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Pepper Twins: A numbing experience
By Jim Ayres You’ve been to Pepper Twins. I’m fairly sure of it. Most everyone I know has eaten there. I hadn’t, until recently. For a weekday lunch, I psyched
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7 Stylish Ways to Support Disaster Relief Right Now
By Mikey Rox While the current administration is resting on its racist laurels instead of providing a decent humanitarian response to hurricane-ravaged areas, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto
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Jeff Sessions
By D’Anne Witkowski Ah, religious freedom. That call to arms for conservative Christians who believe that they live in some Bizzaro Land version of America where they are persecuted for
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Justice for Marsha and Reina
By Nancy Ford The prevailing theme throughout The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is “Justice for Marsha.†The new film recently released on Netflix chronicles the 1992 death
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Rich’s Houston and Obsidian Theater present ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
By Randall Jobe You’ll need to hurry, but worthy viewing is Classical Theatre Company’s production of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, written by George Bernard Shaw (who knows something about wordsmithing) and
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Promoting a hate group, Midtown icon to close and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica Promoting a hate group, Midtown icon to close and other top stories Sports have an uncanny way of uniting and helping cities recover from catastrophes. New York
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Carly Davin Nation
By Forest Riggs Chances are, if you live on the Island or have visited and attended any of the many venues for drag, illusions and impersonations, you have seen some
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Music Box Films Presents CHAVELA
Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi Chavela opens in Houston October 20 at the Regal Edwards Greenway Grand Palace Stadium 4 & AMC Studio 30 Chavela is the captivating portrait
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People Will Talk: The coming out edition
By Nancy Ford “I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I
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Fall into these sweet, spicy and savory recipes
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) My goodness, STAR readers! Will 2017 be known as the year of disasters? On that subject, has anyone remodeled a kitchen recently? My advice