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Humans, freaks, and man-eating plants
By Randall Jobe 4th Wall Theatre Company presents Gina Gionfriddo’s Pulitzer Prize-winning finalist Rapture, Blister, Burn which could not be more relevant today. After grad school Catherine and Gwen chose
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Adios, Mayra
| Galveston’s LGBTQ community loses an icon By Forest Riggs Allow me to begin this writing with an apology. Penning a column every two weeks, I keep a list of
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Glenn Close and Sunset Boulevard’s next close-up
By Romeo San Vicente Dear Patti LuPone stans, please don’t be too disappointed that the upcoming film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard will star Glenn Close. Close
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For a Limited Time Only: Café Bustelo
By Johnny Trlica A lightly falling mist couldn’t dim the excitement of the grand opening of Montrose’s newest coffee stop. Café Bustelo, a new pop-up coffee/espresso shop opened on Tuesday
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The end of an era?
By Nancy Ford “At the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle this week, not just one but two new cases of patients who tentatively show signs of being cured (of
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The tools of the smoke
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday, everyone! How many of y’all know all the different ways to take in cannabis? This series will illustrate the many different ways cannabis is used
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Art, music and fun at Memorial Park, March 29-31
One of the top outdoor fine art festivals in the U.S., Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park, is celebrating 48 years on Friday-Sunday March 29-31, 2019; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Bayou
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For the Love of Hot Pilots, Stop Doing These 19 Things on an Airplane
By Mikey Rox Human beings do disgusting, dirt-nasty things while traveling in an airplane. DO NOT BE THESE SLOBS. Here are 21 in-flight no-nos to remember the next time you’re
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Jussie Smollett has done irreparable damage
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: I’ll admit it. I believed him. A few weeks ago news broke that Jussie Smollett was assaulted on the streets of Chicago with racist and homophobic
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Fun, easy and rusty comfort food
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood Hello, MONTROSE STAR stars and starlets! Could it be we are finally smelling a hint of spring just around the corner? It must be so because