT
Is Urbe the softer side of Hugo’s? By Jim Ayres –– I’m sick of Tex-Mex. Sick, sick, sick, sick, sick of it. And judging from TABC sales figures, lots of
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‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo joins ‘Blood and Bone’
By Romeo San Vicente –– Queer Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined a large ensemble cast for “The Woman King” filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood’s latest, “Children of Blood and Bone.”
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Trump
By D’Anne Witkowski –– It is simply impossible to keep up with the barrage of antiLGBTQ+ news coming out of the Trump Administration. Upontaking office, Trump wasted no time signing