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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
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Houston Creole Heritage Festival celebration Saturday, February 24
This family-friendly Houston Creole Heritage Festival gets underway February 24, 2018 from 12 Noon until 7 p.m. Saturday, February 24th at the Budweiser Brewery off I-10 at 775 Gellhorn Drive in Houston, Texas 77029. There
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Regional premiere of ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Spinsters of Blackmead’
Theatre Suburbia presents the regional premiere of C. P. Stancich’s Sherlock Holmes and the Spinsters of Blackmead, an exciting new look at Sherlock, his compatriots and all with a twist. Someone is murdering the women of
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Classical Theatre Company presents ‘An Enemy of the People’
By Randall Jobe CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY presents An Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 examination of the media and government corruption. John Johnston directs. Through February 25. 4617 Montrose Blvd. #100 Houston, 77006. Tickets: ClassicalTheatre.org. QUEENSBURY
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Schools shootings, a new Montrose eatery and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica Brunch is an important part of gay life and, as such, I was close to having to turn in my gay card. It took until February 11 before I
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The Adorable Queer Valentines Edition
By Nancy Ford “It was so much more meaningful in the moment for me than I predicted, and it’s been resonantly much more meaningful than for me afterward than I ever saw coming,â€Â he said. “You know, I
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South Beach closes, Gaga cancels and a porn star doesn’t take no for an answer
By Johnny Trlica Stop! Just stop. As a person of Czech descent I am obligated to educate the public about a grave misrepresentation. A sausage kolache (pronounced ko-lotch) is not a kolache. Those
Creep of the Week: Alex Jones
By D’Anne Witkowski Alex Jones of the conspiracy-laden, right-wing echo chamber that is Infowars took a closer look at the so-called Women’s March on the Jan. 22 episode of The Alex Jones Show. What he
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Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company announces restructure and move to Montrose
Beginning with the 2018-2019 season this summer, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) will say goodbye to its longtime home in Spring Street Studios and move to Montrose, where The Classical
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Out of ‘The OutField’
By Dan Woog More than 10 years ago, I wrote my first “OutField†column. The goal was to offer a mix of stories: national events and trends; profiles of athletes,