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Wanda Sykes, As Puzzled As Ever
|Comedian talks walkouts, Ellen’s interview with Kevin Hart, and the role her wife plays in her comedy career By Chris Azzopardi Because according to Trump’s America only white het men
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No Alibi: Mary’s Alibi just wasn’t fun
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: Everyone knows the government was closed last month but not too many people realize something a little closer to home closed as well. There was no
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‘Tuesdays with Morrie’: The case to live with boundless joy
By Colby Etherton Tuesdays with Morrie is a play that strikes us to the very core. It’s about dealing with loss, coping with death and learning what it means to truly
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Café Annie: This (Del) Grande Dame is still hot!
By Jim Ayres I can confirm that Houston socialite extraordinaire Becca Cason Thrash is stunning in person, taller than I had guessed, and looks great in Alexander McQueen. How did
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Sweets for your sweeties
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) STAR readers, we are off to a good start to 2019. I can’t believe the first month is gone, and we have already forgotten our
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‘Too Heavy for Your Pocket’ soars at Ensemble Theatre
By Colby Etherton You know you’ve experienced great art when twenty-four hours after viewing a play, you’re still thinking about it. It still resonates inside you. Ensemble Theatre’s production of Too
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Gun-toting women, women on the run and women in love
By Randall Jobe Queensbury Theatre presents Breaking Out of Sunset Place. Billed as a geriatric “Thelma and Louise plus one†comedy, it is the story of two best friends, Maudie
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All Come, All Served
| Pastor Diane McGehee walks the walk By Randall Jobe Bering United Methodist Church Pastor Diana McGehee begins each service with the proclamation that assures all attendees that “you are
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An island full of red and King Cakes
By Forest Riggs February has quietly crept upon us this year and with it come two very special events: St. Valentine’s Day on February 14 and the beginning of Mardi
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Lou Weaver to discuss 86th Texas Legislature at PFLAG meeting
By Janice Anderson If you attack one Texan, you attack all Texans. Lou Weaver, from Equality Texas, will be our guest speaker at PFLAG Houston monthly meeting, scheduled Sunday, February