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I admit it, freely admit it. I am a vinyl junkie. I love records, probably more than I like CDs and definitely more than I like mp3s. It’s more than just the music, it’s about having an emotional bond to the art form that is contained in the record as well as its packaging. You don’t get much of that experience with CDs and none of it with mp3s (or any other kind of digital, non-tangible form of music.) I don’t pay for mp3s. Mp3s are a waste of money, in my opinion. Ken Petty If you are going to have mp3s, then rip them yourself. I rip them from my CDs and recently from the vinyl albums that I rip to digital. It’s a hobby of mine lately. And now comes a relatively new event brought to us by those who wish to resurrect the experience of record buying. Record Store Day is more than just embracing the digital format. It’s about embracing the cultural experience of going into a brick and mortar store and browsing through the record racks (that’s junkie slang for display bins), and talking to other junkies as well as our supplier, the local store owner... about music!
Most of the Public News’ younger readers probably have never had this experience. Going to Half Price Books, Hastings or even the local thrift shop does not measure to the stature what record cruising did back in the day. And that day really was not that long ago. Now I understand that the romantic side of the vinyl record is just that, romantic. It has no real upside. It’s not very portable, it’ll melt in your car under the Houston sun, and once you’ve scratched it, well, that’s a forever kind of mark on a volatile medium. Upsides? Well, maybe there is one upside, a huge upside, sound quality. Vinyl is a perfect transference of sound waves. It’s an analog performance, recording on analog equipment, being played back on analog equipment. Digital is too dry, too sterile and definitely abused when it comes to loudness. Digital recording takes away the listeners right to tweak the EQ (equilibrium settings), it also takes away the need of preamps, big speakers, ad nauseam. Vinyl demands your attention. It is a medium that you interact with. After all, most vinyl records need to be flipped over or changed every 20-25 minutes. Lovers of the vinyl medium love to show off their collection, and playback equipment. I guess the biggest plus is the Vinyl is showing its ability to retain its value. Vinyl can be sold and resold. Mp3s are a different sort of animal. Vinyl is King. Long live Record Store Day!
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Alley Theatre Appoints Katie Jackman as Director of Marketing and Communications HOUSTON, Texas — Managing Director Dean R. Gladden announced today that Katie Jackman has been appointed to join the Alley Theatre as the Director of Marketing and Communications. Katie Jackman is currently the Director of External Relations at Seattle Repertory Theatre and will begin in her new position on May 11, 2015. She joins the Alley Theatre with over 15 years experience marketing non-profit and commercial theaters. “Katie is one of the leaders in her field nationally. She has a proven track record of success marketing theatre in both Minneapolis and Seattle. We look forward to her joining us as we prepare to open our first season in our newly renovated theatre” said Managing Director Dean R. Gladden. Jackman was hired after the Alley Theatre conducted a national search for its next Director of Marketing and Communications. She will be responsible for overseeing the Alley Theatre’s marketing and communications efforts and will also works closely with Artistic Director Gregory Boyd to represent the artistic vision of the Alley Theatre. “The Alley is where I learned to love theater as a child and it is such an honor to be part of this institution in such an important stage in its history” said Jackman.
Katie Jackman joins the Alley Theatre after seven years at Seattle Repertory Theatre as the Director of External Relations. In this position she lead team members responsible for $4.25 million in sales and donations annually and achieved a 5% growth of annual sales since 2012, after more than 10 years of attrition. She was responsible for marketing seven of the top ten grossing productions in Seattle Repertory Theatre’s 50 year history. Prior to her work in Seattle she was the Director of Marketing and Communications at Hennepin Theatre Trust (Minneapolis, MN) where she managed over 200 presentations with 250,000 attendees annually. Prior to her work with the Trust she was the Senior Director of Marketing for Clear Channel Entertainment, where she comanaged programming and sales initiatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin, working on popular productions such as Wicked, Disney’s The Lion King and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. An active member of the arts community, she has focused on loyalty programs including a case study with Target Resource Group on Launching Loyalty, presented nationally on patron service models and building patron relationships, and developed several strategies for using discounts to build audiences. Jackman grew up in Houston and graduated from Bellaire HS.
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Steampunk Express Rolls into Palestine April 24-26 begin. The judges chosen for this event bring different specialties to the contest with expertise in the mechanical age of steam, photography, costuming, the Steampunk culture, and story-telling. And, as any costuming expert knows, good costumes tell a story all on their own. Saturday evening features two very special performances. The first begins at 9:30pm. Carnival Epsilon, a steampunk-themed circus from Tulsa, Oklahoma will perform. They will be followed at 11pm by Darwin Prophet and the Chronus Mirror, a steampunk band from Plano, Texas. Tickets for the festival are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children ages 2-12. Tickets for Fri, April 24 - Wine Tasting & Photo Train the evening performances are $15.00. Tickets Sat, April 25 – High Tea & Whiskey Tasting can be purchased on site. Ticket prices vary Sat, April 25 – Victorian Dinner Train & Abfor the Wine Tasting and Photo Train, High sinthe Tasting Tea, Whiskey Tasting, Victorian Dinner Train, Sat, April 25 – Steampunk Festival Absinthe Tasting and Victorian Brunch Train. Sat, April 25 – Steampunk Performance For more information or to purchase tickets Sun, April 26 – Victorian Brunch Train by phone call 903-683-3098 or book online The festival will take place from 9am to 6pm at: https://www.texasstaterr.com/steampunkexpress.php on the grounds at the Palestine Depot. It will feature booths and a food vendor. Dance Your Dreams Dancers from Palestine will perform at 11am. Steampunk author Ben Hamby will be on hand all day to sign copies of his books. At 4pm, the Steampunk costume contest will The Texas State Railroad is tapping into the growing popularity of the Steampunk culture with its first Steampunk Express event on April 24, 25 and 26. Steampunk refers to a subgenre of science fiction and sometimes fantasy—also in recent years a fashion and lifestyle movement—that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steampowered machinery. Steampunk Express: Cogs, Leather, Lace and Steam will feature four different Steampunk-themed trains over three days, plus a festival on the grounds and live entertainment.
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TUTS Underground Reveals 2015/16 Season: “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Striking 12,” “Sweet Potato Queens” and “Heathers The Musical”
(L-R) WWAC PRESIDENT CINDY HARDIN, TERRI SANDERS, HEATHER ORR, BECAUSE ART MATTERS CHAIRPERSON KIM LACAYO, BECAUSE MATTERS DIRECTOR KAYLEEN BARTON – AWARDS BREAKFAST ON SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2014
TWO LOCAL TEACHERS HONORED AT THE 2015 WOODLANDS WATERWAY ARTS FESTIVAL The Woodlands, TX – Two teachers from Conroe Independent School District (CISD) and Montgomery Independent School District (MISD) were awarded the 2015 Dr. Gottlieb Outstanding Teacher in the Arts Award at The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival (WWAF) on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Terri Sanders, of Hauke Alternative Academic High School, and Heather Orr, of Montgomery High School, were each presented with a $2,000 award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to arts education and to honor their personal sacrifices. The Dr. Gottlieb Outstanding Teacher in the Arts Awards were designed to honor two teachers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts whom have demonstrated excellence in their field, exceptional leadership, and a high level of dedication to students, by creating an environment that excites and stimulates the students toward self-expression through the arts. “The Woodlands Waterway Arts Council (WWAC) through its educational and community outreach arm, Because Art Matters, is pleased to honor such outstanding art educators in our community,” says Cindy Hardin, President of The Woodlands Waterway Arts Council. “These teachers are truly inspirational as they transform students’ lives through the arts.” Terri Sanders is the 2015 Visual Arts winner and has taught in CISD for over 18 years. As an Art I-IV and cross curriculum teacher for at risk students, she has instilled a love of the arts in students whom have not had experience with art since early school years. Sanders goes above and beyond to create a bridge between community involvement and campus outreach by forming partnerships and finding avenues to share her student’s art. In 2014 she also participated in and met the requirements to become a Because Art Matter’s year-round Master Artist. As part of this new and emerging community outreach program, Sanders
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and seven other Master Artists will work with community organizations and schools, to create community collaborative art projects and murals through WWAC and the Because Art Matters programs. Heather Orr is the 2015 Performing Arts Winner and has been a UIL Choir Sponsor for the past 20 years and teaches Choral at Montgomery High School. Known as a “one-ofa- kind” choir director, Orr uses her creativity and enthusiastic teaching to drive students to move forward with their talents while providing lessons of integrity, confidence, teamwork, and dedication towards a common goal. Highly involved in the community, Orr serves for several professional music organizations and fosters the arts through outreach performances. “A great teacher is a powerful force and catalyst for positive growth in the lives of our youth” said Kimberly Lacayo Because Art Matters chairperson, “The Woodlands Waterway Arts Council’s Dr. David Gottlieb Excellence Awards is one small way we can recognize the mentoring and guidance provided by these exceptional visual and performing arts educators who enhance the future of our communities by expanding the horizons of our children today. Heather and Terri, we are most grateful.” As WWAC celebrates 10-years in the community, Because Art Matters is happy to celebrate six of those years awarding teachers the honor of the Dr. Gottlieb Outstanding Teacher in the Arts Award. This year also marks the first year a teacher has won outside of Conroe Independent School District. As the programs of Because Art Matters continue to grow, so does the opportunity to become involved in all of the school districts in the Montgomery County and surrounding regions. Many public school teachers go the extra mile for their students and WWAC is proud to honor them for their outstanding achievements as they inspire their students to enjoy the arts in all its forms.
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HOUSTON – Murderous bank-robbing lovers, holiday grump meets Little Match Girl, tiaras the size of Texas and the ultimate teenage popularity contest (hair scrunchies included) - TUTS Underground’s 2015/16 season delivers new theatrical productions never seen before in Houston! TUTS Underground, Theatre Under The Stars’ (TUTS) alternative and contemporary series, is thrilled to announce the new season running in Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. “I am excited to announce the innovative musicals that we have lined up for the third season of TUTS Underground- A Theatre Revolution,” says TUTS’ Artistic Director, Bruce Lumpkin. “This year, we continue to uphold and expand our original mission—to bring revolutionary, edgy, and affordable musicals to Houston. We want to enrich the local artistic community by continuing to produce relevant musical theatre, incubating new works and staging unique, pioneering shows which will set the scene for musical theatre of the future. I invite Houston to join the revolution.” Bonnie & Clyde October 1 - 4, 2015 At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two smalltown nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clydeis the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country. The legendary Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll And Hyde, Civil War, Dracula), who wrote this thrilling musical, will be actively engaged during the rehearsal period of this TUTS Underground production. When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behavior turns the young lovers’ thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo’s fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer. Striking 12 December 17 - 20, 2015 On New Year’s Eve, an over-worked and under-inspired single guy who’s had enough of holiday cheer makes a resolution: to stay home and go to bed early. On another New Year’s Eve, a continent away—and more than a century earlier—Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Match Girl tries unsuccessfully to sell her matches in the snow. The two stories are brought together when a young woman selling special “full-spectrum holiday light bulbs” to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder shows up at the grumpy man’s door. Though the man (who probably could use the bulbs) seems to enjoy the young woman’s company, he sends her away. It’s not until he reads “The Little Match Girl” that he is finally pulled out of his funk. All of this unfolds through a tuneful pop/rock/ jazz score that retains the vibrant style of its original performers: the celebrated band, GrooveLily. Through simple, unpretentious theater created
through the voices and instruments of the performers, Striking 12 reminds us that “the world looks like new... on the first day of the year.” Striking 12 is a perfect alternative to standard holiday fare while still being family-friendly. Sweet Potato Queens March 17 - 20, 2016 Sweet Potato Queens (SPQ) is loosely based on the life-story of #1 New York Times best-selling author and SPQ founder, Jill Conner Browne, and the organization’s philosophy which was born out of her need for some excitement and a new direction. The Sweet Potato Queens ® is a women’s organization based in Jackson, Mississippi, that has 6,200 chapters in 37 countries. It involves a belief in a sisterhood that promotes self-esteem and positive thinking, appealing to mostly middle-aged middle-class women. Each local chapter assumes its own theme and designs its own costumes. Some chapters even participate in parades and fundraisers in their local community—the Saint Patrick’s Day parade being the biggest event. After its recent successful staged reading here at TUTS Underground, Sweet Potato Queens will be fully staged and produced for the world premiere next March. The musical is being developed in partnership with Grammy® award winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester (music), Oscar® nominee, multiple #1 songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Sharon Vaughn (lyrics) and Rupert Holmes (book). Holmes is the first person in theatrical history to solely win Tony® Awards for Best Book and Best Music and Lyrics, and Best Musical for The Mystery of Edwin Drood. For his play Say Goodnight, Gracie, he earned a 2004 National Broadway Theater Award and a Best Play Tony® nomination. He most recently was represented on Broadway by Curtains, winning several awards and 8 Tony® nominations. Heathers The Musical April 28 – May 1, 2016 Based on the classic 1989 film, Westerberg High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchiewearing junta: Heather, Heather and Heather... the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place - six feet under. Relive your high school years, friends and foes, in this rollercoaster ride of a musical! “Heathers has sass, sex, songs and laughs! Lots of laughs!” Perez Hilton Brought to you by the award-winning creative team of Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness, “Desperate Housewives”), Laurence O’Keefe (Bat Boy, Legally Blonde) and Andy Fickman (Reefer Madness, She’s the Man). TUTS Underground offers a contemporary musical theatre experience featuring local talent in Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center, one of Houston’s most intimate performance venues located in the heart of downtown.
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THIS WEEK & BEYOND FESTIVALS Steampunk Express: Cogs, Leather, Lace and Steam Friday & Saturday April 24/25, 2015 Palestine Depot in Palestine Texas The festival will take place from 9am to 6pm on the grounds at the Palestine Depot. It will feature booths and a food vendor. Dance Your Dreams Dancers from Palestine will perform at 11am. Steampunk author Ben Hamby will be on hand all day to sign copies of his books. At 4pm, the Steampunk costume contest will begin. The judges chosen for this event bring different specialties to the contest with expertise in the mechanical age of steam, photography, costuming, the Steampunk culture, and story-telling. And, as any costuming expert knows, good costumes tell a story all on their own. Saturday evening features two very special performances. The first begins at 9:30pm. Carnival Epsilon, a steampunk-themed circus from Tulsa, Oklahoma will perform. They will be followed at 11pm by Darwin Prophet and the Chronus Mirror, a steampunk band from Plano, Texas. Tickets for the festival are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children ages 2-12. Tickets for the evening performances are $15.00. Tickets can be purchased on site. Ticket prices vary for the Wine Tasting and Photo Train, High Tea, Whiskey Tasting, Victorian Dinner Train, Absinthe Tasting and Victorian Brunch Train. For more information or to purchase tickets by phone call 903-683-3098 or book online at: https://www.texasstaterr.com/steampunkexpress.php
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Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce’s Tastefest Thursday, May 14, 2015 5pm-8pm Lone Star Convention Center 9055 Airport Road, Conroe, TX Bring your appetite and sample some local culinary delights from local restaurants, wineries, breweries, caterers and more at the Conroe/ Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce’s Tastefest presented by H-E-B. Guests can sample mouthwatering appetizers, entrees, desserts, pastries and beverages. Tickets are $15 for adults, $25 for two adults and $5 children ages 12 and under. Tickets are available to purchase at the Chamber, H-E-B and Gold’s Gym or visit conroe.org.
STAGES TUTS’ Behind The Mask Gala Benefitting TUTS’ Education and Community Engagement Programs Saturday, April 25, 2015 6:30pm Hobby Center for the Performing Arts 800 Bagby, Houston, TX 77002 *This is a black tie event Headlining the evening’s entertainment is Broadway star Adam Pascal. Pascal was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama League and Obie Award for his performance as Roger in
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EVENT CALENDAR continued Continued from page 7 RENT. He also received a Drama League Award for his performance as Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice’s musical Aida. About TUTS’ Education and Community Engagement Programs TUTS’ Education & Community Engagement programs provide year-round instruction and musical theatre experiences to over 75,000 individuals annually. The Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) offers techniquedriven classes to educate and develop musical theatre students of all ages and ambitions, from the beginner to the Broadway bound. The River Performing and Visual Arts Center (The River) provides flexible, affordable fine arts education for individuals with disabilities. Through the Classes in the Community program, TUTS teams up with schools, hospitals and social service organizations to bring the magic of musical theatre out into the community. TUTS also annually presents the Tommy Tune Awards, honoring the best and brightest in Houston’s high school musical theatre programs. The Gum Ball 2015 May 15th 8pm-midnight Fresh Arts 115 Hyde Park Blvd. Envision gumdrop mountains, peppermint forests, and an ice cream sea. No, this is not a sugar-induced hallucination, but the return of one of the art scene’s favorite shindigs-the Fresh Arts Annual Gala! This year’s theme is candy coated and dipped in chocolate! That’s right, ladies and gentle-
Continued from page 7 man: We are throwing The Gum Ball and partying in the outlandish fashions of the original Candy Man himself! On friday, May 15th from 8pm - 12am, 115 Hyde Park Blvd will transform into the legendary Willy Wonka chocolate factory to celebrate Fresh Arts’ impact on Houston’s art community. So are you ready for your tour? Featuring: Sweet sounds from Houston’s hottest DJs A Fistful of Soul A tantalizing burlesque performance by Tifa Tittlywinks and Emma D’Lemma of Dem Damn Dames A synesthetic interactive carnival experience with avant garde opera singer and performance artist Amanda Gregory Please join event chairs Christine Noel Goins + Josh Pazda, Lea McKinney + Haig Tcholakian, Jeff Shell, Claudia Solis + Matthew Wettergreen in honoring acclaimed artist and gallerist Sharon Gus Kopriva and artist/ community champion Chris Silkwood at our fizz-filled fete. In true Fresh Arts’ fashion, it will be an all-out blow-out complete with live entertainment, an art auction, off-the-wall costumes, drinks, dancing, delights, chocolate rivers, and (of course) Oompa-Loompas! Come as you favorite treat, celebrities you’re sweet on, psychedelic 60’s/70’s icons or any of the long list of zany, Wonka-inspired misfits. You can’t go wrong for a night of shimmying on a sugar and bubble-filled dance floor! Save May 15th for The Gum Ball and support Fresh Arts: an
-How to select the right paint brushes -How to apply color theory and use the color wheel. -How to pick the right canvas and how to coat a canvas. -How to varnish a painting. -How to paint in Grisaille These are only a few of the tips I will teach you to create successful paintings and more importantly have an enjoyable painting experience. Ongoing classes every Tuesday from 1:00pm - 3:30pm at the Conroe Art League Gallery127 Simonton St. - Conroe, TX 77301 Contact Gary Hernandez directly to sign up: 713-569-9209 or garyhernandezstudio@ yahoo.com Cost: $35.00/per class paid in advance monthly. Conroe Art League Second Tuesday of the month 2:30pm-6pm Photography Learning Center w/Ed Gorman The Photography Learning Center is back at the Conroe Art Gallery!! If you have questions about photography or how to use your camera, whether it’s a DSLR, SLR, film, cell phone, iPad, etc., then come to the Conroe Art Gallery on the second Tuesday of each month from 2:30pm - 6:00pm. The Conroe Art Gallery is at 127 Simonton St., Conroe, TX 77301. Ed will show you how to work your camera and take better photographs. Contact Ed Gorman: edgorman1973@ gmail.com or call 936-443-3487 for more information. Conroe Art League First and Third Thursday 1pm3:30pm Figure Drawing Group Classes are at the Conroe Art League Gallery 127 Simonton St. Conroe, TX 77301 Live Model, All Skill Levels Welcome! For more information contact: Darby Kachmar darbykachmar@me.com 936-2285126 or Marilyn Lowry mlowry3@comcast. net or 936-447-1579 Fee is $10 per session, no reservation necessary Conroe Art League Every Thursday 2pm-4:30pm Painting with Pastels This is an ongoing weekly course, beginning February 5, 2015. The class meets every Thursday from 2:00pm - 4:30pm in the upstairs classroom at the Conroe Art League Gallery - 127 Simonton St. - Conroe, TX 77301. Painting in pastels is quick, easy, colorful, beautiful, very portable - and FUN! Handled correctly, pastels will last many lifetimes and their pure colors never fade, crack, or peel. No stress and no pressure here to paint a masterpiece. You’ll learn how to turn “happy accidents” into a part of your painting, or erase it - pastels are very forgiving. Everyone will hjave a chance to experiment with different techniques and materials, and you’ll develop your own unique style over time. For those who are new to art, you’ll learn the basics of drawing and painting. For more experienced artists who are new to pastels, you’ll learn the characteristics and
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techniques that are unique to pastels. At the end of each class, you’ll have a finished or nearly-finished painting to take home, ready for framing. Each student is encouraged to learn at their own pace. You are welcomed to do a class-based painting from reference photos provided by the instructor, or bring in your own reference materials to use. We may also paint from life, or go outdoors to paint as the weather permits. During this ongoing course, you will: -Improve your drawing skills, including proportions and perspective. -Learn how to see and paint values, types of underpaintings, both wet and dry. -Create different effects using hard vs. soft pastels. -Layer and blend pastels to get exactly the color you want. -Develop and use a portable pastel kit for outdoor painting and travel. -Know how to paint trees, clouds and water. -Learn how to paint and draw from life and en plein air (outdoors). There’s no pressure to develop a masterpiece or “do it right”. This class is all about having fun and discovering the artist in you. You’ll have lots of individual attention from the instructor with helpful feedback so your paintings keep getting better. Your supply list has options to fit a budget, and everyone is welcomed to register and join us any time. Please contact the instructor, Kathy Fediw, at Kathy@jfaconsultingbiz.com or call her business number at 281-687-6966, if you have any questions and for a list of materials. Cost: $30.00 per class, payable at the first of each month or at the beginning of each session. Instructor: Kathy Fediw, LEED AP ID+C, CLP, CLT
EDUCATION Barbara Bush Branch Library Ongoing [call for class dates & times] Ongoing Computer Classes Dave Smith, computer instructor, will be teaching seven different computer classes at the Barbara Bush Branch Library in March 2015. The classes are Computer Basics, Introduction to the Internet, Email, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Publisher. He also teaches additional classes which are offered at various times throughout the year, including Digital Photography and Smartphone Tips. Please call for the dates and times of the classes and to register. Each class meets for a single 2-hour session. As class size is limited to 12 people, pre-registration is required for each class. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration opens 30 days prior to the class. Please visit the website (www.hcpl.net) or call the library at 281-376-4610 for more information and to register for these classes. The classes are held in the Barbara Bush Library Friends Computer Lab at 6817 Cypresswood Drive in Spring. Baldwin Boettcher Library Ongoing English As A Second Language The Baldwin Boettcher Library Staff provides ESL classes for folks who want to learn to speak English or improve their
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EVENT CALENDAR continued continued from page 9 organization dedicated to strengthening the sustainability and vibrancy of Houston’s arts sector by bolstering the capacity and professional practice of artists and arts organizations and enhancing the public’s engagement with the arts.
EDUCATION Journaling at the Library April 20, 2015 3:30 pm Barbara Bush Branch Library Need motivation to write your life story? Join this beginner’s group. Monday, April 20 @ 3:30 pm—WCR conference room. Please call the library at 281-376-4610. The coordinator would like to send you a welcoming e-mail and tell you what to expect. She will also provide you with the prompts that are being used this month. Book Clubs April 20, 2015 7pm
continued from page 9 English speaking skills. Our beginning classes are scheduled on Mondays, 6-7:30 pm; Fridays 1-3 pm; Our intermediate ESL classes are on Wednesdays, 6-7:30 pm and Thursdays, 1-3 pm; Our conversational English class is on Tuesdays 10-12 pm; Our advanced English class is on Tuesdays 4-5 pm. Call the library at 281-821-1320 for more information about the ESL classes. Barbara Bush Branch Library Every Thursday noon-1pm Yoga For Stress Relief Certified yoga instructor, Linda Popinksi, offers this free class every Thursday from 12:00-1:00 in the Earl Elliott Room at the Barbara Bush Branch Library, 6817 Cypresswood Drive in Spring. Both men and women are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat and a beach towel. Barbara Bush Branch Library Every Friday noon-2pm French Classes with Marie Come and learn French with Marie on Fridays from 12:00-2:00. The class is intermediate level and so some knowledge of French is required. No registration is necessary. The class will meet in the Robin Bush Room at the Barbara Bush Branch Library, 6817 Cypresswood Drive in Spring.
AREA TOURS Big Thicket Distilling Every Saturday noon, 2pm, 4pm Big Thicket Distilling Tours We offer tours at 12, 2 and 4pm on Saturdays. $10 per person. Includes a distillery tour and tasting of our products. Make your reservation online at BigThicketDistilling.com Big Thicket Distillery’s telephone number is 936-666-1341
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Barbara Bush Branch Library Great Books Discussion Group will meet in the WCR Conference Room located on second floor of the Barbara Bush Branch Library at 6817 Cypresswood Drive in Spring. Title for April is Rothschild’s Fiddle by Anton Chekov. Great Books meets on the third Monday of each month from 7:00-8:45 PM. Contact Ed Boran for more information - 281-353-1450. Book Clubs Thurs/Fri April 23/24, 2015 1:30/2:30pm Barbara Bush Branch Library The Afternoon Book Club will discuss Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin on Thursday, April 23 at 1:30 PM. This program will be repeated on Friday, April 24 at 2:30 PM. Please feel free to attend either session. The May selection is The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
ARTS Cultured Cocktails w/Miller Outdoor Theatre Thursday, April 23, 2015, 5pm-7pm
Sundays at 4:30pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 HeroClix is a fun game that allows players to pit their favorite Heroes and Villains against each other in combat! Battle characters from multiple series, from Lord of the Rings to the Justice League! Who will reign victorious on the fields of battle? For beginners or casual players HeroClix Tournament Night Mondays at 7pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 HeroClix is a fun game that allows players to pit their favorite Heroes and Villains against each other in combat! Battle characters from multiple series, from Lord of the Rings to the Justice League! Who will reign victorious on the fields of battle? For more experienced players, and competitive players Netrunner Meetup Night Mondays at 6pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 Netrunner is an amazing living card game, with an amazing story and amazing game mechanics. Players compete using one of two decks they construct, either the Corporation or the Runner. In a Matrix style world, Runners jack into the computer system in order to hack into the Corporation’s systems in order to discover their secret agendas. Casual meetup night for players of all experience levels X-Wing Meetup Night Tuesdays at 6pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 Star Wars X-Wing is a fun and innovative dogfighting game, in which you must defeat
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Fresh Arts 307 Fairview St. near the corner of Taft St. Please join us for drinks and conversation at Boheme Cafe & Wine Bar on Thursday, April 23rd, when a portion of the proceeds from all drink sales during the 5:00PM -7:00PM happy hour will go to support the Miller Outdoor Theatre. Enjoy a drink or two, meet the Miller Outdoor Theatre Advisory Board, and take-in Boheme’s bohemian atmosphere! The proceeds from the evening will support the organization, so don’t be shy, raise a glass (or three) while raising funds for the Miller Outdoor Theater! For more info visit: https://www.fresharts.org/ events/cultured-cocktails-miller-outdoor-theatre
financial stability and tax mastery! For more info visit: https://www.fresharts.org/ events/workshop-your-best-headshot-cv
your opponents in space combat! Use ships from the Star Wars universe as you construct your custom squadrons, and fight for either the Empire or the Rebel Alliance! Casual meetup night for players of all experience levels
Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 Warmachine and Hordes (commonly known as Warma/Hordes) is an awesome Miniatures game where players assume the role of a general leading their warriors into combat. Control amazing machines called Jacks or harness the wild power of powerful beasts and monsters to destroy your adversaries. Casual meetup night for players of all experience levels
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Warhammer Fantasy Tournament Saturday April 18, 2015 Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 292-8444 Taking place 40,000 years before the events of Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy takes you to a world of magic, Elves and Dwarves. With dark Necromancers and Demons roaming the lands, you take on the role of a general commanding your warriors on to victory! Will you side with the darkness, or will you defend the Headshot & CV (For performing artists ) light? Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 6pm-8pm Points: 2500 Fresh Arts Fresh Arts, 2101 Winter Street, Studio B11, 77007 $15 entry fee. No Special Characters Are you geared up for this tax season? Unsure For more Details go to: how to file your hard-earned creative labor? https://www.facebook.com/ Organizing and preparing your financial data as events/335429549982307/ an artist can be difficult to navigate. Let Fresh Arts and Kathy Ploch help guide you on a road to
Pokemon League Wednesdays 5pm - 8pm Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North, TX 77385 Free and open to all. Learn to play, trade cards, have fun with friends and make new friends. Earn free League only Pokemon foil cards by playing 7 games (DS or card). On any given week we have 25-40 players aged from 6-40+ (yes we have moms and dads that play also :) World War Wednesday Wednesdays at 6pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 This is a meet up for all our Historical themed miniatures games. Bolt Action, Flames of War, and Saga players rejoice! We have tables as well as beautiful terrain for players to use. It’s a great event for both beginners and veterans alike, and a great way to spend a Wednesday! Casual meetup night for players of all experience levels Magic Commander Night Wednesdays at 6pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 Test your mettle in one of Magic the Gathering’s most popular multiplayer format! As one of the most fun and casual formats for Magic, Commander night is a blast! Players Construct a 100 card deck with no duplicates allowed, and play in a multi-man game leading to some crazy shenanigans. See you on the battlefield! Casual meetup night for players of all experience levels Warmachine and Hordes Meetup Night Thursdays at 6pm
My Little Pony Collectable Card Game Thursdays All Day Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North, TX 77385 Come learn how to play the My Little Pony collectible card game. Free event each week. Magic Draft Night Thursdays at 7pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 Players purchase 3 booster packs from standard (depending on what the group votes to draft), and an additional 2 booster packs of any available expansion to add to the prize pool! Players then construct a 40 card deck from the contents of their draft to compete with, battling for prizes and glory! Fun event for players of all experience levels, and perfect for players to expand their collection For more Details go to: https://www.facebook.com/ events/340064569532538/ Friday Night Magic Fridays at 7pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 Experience one of the most intense and fun Standard Magic tournaments in the area every Friday at Fat Ogre! Players bring a 60 card Standard legal deck to compete in a massive tournament! A fun night for players
EVENT CALENDAR continued of all ages and experience levels, Friday Night Magic is your premier Magic event. Fun event for players of all experience levels For more Details go to: https://www.facebook.com/ events/510118335795397/ Warhammer Meetup Night Fridays at 6pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 A fun meetup night for both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k players, Fat Ogre has an amazing community for Warhammer. A great night for players of all experience levels, new players can feel free to stop by and learn! Fun event for players of all experience levels Hero Clix Saturdays 3pm – 5pm Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North, TX 77385 Come on out and learn how to play Hero Clix. We are an official HeroClix tournament site , so come and enjoy the fun. We have added a full line of Hero Clix items. Marval Dice Masters League Saturdays 5pm – 8pm Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North, TX 77385 Learn how to play this exciting new game, which sold out all over the nation as soon as it was released. It is an inexpensive game to start , at around $15 for a starter and $1.00 for boosters. If you have ever played the dace game Quarriors, this will seem familiar to you, as it is created by the same company. Join us!
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Greece is the Word by Bart Pearston
“I solved my problems and I see the light” Grease is the word. Frankie Valli 1977 Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Ooops, wrong 1977 classic. Actually, in a country with less than half the population of the state of Texas, an economy less than 1/7th, and on “the other side of the pond”, the cradle of democracy began a slow. steady drift toward socialism. George Lucas would refer to it as “the dark side”and its largest employer became the government. Sixteen years ago, the European Union formed to boost collective economies of the socialistic member states by becoming completely intermeshed. Get to feel its effects Bart Pearston ready here soon. “Collectivism” would intertwine the 19 countries like the roots of the mighty Redwoods and theoretically make them able to withstand the storms of global trade. But just five years ago, the European Central Bank began “bailing out” the Hellenistic Union
because it was no longer to make the payments in its social safety net. When austerity measures were required for the loans, riots and protests began and the Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras was swept into office. This week, talks between the “creditors” (i.e. German and French bankers) unwilling to “loan” billions of Euros more in “open loans” (no repayment time frame) unless the promised expansion of government spending programs was broken and reduce the public sector employment levels. Think of it as a global economic game of “Chicken”. Frequently there are NO winners in that game. You may be asking why this matters to you in Texas, or the US. Let me see if I can spell it out. Just imagine if a state like Texas with over 25 Million borrowed 245 BILLION Euros (about $262 Billion US) with only 11 million people. Each man, woman, boy, and girl would now be the proud owners of a $250,000 mortgage (not including interest) with no house to show for it. Greece is now talking openly about “default”. Fellow EU members; Italy, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal are watching closely because they have a collective debts and economies ten times that of Greece. By abandoning its independent use of the
Drachma, Greece can’t just print money to pay its debts like the US can. If it defaults, it will almost certainly leave the EU and begin re-using it. Financial Times estimates almost 90 TRILLION dollars in International Monetary Funds, primarily from US banks, is invested in the European Central Bank currently(the same amount Al Gore wants to spend to eliminate cars). Greece can no longer imitate the Americans by “kicking the can down the road” (like I wrote last week) eternally. $2.4 Billion due in April pension payments, S203M to the IMF May 1st, $770 Million due May 12th, and $1.6 Billion more due in June have brought their ship to the proverbial waterfall. I wish I knew what happens if (or should I say when) they go over. For sure, Greek banks would close and panic would ensue. Laws have been passed restricting cash withdrawals already to prevent the economic collapse seen by the default in Cyprus 2 years ago.As Santayana told us, “Those who refuse to learn from History are doomed to repeat it.” Since the US replaced the German military 70 years ago, there is no risk that either Germany or France could resort to war to “collect” unpaid debts.Stay tuned. Next week: Obama’s mandatory voting proposal. .
Board Game Night Saturdays 5pm – 8pm Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North, TX 77385 Bring your favorite board or card game. Meet up with friends or make new ones while you are here! Please only bring all ages appropriate games. Monopoly anyone? We want everybody to be able to participate. Magic Modern Tournament Saturdays at 6pm Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 2928444 A fun tournament for Magic the Gathering players to test their competitive skill with access to older and more powerful cards. Players bring a Modern legal deck comprised of 60 cards, and compete for prizes and glory! Players may use any Magic the Gathering card printed after 8th edition, with a few specific exceptions. Fun event for players of all experience levels For more Details go to: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1376049572715159/
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Every year, the most exciting thing we do is watch the list of RSVPs roll in from musicians and artists who check HELL YEAH to the question “Are you going to be at a record store on Record Store Day?” This year, over 600 artists—locally known, regionally beloved, nationally recognized and globally phenomenal—will help celebrate those stores we love so much. Surprise announcements came in just this week that our #RSD15 ambassador Dave Grohl will set up his foo fighters at record connection, and Amanda Palmer confirmed a Dresden Dolls reunion at Rough Trade. All time low, who have the #1 album in both the US and the UK this week are meeting the fans at Schoolkids, Morbid Angel does the same at Waterloo. Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Damien Rice, Yellowcard, Gwar, Ex hex, TV on the radio, the list of artists heading to a record store on Saturday is wide-ranging and we really wish we could be everywhere at once. You can find a list of events, hi-jinks, performances and signings scheduled at the stores in Houston on the Record Store Day website. Best thing to do? Follow your local store(s) on their social media(s) or give them a shout, or head on in advance to find out what’s on the dance card. There are parties being planned Saturday. It’s gonna be awesome. THE LIST The list of titles being released only at record stores is only a click away, on the RSD website: A handy PDF that you can use as a shopping/wish list and a Pull Down menu with more detail and artwork. These are the pieces that will be released at real live record stores on April 18. Keep in mind that things change OFTEN in this business, and we’ll be making changes to the list when that happens. Fixes, tweaks, new descriptions, additions and cancellations as they happen. Life is a work in progress, there’s a poster out there with a kitten in an adorable but precarious situation that says so.
RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE RELEASES. Exclusively available on Record Store Day at Record Store Day participating stores. Will not be available anywhere else in the same format. *There is chatter in the world about other titles that may not be on the list. These may be things that have a 4/19 street date, but are not RSD releases, for whatever reason. Something you want not on this list, but you know for sure it’s coming out? If yes, are you going to buy it at an indie record store? If yes, awesome. *We’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating. It’s always a good idea to be BFFs with your neighborhood record store and let them know what you might be looking for. They can’t guarantee you will walk out with what you want, but it’s a good place to start. All stores may not order all releases. All stores may not get everything they order. Record Store Day titles are limited for a number of reasons, and all in all, that’s a good thing. But please bear that in mind when you find something isn’t available. We’re all grown-ups, right?
SAMPLING OF RSD EXCLUSIVES The 101’ers Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Revisited) Format: 2 x 12” Vinyl 311 Grifter/Who’s Got The Herb? Format: 7” Vinyl A-Ha Take On Me Format: 7” Vinyl Adam & The Ants Kings of the Wild Frontier/Ant Music Format: 7” Colored Vinyl Ryan Adams Come Pick Me Up Format: 7” Vinyl Air Playground Love Format: 7” Colored Vinyl Gregg Allman Gregg Allman Format: 10” Picture Disc The Animals We’re Gonna Howl Tonight Format: LP The Animals The Animals No. 2 Format: 10” Vinyl At The Gates Gardens of Grief Format: 12” Vinyl Chet Atkins My Brother Sings Format: LP
Atreyu So Others May Live Format: 7” Vinyl Avicii The Days/Nights Remix EP Format: 12” Vinyl Banks The Remixes Part 2 Format: 12” Vinyl Courtney Barnett Kim’s Caravan Format: 12” Vinyl Syd Barrett/R.E.M. Dark Globe Format: 7” Colored Vinyl The Baseball Project/The Minus 5 Redeyed in Austin Format: 12” Colored Vinyl Jeff Beck Tallyman/Rock My Plimsoul Format: 7” Colored Vinyl Jeff Beck Hi Ho Silver Lining/Beck’s Bolero Format: 7” Colored Vinyl Jeff Beck Love is Blue/I’ve Been Drinking Format: 7” Colored Vinyl
Kweli) Fix Up/You Already Know Format: 7” Picture Disc
You Go To My Head/The Mood That I’m In Format: 10” Vinyl
Blackberry Smoke Wood, Wire and Roses Format: 10” Vinyl
Comeback Kid Rain City Sessions Format: 10” Colored Vinyl
Blitzen Trapper Harvest Format: 12” Vinyl
James Cotton Cut You Loose! Format: 12” Vinyl
Blue Mountain Eagle Blue Mountain Eagle Format: LP
Country Joe and the Fish Together Format: 12” Vinyl
Blue Oyster Cult Bad Channels (Soundtrack) Format: 12” Colored Vinyl
Cypress Hill The Phuncky Feel One/How I Could Just Kill A Man Format: 7” Vinyl
David Bowie Changes Format: 7” Picture Disc David Bowie/Tom Verlaine Kingdom Come Format: 7” Colored Vinyl Buzzcocks The Way Format: 7” Colored Vinyl
Bee Gees Extended Format: 12” Vinyl
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Rough Raw and Amazing Format: 2 x 12” Vinyl
Big Data Dangerous Format: 7” Vinyl
Carcass Choice Cuts Format: 2 x 12” Vinyl
The Black Keys/Junior Kimbrough Meet Me In The City Format: 7” Vinyl
Johnny Cash Koncert v Praze (In Prague-Live) Format: 12” Colored Vinyl
Black Star (Mos Def & Talib
Cassandra Wilson/Billie Holiday
D’Angelo The Charade Format: 7” Vinyl Dandy Warhols 20th Anniversary Dandys Rule OK Format: 2 x 12” Colored Vinyl Miles Davis The Prestige 10 Inch LP Collection Vol. 2 Format: 10” Vinyl Box Set The Dead Milkmen Beelzebubba Format: LP Death By Stereo If Looks Could Kill, I’d Watch You Die Format: LP Death Cab For Cutie/Freedy Johnston Bad Reputation
Format: 7” Colored Vinyl The Decemberists Picaresque Format: LP Deep Purple Black Night/Speed Format: 7” Colored Vinyl The Dixie Cups Chapel of Love Format: 12” Vinyl The Doors Strange Days Format: LP Dresden Dolls The Virginia Monologues Format: 3 x 12” Vinyl Bob Dylan The Night We Called It A Day Format: 7” Colored Vinyl Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes Format: LP Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes (180g Mono) Format: LP Steve Earle / Robert Johnson Terraplane Blues Format: 10” Vinyl Electric Century Electric Century EP Format: 10” Colored Vinyl Brian Eno My Squelchy Life Format: 2 x 12” Vinyl
GET THE FULL LIST HERE: http://download.recordstoreday.com/free/RSD_2015_RELEASES_WEBSITE.pdf
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THANKS FOR THE MEMORY! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR WOODLANDS WATERWAY ARTS FESTIVAL story and photos by Rosanne Friedman The Woodlands Waterway Art Show gets more professional each year. Of 200 artists it seems there is something for everyone. As I wander through the crowds and peruse the imaginings of the artists behind the works, I am struck with how choosing art is personal, even after I’ve worked in art, taught art and thought about art for decades. I recognize the skill, the concept, and the difficulty in making what is very difficult look easy, but the ones that I fall in love with are almost there for me alone. As I see folks with packages all around, they too, have made choices based on very personal connections with what they’ve seen and felt. The work that I’ve chosen to write about varies from elegance in engineering with David Frank’s swings, to mastery in refining an ancient tongue drum so it resounds with perfect pitch in notes, the functional potters that I return to year after year, the welder who frames and elevates rocks and finally a painter that makes every brush stoke bold with freshness and the spirit of the animal.
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David Frank designs his swings to be ergonomically aware. They are easy to enter, the shade tent is readily adjustable, headrest and footrest thoughtfully available. When I sat down I was delighted with the comfort, then became more and more comfortable. One push with the balanced pendulum apparatus is engineered to move the swing for minutes at a time. This swing defines well designed, to sit in the swing is to sit in the moment that someone has wrapped all of their thinking around -just for this moment, I stand in appreciation. The tongue drum found in South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania is a hollowed out shell of a tree that vibrates sound when struck with a mallet. The Theile father and son team, of Hardwood Music Company, have taken this concept and refined itmaking a box drum with pitch perfect notes when struck with various tipped mallets. Michael holds court as three person deep crowds gather to hear and
see him play these beautiful handcrafted wooden boxes. He claims no musical training, though it’s clear he has musical talent when he pulls people to his drumming like a magnet. I asked Miky of Cunningham Pottery what is not apparent about these clay forms? It’s easy to see they are imaginative, functional, thoughtfully crafted, elegantly finished. What is it that I can’t see? She said that each pot has been handled by both she and her husband, Steve, at some point in the making of the pot. The Cunninghams were due to celebrate their thirty-first anniversary the next day after the festival. They met when he was her painting instructor and both came to ceramics by way of being self -taught. She believes that keeps them thinking out of the box, so to speak, always open to new approaches and ideas. The vase, that is now in my personal collection, has one colored clay for the base and a slip (thinned clay) of another color painted on in a thick and fluid way, with a glossy glaze that changes into a matte finish and then an unglazed bottom. This was a piece of their new series, I’m sure they will be back next year with more surprises. When we were entering the festival we crossed paths with people who were leaving with some rocks framed with iron on a post to be set up in a garden. The proud new owner of this work said, “I just love rocks.” Cliff Matyszczyk is a welder that elevates rocks in such a way. People who love rocks stop to look at Cliff’s work. It seems he meditates on the rock and imagines the best way to show it off. Sometimes it is counterpointed with geometric form--the organic shape of the rock with a perfect circle of crafted iron. There are some that are meant for a wall- indoors or outdoors- and some, like the ones the people we passed by upon our arrival bought, headed for the garden. Carol Carmichael’s paintings are of the spirit of animals, directly stated barnyard animals, longhorn steer, chickens, roosters, cows. The canvas is efficiently designed, perfectly composed, beautifully painted. Every brush stroke counts. Rich, thick, buttery, oil paint used to echo, but not illustrate, feathers or CUNNINGHAM POTTERY the satin of the cow’s
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hide. All the while the eye of the animal is exact and seems to return the gaze of those that gaze their way. There is an aliveness that goes through the form of the animal, through the excitement of the gesture in the paint and to the viewer. The fresh quality of application of paint is reminiscent of the brushwork of oriental painting, the unfussy backgrounds speak to modernism in western painting. The magical moments were many this weekend, rain was predicted and little fell. There is much to look forward to next year: the best of show of each media were invited back. The featured artist was chosen. There will be something here for everyone.
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PUBLIC NEWS GIG GUIDE CONROE Backwoods Saloon 230 Lexington Ct.., Conroe 936-273-0203 no website Sat Apr 18 9pm Snit’s Dog & Pony Show Bernhardt Winery 9043 County Road 204, Plantersville www.bernhardtwinery.com All Shows start one hour prior to sunset Shows are $10 - ages 18 and up Sun Apr 19 Already Gone Sun Apr 26 Johnny & the Spinsations Sun May 3 Yelba & Latin Fire Sun May 10 Shake Russell Sun May 17 The Fab 5 Sun May 24 Ezra Charles & the Texas Bluz Review Sun May 31 The .07 Blues Band The Corner Pub 302 N. Main St., Conroe 936-788-2390 www.thecornerpubinconroe.com Tuesday Open Mic with Jeremy Bankhead Wednesday Hippie Night with The Lankfords Brothers Thurday FarLand jams with Adam McFarland Fri Apr 17 9pm Justin Dyess & Brandon Smith Sat Apr 18 9pm Grant Harrison Trio Fri Apr 24 9pm Chad Ware Band Sat Apr 25 9pm Nick Verzosa Fri May 1 9pm Little Outfit Sat May 2 9pm North By North Sat May 9 9pm Mike Amabile Dosey Doe Music Cafe 463 FM 1488, Conroe 936-321-2171 www.doseydoe.com Thurs Apr 16 8:30pm Quebe Sisters [$20] Fri Apr 17 8:30pm Ewan Dobson [$20] Sat Apr 18 8:30pm Prophets & Outlaws [$10] Tues Apr 21 7pm Open Mic Wed Apr 22 6pm Texas Christian Music Assoc. Featuring Bonnie Bishop Game On Sports Bar 1717 N. Fraiser Conroe 936-788-6209 www.gameonsportsandmusic.com Fri Apr 17 9pm Treynwrek Sat Apr 18 TBA Fri Apr 24 9pm Legacy Sat Apr 25 9pm Heated Frenzy Fri May 1 9pm The .07 Blues Band Kat Daddy Bar 463 FM 1488, Conroe 936-273-9342 www.katdaddysbar.com No Live Music in April Papa’s On The Lake 9400 Hwy 105 W., Lake Conroe 936-447-2500 www.papasonthelake.com Sun Apr 19 Heated Frenzy Sat Apr 25 Snit’s Sog & Pony Show Sun Apr 26 The Goods Sat May 2 Rhythm Bandits Sun May 3 Tubie Pushee Sat May 9 Dunville Red Brick Tavern 119 Simonton, Conroe 936-539-2000 www.theredbricktavern.com Every Sunday Gospel Sunday Brunch Thur Apr 16 Connie Mims Fri Apr 17 George Ensle Sat Apr 18 Dave Thomas Thur Apr 23 Matt Caldwell & Jody Booth Fri Apr 24 Joe Teichman Sat Apr 25 Courtney Patton & Jamie Wilson Thur Apr 30 Jeremy Stedding Fri May 1 Roy Schneider & Kimberly Mayfield Sat May 2 Grant Harrison
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CYPRESS CREEK Acadia 3939 FM 1960 W., Houston 281-893-2860 www.acadiabarandgrill.com Fri Apr 10 Rainchild,Three33,Staci Butler,The Dirty Skits Sat Apr 11 Judith Priest (Judas Priest Tribute), Lizzeppelin(Led Zeppelin Tribute) Fri Apr 17 Serpant Sun,Kirra,Black Heart Saints,Raised From Nothing Sat Apr 18 The Butcher Knife Music Tour Sun Apr19 Suicidal Impulse, Destroy The Living, Flesheater - Houston, Texas , Within Hatred& Imperial Affliction Weds Apr 22 “Bang Tango @ Acadia W/Vanity Crimes, The Freakouts & Tame Fury”. Fri Apr 24 “Free Show With Angel Siren,Black Kennedy,The Wyldz”. Sat Apr 25 “Free Show! (With Ticket) Downfall 2012, Whiskey Fueled Death, Reckless High, Black Market Tragedy & Endgame.” The Concert Pub North 2470 Cypress Creek Pkwy., Houston 281-583-8111 www.theconcertpub.com Fri Apr 3 9pm The Spicolis Sat Apr 10 9pm Victim Sat April 11 9pm Mike Tramp & Ron Keel (Acoustic) Swanny’s Bar & Grill 6224 Theall Rd., Houston 281-440-1308 No Music Reported
MAGNOLIA Genuwine Tasting Room 6503 FM 1488 #401 Magnolia 832-934-2675 www.mygenuwine.com [no cover unless stated w/*] Thur Apr 16 7:30pm Alva Sim Fri Apr 17 7:30pm Keeton Coffman Wed Apr 23 7:30pm Shari Lavo Thur Apr 24 7:30pm The Silvertones Fri Apr 25 7:30pm Duane Vincent Wed Apr 30 7:30pm Bobby Martin Fri. May 1 7:30pm Sean Harrold Sat. May 2 7:30pm Scott Haskins Thurs. May 7 7:30pm Grant Harrison Fri. May 8 7:30pm Brian Pounds * Sat. May 9 7:30pm Michael Hardie Thurs. May 14 7:30pm Blake Anderson Fri. May 15 7:30pm Jenn Harris * Sat. May 16 7:30pm Ryan Wilcox Thurs. May 21 7:30pm Michael Player Fri. May 22 7:30pm Keeton Coffman * Sat. May 23 7:30pm Alva Sim Thurs. May 24 7:30pm Jay McCann Fri. May 29 7:30pm The Silvertones Sat. May 30 7:30pm Sean Harrold Thurs. June 4 7:30pm Duane Dulane Fri. June 5 7:30pm Chase Gassaway Sat. June 6 7:30pm Scott Haskins
MONTROSE Rudyards 2010 Waugh Dr Houston 713-521-0521 www.rudyardspub.com First band listed is headliner/or plays last. Music starts at 10. Wed Apr 8 8pm Pointy Toe Boot Night---(soft opening) Thur Apr 9 8pm Fundraiser showcase for Lilith w/Cactus Flowers, Bell and Tom [$5] Fri Apr 10 9pm Texas Mod Crushers, Velostacks, Dykes on Bykes, Thrill Sat Apr 11 9pm John Wayne is Dead, Killer Hearts, Crimson Devils Mon Apr 13 8pm Open Mic Comedy Night [FREE]
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202 Sawdust Rd #118, Spring 281-363-2574 www.19th.cc [$10 cover on all shows] Thu Apr 16 8pm TreynWrek Fri Apr 17 8pm Alvin and The Slickpunks Sat Apr 18 8pm (B.A.D) Beyond All Deception Mon Apr 20 9pm Channing Sall Fri Apr 24 8pm Grand Antler Teeth, Sun Thieves, Sik Mule, Chongo Sat Apr 25 8pm Dreams of Reality, COLOR CHEMISTRY, City of Urchins Sun Apr 26 8pm Huey Finch 4th Annual Crawfish Boil Mon Apr 27 8pm The AJ’s Fri May 01 8pm Rainchild Sat May 02 8pm Carrion Sun, The Black 13, Dost, DRYSOCKET, (B.A.D) Beyond All Deception Sat May 09 8pm White Light Cemetery, The Dirty Seeds, Funeral Shroud Sat May 16 8pm Twelve Years Driven, Torrid Complex, Rise Laveau, RedHawk, MurderCase Sat May 23 8pm Serpant Sun Cocktails & Rumors 314 Sawdust, The Woodlands 832-663-9669 www.cocktailsandrumors.com Crabby Daddy 25186 I-45, The Woodlands 281-296-2722 www.crabbydaddy.com Fri Apr 17 7pm Dan Golvach Sat Apr 18 7pm ZZ Roxx Fri Apr 24 7pm Curtis King Blues Band Sat Apr 25 7pm Almost Endless Summer Fri May 1 7pm Yelba Sat May 2 7pm Fyzical Address Fri May 8 7pm Almost Endless Summer Sat May 9 7pm Lady & The Tramps Fri May 15 7pm Dan Golvach Sat May 16 7pm TBA Fri May 22 7pm Sonny Boy Terry Sat May 23 7pm Bristol Fashion Fri May 29 7pm Yelba Sat May 30 7pm Reveron Johnny & The Band Of Gizmos Crescent Moon Wine Bar 440 Rayford Rd., #115, Spring 281-364-WINE (9463) www.crescentmoonwinebar.com Thur Apr 16 8pm Salsa Night with Yelba Fri Apr 17 8pm Alter Ego Band Sat Apr 18 8pm Orion Band Thur Apr 23 8pm Salsa Night with Grupo Fri Apr 24 8pm Ellis Johnson Band Sat Apr 25 8pm Electric Circus Band Thur Apr 30 8pm Salsa Night Dosey Doe Big Barn 25911 I-45 N., The Woodlands 281-367-3774 www.doseydoe.com Thurs April 16 8:30pm Band of Heathens Acoustic $15 Fri April 17 8:30pm Ricky Skaggs $158 Sat April 18 8:30pm Sam Bush $138 Sun April 19 7:30pm Jake Shimabukuro $118 Wed April 22 8pm Kyle Park (acoustic) $24 Thurs April 23 8:30pm Jimmie Vaughn & $128 Fri April 24 8:30pm BellamY Brothers $138 Sat April 25 8:30pm Vince Vance & the Valiants $98 Fri May 1 8:30pm Deryl Dodd solo $20 Sat May 2 8:30pm Riders in the Sky $118 Thurs May 7 8:30pm Lindi Ortega (band) $20 Sat May 9 8:30pm Damn Quails $20 Thurs May 14 8:30pm Subdudes $108 Papa’s Ice House 314 Pruitt Rd, Spring 713-364-8140 www.papasicehousetx.com Sat Apr 18 TBA Sat Apr 25 TBA
OLD TOWN SPRING Cross Track Ice House http://www.cross-track-tx.com 200 Magnolia St., Old Town Spring 281-907-0711
Puffabellys 100 Main St, Spring 281-350-3376 www.puffabellys.com Wednesdays 8pm Davin James’ Songwriter Showcase Thursdays 6pm Open Mic Wunsche Brothers Cafe 103 Midway, Spring 281-350-1902 http://www.wunschebroscafe.com Public News sends good thoughts to Wunsche Brothers Cafe and their employees and families as they rebuild from the March 29th fire.
SPRING Bombshells 21005 I-45 North, Spring 281-288-2769 www.4bombshells.com Fri Apr 17 9pm Not The Rachels Sat Apr 18 9pm Fri Apr 24 9pm Not The Rachels Sat Apr 25 9pm Chicago Joe’s 18433 Kuykendahl Rd Spring 281-533-3000 www.chicagojoesspring.com Thurs, Fri & Sat Dueling Pianos Mak’s Place Sports Bar & Grill 5200 Louetta Rd., Houston 832-698-1611 www.maksplacesportsbar.com Fri Apr 17 9pm Turn Mics Sat Apr 18 9pm Space Monkey Fri Apr 24 9pm Brian Loftin Sat Apr 25 TBA Fri May 1 9pm Sundance Head Sat May 2 9pm Space Monkey Fri May 8 9pm J. B. Barnett Sat May 9 9pm Not The Rachels That One Bar 4660 Louetta #100, Spring 832-562-3942 www.thatonebar.com Fri Apr 17 9pm Vanilla Whale Fri May 1 9pm Flying Monkey Two Mules Tavern http://www.twomulestavern.com 100 Cypresswood Dr., Spring 281-528-0600 Sat Apr 18 9pm VCR
THE WOODLANDS Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 2005 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, 281-210-1105 www.woodlandscenter.org Sat, April 18 1pm. Buzzfest 33 with Godsmack, Hollywood Undead, Buckcherry, You Me At Six, Within Reason, Dirty Heads, Breaking Benjamin, New Politics, AWOLNATION, Joywave, Everclear, IAMDYNAMITE, Young Guns & Robert DeLong Wed, April 22 8pm The Peking Acrobats with the Houston Symphony Fri, April 24 8pm Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Sat, April 25 7 pm Chris Tomlin with Tenth Avenue North and Rend Collective Sun, April 26 7:30pm The Doobie Brothers with Don Felder Fri, May 1 8pm Elton John Sat, May 2 7pm ZZ Top and Jeff Beck Sun, May 3 7pm Lady Antebellum with Hunter Hayes and Sam Hunt Thu, May 7 7:30pm. Lana Del Rey with Courtney Love Fri, May 8 8pm Beethoven & Bartok with the Houston Symphony Fri, May 15 8pm “The Magic Flute” with Houston Grand Opera Sat, May 16 8pm Dave Matthews Band Thu, May 28 8pm Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band Fri, May 29 8pm The Music of Led Zeppelin with the Houston Symphony
TOMBALL Cheers 916 West Main St., Tomball 281-351-2599 no website Sat Apr 18 Zak Perry Band [$5] Sat May 2 Myrna Sanders Sat May 9 Sawgood Pickers Sat May 16 Buck Yeager [$5] Sat May 30 Corey Michael Band Main Street Crossing 111 West Main St., Tomball 281-290-0431 www.mainstreetcrossing.com Thurs Apr 16 8pm Songtelling Sat Apr 18 8pm Main Street Crossing Young Artist Show Tues Apr 21 8pm The Black Lillies Weds Apr 22 8pm Mike and the Moonpies Thurs Apr 23 8pm Brian Pounds Sat Apr 25 8pm Cool Freddie E and the Crew Weds Apr 29 8pm Chubby Knuckle Choir CD Release Thurs Apr 30 8pm Summer Ashly Fri May 1 8pm Lisa Morales Mon May 4 8pm Shooter Jennings Weds May 6 8pm Zack Walther Fri May 8 8pm Billy Joe Shaver Sat May 9 8pm Monte Montgomery Weds May 13 8pm Whiskey Myers lead singer Cody Cannon Thurs May 14 8pm Fred Eaglesmith Fri May 15 8pm Jason Eady and Adam Carroll Sat May 16 8pm Jarrod Birmingham Mon May 18 8pm Pam Tillis Weds May 20 8pm Charlie Robison Thurs May 21 8pm Songtelling with Special Guest Shane Walker Fri May 22 8pm Zane Williams Sat May 23 8pm Dub Miller and Doug Moreland Weds May 27 8pm Bri Bagwell and the Banned Thurs May 28 8pm Jerrett Zoch and the OSR Band Fri May 29 8pm 2 Bit Palomino CD Release with Special Guest Derek Arambrau Sat May 30 8pm Steve Krase with Special Guest Trudy Lynn
BANDS SEAN HARROLD ACOUSTIC SOLO GenuWine Tasting Room 6503 FM 1488 Magnolia, TX 77354 832-934-2675 Friday, May 1st 7:30pm The Empty Glass 104 Market Street Tomball, TX 77375 Saturday, May 2nd 8pm THE CHROMATICS Pennisons Sports Bar 7610 Cherry Park Dr Houston, TX 77095 April 17th 9:30pm Macs Sportsbar Cypress 12650 Telge Rd Cypress, TX 77429 Friday, April 24th 9:30pm The Chromatics 10 Year Anniversary Make your Reservations! 281-758-0100 March 21st-May 2nd The New Siblings Rising Sun Sushi and Fusion 9506 North Sam Houston Pkwy East Humble, TX 77396 281-454-5570 Saturday, March 21st 6pm Saturday, April 18th 6pm STACI BUTLER BAND Acadia Bar 3939 Cypress Creek Pkwy Cypress, TX 77014 Friday, April 10th 9pm Staci Butler CD Release Party
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PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 PG 94 min Action | Comedy After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers. Director: Andy Fickman Stars: Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Eduardo Verástegui, Daniella Alonso Unfriended R 82 min Horror | Thriller While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it’s a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends’ darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead. Told entirely from a young girl’s computer desktop, CYBERNATURAL redefines ‘found footage’ for a new generation of teens. Director: Levan Gabriadze Stars: Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson, Shelley Hennig Child 44 R 137 min Drama | Thriller Based on the first of a trilogy by Tom Rob Smith and set in the Stalin era of the Soviet Union. The plot is about an idealistic pro-Stalin security officer who decides to investigate a series of child murders in a country where supposedly this sort of crime doesn’t exist. The state would not hear of the existence of a child murderer let alone
a serial killer. He gets demoted and exiled but decides, with just the help of his wife, to continue pursuing the case. Director: Daniel Espinosa Stars: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman Monkey Kingdom G 81 min Documentary A nature documentary that follows a newborn monkey and its mother as they struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the Temple Troop, a dynamic group of monkeys who live in ancient ruins found deep in the storied jungles of South Asia. Directors: Mark Linfield | Alastair Fothergill Stars: Tina Fey True Story R 100 min Drama | Mystery | Thriller Jonah Hill plays Michael Finkel, a recently terminated New York Times journalist who’s struggling for work after a story gone wrong. One day, he receives a phone call from a man regarding an FBI Most Wanted individual named Christian Longo, who’s been captured and claimed to be living as Finkel. Longo and Finkel meet and form a potentially marriage shattering bond while Longo is in prison awaiting his trial. Finkel exchanges journalism tips for the real events behind Longo’s alleged heinous acts of murdering his family. Through the twists and turns in the movie, only at the end will Finkel uncover the True Story. Director: Rupert Goold Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee
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rumored to contain a fortune in gold. Promising each man an equal share, Robinson leads the mixed British and Russian crew to comb the depths of the Black Sea. Before long, greed takes hold of a crew already divided along language and cultural lines -- and the fewer men that make it back alive, the more gold to go around. Director: Kevin Macdonald Stars: Jude Law, Jodie Whittaker, Ben Mendelsohn, Tobias Menzies
5 to 7 R 95 min Comedy | Drama | Romance An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there’s just one catch: She’s married, and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening. Director: Victor Levin Stars: Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson
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American Sniper R 132 min Action | Biography | Drama U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes his sole mission -- protect his comrades -- to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind. Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner Black Sea R 115 min Adventure | Thriller Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a sunken Nazi U-boat,
Cinderella PG 112 min Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella’s fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods. Director: Kenneth Branagh Stars: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter Danny Collins R 106 min Comedy | Drama Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
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I was sitting on the couch one night and I was craving my all time favorite pie from the Whistle Stop Tea Room in Tomball, TX, Unfortunately it was at 9pm and they had already closed for the day. So, I decided to rank my favorite pies from Houston and surrounding areas. What in my opinion makes a really good pie? The crust has to be nice and flakey, the ingredients have to be fresh and cannot have any of those pesky artificial sweeteners. Real butter, shortening and sugar are the only way to go. I have never been a big fan of pumpkin pie, so that is one pie you will not find on my list. I Nick Rama am still in search for a great blueberry pie in the area, but here are some of my favorites…. Nick’s Top 10 Favorite Pies: #1 Yum Yum Pie - Whistle Stop Tea Room in Tomball, TX This pie is layers of milk chocolate, cream cheese and whipped cream with chopped pecans and chocolate shavings. #2 Coconut Cream Pie - Patsy’s in Tomball, TX A rich thick layer of sweetened custard with fresh shredded coconut topped with a layer of whipped cream and toasted coconut.
#3 Galaktoboureko (Greek custard pie) - Euro Bakery and Cafe in Spring, TX Layers of phyllo filled with a creamy semolina pudding and soaked in a honey syrup. #4 Bayou Goo - House of Pies in Houston, TX A pecan crust with a layer of sweet cream cheese, then a layer of vanilla custard swirled with chocolate chunks and topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings #5 Brazos Bottom Pecan Pie - Goode Company Houston, TX ”It is a Texas pecan pie, which means it is bigger and gooier and richer than any other “real deal” out there. It is chock full of fresh Texas pecans harvested from the banks of the Brazos River—pecans that
we still crack by hand in the wee hours of the morning before nestling them into luscious layers of homemade Goodness.” #6 The Divide - Pie in The Sky in Conroe, TX Vanilla cream bottom w/ our Chocolate Silk pie on top- drizzled with white & dark chocolate! #7 Cherry Pie - Flying Saucer Pie Company in Houston, TX The most perfect balance of tart and sweetness. #8 Skillet Apple Pie - Humble City Café in Humble, TX -A sizzling piece of apple pie with brandy sauce topped with vanilla ice cream. #9 Key Lime Pie Houston’s Restaurant in Houston, TX #10 Lemon Meringue Pie - BBQ Inn, Houston, TX
Director: Dan Fogelman Stars: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Richard Laxton Stars: Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge, Emma Thompson
Do You Believe? PG-13 115 min Drama A dozen different souls-all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there is power in the Cross of Christ ... even if they don’t yet believe it. When a local pastor is shaken to the core by the visible faith of an old street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a faith-fueled journey that powerfully impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate. This stirring new film from the creators of God’s Not Dead arrives in theaters Spring of 2015. More than a movie, it’s a question we all must answer in our lifetimes: Do You Believe? Director: Jon Gunn Stars: Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin, Alexa PenaVega, Ted McGinley
Ex Machina R 108 min Drama | Sci-Fi Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl. Director: Alex Garland Stars: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno
Get Hard R 100 min Comedy When millionaire hedge fund manager James (Will Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell (Kevin Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assumptions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison. Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to “get hard” and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things – including each other. Director: Etan Cohen Stars: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, T.I.
Furious 7 PG-13 137 min Action | Crime | Thriller Dominic Torretto and his crew thought they left the criminal mercenary life behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw and went their seperate ways. But now, Shaw’s brother, Deckard Shaw is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. Worse, a Somalian terrorist called Jakarde, and a shady government official called “Mr. Nobody” are both competing to steal a computer terrorism program called God’s Eye, that can turn any technological device into a weapon. Torretto must reconvene with his team to stop Shaw and retrieve the God’s Eye program while caught in a power struggle between terrorist and the United States government. Director: James Wan
Home PG 94 min Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human. And while he changes her planet and she changes his world, they discover the true meaning of the word home. Director: Tim Johnson Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez
Effie Gray PG-13 108 min Drama Based on the real-life scandal that shocked Victorian-era England, the film tells the story of Euphemia “Effie” Gray. At 19, she married the prominent art historian and critic John Ruskin, but Ruskin refused to consummate their marriage. Lonely and frustrated Effie is drawn to pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, and finds a friend and champion in Lady Elizabeth Eastlake. After five years trapped in a loveless marriage, Effie will defy the rules of Victorian society.
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Insurgent PG-13 119 min Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller Now on the run from Jeanine (Kate Winslet) and the rest of the power-hungry Erudites, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) search for allies and answers in the ruins of Chicago. They must find out what Tris’ family sacrificed their lives to protect and why the Erudites will do anything to stop them. Side by side, Tris and Four face one seemingly insurmountable challenge after another, as they unravel the secrets of the past and -- ultimately -- the future of their world. Director: Robert Schwentke Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James, Kate Winslet The Gunman R 115 min Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier’s successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself. A former Special Forces soldier (Sean Penn) who has PTSD tries to reconnect with his longtime lover, but must first go on the run across Europe to clear his name. Director: Pierre Morel Stars: Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem The Last Five Years 94 min Comedy | Drama | Musical | RomanceThe Last 5 Years by Tony award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown is a musical deconstruction of a love affair and a marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Weller-
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stein is a young, talented up and coming Jewish novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt, a Shiksa Goddess struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through songs using an intercutting time line device; all of Cathy’s songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair while Jamie’s songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They meet in the center when Jamie proposes Director: Richard LaGravenese Stars: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Knepp, Meg Hudson The Lazarus Effect PG-13 Thriller Medical researcher Frank (Mark Duplass), his fiancee Zoe (Olivia Wilde) and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they’ve done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her. Director: David Gelb Stars: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger The Longest Ride PG-13 139 min Drama | Romance Former bull-riding champion Luke (Scott Eastwood) and college student Sophia (Britt Robertson) are in love, but conflicting paths and ideals threaten to tear them apart: Luke hopes to make a comeback on the rodeo circuit, and Sophia is about to embark on her dream job in New York’s art world. As the couple ponder their romantic future, they find inspiration in Ira (Alan Alda), an elderly man whose decades-long romance with his beloved wife withstood the test of time. Director: George Tillman Jr. Stars: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda, Jack Huston
THE SCREAMING ORPHANS
by Mark Crampton
The Screaming Orphans are four beautiful and talented young sisters: Joan, Angela, Grainne, and Marie Therese Diver. I first heard them at the North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas just a few weeks ago, and was totally captivated! Although I was working at a booth, I still managed to catch their show three times that weekend. And, I got to meet the girls and got several autographed CDs, as well! I could not believe I have missed hearing their wonderful music for so long! The Diver sisters hail from a generations-long musical family tradition in Donegal, Ireland. As a youth, their uncle Richie played the accordian and sang in the cafe attached to their family-operated motel. Later, their mother, Kathleen Diver, was the lead singer for (their uncle) Richard Fitzgerald’s Ceili Band, reknowned throughtout Ireland in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The girls formed “The Diver Sisters” band (with their mother, Kathleen as lead singer and their father as Manager) and toured Ireland, Scotland, England and Germany during the summers. A lot of their music from this time was covers of popular hits, but they also per-
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formed traditional Celtic/Irish music. In the mid ‘90s, the sisters decided to break out on their own. The band’s new name, “The Screaming Orphans” comes from them leaving home and family, making them orphans on the road, and (jokingly) their propensity to hit high notes when singing! “The Screaming Orphans” big break came when Sinead O’Connor chose them to be her opening band and back-up singers on her 1997 world tour. Other world tours followed with Babba Maal, then with The Afro Celt Sound System. [I have an ACSS CD
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somewhere – I need to dig it out and listen to it again!] In 1991 the sisters moved to New York City, and now split their time between there and Ireland, attending numerous Celtic Music Fests and Faires throughtout America and Europe. Since their first CD, released in 2001, “The Screaming Orphans” now have a total of 11 CDs. Six of their CDs are modern Irish Pop: Listen and Learn (2001); Screaming Orphans (2003); Circles (2005); East 12th Street (2009); Lonely Boy (2011); and Toy Theater (2013). Their other five CDs are more traditional Celtic/Irish folk and ballads, although with their own distinctive “Screaming Orphans” style: Back to Dublin (2005); Belle’s Isle (2009); The Jacket’s Green (2011); Sliabh Liag (2013); and Ballads Rule (2015). So, if you like Irish Pop music, or if you like Irish Folk music, “The Screaming Orphans” are worth listening to. And do not pass up a chance to see these talented musicians in person, the next time they play at an Irish or Celtic Music Fest near you!
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PG 122 min Comedy | Drama The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Dev Patel), and it’s making more claims on his time than he has available, considering his imminent marriage to the love of his life, Sunaina (Tina Desai). Sonny has his eye on a promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for fresh arrivals Guy (Richard Gere) and Lavinia (Tamsin Greig). Evelyn and Douglas (Judi Dench and Bill Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce, and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while Norman and Carol (Ronald Pickup and Diana Hardcastle) are negotiating the tricky waters of an exclusive relationship, as Madge (Celia Imrie) juggles two eligible and very wealthy suitors. Perhaps the only one who may know the answers is newly installed co-manager of the hotel, Muriel (Maggie Smith), the keeper of everyone’s secrets. Director: John Madden Stars: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel Unfinished Business R 91 min Comedy A hard-working small business owner (Vince Vaughn) and his two associates (Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco) travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable - and unimaginable - way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit. Director: Ken Scott Stars: Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson, James Marsden What We Do in the Shadows 86 min Comedy | Horror Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) - three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflectionmodern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts Directors: Jemaine Clement | Taika Waititi Stars: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer Woman in Gold PG-13 109 min Drama Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. Director: Simon Curtis Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes
A FOODIE PERSPECTIVE
PIE FIVE PIZZA COMPANY story and photos by Paul Van Deusen
If you asked me to name the one significant change the internet has had on society as a whole, I would argue that it has fueled our incessant need for instant gratification. Gone are the days when it took hours to go shopping or days to get mail across the country. So it should come as no surprise that quick-service concepts with business models similar to Subway are gaining in popularity. What’s great about these type restaurants is not only do you get your food within minutes, you also get to customize your meal by selecting only those ingredients you want. Such is the case with Pie Five Pizza Company, a quick-service pizza restaurant that is a knock off of Mod Pizza, a Paul Van Deusen Seattle-based chain that got its start back in 2008. Pie Five came along three years later in 2011 and has since grown to 30 locations in nine states, with a few hundred more planned franchise and company-
owned locations under contract. Normally when I dine out, I usually try to frequent independent restaurants (what we foodies refer to as “mom and pops”) or local/regional restaurant chains. But back in December of 2014, Pie Five posted to one of my local Facebook foodie groups and offered me and a guest free pizza at their newly constructed Kuykendahl location. Free food? During the holiday season when you’re trying to squeeze every last penny out of every last dollar in a futile attempt to stay within your gift-giving budget? I’m in! Upon arriving, guests may either order one of ten signature pies or create their own. All pizzas are individual sized (8”) and cost $6.99, with the exception of the cheese pizza ($5.49) and kid’s pizza ($3.69). After selecting your crust and sauce, you’re free to remove or add on as many extra ingredients as you wish, at no extra cost. Then you’re asked if the pizza was made to your liking before it’s placed in a conveyor style oven that bakes it in approximately three minutes. As you move through the line, you have the option of adding a salad or dessert to your order, before
arriving at the cashier where you pay and pick up your pizza straight out of the oven. On my first visit I tried the Athenian, a thin crust pizza with olive oil for sauce, and topped with mozzarella, grilled chicken, minced garlic, banana peppers, red onion, and Kalamata olives. After the pizza is baked, it’s also topped with torn basil, crumbled feta cheese, and a drizzle of sun-dried tomato purée. I loved the combination of Mediterranean flavors and the visual appeal of the Athenian, and it remains my favorite to this day. Their thin crust was crispy and almost cracker-like with no perceptible chew, and not much more flavorful than a communion wafer. If you’re picky about your pizza crust, you probably won’t like Pie Five. But if you go in with the attitude that the crust is merely a vehicle for all the deliciousness atop it (much like corn chips in an order of nachos), you’ll do just fine. My lovely wife ordered the Pesto Chicken Alfredo, another thin crust pizza with Alfredo sauce, mozzarella, grilled chicken, roasted tomatoes, and caramelized onions. After baking, this pizza is drizzled with basil pesto. Like my Athenian, this pizza was also a great combination of complementary flavors and easy on the eyes. Our 10 year-old son literally inhaled the leftovers later that evening. We also shared a side salad ($2.99) of romaine, tomatoes, red onions, black olives, and shredded carrot with house vinaigrette, served in an edible bowl made from pizza crust. The veggies were cold and fresh and the vinaigrette was okay and all in all it was a good little salad. Did I mention the salads are served in edible bowls made from pizza crust? If you’re having a salad as your lunch, then I think the edible pizza crust bowl is a fabulous idea. If you’re already having pizza for lunch, however, the last thing you probably want (or need) is more pizza crust, especially in light of the fact that their crust is somewhat bland to begin with. On my second visit, I went with their limited-time offering, the Thai-riffic Pie. It was a thin crust pizza with a sweet chili garlic sauce, mozzarella cheese, grilled chicken, red onions, and sliced red and green bell peppers. After baking, it’s further topped off with carrot sticks, crushed red pepper, and torn cilantro. When I got to my table, I realized my pizza was missing the cilantro, but a quick trip back to the counter earned me a quick fix and a heartfelt apology. Then I realized my pizza was also lacking crushed red pepper. No biggie, every table had a parmesan and red pepper shaker, and I gave my pie a light dusting of red pepper. After two bites into my pizza, I realized I was going to be longing for this one once it was gone. I love Asian foods, and this pizza was a tasty combination of Asian flavors and textures. But I found it to be lacking any real heat; the crushed red pepper was a poor choice as the spicy element on this pie. Luckily Pie Five has available several bottles of some offbrand sriracha sauce at their self-serve drink area, and a quick drizzle over my remaining slices gave my pizza the much needed oomph it lacked and amped up the Asian component tenfold. When they bring this limited time offering back, I think it would serve them well to make the sriracha drizzle a staple on this pie. I also ordered the Five Star, a pan crust pizza with Tuscan marinara, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, pork sausage,
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PUBLIC NEWS DINING GUIDE Public News is going through this directory to make sure our readers have the most accurate and up-to-date information on locally owned and operated restaurants. The strength of our local economy depends on supporting local merchants such as these.
CONROE 105 Cafe 3010 W Davis St (936) 539-3447 Alfonso’s Mexican Restaurant 1208 S Frazier St (936) 441-9110 Asian Bbq & Grill 604 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-3995 Asian Fusion Noodle Bowl 3301 W Davis St (936) 828-3469
Baytown Seafood Restauranta 1400 N Frazier St (936) 494-2246 Burger Boy 217 E Davis St (936) 756-3440 Burger Fresh 804 Gladstell Rd # 110 (936) 756-4414 Carmelita’s Restaurant 109 W Davis St (936) 539-3323 Chelsea’s Tea Room 202 N Main St (936) 539-2993 Chiller Bee Frozen Yogurt 2820 Interstate 45 N (936) 756-2337 China Buffet 226 S Loop 336 W (936) 788-2888 China Delight 1108 N Loop 336 W (936) 756-8686 Clint’s Kuntry Katfish Catering 5855 W Davis St (936) 760-2737 Corner Pub Delia 302 N Main St (936) 788-2390 Culver’s 1426 N Loop 336 W (936) 788-5959 East Buffet 2104 N Frazier St (936) 760-1007 El Bosque 1420 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-3823 El Kiosko Taqueira 116 S Frazier St (936) 539-6794
El Oro 225 S Main St (936) 756-4315 El Rincon 705 Everett St (936) 756-5522 El Tucan Refresqueria 516 Mill Ave (936) 539-6492 Frutilandia 525 S Frazier St (936) 441-3045 Gallery Off The Square 202 N Main St (936) 539-2993 Garden Cafe 1406 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-9663 George’s Bar & Grill 2031 Plantation Dr (936) 788-8222 Hibacha Grill & Super Buffet 2020 Interstate 45 N (936) 788-9999 Honey Bee Ham & Deli 1418 N Loop 336 W # I (936) 760-3354 Hunan Village Restaurant 1402 N Loop 336 W (936) 539-6811 I Love Sweets 1 Devonshire Dr (936) 539-4742 Jalisco Mexican Restaurant 201 N Frazier St (936) 756-2344 Joe’s Pizza & Pasta 1604 N Frazier St (936) 760-9002 LA Mariposa 1111 W Dallas St (936) 756-1222
LA Mexicana Restaurant 221 Mill Ave (936) 539-6791 LA Palapa 402 E Davis St (936) 756-8408 LA Palma Taco 309 W Avenue G (936) 539-6792 Los Altos De Jalisco 1108 N Loop 336 W (936) 756-2233 Los Carnales Taqueria 1121 N 1st St (936) 718-0874 Main Street Cafe a 330 N Main St (936) 756-8885 Mama Juanita’s Mexican 1118 League Line Rd (936) 856-9012 Margarita & Peppers 2259 N Loop 336 W (936) 788-1408 Margarita’s Mexican 1027 N Loop 336 W (936) 647-3880 Maverick Saloon 2017 N Frazier St # E2 (936) 539-9300 Mckenzie’s Bbq & Burgers 1501 N Frazier St (936) 756-3131 Meztizos Restaurant & Bar 721 W Davis St (936) 760-3220 Mollys Pub Conroe 901 N Loop 336 W (936) 441-6167 New Conroe Japanese House 2107 W Davis St (936) 756-6866
Ostioneria Caminos 400 S Frazier St (936) 760-3803 Pie In The Sky Pie Co 3600 N Loop 336 W (936) 760-3301 Pincho Rico Grill 2017 N Frazier St (936) 756-3077 Pit Stop 4203 Old Highway 105 (936) 539-9274 Red Brick Tavern 119 Simonton St (936) 539-2000 River Plantation Grille 550 Country Club Dr (936) 271-1083 Shogun Japanese Grill & Sushi 2107 W Davis St # A (936) 756-6886 Smokey Mo’s 2960 Interstate 45 N (936) 441-2323 Star Cinema Grill 2000 Interstate 45 N (936) 539-6088 Taqueria & Panaderia San Luis 402 E Davis St (936) 788-1199 Taqueria Guerrero 129 S Frazier St (936) 242-8176 Taqueria Jalisco 1108 N Loop 336 W # L (936) 756-2233 Taqueria Mexicana 2017 N Frazier St (936) 756-3150 Taqueria Sol De Mexico 820 N Loop 336 W (936) 756-9316
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Tejas Mexican Restaurant 105 N 6th St (936) 756-6559 Thirsty’s 192 Fm 3083 Rd (936) 441-1050 Toasted Yolk Cafe 2129 W Davis St (936) 828-3944 Tortilleria LA Buena Bida 1103 W Dallas St (936) 756-2133 Tortilleria LA Unica 808 N 1st St (936) 441-4477 Tri Mexican Restaurant 129 S Frazier St (936) 756-0626 Van Thong Chinese/Vietnamese 2114 W Davis St (936) 756-8762 Vernon’s Kuntry Bar-B-Que 5000 W Davis St (936) 539-3000 Vernon’s Kuntry Katfish 5901 Highway 105 W (936) 760-3386 Vero Italian Kitchen 1301 W Davis St (936) 441-0411 Villa Italia 603 N Thompson St (936) 539-5599 Weng’s Wok 1140 N Fm 3083 Rd W (936) 756-8888 Whistle Stop Cafe 11133 Interstate 45 S (936) 828-4652 Wild Ginger 3061 Interstate 45 N (936) 788-9988
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Pie Five continued from page 19 pepperoni, beef, green olives, black olives, red onions, and red and green peppers. This one I didn’t care for very much. The pan crust is Pie Five’s thick crust, and twice as much bland crust doesn’t do anything to improve a pizza. I’d recommend you stick to the thin crust (also available in whole grain and, for an extra $2, gluten free). I’m also a firm believer in the mantra that “less is more,” something one of my instructor chefs at culinary school drilled into us daily. Given the small size of the pizzas, I feel that ten toppings is a little overboard. If I ordered this again, I’d probably take off the beef, green olives, and half the peppers (and get it on thin crust). For $9.99, you can bundle your meal, which is to say you can add a side salad or dessert and a 20-ounce drink to your pizza. I did just that on this visit so I could try one of their desserts, which are the same size as their pizzas and cut into wedge-shaped portions. (By the way, given that salads are $2.99 and desserts are $1.69, bundling a dessert with your $6.99 pizza is a terrible deal.) On both visits the choices were chocolate chip cookie, turtle brownie, and an ultimate brown-
ie. I chose the turtle brownie, topped off with mini chocolate chips, pecan chunks, and caramel. It looked a lot better than it tasted. It wasn’t necessarily bad per se, just a little on the dry side and no better than brownies made from a generic box of brownie mix from the bottom shelf at the grocery store. Service on all my visits has always been friendly and attentive. Every time I’ve eaten there, someone has always stopped by my table to ask how my pizza was. They also do a great job keeping the dining room clean and tidying tables soon after guests leave. For what it is, a place to get a quick, inexpensive, and fairly tasty pizza made exactly how you want it, Pie Five is a great option, especially for parents with kids who are picky eaters or don’t like sharing with their siblings. Because you can pretty much get a pizza to go in the time you’d spend in the drivethru elsewhere, it’s also a great choice for working people on short lunch breaks. And those seeking instant gratification. Pie Five Pizza Company, 21460 Kuykendahl, Bldg. 14A, Spring, TX 77379. Phone 281288-7435, Fax 281-288-9951. Hours: Monday – Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
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Baytown Seafood & Bar 7855 N Sam Houston (281) 441-5187 Beijing Wok Restaurant 21131 Aldine Westfield (281) 821-0367 Cactus Moon 1702 Wilson Rd (281) 446-2202 Cafe East Humble 260 1st St W (281) 548-0082 Catfish Cafe 7042 Fm 1960 Rd (281) 812-8055 Chez Nous French Restaurant 217 S Avenue G (281) 446-6717 Culver’s 5420 Atascocita Rd (281) 812-8600 El Jalapeno Mexican Cafe 5324 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 548-2230 El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant 24551 Loop 494 # 111 (281) 358-5660 Fiesta Azteca Restaurant 20669 W Lake Houston (281) 812-3002 Fish Place 5324 Atascocita Rd (281) 318-7096 Ginger Cafe 7548 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 812-8853 Goings Barbeque 20669 W Lake Houston (832) 644-9721 Got Wings 10920 Will Clayton Pwy (281) 441-9464 Grand Garden 5324 Atascocita (281) 812-5858 Granny’s Tamales Three 802 1st St E # 802 (281) 446-0363 Grimes Bakery 14618 Lee Rd (281) 441-9213 Happy Buddha Japanese Steak 9556 W Fm 1960 Rd (281) 446-3373 Hector’s Mexican Restaurants 3333 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 446-1803 Hin’s Garden 4582 Kingwood (281) 360-3388 Honey Bee Ham & Deli 9638 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 446-1222 Humble City Cafe 200 E Main St (281) 319-0200 Humble Ice 6902 Bender Rd (281) 441-3318 Italiano’s Restaurant 217 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 446-6111 Javaman Coffee 19131 Sprinters (281) 812-5726 Jitters Coffee 18445 W Lake Houston (281) 360-9589 Johnny’s Pizza House 20669 W Lake Houston (281) 570-4652 Kay’s Sandwich Shop 204 Charles St (281) 446-2662 LA Cabana Mexican Restaurant 3390 Fm 1960 Rd W (281) 209-1585
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Las Ramadas Mexican Grill 18455 W Lk Houst Pkwy (281) 812-4900 Lavilla Mexican Restaurant 7920 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 441-7222 Lexey’s 7015 Manor Way (281) 548-7774 Lia’s Drive Inn 14010 Homestead (281) 441-2051 Lloyd’s Bar 111 N Avenue A (281) 446-5565 Los Vega Mexican Restaurant 3824 Atascocita Rd (281) 812-4567 Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant 5856 Fm 1960 (281) 852-6322 Mencius Gourmet Hunan 1379 Kingwood Dr (281) 359-8489 Mimi’s Tea Room LLC 8042 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 360-6464 Mo’s B-B-Q 8321 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 548-3777 N Zone 1005 1st St E (281) 348-9063 Nara Thai Dining 18455 W Lk Houst Pkwy (281) 812-0291 Noyola’s Mexican Restaurant 242 1st St W # B (281) 319-4912 Pizziola’s 8790 Fm 1960 Bypass (281) 446-3260 Queso Bonito 1123 S Houston Ave (281) 446-0095 Rico’s Mexican Restaurant 1377 Kingwood Dr (281) 358-2637 Sarap Pinoy 19333 Highway 59 N (281) 446-5080 Sarpino’s Pizzeria 5326 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 548-7492 Savvas Greek Cuisine & Grill 6730 Atascocita Rd (281) 312-6358 Smoothies Ice Cream 20131 Highway 59 N (281) 446-2191 Taco Flores 4806 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 852-8338 Tai Li Chinese Restaurant 7948 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 852-9507 Tamales Atascocita 5105 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 812-0444 Texas Long Branch Saloon 314 Moonshine Hill Lp (281) 319-5400 Tin Roof BBQ 18918 Town Center (281) 852-5577 Titas Taco House 320 Wilson Rd (281) 446-4175 Top Hat Catering Co 1702 Wilson Rd (281) 446-8434 Trigg’s Catering 1414 1st St E (281) 540-2700 Trigg’s Humble Inn 1410 E Bus F M 1960 (281) 446-9484 Twin Oaks Tavern 211 E Main St # 4 (281) 359-8687 Wazabi Sushi Bar 8130 Fm 1960 Rd E (281) 359-2555
Westco Breakfast House 5371 Atascocita Rd (281) 852-9065 Windy City Pizza 5377 Atascocita Rd (281) 812-2446
NORTH SPRING 3 B’s-Bill’s Burgers & Beera 466 Rayford Rd # 107 (281) 419-3553 Alfonso’s Mexican Restaurant 3126 Sawdust Rd (281) 298-8032 Amerigo’s Grill 25250 Grogans Park Dr (281) 362-0808 Asia Buffet 355 Sawdust Rd (832) 585-0688 Beijing Chinese Restaurant 409 Sawdust Rd (281) 363-2308 Bombay Mahal a 202 Sawdust Rd (281) 465-8383 Cactus Jacks 343 Sawdust Rd (281) 419-3644 Casa Imperial Mexican a 387 Sawdust Rd # C (281) 298-8195 Crescent Moon Wine Bar a 440 Rayford Rd #115A (281) 364-9463 Cru Wine Bar 9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 465-9463 Greek Tony’s Pizza & Sub Shop a 432 Sawdust Rd (281) 292-4313 Hello Taco 25114 Grogans Mill (832) 819-4639 Hyderabad House 407 Sawdust Rd (281) 203-5020 KOBE Japanese Grill & Sushi 433 Sawdust Rd (281) 298-2000 Mario’s Mexican Restaurant 610 Rayford Rd # 650 (281) 367-9336 Mooyah Burgers Fries & Shakes 2115 Rayford Rd (832) 585-0300 Pallotta’s Mexican Grill 2211 Rayford Rd # 119 (281) 362-1114 Pit Master BBQ 842 Rayford Rd (281) 362-1111 Sitar Cuisine Of India a 25701 Interstate 45 (281) 364-0200 Spring Asian Cuisine 2907 Rayford Rd # 106 (281) 298-7798
SPRING Alicia’s Mexican Grille 20920 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 350-8383 Alma Latina Taqueria 25222 Aldine Westfield (281) 288-1767 Antojitos Quiche 25190 Interstate 45 (281) 651-5391
Arturo’s Taqueria 1402 1/2 Spring Cypress (281) 350-6808 Barracudas a 2616 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 288-5376 Bombshells 21005 I-45 N. (281) 288-2769 Brother’s Pizza Express 163 Cypresswood Dr (281) 288-1300 Budegon Del Sur 26506 Oak Ridge Dr (832) 813-8334 C J’s Hot Dogs 4660 Louetta Rd (832) 299-6079 Chef Chan’s Restaurant 17833 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 370-3884 Chicago Joe’s 18433 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 533-3000 Corkscrew Bbq 24930 Budde Rd (832) 592-1184 Country Time BBQ & Fixins 25330 Richards Rd (281) 298-7455 Datpho Vietnamese Noodle House 523 Louetta Rd (281) 528-8989 El Palenque Mexican 1485 Spring Cypress Rd (281) 3534055 Fiesta Acapulco 25770 Interstate 45 (281) 419-8666 Fukuda Sushi & Robata 25701 Interstate 45 (281) 419-8980 Golden China 25024 Interstate 45 (281) 363-2412 Golden Jade Chinese 1419 Spring Cypress (281) 350-5363 Gozzetti’s Pizzeria 8000 Mcbeth Way (832) 592-7750 Gratzi Italian Restaurant 6334 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 376-4800 Guadalajara Mexican Grille 27885 Interstate 45 (281) 362-0774 Hoi Yin Chinese Restaurant 200 Cypresswood Dr (281) 355-6800 Hong Kong Chinese 4334 Fm 2920 Rd # 10 (281) 528-9288 Hunan Garden Z 3930 Louetta Rd # I (281) 288-6288 I-45 Diner 19790 Interstate 45 (713) 389-5627 Italian Cafe 19620 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 528-2919 Jack Pot Pizza 6450 Louetta Rd (281) 257-0762 Juanita’s Mexican Grill 18525 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 379-3199 Kim Leng Chinese Restaurant 18430 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 355-0434 LA Cabana Mexican 4702 Louetta Rd (281) 907-7007
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Dining Guide continued from page 20 La Chef 5200 FM 2920 Ste 180 (832) 585-1840 Las Cascadas Mexican 250 Cypresswood Dr (281) 528-9921 Las Delicias Taqueria 5010 Louetta Rd (281) 374-0303 Le Pam’s House of Creole 1644 FM 1960 West (281) 444-1464 Los Generales Mexican 5407 Louetta Rd # F (281) 251-9390 Los Tres Ranchitos Restaurant 19620 Kuykendahl (281) 288-4304 Luly’s Mexican Kitchen 3307 Spring Stuebner (281) 907-0012 Main Moon Asian Bistro 2129 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 288-8868 Mama Juanita’s Mexican 3930 Louetta Rd (281) 288-3800 Mama Mia Italianas 30420 Fm 2978 (281) 419-7662 Mikey’s Pizza 6114 Root Rd (281) 251-5551 Ming Cafe 6052 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 257-4886 Nadia’s Mediterranean Grill 5921 Fm 2920 Rd # B (281) 907-7070 Nielsen’s Deli & Bakery 26830 Interstate 45 (281) 363-3354 Orient Express 4660 Louetta Rd # 180 (281) 288-5290 Pavarotti Italian Restaurant 4660 Louetta Rd # 130 (281) 350-9749 Pizza Tonight 27190 Glen Loch Dr (281) 465-4774 Pizza Zone 17711 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 257-3100 Pollos Asados El Regio 25602 Interstate 45 (281) 292-4377 Shogun 5941 Fm 2920 Rd # H (281) 288-0996 Sicily Pizza & Pasta 4890 Louetta Rd (281) 288-8004 Sreenath Murph’s Deli 20400 Interstate 45 N (281) 296-5303 Tabasco’s Mexican Grill 4334 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 288-0125 Taco Crave a 5200 FM 2920 #120 (281) 288-0940 Taipei China Bistro 25807 Interstate 45 (281) 363-9188 Taqueria Arandas 36 Inc 25598 Interstate 45 # A (281) 419-3582 Taqueria Los Petates 25602 Interstate 45 (281) 362-9333 Taqueria Rodeo De Jalisco 19411 Kuykendahl (281) 251-3186 Taquma Japanese Grill 5200 Louetta Rd (281) 251-6338 Thomas Bar B-Q 25312 Interstate 45 (281) 364-1177 Tommy Wok 18363 Kuykendahl (281) 251-9190 Wacky Mongolian Grill 21212 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 288-3232 Wunsche Brothers Cafe 103 Midway St (281) 350-1902 Zum Barrel 13101 Kuykendahl (832) 446-3390
TOMBALL B J’s Pizza 24419 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 516-1770 Casa Amas Mexican 30522 State Hiway 249 (281) 255-8684 CC’s Cafe 1231 Alma St (281) 357-8025 Chang Gourmet Chinese 28575 State Hiway 249 (281) 255-9818 Chick N Fish House Of Tenders 32350 State Hiway 249 (281) 789-4193 Chinese Wok 1017 Louetta Rd (832) 717-7400 Ciscos Salsa Co 209 Commerce St (281) 351-7572 Ciudad Latina Grill & Market 32360 State Hiway249 (832) 521-3898 Cobi Ice Cream 11246 Timber Tech Ave (281) 516-1311 Cornerstone TX 990 Village Square (832) 422-1370 Country Bumpkins 18929 Telge Rd (281) 290-6512 Country Gardens 36102 Fm 149 Rd (281) 252-4443 Da Vinci’s Gallery & Expresso 315 W Main St (281) 516-9595 Deshazer Ranch 19600 Stone Lake Dr (281) 290-9585 Dragon Inn Restaurant 30006 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-9178 Dumas’s Taco Co 25435 Fm 2978 Rd (281) 255-9444
Egg & I 14051 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 516-9100 El Charro Grill 24914 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 516-2134 El Taco Madres 16918 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 351-8226 Ella’s Garden 1415 Ulrich Rd (281) 290-0998 Fang’s Cafe 24914 Kuykendahl (281) 516-0850 Fina’s Taco Factory 22526 Hufsmith Kohrville (832) 698-2395 Frey’s Backyard Cafe 14441 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 255-8282 Gianna Italian Kitchen 28301 State Hiway 249 (281) 290-6676 Golden Pagoda Chinese Rstrnt 908 W Main St (281) 351-8130 Goodson’s Cafe 27931 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-1749 Gumbeaux’s 9111 Hufsmith Kuykendahl (281) 323-8494 Harris County Smokehouse 14239 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 351-4060 Hugo’s Italian Grill & Pzzr 23110 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 257-9720 Hunan Inn Asian Bistro 11407 Spring Cypress (281) 251-8388 Israel Tinda Y Panaderla 17719 Kuykendahl (832) 559-3696 Jax B F S Tomball 32350 State Hiway 249 (281) 259-6569 Julio’s 19235 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 255-8818 LA Tranquila Ranch 9418 Fm 2920 Rd (281) 576-8882 LNT Family Dining Cafe 18535 Fm 1488 (281) 252-8357 Longhorn Builders 21931 Kobs Rd (281) 357-1465 Los Arcos Mexican Restaurant 28048 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-9677 Los Pinos Mexican Restaurant 1231 Alma St # A (281) 255-2636 Los Toros Mexican Grill 701 E Main St # 140 (281) 255-2526 Los Tres Ranchitos Mexican 16143 N Eldridge Pkwy (281) 826-0333 Luie’s Smokehouse 17323 Pikes Peek Ct (832) 868-3643 Macayo’s Mexican Restaurant 24814 Kuykendahl (281) 516-3015 Marco’s Pizza 16949 N Eldridge (281) 251-3334 Mel’s Country Cafe 24814 Stanolind Rd (281) 255-6357 Mexican Kitchen 16949 N Eldridge Pkwy (281) 251-5115 My Pizza 32360 State Hiway 249 (281) 259-2458 Nate’s Place 22526 Hufsmith Kohrville (832) 843-7977 Nona’s Italian Grill 1025 Alma St # E (281) 255-6088 Nonnie’s Soda Fountain 102 Market St (281) 516-1942 Nook Restaurant 1218 W Main St (281) 255-8406 Original Rib Tickler 28930 State Hiway 249 (281) 255-8119 Patsy’s 425 W Main St (281) 290-9664 Submarina 11022 Spring Cypress (281) 257-4432 Susie’s Tearoom 309 Market St # A (281) 516-4521 Tail Gate Grill 22008 Main Blvd (281) 255-9353 Taqeria Acapulco 32015 State Hiway 249 (281) 356-5885 Taste Of Asia 27910 State Hiway 249 (281) 516-0838 Tomball Bar-B-Q Co 30042 State Hiway 249 (281) 351-0929 Tomball Taqueria Restaurant 27941 State Hiway 249 (281) 516-7366 Whistle Stop 107 Commerce St (281) 255-2455 Whistle Stop Tea Room 104 N Elm St (832) 843-7437
WATERWAY Burger Fi 1501 Lake Robbins Dr (713) 389-5823 Goose’s Acrea 21 Waterway Ave (281) 466-1502 Grimaldi’s Pizzeriaa 20 Waterway Ct (281) 465-3500 Hubbell & Hudson 24 Waterway Ave # 125 (281) 203-5641
LA Lupita Mexican Cuisine 29 Waterway Ave (832) 510-2111 Luca & Leonardoa 20 Waterway Ave (832) 510-2110 Refuge Bar & Bistro 24 Waterway Ave (713) 389-5674 Towncenter Burger 20 Waterway Ave (281) 292-6385 Yucatan Taco Stand & Tequila 24 Water Way (281) 419-6300/1144
WILLIS El Buen Taco 606 S Danville St (936) 856-3597 El Tapatio 509 Highway 75 N (936) 856-6202 Leroy’s Bar-B-Q & Burgers 707 W Montgomery (936) 856-5232 Los Molcajetes Tex Mex 106 N Danville St (936) 856-9977 Olde Towne Willis Cafe 509 Highway 75 N (936) 890-0609 Original Super Burger 201 N Danville St (936) 856-8098 Pizza Shack 115 W Montgomery (936) 856-9780 Rico’s Mexican Grill 12501 Canyon Falls Blvd (936) 856-6200 Smokey Mo’s 507 S Danville St (936) 856-5581 Sweatpeas Cooking 506 Highway 75 N (936) 333-3439 Taqueria Las Moras 106 W Montgomery (936) 890-4148 Yummy Yummy Mongolian Grill 12709 Interstate 45 N (936) 890-8855 Zach’s Bbq 200 E Powell St (936) 890-6969
THE WOODLANDS Alameda Juice 9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 681-1167 Benihana 1720 Lake Woodlands (281) 292-0061 Berryhill Baja Grill 9595 Six Pines Dr # 250 (281) 298-8226 Black Walnut Cafe 2520 Research Forest (281) 362-1678 BRIO Tuscan Grille 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 465-8993 Brothers Pizza 2260 Buckthorne Pl (281) 298-9299 Brothers Pizza Express 6700 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-8550 Cajun Grilla 1201 Lake Woodlands (832) 585-0883 Charley’s Grilled Subs 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 465-4333 Chef Chan’s Restaurant 7 Switchbud Pl (281) 363-0037 China Bridge 7901 Research Forest (281) 419-9888 China Springs 6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-9961 Crust Pizza Co 4775 W Panther Creek (281) 298-8844 Crust Pizza Co 8000 Research Forest (832) 585-0999 Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet 1640 Lake Woodlands (281) 363-0200 Double Dave’s Pizza 6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-3282 Frullati Cafe 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 296-6657 Great Wraps 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 298-0223 Green’s International 8000 Research Forest (281) 419-7787 Grotto Ristorante 9595 Six Pines Dr # 100 (281) 419-4252 Honey-B-Ham & Deli 4747 Research Forest (281) 364-9200 Jasper’s Woodlands 9595 Six Pines (281) 298-6600 LA Trattoria Tuscano 4223 Research Forest (281) 419-2252 Los Cucos Mexican Cafe 4775 W Panther Creek (281) 296-2303 Mama J’s BBQ & Grill 26710 Oak Ridge Dr I-45 (936) 273-9444 Mariachi’s Mexican Bar & Grill 6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 292-2222 Masa’s Sushi & Robata Bar 4775 W Panther Creek (281) 298-5688 Mi Cocina 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 298-6426 Pit Master BBQ 343 Sawdust Rd (281) 419-3644 Pizza By Marco 9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 298-8794 Potbelly Sandwich Works 9595 Six Pines Dr (281) 292-6652 Ristorante Tuscany 1601 Lake Robbins (281) 367-9797 Rico’s Grill 4747 Research Forest (281) 367-7382 Rico’s Mexican Restaurant 8000 Research Forest (281) 465-4820 Romano’s Macaroni Grill 1155 Lake Woodlands (281) 367-3773 Sakekawa Japanese Restaurant 6777 Woodlands Pkwy (281) 419-5988 Sakekawa Japanese Sushi-Steak 4221 Research Forest (281) 298-9188 Santaplus 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 292-0868 Shanghai Bistro 38 Highland Cir (281) 298-9998 Skeeter’s Mesquite Grill 4747 Research Forest (281) 364-1094 Taco USA 7 Switchbud Pl (281) 292-8226 Tsukiji Sushi 24 Waterway Ave # 100 (281) 298-1888 UNI Sushi 9595 Six Pines # 860 (281) 298-7177 Via Emilia Italian Restaurant 10700 Kuykendahl Rd (281) 465-9555 Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen 1201 Lake Woodlands (281) 419-5060
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