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Bon Voyage
| BACK TO THE 60’S Bon Voyage is a cheerful collection that travels back to the 60s, the height of the industrialization boom in Barcelona when thousands arrived from smaller
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Drag Queen Storytime, Hamburger Mary’s performer revealed as convicted sex offender
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Michael Jackson, R. Kelly and Houston drag performer Tatiana Mala Nina have at least one thing in common. All three have either been convicted or accused
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9 Cold-Weather Grooming Essentials to Get Your Skin Spring-Ready
| Keep winter’s drying effects at bay with these moisture-packed pick-me-ups By Mikey Rox While you can’t avoid winter’s skin-damaging effects altogether, you can fortify your grooming routine with a
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It’s all about the chicken
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well folks, by the time you are reading these recipes, the month of March is almost gone. It’s time to get into the Spring/Summer party
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Vibrant: New-style cooking on Fairview
By Jim Ayres I love the food at Vibrant, the next-wave, labels-don’t-really-apply eatery on Fairview. I recommend that you try it at your earliest opportunity. When I hear of a
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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