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7 acts of self-care you should already be doing
By Mikey Rox Life comes at us fast, and it’s getting easier and easier to get lost not only in our circumstances but also in the world around us. Work,
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PFLAG Houston meeting features ‘Gender Book’ creators
By Linda Bratsen Jay Mays and Robin Mack, two passionate and artistic community activists, are the guest speakers at PFLAG Houston’s monthly public meeting. Scheduled Sunday March 11, their presentation
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‘Memphis’ is dancing, irresistible songs and a tale of fame and love
By Randall Jobe CatastrophicTheatre presents the world premiere of Leap and the Net Will Appear. Written by two-time Obie Award-winning playwright and director Craig Lucas and directed by Chana Porter,
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7 Albums (Britney! Robyn!) that will make this year suck less
By Chris Azzopardi That Britney album better come quick – preferably before the world combusts from nuclear warfare. On the horizon for the rest of what’s shaping up to be
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Creep of the Week: Brian Brown
By D’Anne Witkowski When I was a kid I knew of Bermuda only from songs, specifically “Kokomo†by the Beach Boys (“Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mamaâ€) and “Bermuda Triangleâ€
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‘Fifth Ward: The Series,’ crazy Christians and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica This season of misery, fevers, chills, muscle aches and overwhelming fatigue has been especially severe, and I can speak from first-hand experience. Yes, yours truly caught the
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Carrie Brownstein will search and destroy for Hulu
Carrie Brownstein will Search and Destroy for Hulu Bisexual punk rock icon and TV sketch comedy star Carrie Brownstein, of Sleater-Kinney and Portlandia fame, respectively, is hard at work on her new
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Dive into this chocolate extravaganza
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, guys and gals. I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day with the sweetie of your choice, and you got to try the “Better
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The Olympic trials of Mike Pence
By Nancy Ford It’s hard to believe it’s already been four years since the last time the world’s top athletes gathered to compete in the Olympics in Sochi in Russia.
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Galveston is giving it up for Lent
Mardi Gras has come and gone, the last strings of beads have been thrown, the balls and parties are over and done and, hopefully, everyone survived the madness of Fat
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DAN LEVY Is Doing Us All a Big Favor
By Chris Azzopardi Next time you see Dan Levy, thank him. Thank him for Schitt’s Creek, his superbingeable comedic riff on a once-affluent family forced to live like fish out of Perrier in
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9 ‘New’ date-night ideas to spend QT with your OG
By Mikey Rox If you’ve been with your partner a while, it can be hard to come up with exciting date ideas. Maybe you’re stuck in a dinner-and-a-movie rut – if you’re making