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VIVA LA REVOLUTION ARE FREEDOM & LIBERTY SACRED ANYMORE? by Ken Petty
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LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION* *unless it becomes politically incorrect, or if the US Flag offends, or if... It’s odd that a 60’s British band would take a song about revolution and hit the top spot in the charts, especially when American bands at the time were talking and singing about love, peace and drugs. In all fairness, that British band also had their share of songs along those themes as well. But, have we forgotten what our earlier ancestors in this country fought for and why?
children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.’
The King of England and his henchmen were the enemy with Freedom and pure unadulterated Liberty as the end goal. It was the oppression, the pay without say mentality of the motherland. Strings had to be cut, but how? Each state (or in this case, colony) had their own culture, their own identity Ken Petty and some just didn’t mesh with the others. The common factor was found in a common enemy and that enemy was going to attempt to crush the life out of a people sick and tired of being sick and tired.
We’ve been forced to put our children in government schools. We are forced to fund items that, if given the freedom to choose, we would not do so. Corporations approach our government with hands outstretched asking for that upper class sort of welfare, but if we are poor and need to eat, food stamps are the order of the day. Especially since it is illegal to feed or give money to a homeless person directly, at least that is the case in Houston. That’s the job, we are told, of the government.
You know the names by now if you paid attention in History classes in college; John Hancock, Paul Revere, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and, of course George Washington. But those are just the few household names that we know because of their place in the halls of the American Revolution. Revolution that still holds true to this day. As Ronald Reagan famously said, ‘Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our
Our government, as of late, has become the task master to us all. We are forced to be two-income households just to be able to take care of the high tax burden, not to mention the lifestyles we choose. Want a high lifestyle? Well the government wants their cut.
Just before going to press, the government, through the US Supreme Court deemed it a crime to ban gay marriage. This is going to end up opening a whole can of worms our country is not prepared to handle. The correct ruling is to get government out of the marriage business altogether, gay or straight. Heck, get government out of as much of our personal lives as possible. That is why we started a revolution back in the 1700s. Are we starting to see what is happening here? Clive Bundy and the Federal Land Management fiasco was the tipping point for me. So, let’s learn to love our liberty and freedoms and fight hard against the government’s slow erosion of them. These are the things should never become memories. As Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.”
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TUTS WILL PRESENT FREE PERFORMANCES OF SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE AT MILLER OUTDOOR THEATRE JULY 14 THROUGH JULY 19! Smokey Joe’s Cafe is the hottest joint in town! This Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Awardwinning tribute to legendary songwriters Leiber and Stoller is a dazzling, song-and-dance celebration of over 40 of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest hits including “Hound Dog,” “Stand by Me,” “Yakety Yak,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Spanish Harlem,” “On Broadway,” “Kansas City,” “Love Potion #9,” “Fools Fall in Love” and more. The New York Times claims, “Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are the Rodgers and Hammerstein of rock ‘n’ roll!” The New York Daily News calls Smokey Joe’s Cafe “wildly infectious” and Time Magazine says, “it sails and soars!” Theatre Under The Stars’ annual musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre is a treasured tradition for Houston families. This summer is TUTS’ 48th at the park, and they’re celebrating with six free performances of Smokey Joe’s Café. This spectacular revue will bring thousands of your friends and neighbors together for some of the greatest songs from rock-n-roll and r&b. People from all over Houston will be dancing in the aisles and on the hill to hits like “Stand By Me” and “Jailhouse Rock”. TUTS’ performances of Smokey Joe’s Café are entirely funded through donations from founda-
tions, corporations and people just like you. TUTS needs your support to continue to create art that’s free for everyone to enjoy. Please donate today to help bring Smokey Joe’s Café to the Miller Outdoor Theatre stage, July 1419 at 8:15pm. In appreciation of your contribution, TUTS will save your seats for this Houston summer tradition*. With each $50 donation, TUTS will set aside two tickets in the covered seating area for the performance of your choice. This summer, great songs like “Hound Dog” and “Love Potion #9” will come to life like they never have before and for a new generation of fans, thanks to your generosity. Donate now online or call Gina Sullivan at 713.558.2655 to make your donation by phone. If you prefer, send your gift to her attention at: Theatre Under The Stars, 800 Bagby, Ste 200, Houston, TX 77002 *Reserved seats are held at the TUTS Will Call table until 8pm the night of the show. After that time, all unclaimed seats are released and available for any Miller Outdoor Theatre patrons. TUTS Will Call opens at 6:30pm.
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Harris County Precinct 4’s Senior Adult Program invites the community to enjoy live musical entertainment during the 14th annual Opry in Humble Friday, Aug. 14 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Humble Civic Center, 8233 Will Clayton Parkway. Sponsored in part by Cigna HealthSpring, this annual fundraiser event features a variety of folk and country musicians including Michael Hix, a uniquely dynamic, high-energy entertainer performing pop and rock hits from the past throughout Nashville, Las Vegas and Texas. He has been compared to entertainers such as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Dean Martin, Johnny Carson, Steve Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Opry tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling Precinct 4’s Senior Adult Program at 281-893-3726. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. Alcohol is not permitted at county-sponsored functions. Transportation from nine locations will be provided by Harris County Precinct 4’s Senior Adult Program for individuals 50 years and better. Call 281-893-3726 to make bus reservations. Time and departure locations include the following: Highland Creek Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from Church Without Walls, 5725 Queenston Blvd., Houston. Please park in the lot on the northwest side, near West Little York. Champions Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from Champions Forest Baptist Church, 15555 Stuebner Airline Rd., Houston. Please park in front of the church
near Stuebner Airline. Cypresswood Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from YMCA, 19915 Tomball Parkway (SH249), Tomball. Please park at the Family Activity Center near the outdoor pool. Jersey Village Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from Jersey Village Baptist Church, 16518 Jersey Drive, Jersey Village. Please park in lot off Hwy. 290 feeder road, away from building. Kingwood Area: Departs at 5 p.m. from Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood Oak Forest Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from White Oak Baptist Church, 3615 Mangum Rd., Houston. Please park in the lot on the south side closest to Mangum. Pasadena Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from East Harris County Activity Center, 7340 Spencer Highway, Pasadena Spring Area: Departs at 5 p.m. from Spring Baptist Church, 1027 Spring Cypress Road, Spring. Please park in the back (south) side parking lot. Tomball Area: Departs at 4:30 p.m. from Lone Star College, 30555 Tomball Parkway (SH249), Tomball. Please park in the Beckendorf parking lot close to the Performing Arts Center.
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Texas Bound One-Day Camp and More at Jones Park Texas Bound One-Day Camp Wednesday, July 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Redbud Hill Homestead comes to life during this fun-filled, one-day camp for kids ages seven to 12. Using props, games, and hands-on activities, day campers join together in “families” for a journey to Texas. Kids experience some of the hardships of settler life, barter for goods and services, and quickly discover what they must do to make a successful new homestead and earn a settler’s land grant. Reservations are required and may be made beginning Wednesday, June 24. Gardening Daze Wednesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 from 8:30 a.m. to noon Join horticultural coordinator Teri MacArthur at 8:30 a.m. for plant identification and weeding in the native flower beds surrounding the Nature Center, or help tend vegetables in the heritage garden at the pioneer homestead beginning at 9:30 a.m. with volunteer Doug Ebeling. Closed-toed shoes, gloves, a hat, sunscreen, and water are recommended. T’ai Chi Wednesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 8:30 a.m. Meet in the Outdoor Classroom next to the Nature Center for an hour of low-impact
stretching, breathing, and range of motion exercises based on the 24-step Yang form of T’ai Chi. Junior Canoe Training Thursday, July 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Budding canoeists ages 10 to 15 can gain experience and learn all of the basic skills needed during the Junior Canoe Training session. The training will allow junior canoeists to accompany an adult on park-sponsored canoe trips. Reservations are required for this event and may be made beginning Wednesday, June 24. Dragonfly Workshop Saturday, July 11 from 9 a.m. to noon Become a Citizen Scientist at the park by learning the characteristics of and helping to monitor three types of beautiful beautiful migratory dragonflies that move through this region. A guided walk to the park’s waterways to practice photographing and identifying them will be offered. Second Saturday Settlers: Primitive Weapons and Hawk Throw Saturday, July 11 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All ages are welcome to watch as volunteers and staff demonstrate how to use black powder weaponry and tomahawks as well as
Big Stone Lodge’s July Special Events Calendar Big Stone Lodge’s free intergenerational programs are part of Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner R. Jack Cagle’s educational and recreational commitment to Harris County residents. Big Stone Lodge is located in Dennis Johnston Park at 709 Riley Fuzzel Road, Spring 77373. Center hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information regarding classes or other Center programs, please call 281-350-1029 or visit www.hcp4.net/community/communitycenters. Harris County Precinct 4 programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, or physical ability. Anyone requiring special assistance to participate in any program should contact Big Stone Lodge. An adult must accompany children under the age of 18. Childcare is not provided at any Precinct 4 facility and children are not allowed in classes in which they are not eligible to participate. Trip Sign Up Friday, July 17 at 10 a.m. Sign up is on a first-come, first-served basis. Transportation is provided for individuals ages 50 and better through Harris County Precinct 4’s Senior Adult Program. A Harris County Precinct 4 bus will pick up and drop off participants at Spring Baptist Church for the following July and August trips: Saturday, July 11 at 1 p.m. – Murder by Chocolate Whodunnit. The cost is $30 per
person, dinner is included. Saturday, August 22 at 3:45 p.m. – Liberty Opry on the Square. The cost is $13 per person. Dinner is on your own at the Liberty Opry Theater. Sweet Soirée Talent Show Tuesday, July 7 at 11:30 a.m. Beat the heat and cool off with a sweet treat during this Sweet Soiree ice cream social. Enjoy the upbeat sounds of our resident DJs, Leila and Kathy, and performances by Big Stone Lodge’s very own line dancing and dancercise classes. A $5 per person suggested donation is requested and payable in advance when you register. Come by the Center Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to purchase tickets no later than Friday, July 2. Knock it Out of the Park Luncheon Friday, July 17 at 11:30 a.m. Hit a home run at Big Stone Lodge’s Knock it Out of the Park Luncheon! Enjoy the striking sounds of some great baseball anthems performed by former Houston Astros organist Jim Connors. Ben’s Chuck Wagon will provide barbecue chicken, beef brisket, potato salad, baked beans, homemade bread, dessert, coffee and tea. An $8 per person suggested donation is requested and payable in advance during registration. Come by the Center Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to get tickets no later than Wednesday, July 15.
try out primitive archery in the Redbud Hill Homestead on the east side of the park. Take in some of the other daily activities of 19th century settlers also being performed! Second Sunday Pickers Sunday, July 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sing or strum along with the Second Sunday Pickers as they bring the Nature Center to life with acoustic music including countryand-western, bluegrass, folk, rock and roll, and blues. Visitors of all ages are welcome to listen, sing along, or bring an instrument to join in the fun. Owls Saturday, July 18 at 10 a.m. Those ages eight and older can join a park naturalist for a hands-on lesson on what owls like to eat by examining owl pellets. Reservations are required and may be made beginning Wednesday, July 8. Invasives Beware Sunday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Record the locations of invasive plant and animal species and remove the ones that threaten native varieties with the JJP Eradicators at Jones Park. Participants ages 16 and older, or those accompanied by an adult, are welcome to attend.
Animal Tracks & Signs Saturday, July 25 at 10 a.m. Accompany a park naturalist to look for animal tracks, signs of wildlife, and other critter identifiers in the park habitat. 4th Saturday Settlers Volunteer Training: Basket Weaving Saturday, July 25 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers 16 years and older or those interested in volunteering are invited to learn how to expand their pioneer crafts and skills at this outdoor workshop in the homestead. Participants will visit the homestead to learn the current offering of basket-making. With leadership from Commissioner R. Jack Cagle, Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center is a Harris County Precinct 4 facility located at 20634 Kenswick Drive in Humble. All programs are free of charge and open to the public. Harris County Precinct 4 programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, sex, religion, national origin, or physical ability. Jesse Jones Park Volunteers (JJPV) welcomes applications from interested participants. For more information about the park or any of the activities and programs offered, please call 281-446-8588 or visit www. hcp4.net/community/parks/jones.
THEATRE UNDER THE STARS REVEALS NEW WEBSITE HOUSTON – Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), Houston’s acclaimed non-profit musical theatre company, is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. This launch is part of TUTS’ campaign to update and freshen the company’s brand, following the new logo reveal this past January. “We are very excited for the launch of our highly anticipated new website,” says TUTS’ President and CEO, John Breckenridge. “As our company continues to grow and distinguish itself as a leader in the arts industry, we felt it critical that our logo and website reflect this positive direction. It will greatly improve our patron’s online experience and deliver the information they want in a new, welcoming way.” The new website focuses on showing, not telling users about everything TUTS has to offer, whether that be Broadway musicals, fundraising initiatives or the robust education programs. The new look is brighter, warmer and allows the images to tell the story. Another important aspect of the new website is user-friendliness. The clean, easy-to-navigate tabs allow users to quickly find what they are looking for, while also being able to freely explore other areas of TUTS online. The unique search tool allows for further advanced searches that will deliver more accurate results. Users are also now able to effortlessly navigate the website across all platforms, including Tablets and smartphones. The
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new website design allows users to come looking for something specific but learn more about TUTS in the process. The website development was in collaboration with Pentagram, who also designed TUTS’ new logo. As with the logo, Pentagram worked closely with TUTS’ Marketing and Graphic Design team to create a website that was easy for patrons to use, but also visually appealing to support TUTS’ modernized brand identity. TUTS’ new logo is more contemporary, and the site carries out those aesthetics across a wider canvas. “We’re very proud of how the new TUTS site turned out,” says Julie Savasky of Pentagram. “Our goal was to uncover all the varied facets of the greater TUTS organization so each could get the attention they deserve. We also wanted to make the TUTS online experience consistent with what visitors to the theatre see, hear, feel, etc. That meant using beautiful images of their productions in a big way, offering more video clips for review and lightening everything about the site up. We tried hard to declutter from top to bottom so the TUTS stars could shine.”
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THIS WEEK & BEYOND FESTIVALS Tomball Independence Day Celebration Saturday July 4, 2015 North of Tomball 4-Corners on Business 249 Tomball takes Independence Day celebration to the streets on July 4th. The City of Tomball and presenting partner Allied Siding & Windows are taking the City’s annual Independence Day celebration back to the streets on July 4th. A portion of Business Highway 249 north of FM 2920 is again shutting down for a Texas sized July 4th street party complete with live music, activities for the kids, food and the City’s famous fireworks extravaganza at dark. Scheduled to perform from 5 PM to dusk are classic rock bands “The Bottle Rockers” and “Texas TNT”. Kid’s games and water activities will fill the festival site beginning at 5:00 p.m. Food and beverages will be provided by The Original Rib Tickler, Pecos Grill, Kona Ice and others throughout the evening. The giant fireworks show will fill the sky above Business Highway 249 beginning at dusk, with synchronized music available on Tomball’s own 95.1 FM – low power FM
radio. Gates open at 5 PM. Admission and parking are free. Coolers are welcome, but no alcohol or glass containers may be brought into the event site. And, don’t forget the lawn chairs and sun screen! There will be free mini American flags while supplies last, too Tomball, Texas is just 28 miles northwest of downtown Houston. For information, please call 281-351-5484, visit tomballtx.gov, or go to facebook.com/TomballTexanForFun. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES: 5-8 p.m. - Water activities, games, bounce houses, pony rides, and face painting 5 p.m. to dusk – Band performances 7 – 8 p.m. – Mascot appearances with Rusty Rails, Dusty Trails and their friends Dusk – Aerial fireworks display K-STAR 99.7FM will also be on-site throughout the evening 2015 Houston International Jazz Festival Kickoff Party Friday, July 31, 2015 5pm Music World Entertainment 1505 Hadley St., Houston, TX 77002 The kickoff party for the 2015 Houston International Jazz Festival will span the entire Mu-
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sic World complex, featuring non-stop music entertainment, complimentary margaritas from Teqava, art exhibits, a burlesque host, period impersonators, a second line band and more. Tickets start at $20. Houston Area Shows presents The Woodlands Family Fun Fest Saturday, July 18, 2015 10am Town Green Park 2099 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, TX The Woodlands Family Fun Fest offers carnival games, rides, family entertainment, live music and food and more. There will also be shopping opportunities for the public to find handmade and unique one-of-a-kind items. Admission is free. For more information call 713-679-1399 or visit them on the web at www.houstonareashow.com Messina Hof Winery & Resort presents Moonlit Harvest Festival Friday, July 31, 2015 6:30pm Messina Hof Winery & Resort 4545 Old Reliance Road, Bryan, TX 77808 Messina Hof will present the official kickoff of the 38th Annual Harvest Festival. This event will feature the Blessing of the Vines, grape-picking in the estate vineyard followed by a traditional grape stomping. Afterwards, guests will dine in The Gallery featuring a
EVENT CALENDAR fabulous Vineyard Cuisine buffet from The Vintage House Restaurant. Tickets are $69.50. For more information call 979-778-9463 or visit them on the web at www.messinahof.com Houston Fringe Festival September 23 -27, 2015 The Houston Fringe Festival is a five-day event in which performers and companies from any city or country present original artistic work at participating venues in Houston’s East End. The annual festival features over 100 companies and individual artists each year, showcasing talent from Houston and beyond. The Houston Fringe supports both emerging and established performing and visual arts. The Fringe exists to present daring and conceptually challenging performances that fit outside the mainstream of theater, music, film and dance performed in the Houston area. In other words: the weirder, the better. For more information visit www.houstonfringefestival.org. About Houston Fringe The Houston Fringe Festival is an annual performing arts festival presented by FrenetiCore in Houston’s East End. The festival, now in its sixth year, takes place over five days and offers the best independent theatre, film, dance and music from Houston area artists and beyond. For more information visit www. houstonfringefestival.org.
FUN & FITNESS Cypress Triathlon Festival Saturday-Sunday July 25-26, 2015 Bridgeland Community In Cypress USA Triathlon’s largest South Midwest Region stand along sprint triathlon is back for its 7th year!” The Cypress Triathlon is a mid season, short, fast, has a ton of compeition, a beautiful venue, supportive community, is very beginner friendly and is well marked with one of the safest courses you will ever come across. There is also a kids triathlon (pool swim with about 350 kids) and a Doggie Splash’N Dash the day before, on Saturday, with the main event taking place on Sunday. This is our longest running triathlon and the fastest by far. Courses are the same again this year. Run Houston! Sunday, September 27, 2015 Universisty of Houston
Run Houston! University of Houston is a running event that includes race distances for athletes of all skill levels. As with all events in the Run Houston! Race Series, this is a family-friendly event that includes 5k and 10k races as well as a kids 1k race. The course weaves through the scenic and iconic University of Houston main campus with an over-the-top start and one of the best post races in town. Join us for the inaugural event on September, 27 2015 and take part in what’s sure to become a Houston classic!
STAGES Main Street Theater presents Fancy Nancy: The Musical Saturdays through August 1, 2015, 10:30am, 1pm and 4pm Talento Bilingüe de Houston 333 S. Jensen Dr., Houston, TX 77003 Main Street Theater will present Fancy Nancy: The Musical?. Meet Nancy: From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. But can Nancy bring fancy flair to her recital when she doesn’t get the role she wanted? This whimsical musical based on the bestselling books has been a smash hit in theaters all over the country. Recommended for Pre-Kindergarten and up. Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater. Tickets start at $18. For more information call 713-222-1213 or visit them on the web at www.mainstreettheater.com The Things I Need Saturday, June 27, 2015 6:30pm Frenetic Theater 5102 Navigation, Houston, TX 77011 Frenetic Theater will present The Things I Need by Vicki Fowler. Houstonian Fowler is an interdisciplinary artist who finds herself back in her native city after recently receiving her MFA from the performance department of the Chicago Art Institute. She has curated, organized, and conceived of artist spaces in both Houston and Chicago, and currently collaborates with artists and chefs in organizing response dining experiences. The Things I Need is a series of interdisciplinary vignettes exploring the theme of what we need to survive day-to-day life. Deciding what WE NEED and what WE DON’T is the Spiritual process for horders, minimalsits and collectors of the heart. Several individuals
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Fowler has admired have been invited to share their efforts and response to their necessary, in a live vignette. Fowler’s coming home to these life collaborators is much a part of this work. She sees them, their life/work, and feels part of their collecting, discarding and expressing. From these various jeweled faceted perspectives... a collection of, spoken word, performance, dance and actions…all addressing personal lists necessary will be featured. Tickets are $18. Visit them on the web for more information www.freneticore.net The Music Box Theater presents Feelin’ Groovy Fridays and Saturdays starting July 3 through August 1, 2015 7:30pm Music Box Theater 2623 Colquitt St., Houston, TX 77098 From 1965 through 1975, popular music provided the soundtrack to events what would redefine the nation’s attitudes and identity. Great artists like Jim Croce, Bob Dylan, The Mamas and The Papas, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix and Linda Ronstadt came of age during this decade of upheaval in America and the world. In “Feelin’ Groovy,” The Music Boxers will sing a selection of songs from this period and attempt to capture the spirit of a transformational era. Tickets start at $27. For more information call 713-522-7722 or visit their website at www. themusicboxtheater.com Alley Theatre presents The Foreigner Starts Friday July 3 through Sunday August 9, 2015 Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre - University of Houston 4149 Elgin, Houston, TX 77204 The Foreigner is one of the most popular comedies in the Alley Theatre’s history. In the marvelously funny comedy, Alley Resident Company member Jeffrey Bean leads the cast of this comic gem, set in a remote fishing lodge, where socially awkward Charlie discovers intriguing and dangerous secrets under the guise of a foreigner who speaks no English. Suitable for general audiences. Tickets start at $26. For more information call 713-220-5700 or visit them on the web at www.alleytheatre.org
A Midsummer Night’s Dreambar Thursday, July 9, 2015 5pm Spring Street Studios 1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007 The artists of Spring Street Studios invite the public to experience the world of dreams and visions at an open studio event called A Midsummer Night’s Dreambar. Why Dreambar? The first 150 visitors to this free event will receive a free orange-and-vanilla ice cream bar. It is a Throwback Thursday nod to the joy of frozen treats from the ice cream man on a hot, summer evening, but the real treat of the evening for visitors will be meeting a community of working visual and performing artists and purchasing incredible artworks directly from their creators. Dreams and visions fuel the creative engines of artists, and in a community of artists like Spring Street Studios, dreams and visions are realized every day in the form of canvases, photographs, designs, and performances. On view on the first floor during the event will be a building-wide exhibition called Dreams and Visions: the Artist’s Perspective, organized by photographer Cheri Randolph and curated by recent University of Houston graduate Chelsea Shannon who received her master’s in art history this spring with an emphasis on contemporary photography. In celebration of the new seasons at Stark Naked Theatre and Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company, who share the black box theatre at Studio 101, there will be music, dancing and free Saint Arnold’s beer. In addition to these delights, visitors will be treated to complimentary light bites from Prego, Torchy’s Tacos, Les Givral’s and Beavers, as well as live music by Leslie Krafka, the Houston Songwriters Association 2010 Songwriter of the Year, who will be performing her original songs. Admission is free. Call 713-898-4020 for more information. Assassins the Musical Starting Thursday, July 9 through Saturday July 25, 2015 Obsidian Theater 3522 White Oak Drive, Houston, TX 77007 Standing Room Only Productions will prescontinued on page 10
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continued from page 9 ent Assassins, Stephen Sondheim’s musical masterpiece. Assassins shares the stories of the men and women who attempted or succeeded to assassinate American Presidents. While every nation has its assassins and would-be assassins, only in America, the authors suggest, do disturbed and disturbing individuals act because they hope to influence national politics, and because they are wrapped up in a malignant sense of entitlement. Feeling betrayed by the failed promise of American democracy and the American Dream, they strike out at the symbol for America: the American President. Assassins spans several musical styles and many decades in a dizzying series of musical and theatrical inventions that culminate in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Tickets start at $20. For more information call 713-300-2358 or visit them on the web at www.sro-productions.com
77030 This Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning tribute to legendary songwriters Leiber and Stoller is a dazzling, song-anddance celebration of more than 40 of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest hits, including “Hound Dog,” “Stand by Me,” “Yakety Yak,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Spanish Harlem,” “On Broadway,” “Kansas City,” “Love Potion #9,” “Fools Fall in Love” and more. This is a ticketed event for the covered seating area. Free tickets are available (four per person over age 16, while they last) at the Miller Outdoor Theatre box office the day of the performance between 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. If tickets remain at 1 p.m., the box office will reopen one hour before show time to distribute the remaining tickets. Open seating on the hill is always available. For more information call 281-373-3386.
A.D. Players presents Joshua and the Ta-Ra, Ta-Raa, Ta-Raa Starts Tuesday July 14 through Sunday Shrek, The Musical August 16, 2015 July 10 - 26, 2015 A.D. Players Grace Theater Crighton Theatre Join our unlikely hero and his loyal steed Don- 2710 W. Alabama St., Houston, TX 77098 A.D. Players will present Joshua and the key as they embark on a quest to rescue the Ta-Ra, Ta-Raa, Ta-Raa, a wildly entertaining beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess musical comedy for children of all ages about Fiona from a fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Joshua being chosen to succeed Moses and Add the diminutive Lord Farquaad, a gang of lead the Israelites to claim the Promised Land fairytale misfits, and a biscuit with attitude, - and of course, about those falling walls. and you’ve got the biggest, brightest musiAlong the way a young boy discovers that fear cal comedy around! Featuring all new songs can be overcome with the help of God and a as well as cult Shrek anthem I’m a Believer, SHREK THE MUSICAL brings all the much- grandmother. Tickets are $14. For more information visit loved DreamWorks characters to life, live on them on the web at www.adplayers.org stage, in an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza. Join the adventure! Catastrophic Theatre presents The Performances for Shrek the Musical are July University of Tamarie 10-26, 2015! Note that an additional matinee Starts Thursday July 16 through Saturhas been added the last weekend on Saturday day August 29, 2015 8pm at 2pm. Catastrophic Theatre 1119 East Freeway, Houston, TX 77002 14 Pews presents The Fever As a mother of a child entering kindergarten, Mondays starting July 13 through AuTamarie’s got education on her mind. This gust 3, 2015 7:30pm summer, school’s in session at the University 14 Pews of Tamarie. Tamarie takes on the Texas State 800 Aurora St., Houston, TX Board of Education, drama departments, high 14 Pews will present their first theatrical school memories, schoolyard bullies, hot production, The Fever, by the Obie-winning playwright Wallace Shawn. The one-man play teachers, Greek life, John Hughes movies, explores what is going on through the mind of standardized testing, her own academic shortcomings (she’s a three-time college drop out) a man as he writhes in pain and disgust, shivand much more. ering through what remains of the hot night The University of Tamarie is the 18th installon the cold tiles of the bathroom floor in his electricity-bereft hotel room. He muses on his ment of the Tamarie Cooper juggernaut. Since own privileged life and tries to put into words 1996, Cooper has wowed Houston audiences almost every summer with an entirely original, the feelings that explode when an inwardfull-scale, musical comedy extravaganza filled looking aesthete meets the brutal world and to the brim with songs and gags and hi-jinx sees it for what it is, and sees himself as a from some of Houston’s funniest theater artcollaborator against the poor. Most of the performances of The Fever will be ists. Her original plays have been among the most wildly popular summer offerings. held a luxury suite at the elegant La Colombe Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can basis with D’Or Hotel, honoring how the playwright originally wanted the play to be performed - in a suggested ticket price of $25. For more information call 713-522-2723 or front of no more than 20 people. However, visit them on the web at www.catastrophictheMonday nights will be Industry Night, where atre.com people can Pay-What-They-Can and will be performed at 14 Pews. Stages Repertory Theatre presents The Admission is on a pay-what-you-can basis Honky Tonk Angels with a suggested donation of $20. For more Starts Thursday July 16 through Suninformation call 281-888-9677 or visit them day September 6, 2015 on the web at www.14pews.org Stages Repertory Theatre 3201 Allen Pkwy., Houston, TX 77019 Theatre Under The Stars presents In this country music extravaganza, three Smokey Joe’s Cafe Starting Saturday July 14 through Sun- wide-eyed dreamers meet on a bus bound for Nashville and sing their way along the bumpy day July 19, 2015 road to stardom. With romance, husband Miller Outdoor Theatre trouble and a little gospel thrown in for good 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX measure, this torchin’ and twangin’ songfest
EVENT CALENDAR continued features favorite hits including “9 to 5,” “Delta Dawn,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and “Stand by Your Man,” and celebrates women’s voices in country music throughout the years. Tickets start at $21. For more information call 713-527-0123 or visit them on the web at www.stagestheatre.com Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company presents The Drowning Girls Starts Thursday July 16 through Saturday August 1, 2015 Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios 1824 Spring St., Houston, TX 77007 Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company presents the regional premiere of The Drowning Girls by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson and Daniela Vlaskalic. A modern interpretation and poetic retelling of the “Brides in the Bath” slayings in 20th century England, the play also examines the lengthy history of misogyny and domestic abuse in modern civilization. Originally produced in Canada for the Edmonton Fringe Festival, the work will make its Houston debut. In line with MU’s mission to promote and support the work of women, the play, written by three female playwrights, illustrates how far women have come in the fight for equality in the past 100 years. Tickets start at $15. For more information call 832-463-0409 or visit them on the web at www.mildredsumbrella.com Ophelia’s Rope presents 10 Year Improv Anniversary Show Thursday, July 16, 2015 8:30pm Rudyard’s British Pub 2010 Waugh Dr., Houston, TX 77006 It has been 10 years since Ophelia’s Rope first entered the world of improv and they want to celebrate by doing improv. Ophelia’s Rope is a two-person long form improv group that takes its inspiration from the audience. A typical show is kicked off by Ophelia’s Rope asking its audience one or two random questions, proceeding to morph the answers into a setting, plot, and duo of unexpected, and sometimes quirky, characters. With no story predicted, no ending forecasted, Ophelia’s Rope wanders the worlds of imagination, coloring surprising scenes their audiences inspired. Special guests will include Baby Knuckle, 2 H club, Katy Burns, Ellen Leigh Smith and John Patterson. Tickets are $10. For more information call 832-356-0483 or visit them on the web at www.opheliasrope.com Broadway at the Hobby Center presents Motown The Musical Starts Tuesday July 21, 2015 through July 26, 2015 Hobby Center for the Performing Arts 800 Bagby St., Houston, TX 77002 Motown The Musical is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and many more. Tickets start at $25.50. For more information call 713-622-7469 or visit them on the web at houston.broadway.com Trav’lin: The 1930’s Harlem Musical Running through July 26, 2015 The Ensemble Theatre 3535 Main St., Houston, TX 77002 Trav’lin: The 1930’s Harlem Musical is a humorous, heart-warming story of three couples playing the game of love in 1930’s Harlem. The jazz-inflected score celebrates the music
of Harlem Renaissance composer J. C. Johnson and is reminiscent of many well-known, bluesy Broadway shows. For tickets and information, call them at 713520-0055 or visit them on the web at www. ensemblehouston.com 2015 Houston Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth Starting Friday, July 31 through Saturday August 8, 2015 8:30pm Miller Outdoor Theatre 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030 The University of Houston will present Macbeth as part of the annual Houston Shakespeare Festival. Three mysterious witches promise a great future to a worthy soldier, firing his ambition. His power-hungry wife urges him to shape his fate, no matter the cost. But what price must a man of conscience pay to pursue his hungriest ambitions? This is a ticketed event for the covered seating area. Free tickets are available (4 per person over age 16 while they last) at the Miller Outdoor Theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30 am-1 pm. If tickets remain at 1 pm, the box office will re-open one hour before show time to distribute the remaining tickets. As always, open seating on the hill. Admission is free. For more information call 281-373-3386 or visit them on the web at www.houstonfestivalscompany.com/hsf/ 2015 Houston Shakespeare Festival: The Merchant of Venice Starting Saturday August 1 through Sunday August 9, 2015 Miller Outdoor Theatre 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030 The University of Houston will present The Merchant of Venice as part of the annual Houston Shakespeare Festival. In the City of Commerce, Antonio’s business thrives, yet he finds himself strapped for cash. In the City of Glamour, Portia’s romantic suitors must submit to a lottery for a chance at winning her hand. At the crossroads of these two plots stands Shylock, whose novel way of securing interest sets them all on a path that will force choices between justice and mercy. This is a ticketed event for the covered seating area. Free tickets are available (4 per person over age 16 while they last) at the Miller Outdoor Theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30 am-1 pm. If tickets remain at 1 pm, the box office will re-open one hour before show time to distribute the remaining tickets. As always, open seating on the hill. Admission is free. For more information call 281-373-3386 or visit them on the web at www.houstonfestivalscompany.com/hsf/ Integration August 20 and 21, 2015 8 p.m. Frenetic Theater 5102 Navigation Boulevard Integration is a multimedia dance project that explores the idea of social conformity and what happens to humanity when Earth as we know it no longer exists. The evening will present a visually stimulating environment that promises to capture the audience’s imagination through a world where humans no longer identify with individuality and conform to the larger social mass.
ONGOING EVENTS ARTS Conroe Art League Every Monday 9:30am-12:30pm Every Wednesday 6pm-9pm The Wonders of Watercolor Classes with Carrie Allbritton! Carrie discounts that old saying that watercolor is the hardest media and unforgiving, believing instead that when you understand the paints and what they do on paper, you will find it fun, rewarding and very forgiving. Ongoing watercolor classes every Monday from 9:30am - 12:30pm AND every Wednesday from 6:00pm - 9:00pm at the Conroe Art League Gallery. Contact Carrie directly at: carrieallbritton@ gmail.com or 936-444-7303 Cost: $25.00 per class (payable a month in advance) Conroe Art League Every Tuesday 1pm-3:30pm Oil Painting Classes w/Gary Hernandez Each student works at his/her own pace in a creative and pleasant atmosphere. The students will learn the tools and materials of oil painting. New students will be painting a new painting at the first session. You will copy master paintings as a pathway to creating your own style of painting. You will learn.... -How to use a grid to quickly layout the painting. -How to select the right palette. -How to select and mix colors. -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.
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Conroe Art League First and Third Thursday 1pm-3:30pm 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 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, continued on page 13
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THE REAL ROOT OF THE “RACE PROBLEM” commentary by Bart Pearston bart.pearston@publicnewsonline.com The entire concept of race is a social construct created in the Middle Ages when more advanced Europeans encountered less advanced cultures. It was economically advantageous to dehumanize them for both conquest and profit such as the slave trade. That ungodly development has haunted this country since before its birth.
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Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin. His paranoia that “blacks were taking over the world” is very much different from Manson’s.
It is depressing that level of social distrust trust in government and law enforcement has returned to those of the turbulent ‘60’s. To those who have read Manson’s biography, “Helter Skelter”, it is clear that the emotional damage growing up in Growing up in a such dysfunction is dangerous to our society. Is culture war environthe breakdown in the American family becomment in the 60’s, I read ing epidemic? How a father could purchase a 45 horrific reports of lunatic caliber handgun for such a social misfit illegally cult members called the is beyond me. he has later has changed his story “Manson Family” who to Dylann’s buying it himself illegally. Either were attempting to start a way, the existing gun laws were not enforced. Bart Pearston race war that he had been We live in a culture where laws are routinely predicting prophetically ignored. A recent report showed an 86% drop in that didn’t happen. Charles Manson claimed the workplace hiring of undocumented employees Beatles were sending him “messages” through inspections. These type of things exacerbate their music, especially “Little Piggies”, “Lucy in the lack of confidence in our government but to the Sky with Diame are not the biggest monds”, and “Helter concern. Sure we need I never thought I was normal, more responsible public Skelter”. He uses heavy drugs servants, but what about never tried to be normal. and anti-establishment responsible parents? rhetoric to convince -Charles Manson them. The wealthy The parents of those celebrities in Holinvolved in Columbine, lywood were seen as the oppressors whose Sandy Hook, Charleston, McKinney, Ferguson, murders would cause such alarm that the white and Baltimore show the real crisis. I first was people would overreact and start the war proving taken back by the complete lack of awareness of him correct. James Holmes, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s parents in their sons’ activities and attitudes. Last week in Charleston, SC, a high school Dylann Roof just seems to be log on the fire. dropout with a history of arrests and drug abuse To fix society, we need to start addressing our shot and killed nine people trying to start the homes. What currently passes for “normal” is the same race war. His primary motivation was problem. based on recent events involving Freddie Gray,
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GAMING Beginner HeroClix 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) 292-8444 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) 292-8444 Star Wars X-Wing is a fun and innovative dogfighting game, in which you must defeat 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 Pokemon League Wednesdays 5pm - 8pm Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North, 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 Fat Ogre Games & Comics 525 Sawdust Rd, Spring TX, P: (281) 292-8444 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 My Little Pony Collectable Card Game Thursdays All Day Space Cadets Collection Collection 27326 Robinson Road #117 Oak Ridge North 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) 292-8444 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) 292-8444 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 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
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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! 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/
SUPPORT GROUPS Free 2B Support Group Tuesdays, 6:45-8:30pm Faith Bible Church, The Woodlands FREE 2B is a faith-based codependency support group, where those facing relational difficulties can share their struggles and begin the process of restoring healthy balance in their lives. Free 2B is open to the public for individuals and couples 18 and older and is free to attend. For an information packet, email Scott at free2b@consolidated.net.
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A LITTLE BIT OF MEXICO CITY IN MIDTOWN story and photos by Rosanne Friedman rosanne.friedman@publicnewsonline.com 14
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The mural at Cuchara restaurant in Midtown by Cecilia Beaven is fun, it’s a cartoon. Easy to take in. Lots to see. It’s family in the center around a table and the city surrounding. Black lines on white canvas. Small narratives. Glimpses. A kiss in the rain, a bus load of people. Drop into their lives at a glance. It’s quick it’s easy. A perfect centerpiece for the restaurant. A perfect parallel. Here there are tables and at each table a different story. All the stories are happening independently, but right next to each other. The integrating factor is the food- great food, fresh food, Mexico City inspired. This is a family centered restaurant. Just like the mural. One sister painted the mural the other sister is the foodie. Mom sits at the counter. Very Friendly. Every one of your senses is taken into their trust- seeing, tasting, feeling, hearing-- The music is traditional. The
musicians will tell you that they are the Young and the Restless, but really the band is quite nameless, but please hire them! in a chorus they insist in their call to me. They will come to play for you, too! The octogenarian will tell you that he is single and he has a car so he can get married. They play like that all day. And the music is great, too! The old with the young at every table. Youthful fun engaging and taking everyone along. There’s a place for the young and the young at heart-- and the designers to dream. Pop art happened in the sixties. This is when cartoons became high art. Names like Tom Wesselman, James Rosenquist, Red Grooms, and Warhol took the cartoon form to serious places. Low art became high art bought up by art collectors, museums and finding a chapter
in art history. Enter Keith Haring and Basquiat. I must mention Manga and Street Art graffiti raging with fans. Cecilia Beaven brings the Aztec monster of Cipactili, the story of creation to the mix. This form of compressed narrative in line drawing does have its roots. All delight in line quality and depth in the narrative or the stark symbols and metaphors. But this artist, Cecilia Beaven, has given the simplified drawing an important context here. Narrative always has it’s context to make it meaningful-- Family. Territory. You feel the richness of culture with the lightness of being. The windows wrapped around the room to enchant space with the light and the resolved but not finished white paper papier mache. White Canvas and white light embrace the black lines in play, anchored by the blue green of a tree or two or three. The crowds of people surrounding the black pavements drawn and placed in perfect proportion and composition sings the spirit of Mexico City. With another mural anchored on the ceiling calling you to look up to a crowd painted there that will look down to celebrate you in the crowd below. Shout Salud! And my husband was told that they do have the best tequila in Mexico City right there. Cecilia Beaven created another mural at the border of Mexico and the United States.
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This mural is about the emigration of those who went through the door from Mexico to the US to find a better life, those who were sent back after finding that path to America and those who died along the way. She tells me that she engages social problems through a personal lens. Her border is a door that is not available for everyone, she can go through that door to the US and Mexico comfortably and she has empathy for those who can not. In Mexico there is a contrast between the worlds of poor and rich, she travels between those worlds, easily, and recognizes her perspective and expresses her reality with the widest focus. The layers of her mural at the restaurant begin at the easy and friendly levelfun for people of all ages, joyful with colors and cartoons. There are other levels, if we look closely, Mexico City as a place to be trapped by chaos and endless density-- there is a bright and a dark side. The content of each of her paintings goes to the center of her and comes from the center of her. In the Tijuana mural thick lines that make bars and doors are the signifiers and the symbols. The simplified lines are long from simplifying issues that we all, as citizens of the USA or Mexico, must wrap our thinking around for a humane world. Each of her paintings embrace an idea, the clarity of lines becomes clarity of purpose-- be it the center of family and the land of Mexico City, with moments of lyricism and delights or the center that takes on the difficulties of social issues and what is painfully near, she doesn’t flinch. Her art is a circle. This restaurant sets up a standard for us all in great design: unity with constant variation. Art work all around in two dimensions and three on the shelves, on the wall and on the ceiling—inside and outside-- all vital. And levels of easy and then more difficult. All integrated and whole by the vision of an artist with clear sight. And as my husband said upon leaving the first time: this is a place that you want to take your guests. And he didn’t even have the tequila.
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PUBLIC NEWS GIG GUIDE CONROE Backwoods Saloon 230 Lexington Ct., Conroe 936-273-0203 no website Open Mic every Thursday 8pm with Dan Scott & Friends Fri June 26 8pm Rainchild Sat June 27 9pm The Rod Brothers [Operation Sunscreen] Sun June 28 4pm Open Mic Jam Fri July 3 7pm Tig Paul & Two Bad Sat July 4 7pm Texas TNT Fri July 10 7pm Dan & Gina Sat July 11 7pm Buddy Alan Chambers Sun June 12 4pm Open Mic Jam Fri July 17 7pm JJ & the Stoneponies Sat July 18 7pm Michael Player Band Fri July 24 7pm Overload Sat July 25 7pm The Unthinkables Sun July 26 4pm Open Mic Jam Fri July 31 7pm Snit 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 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 Dosey Doe Music Cafe 463 FM 1488, Conroe 936-321-2171 www.doseydoe.com Thur June 25 Cody Canada and Mike McClure Fri June 26 Dan Navarro Sat June 27 Brandon Rhyder with Brison Bursey opening Wed July 1 Brian Kalinec - Singer Songwriter Hump Day Thur July 2 The Theiving Birds Fri July 3 Hamilton Loomis Tue July 7 Scott Brown and Friends First Tuesday with Bart Crow Wed July 8 Dub Miller with Kyle Hutton - Real Life Real Music Thur July 9 Michael Player Band Fri July 10 Mike and the Moonpies Sat July 11 Rodney Parker and 50 Pesos Reward Wed July 15 Jenna McDaniel - Singer Songwriter Hump Day Game On Sports Bar 1717 N. Fraiser Conroe 936-788-6209 www.gameonsportsandmusic.com Open Mic Every Wednesday at 8pm Fri June 26 9pm Satisfied Drive Sat June 27 9pm Tyler Lynius Fri July 3 9pm Cadillac Blues Band 4th Of July Party Kat Daddy Bar 463 FM 1488, Conroe 936-273-9342 www.katdaddysbar.com Every Sunday 4pm Corey Micheal, Caleb & Friends Papa’s On The Lake 9400 Hwy 105 W., Lake Conroe 936-447-2500 www.papasonthelake.com No Music Reported Red Brick Tavern 119 Simonton, Conroe 936-539-2000 www.theredbricktavern.com Every Sunday Gospel Sunday Brunch
CYPRESS CREEK Acadia 3939 FM 1960 W., Houston 281-893-2860 www.acadiabarandgrill.com Fri June 26 9pm Wellwell, When All Is Lost, The Rest Of
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The Guys, Polly Suede Sat June 27 Echo Temple,Never Buried,Funeral Horse Sun June 28 9pm No Rehearsal,Epi 111,Ellis Easely Band Fri July 3 9pm Mechanix.band Sat July 4 9pm Red Tiger,Kirra, Unknown Brothers, Manniquin On The Moon Fri July 10 9pm Red Hawk,Rust, Wellborn Road, Pukebox Sat July 11 9pm Judith Priest, Piece Of Mind, Underage Sun July 12 2pm The Crashers [Benefit For Dia] Fri July 17 9pm Zync, Seven De Mote, Pride To Ruin, Sounding Angels Sat July 18 9pm Purple Raven, Hydroponic, Free Beer Sun July 19 9pm Pissing Razors Fri July 24 9pm J.F.K. Sat July 25 9pm Castles Of Colossas, Epic Death, Carrion Sun, Chaotic Justice, Aegis. Sun July 26 9pm Angels Birthday Bash Against Domestic Violence Fri July 31 9pm Carranza (CD Release Party) With Red Tiger, Allison Red, Late Friday Sat Aug 1 9pm Houston Underground Punk Festival #3 Fri Aug 7 9pm Aska,Matrekis,Torrid Complex,Wolfeblitzer Sun Aug 9 9pm Washed Up, Polly Suede, Para Bellum, Dreams Of Reality, The Sellins Fri Aug 21 9pm Lotus Effect, Gatsby’s Green Light Band, Black Market Tragedy, Rise From Slumber
202 Sawdust Rd #118, Spring 281-363-2574 www.19th.cc [$10 cover on all shows] Sat June 27 8pm Pussy Factory Thu Jul 02 8pm Channing Sall Fri Jul 03 8pm Lucid Sat July 04 8pm Mezzanine, The Fifth Fire Thu Jul 09 8pm Big E & The Lowdown Fri Jul 10 8pm Another Pearl Harbor, Everything Shatters, Aeon Code, Good Job Underground Sat Jul 11 8pm Southeast Juggalos, The White Noise, Nokc, Freestyle Battle, Blake Dub, Lbo Room, T.a.y.e. S.w.i.f.t., Dead Body Kingz Thu Jul 16 8pm TreynWrek Fri Jul 17 8pm Vagrant Sons, Vanilla Whale, The Dirty Seeds, Stone Machine Electric Sat Jul 18 8pm Dysmetria, Beyond Oblivion, OBSCURE ORACLE, In Flames Thu Jul 23 8pm Texas Soul Fri Jul 24 8pm Unknown Brothers, Farewell to Solace Sat Jul 25 8pm Ghoultown, Rockett Queen, Reverend Ellington Thu Jul 30 8pm Great Antler Teeth Fri Jul 31 8pm Black Kennedy, Tracing Over Evil, Radio Cartel Sat Aug 01 8pm Metacrisis, The Apollo Crows, Raven Outlaw Sat Aug 22 8pm Troublemaker Fri Nov 06 8pm madSons
The Concert Pub North 2470 Cypress Creek Pkwy., Houston 281-583-8111 www.theconcertpub.com Fri June 26 8pmTexas Flood Sat June 27 AJ from Vallejo w/Whiskey Rebellion and Kendall Beard Fri July 3 Let It Rawk (All-Star 80s Metal Revue) Sat July 4 9pm Independence Day Show Fri July 10 9pm LA Guns w/ Trac ‘n’Guns Sun July 12 9pm Sebastian Bach Fri July 17 9pm Metal Awards Sat July 18 9pm Metal Awards Sun July 19 9pm Metal Awards Sat August 8 9pm Michael Sweet of Stryper Fri Sept 25 9pm The Atomic Punks Sat Sept 26 9pm The Atomic Punks
Crabby Daddy 25186 I-45, The Woodlands 281-296-2722 www.crabbydaddy.com Fri June 26 7pm Jimmie Hunter Sat June 27 7pm Bristol Fashion Fri July 3 7pm Fyzical Address Sat July 4 7pm TBA Fri July 10 7pm The ONS (One Night Stand)
Swanny’s Bar & Grill 6224 Theall Rd., Houston 281-440-1308 No Music Reported For This Week
MAGNOLIA Genuwine Tasting Room 6503 FM 1488 #401 Magnolia 832-934-2675 www.mygenuwine.com [no cover unless stated *] Thurs. June 25 7:30pm Grant Harrison Fri. June 26 7:30pm Sean Harrold Sat. June 27 7:30pm Chase Gassaway Thurs July 2 7:30pm Corey Michaels Fri July 3 7:30pm Scott Haskins Sat July 4 7:30pm Closed
MONTROSE Rudyards 2010 Waugh Dr Houston 713-521-0521 www.rudyardspub.com Weekday shows & Sunday, doors open at 8pm Friday and Saturday, doors open at 9pm [unless otherwise mentioned] First band listed is headliner/or plays last. Music starts at 10. Thur June 25 Rudyard’s Beer Tasting featuring Brash Brewery Fri June 26 Visionary Noise presents: TBA Sat June 27 Mike Stinson, Hard Luck Revival Wed July 1 Western Swing Wednesdays/7-11pm FREE! Thur July 2 Deathpunk Slursdays featuring Supergrave and Unconvicted($3) Fri July 3 Alex Riddle,Cavern Hymnal, Belvoir, $8 Cover Sat July 4 Happy July 4th!!!!!
NORTH SPRING 19th Hole Grill & Bar
Crescent Moon Wine Bar 440 Rayford Rd., #115, Spring 281-364-WINE (9463) www.crescentmoonwinebar.com Every Thursday is Salsa Music Night Fri June 26 8:30pm Grateful Geezers Band Sat June 27 8:30pm Yelba’s Variety Band Fri July 3 8:30pm Big Dog Band Fri July 10 8:30pm Grateful Geezers Band Sat July 11 8:30pm Rhythum iNC. Band Fri July 17 8:30pm Checkered Past Fri July 24 8:30pm Key of Soul Band Sat July 25 8:30pm Breakfast At Tiffanys Fri July 31 8:30pm Cool Breeze Band Sat Aug 1 8:30pm Next Level Band Fri Aug 7 8:30pm Bristol Fashion Sat Aug 8 8:30pm Johnny & the Spinsations Fri Aug 14 8:30pm Orion Sat Aug 15 8:30pm Fab 5 Fri Aug 21 8:30pm Culver House Sat Aug 22 8:30pm Checkered Past Dosey Doe Big Barn 25911 I-45 N., The Woodlands 281-367-3774 www.doseydoe.com Thur June 25 8:30pm Troy McConnell Family with Louis Adams Fri June 26 8:30pm Earl Thomas Conley Sat June 27 8:30pm SERYN with Taylor & The Wild Now opening Sun June 28 8:30pm Ambrosia Thur July 2 8:30pm Mason Ashley Fri July 3 8:30pm Gene Watson Sun July 5 8:30pm The Highwaymen Live - Tribute to Willie, Waylon and Cash Wed July 8 8:30pm Tab Benoit Thur July 9 8:30pm Tab Benoit (YES, Two Nights!) Fri July 10 8:30pm Break of Reality Sat July 11 8:30pm Billy Joe Shaver Fri July 17 8:30pm Asleep At The Wheel Sat July 18 8:30pm Albert Lee and Cindy Cashdollar Sun July 19 8:30pm The Blues Brothers Revue Papa’s Ice House 314 Pruitt Rd, Spring 713-364-8140 www.papasicehousetx.com No music announced
MUSIC NOTES & NEWS OLD TOWN SPRING Jailhouse Saloon 310 Preston, Spring 281-288-0255 www.jailhousesaloontx.com Sundays 3pm Open Mic Sat. June 27 9pm Corey Micheals Band Sat July 4 9pm TBA Sat July 11 9pm TBA Puffabellys 100 Main St, Spring 281-350-3376 www.puffabellys.com Wednesdays 8pm Davin James’ Songwriter Showcase Thursdays 6pm Open Mic
SPRING Bombshells 21005 I-45 North, Spring 281-288-2769 www.4bombshells.com Fri June 26 9pm Not The Rachels Sat June 27 9pm Fal Skye Fri July 3 9pm Playboyz Sat July 4 9pm Independence Day Party Fri July 10 9pm Playboyz Sat July 18 9pm Level One Band Fri July 31 9pm Not The Rachels 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 July 3 TBA Fri July 10 .07 Blues Band Sat July 11 Sapce Monkey Fri July 17 JB Barnett Fri July 24 TBA Sat July 25 Space Monkey Fri July 31 J Mitchel Band That One Bar 4660 Louetta #100, Spring 832-562-3942 www.thatonebar.com Fri June 28 9pm Sundance Head Sat June 29 9pm Under Cover Brothas Two Mules Tavern http://www.twomulestavern.com 100 Cypresswood Dr., Spring 281-528-0600 Fri June 26 9pm VCR
THE WOODLANDS Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 2005 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, 281-210-1105 www.woodlandscenter.org Thu July 2 7:30pm Third Eye Blind & Dashboard Confessional Fri July 3 8pm Star-Spangled Salute with the Houston Symphony Fri July 10 6:30pm Tedeschi Trucks Band with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and Doyle Bramhall Sat July 11 4pm Bud Light Weenie Roast with Shinedown, Blue October, X Ambassadors, Meg Meyers and Nothing More Fri July 17 7:30pm The Avett Brothers with Old Crow Medicine Show Sat July 18 7pm Steely Dan with Elvis Costello & The Imposters Tue July 21 6:35pm Sublime with Rome with Rebelution, Pepper & Mickey Avalon Wed July 22 7pm Kid Rock with Foreigner Fri July 24 7pm Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa with Hoodie Allen Sat July 25 7:30pm Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire Thu July 30 8pm “Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll” with the Houston Symphony Fri July 31 8pm Idina Menzel Sat Aug. 1 1pm Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, The Devil Wears Prada, White Chapel, Thy Art Is Murder, Sworn In, Jungle Rot,
Sister Sin, Code Orange, Feed Her to the Sharks & Kissing Candice Sat Aug. 8 7:30pm 5 Seconds of Summer with Hey Violet Sat Aug. 15 8pm Grease Sing-A-Long Wed Aug. 19 6:15pm Incubus & Deftones with Death From Above 1979 and The Bots
TOMBALL Brautigams Bar & Grill 106 Market St, Tomball 832-698-4461 www.brautigamsbarngrill.com Fri June 26 8pm Darbi Shaun Sat June 27 8pm TBA Sat July 4 9pm TBA Fri July 10 9pm TBA Sat July 11 9pm TBA Cheers 916 West Main St., Tomball 281-351-2599 no website Sat June 27 Flat Broke Mike & the Penny Pinchers Sat July 11 Coastal Fury [$5] Sat July 18 Dennis Price Band Sat July 25 Corey Michael Band Main Street Crossing 111 West Main St., Tomball 281-290-0431 www.mainstreetcrossing.com Fri June 26 8pm Shake Russell and Michael Hearne Sat June 27 8pm David Ball Weds July 1 8pm JB and the Moonshine Band Thur July 2 8pm Quebe Sisters Fri July 3 8pm Pigs on the Wall Pink Floyd Tribute Weds July 8 8pm Ray Benson( of Asleep at the Wheel) Thur July 9 8pm Real Life Real Music Young Songwriter Showcase Fri July 10 8pm Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver starring Jim Curry Weds July 15 8pm Shinyribs Thur July 16 8pm John Conlee Fri July 17 8pm Johnny Rodriquez Sat July 18 8pm The Damn Quails Tues July 21 8pm Tish Hinojosa Thurs July 23 8pm Shawn Pander Fri July 24 8pm Owen Temple and Adam Carroll Sat July 25 8pm Abbey Rode (Beatles Tribute) and Already Gone(Eagles Tribute) Weds July 29 8pm Johnny Lee Thurs July 30 8pm Kyle Park Fri July 31 8pm James McMurtry Sat Aug 1 8pm Slaid Cleaves Mon Aug 3 8pm Jesse Keith Whitley Weds Aug 5 8pm Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis Thurs Aug 6 8pm Walt Wilkins Sat Aug 8 8pm Shay Domann Weds Aug 12 8pm Gary P Nunn Thurs Aug 13 8pm Kevin Black and Colton Black Fri Aug 14 8pm Cool Freddie E and the Crew The Empty Glass 104 Market Street, Tomball 832-698-4722 www.theemptyglass.com Fri June 26 8pm Hillary Moore Sat June 27 8pm TBA Sat July 4 9pm TBA Fri July 10 9pm TBA Sat July 11 9pm TBA
WEST HOUSTON Shakespeare Pub 14129 Memorial Dr, Houston 281-497-4625 http://www.shakespearepub.net Thur June 25 9:30pm Leonard “Low Down” Brown Fri June 26 9:30pm Brad Absher and Swamp Royale Trio Sat June 27 9:30pm James Hinkle & Friends Sun June 28 9pm Sparetime Murray & The Honeymakers Blues Jam Fri July 3 9:30pm Sonny Boy Terry Sat July 4 9:30pm Vince Converse & The New Shoes Band Sun July 5 9pm Sparetime Murray & The Honeymakers Blues Jam
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TESSERACT AND KSCOPE PARTNER WITH ENTERTAINMENT ONE MUSIC ALL NEW LP DUE THIS FALL UK progressive juggernauts TesseracT and their UK label home Kscope have partnered with eOne Music to release their all new LP this fall in North America. “We’re very excited to be working with the eOne team, their experience and well rounded ability will certainly help us grow in our biggest market,” says TesseracT frontman Dan Tompkins. “The band is really looking forward to making the most of utilizing the resources that eOne has to offer and can’t wait to start this album cycle.” The new effort will followup to the highly regarded Altered State LP that was released in 2013. The partnership aims to bring the band and their music to the band’s rabid fanbase here in the U.S.. “eOne are totally focused on this new record,” says Johnny Wilks, director of sales and marketing for Kscope. “Working closely with our Kscope team in London, they have created a truly exciting campaign.” The new album from the UK’s heavy progressive rock act will be the band’s third studio album and first for Kscope. Over the course of the last six years, TesseracT have been at the forefront of the everevolving metal scene. Originally formed as a studio project by guitarist Acle Kahney, TesseracT immediately eschewed all wellestablished notions of what metal should sound like and swiftly became a unique and daring entity. Acle had recruited a line-up worthy of his groundbreaking compositions and the band embarked upon a quest to inject some originality and excitement back into an often myopic and lazy British metal scene. The longstanding line up of drummer Jay Postones, guitarist James Monteith, bassist Amos Williams have recently welcomed back vocalist Dan Tompkins, whose first show back with the band was on the main stage at last year’s UK Sonisphere Festival. The debut album One received widespread critical acclaim, not least due to the album’s staggering six-part centerpiece “Concealing Fate,” which brilliantly showcased the band’s pioneering sonic approach and unstoppable
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arsenal of off-kilter riffs, soaring melodies and disorientating atmospherics. The primarily acoustic Perspective EP emerged in May 2012 to an effusive response from critics and fans alike and shortly after, their status as progressive metal’s most fascinating new creative force was very publicly celebrated when TesseracT picked up the Best New Band trophy at 2012’s inaugural Progressive Music Awards in London. Not wasting any time the band released their second album Altered State in early 2013 again to worldwide media acclaim. Having found a new creative energy after reuniting Tompkins, the highly anticipated new opus will be an evolution from Altered State. Fans can expect more experimentation with sounds and tones, and deeper exploration into the core attributes that define TesseracT’s trademark sound.
BLACK FAST DEBUT “TO PROPAGATE THE VOID” EXCLUSIVELY VIA METALSUCKS
America’s newest neo-classic riff masters Black Fast will release their all new LP Terms Of Surrender on August 7, 2015 via eOne Music. Ripping pages from Death’s technical death metal guidebook, the St. Louis foursome conjures the spirit of the late, great Chuck Schuldiner while channeling the viciousness of Megadeth’s youngand-hungry Dave Mustaine and blistering aggression of Kreator’s Mille Petrozza. The band tapped veteran producer Erik Rutan for the effort on their debut LP for eOne Music. Known for his work with Hate Eternal, Six Feet Under, Goatwhore and Cannibal Corpse, Rutan was an easy choice. Creating a modern twist on the energetic riffs of metal’s glory days, Black Fast harness the spirit of their metal forefathers, whether exploring hand-cramp-inducing riffs or blazing through straightforward thrash. Black Fast songs have a hungry ferocity reminiscent of the Bay Area thrash scene, the likes of which haven’t been this raw or hyper-charged in decades.
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DONUT-LICIOUS
THE BEST DONUT SHOP IN SPRING! story by Nick Rama with photos by Nimol In nick.rama@publicnewsonline.com
The Donut Case at Donut-Licious!
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I remember the first day I stopped in at Donut-licious a few years ago; I walked into this quaint little place with a few bar stools against the window and a skinny counter top. In the center are some couches, chairs and a coffee table sitting in front of their two display cases. These wonderful cases were full of an array of different color donuts, along with your staples like glazed and chocolate. Below the shelves of donuts were all different types of kolaches, breakfast tacos, breakfast sandwiches even filled Nick Rama and donut holes. Instantly I could tell that this was not just your everyday run of the mill donut shop. I instantly turned into the proverbial kid in a candy store and wanted to
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try everything. I settled on a dozen donuts and few kolaches. These beautifully decorated donuts and not your everyday flavors. The first one that caught my eye was a red velvet cake donut, topped with chocolate and a ring of cream cheese frosting, After that was a French vanilla white iced donut with chopped walnuts and a strawberry cheesecake donut. As my eyes wandered I even saw a donut that looks and was decorated like Hello Kitty! Since it was around Easter time, they had a donut that look liked a birds nest with green dyed coconut shreds and Cadbury mini eggs on top and donuts with a Peep in the middle. I am brought these home
and my son thought I was the greatest dad in the world. Candy for breakfast it is…lol! Then I saw what I wanted to try; is that bacon on a donut with maple icing? Why yes it was, and it was going home with me, because I love salty sweet stuff. On the left side a list of seven different fillings right by a tray of delicious donuts ready to be filled with whatever your heart desired. The kolaches came in three sizes with adorable name sizes (baby, mama and papa… basically small, med and large), which is pretty cool when you have young ones or are not too hungry. So when I got home with way too much food and unveiled the yummy goodies to the family they were all a hit and Donutlicious has become our Saturday and/or Sunday go to donut shop ever since. These donuts are fresh and delicious. Usually, when a baker tries to do “over the top” donuts they are so darn sweet you can’t even eat them. With Donutlicious they are perfection. Don’t worry if you want something over the top and extra sweet, because they have some of those, too. Donut-licious is family owned and operated by husband and wife Cam and Nimol along with strong support from their daughter, Joceyln. The family knows me my name; I guess you could compare me to Norm from Cheers, but with donuts instead of beer. I have watched this business grow and become so innovative with their creations that they are adding new selections to their menu all the time. They even take advice from their customers on new items like they did around Mardi Gras with a donut king cake and their now ever popular pan sausage kolaches (more on those later). I sat down and talked with the family to learn more about their incredible business, and here is what they had to say. How did your family get into the donut business? I always remember saying I’m not going to get continued on next page
into the family business when I grow up! Well, guess what? I was totally wrong! We have been in the donut business for 3 generations! It started with my Dad’s side of the family and it just spiraled from there. Donut-licious was opened in memory of my father. He was the man that taught me the ropes and everything I know about this sweet bread. My family has always had a crazed obsession with the go to comfort goodness called donuts! Donut-licious was created with the intent of giving traditional donuts a twist and making them a gourmet experience. What makes Donut-licious so successful? When you bite into our signature red velvet it’s just amazing! It’s literally a moist cake the size of a donut. You can have it with cream cheese topping or go all the way with double dip chocolate cover and cream cheese. I must say it’s addictive. Your signature donut is your red velvet cake donut. Can you tell us more about that? When you bite into our signature red velvet it’s just amazing! It’s literally a moist cake the size of a donut. You can have it with cream cheese topping or go all the way with double dip chocolate cover and cream cheese. I must say it’s addictive. Donut-licious has some of your everyday flavors, but you definitely also have some
really original favors. What are some of the ones you probably won’t see at any regular donut shop? When you visit Donut-licious, there is so much variety you won’t know what to try first. We have the regular staple items but we offer so much more! Those flavors include oreo, strawberry poptart, pistachio, bacon maple/ chocolate, caramel coffee, chocolate cover drizzle peanut butter and Reeses, and we always are brainstorming for the next new thing! Who is the mastermind behind creating
the over the top flavors and holiday themed donuts? It’s a family affair! Ideas are usually discussed during our sit down family dinners. We try to think outside the box and marry flavors together. Sometime it’s a flop and sometimes it’s clever. We love to eat out as a family and we find inspiration everywhere! I’m a cheesecake lover and thought it would be awesome on a donut. Holidays are so joyous and we love to decorate and so we love to dress our donuts up! It is pretty cool that you fill your donuts to order and Donut-licious has more filling flavors than most places. What filling flavors do you have and what are some popular combinations of the filled variety? We offer chocolate, Bavarian lemon, raspberry, strawberry, and cherry. The donuts are left unfilled and are filled fresh with your choice of filling. Bavarian and chocolate is definitely our most popular. Donut-licious is definitely more than just donuts. What else do you serve for breakfast? Boudin kolaches, ham or sausage kolaches, jalapeno kolaches, a variety of croissants, Boudin taco, a Donut Burger and a pan sausage kolache ….a Pan Sausage Kolache? what is that? Our pan sausage kolache could be easily described as the best breakfast sausage biscuit you will ever eat. It has a slice of breakfast sausage and cheese and optional jalapeno completely wrapped in our sweet kolache dough and baked to a golden brown. It’s a customer favorite! What is the donut burger? The donut burger is essentially a breakfast biscuit except we have replaced the biscuit with 2 glazed donuts. It has a surprisingly good savory flavor. Out of the entire menu what would you say is the most popular items? Everything is good but our Papa Kolaches and all the gourmet-flavored donuts never stay on our shelves long! Coffee and Donuts just go together. Tell us more about the coffee drinks that you serve. We offer hot community coffee and ice coffee. Café sua da is Vietnamese iced coffee and is blended using café du monde grind. We also have an imported canned ice coffee that is a must try too! Fewer calories and less sweet compared to other brands. Great to wash your sweets down. Donut-licious does something very clever for special occasions, birthdays, anniversaries and even birth announcements. What are they, and how long in advance do they need to be ordered? Our Happy Birthday Donuts are made from yeast raised dough and are individually hand cut into the shape of letters. Any custom message can be made for your special occasions. We require 24-hour advance notice. We do not take these orders on Sunday. It is best to speak directly to the baker so that he/she may perfectly understand your specifications and make the donuts exactly as you want them. Do you have any plans for expansion or another location?
Yes, we are optimistic, but we want to keep growing where we are now. We are so thankful to our loyal customers and the great friends we made along the way. We will keep y’all posted. We would love to have another location in the Woodlands if the right place comes so that we are able to grow and expand! Thank you, Spring residents for showing us LOVE! It’s a great compliment when we hear how much you love our variety of flavors. It makes us happy to share our ideas and have them be simply enjoyed!! What are your hours of operation? Monday Closed Tuesday through Friday we’re open 5am to 1pm, Saturday 5:30 to 1pm and Sunday 6:30 to 1pm 5 words to describe Donut-licous? Delicious, Gourmet, Creative, Family, Good Food
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THERE IS MORE TO THIS SOUND THAN KILTS AND BAGPIPES, ER, PIPES! by Mark Crampton mark.crampton@publicnewsonline.com The Red Hot Chili Pipers If you have been reading my past columns, you by now know that my taste in music is esoteric (to say the least.) My oldest daughter once complained to me, as she was pilfering through my CD stacks, “Dad, you CANNOT have Jimi Hendrix and Roy Rogers in the same music collection!” Well, I beg to differ, you certainly can, and I certainly do! One of my main recreations, now, is attending Renaissance Fairs and Celtic Music Festivals, and I truly love the pipes - bagpipes to you non-Celts. (If you pull up next to me
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at a red light blaring Rap out of your open car windows, then be prepared to be blasted back with the sounds of bagpipes!) So a musical group which plays modern rock music on pipes is certainly a big hit with me! Such a group is The Red Hot Chili Pipers (RHCP), formed in Scotland in 2002 by piper Stuart Cassells. Cassells was THE first musician to EVER be awarded a music degree in Bagpipes from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama! (And, yes, this band’s name is Cassells’ deliberate play on the name of another well-known band.) Three other
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members of the band also have music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, plus their drummer is a two-times world champion drum competitor! Cassells coined the term that describes RHCP’s type of music as “BagRock”, melding covers of modern rock music with traditional Scottish bagpipe tunes. Bagpipes, drums, guitars and keyboards are all featured in “BagRock”. RHCP got their first public notice when they won the BBC talent show ‘When Will I Be Famous?’ Their first major public appearance
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was at the ‘T In The Park Concert’ in 2004, where they opened for The Darkness. In 2010 RHCP went on their first headline world tour, eight months that took them from Scotland to the US, Europe to China. Since then they have continued to tour, although mostly in Scotland and Germany. Not nearly enough dates in America, as far as I am concerned, and they have YET to visit Texas (although I keep sending emails asking them to do so!) RHCP members also appeared in the How To Train Your Dragon 2 movie soundtrack, playing all the Celtic instruments in the orchestra. RHCP has now released seven music Cds as a group, and three band members (Cassalls, Lorne MacDougal and Kyle Warren) have released solo albums, which are also featured on the RHCP web site. In September 2011, band founder Cassells was forced to leave the band due to nerve damage in his left hand – he could no longer play the pipes. Since then, Cassells has been focused on other projects, including directing and promotions, while undergoing various therapies. He hopes that someday he will be able to re-join RCHP. In the meantime, the roster of RCHP shifts as musicians come and go, bringing in different talents and instruments, but maintaining the core of Cassells’ “BagRock”. Check out their music videos on YouTube, give them a listen, I think you’ll like the sound of The Red Hot Chili Pipers’ “BagRock”!
(2014). I worried slightly he might come off a bit too goofy in the film. Pratt is certainly known for his humor, and his goofy side plays well in a film like Guardians. To my surprise, however, Pratt was pretty damn serious throughout Jurassic World. Grady acts as the voice of reason; the only one living in reality who realizes just what danger the park’s visitors are in. And Pratt’s level of sincerity shows audiences he can in fact be taken seriously, and this could perhaps pave the way for a new variety of work in his future.
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Now, with the I–rex, I found myself smiling and thrilled with relief. For one, the film’s best CG animation definitely went toward this creature, as its performance had to be the most convincing of all the featured dinosaurs. But mainly, I was pleased to see how similar the animal was to Crichton’s depiction of the Carnotaurus in his 1995 novel The Lost World. As a monstrous, carnivorous predator which hides among the jungle using chameleon-like abilities, the Carnotaurus was a dinosaur I wanted to see in a Jurassic film for the longest. And while the I–rex is an original creature features portions of Carnotaurus DNA, the animal was closer to a Crichton Carnotaurus in look and behavior than any of the other species used in the mixture. All in all, the I–rex is a fresh and thrilling addition to these films, giving the series new life and reason to stick around for the ride.
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The references to the original film are also a joy for fans. As characters stumble through the nature-ridden remains of Jurassic Park, viewers get that sense of kinship while knowing full well that they’re overall immersed in a different setting, experiencing a different crisis.
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glen.ryan.tadych@publicnewsonline.com The obsessive craze that gives a film massive popularity is expected with certain titles, but can also come out of nowhere. Frankly, this is what happened with Jurassic World. In its opening weekend, Jurassic World treated sold-out audiences to a thrilling and exciting sci-fi adventure. All day and night, auditorium lines stretched beyond lobby doors, with box office lines reaching parking lots. I can’t even remember the last time I witnessed this type of commercial flood. Obviously films like Marvel’s The Avengers (2012), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Glen Ryan Tadych (2005) hit cinemas with such turnout, but the actual experience is simply something I cannot recall. In its current running of two weeks, Jurassic World smashed more than 20 box office records. Of these feats, its most notable are worldwide opening weekend and overseas opening weekend ($524.1 million and $315.6 million respectively, surpassing Deathly Hallows – Part 2), first film to gross more than $500 million in its opening weekend, summer opening weekend and North American alltime second weekend ($208.8 million and $106.7 million respectively, surpassing Avengers) and fastest to accrue $1 billion worldwide (14 days, surpassing Furious 7’s recent record of 17 days). What was it that drove people to such
enthusiastic lengths? What made them unable to get enough? Part of it can be contributed to the fact this is the world’s first Jurassic film since Jurassic Park III in 2001. This means the world bears an entire generation which had yet to experience dinosaurs on the big screen. Add this to the nostalgia factor associated with the original 1993 film, and you have a recipe for overwhelming success. All that’s left is whether the film itself is actually worth the anticipation, and let me say Jurassic World does more than satisfy a moviegoer’s appetite. As far as sci-fi adventure thrillers go, this is certainly a great movie that varieties of families and moviegoers can enjoy, all while sitting on the edge of their seats and leaving wanting more. Set in an open and fully operational dinosaur theme park, two decades after the Jurassic Park incident, park scientists engineer a fearsome, hybrid animal—Indominus rex—to attract new visitors and keep interest in Jurassic World peaking. But when the antagonistic creature escapes its paddock and begins killing any animal and person it sees, the park must be evacuated while an enthralling hunt for the creature ensues.
his role as geneticist Dr. Henry Wu from the original film, this time playing truer to his novel counterpart: a smart, talented man who, despite his concerns, delivers upon his employers’ requests.
I still feel the special effects artists haven’t stepped up their game regarding the dinosaurs since Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The over-reliance on CGI had the potential to distract viewers from the rest of the story rather than drawing them into it. But the remaining elements of the film were all executed so well, the choice in effects actually didn’t distort the illusion, and that impressed me.
For someone who’s heavily critical of the series’ evolution, and a fan of Michael Crichton’s novels, I was unsure as to how this film would perform. I thought it would fall flat on itself and the Jurassic series would fade into a Jurassic World is certainly the largest hit of footnote. Though despite a few nitpicks, Juras- the summer so far. It’s taken the entire world sic World proved me wrong on all other levels. by surprise and will be one for the record books for quite some time. Star Wars: The Force Awakens definitely has the potential to My favorite elements are Pratt and the steal Jurassic World’s spotlight, but I have to hybrid antagonist. admit the competition will be pretty stiff. For now though, Jurassic World is THE movie to Pratt was always going to be my sole mosee this summer, and for any fan of the origitivation for seeing the film. He was the only nal film, it’s not one to miss. piece of the puzzle that really interested me, particularly after Guardians of the Galaxy
Chris Pratt stars as Velociraptor trainer and expert Owen Grady, a character reminiscent of Grant, Malcolm and Muldoon from the first film, who leads the hunt for the hybrid. Bryce Dallas Howard, in part, fills the late Richard Attenborough’s shoes as the one running the show in Jurassic World, an ambitious park operations manager named Claire Dearing. Irrfan Khan’s Simon Masrani is the other side of the John Hammond coin as the owner of Jurassic World and CEO of the park’s backing Masrani Corporation. B.D. Wong reprises
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Dear Jody, I have been in college for almost two years now, and I still don’t know what I want to do. My advisor keeps pushing me to declare a major, but I am so confused as to what to pick. I know I want nothing to do with math or foreign language, but other than that, so many of the available majors sound interesting. How did you decide what to major in and what you wanted to do as a career? Confused in College Dear Confused, I am laughing out loud as I write this reply (not at you, by the way). The irony is that I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, so I’m thinking I may never grow up, even if I live to be ninety! I feel like my career choices are pretty fluid, kind of go with Jody Reed the flow, but they are all related to helping others and the experiences I collect just build a more solid foundation for whatever I do. As for deciding a major, I had always been interested in psychology but during my senior year of high school became quite passionate about art. I decided to be an art major my first year of college before switching to psychology. I loved being an art major, but I decided that I could do art as a hobby and focus on psychology as a career. So in my case, trial and error worked for me. To help you narrow it down, start a list of what types of fields really interest you and in which classes you have excelled. If you are about two years into college, you have taken a variety of core classes. Use those experiences to see what would potentially best fit your personality. Also, there should be a career counselor on your campus that can give you a test to see what field may be best for you based on your answers. These tests can be very
helpful in matching personality and skill set to a narrowed field of occupations. Jody Dear Jody, I work in IT and am not really experienced with the female species, but a new girl started working in our department and I can’t stop thinking about her. I usually hang out with friends on the weekend, typically just playing video games and drinking an occasional beer, but all I want to do is ask her out. Here’s the problem, or should I say problems? I don’t know how to ask her out and if she’ll even say yes, and then I don’t know where I would take her if she does say yes. I’m guessing beer and video games aren’t all that romantic for a first date. What advice do you have for me? Not Quite Romeo Dear Future Romeo, Notice I changed your name? I am confident that there is someone out there for you, maybe even the new girl at work. Inaction will be not knowing. You don’t have to be experienced in dating to find your true love. Just be yourself...anything else would be false advertising. Why not invite her to go to lunch with you and see if there is mutual interest? Just a casual get-out-of-the-office thing that doesn’t have to be a romantic date. If lunch goes well and you feel like a connection has been established, then you might suggest to her that there’s a movie you’ve been wanting to see and ask her if she’d like to join you Friday night. After the movie, you could take her to grab a bite to eat so you can get to know her better. Take things slowly and see how the relationship develops. If it turns romantic, write me back and let me know. I can give you some romantic date ideas! If it doesn’t, see the silver lining in that you have made a new friendship with someone who could possibly give you some insight into the uncharted territory of the female species! Jody
TED 2 Ted 2 R 115 min Comedy Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law. Director: Seth MacFarlane Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth Max PG 111 min Adventure | Family A dog that helped US Marines in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler’s family after suffering a traumatic experience. Director: Boaz Yakin Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Luke Kleintank, Lauren Graham A Little Chaos R 117 min Comedy | Drama | Romance Two talented landscape artists become romantically entangled while building a garden in King Louis XIV’s palace at Versailles. Director: Alan Rickman Stars: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci Escobar: Paradise Lost R 120 min Romance | Thriller In Colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams - and then he meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar. Director: Andrea Di Stefano Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac, Brady Corbet
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FILMS CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS Aloha PG-13 Comedy | Drama | Romance A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him. Director: Cameron Crowe Stars: Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bradley Cooper, John Krasinski Avengers: Age of Ultron PG-13 141 min Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller When Tony Stark tries to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Director: Joss Whedon Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth Dope R 115 min Comedy | Drama Life changes for Malcolm, a geek who’s surviving life in a tough neighborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure. Director: Rick Famuyiwa Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise Entourage R Comedy Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, are back - and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Director: Doug Ellin Stars: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara 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 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 Infinitely Polar Bear R 90 min Comedy | Drama A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don’t make the overwhelming task any easier. Director: Maya Forbes Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide Inside Out PG 94 min Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. Directors: Pete Docter | Ronaldo Del Carmen Stars: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling Insidious: Chapter 3 Certificate PG-13 97 min Horror A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity. Director: Leigh Whannell Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell
Jurassic World PG-13 124 min Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest, which backfires horribly. Director: Colin Trevorrow Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer Little Boy PG-13 100 min Comedy | Drama | War An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father. Director: Alejandro Monteverde Stars: Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Michael Rapaport Love & Mercy PG-13 120 min Biography | Drama | Music In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy. Director: Bill Pohlad Stars: Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti Mad Max: Fury Road R 120 min Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland. Director: George Miller Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz Manglehorn PG-13 97 min Drama Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. Director: David Gordon Green Stars: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine
Stars: Jude Law, Raad Rawi, Melissa McCarthy, Jessica Chaffin 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 Wellerstein 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 Tomorrowland PG 130 min - Action Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory. Director: Brad Bird Stars: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy 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 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 obstacleslike 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 reflection-modern 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
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl PG-13 105 min Drama High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman Pitch Perfect 2 PG-13 115 min Comedy | Music After a humiliating command performance at Lincoln Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform. Director: Elizabeth Banks Stars: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow San Andreas PG-13 114 min Action | Drama | Thriller In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter. Director: Brad Peyton Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Carla Gugino, Colton Haynes Set Fire to the Stars 97 min Biography | Drama An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas. Director: Andy Goddard Stars: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly, Steven Mackintosh Spy R 120 min Action | Comedy A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster. Director: Paul Feig
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EVENT CALENDAR continued continued from page 11 Integration opens with a glimpse into humanity’s potential future in a disavowed world depleted of all resources, and survival is not taken for granted. Laborers, religious fanatics, and beggars fill the stage as the remnants of a once thriving society, desperate and struggling to push on. The dancers move independently, yet, synchronously as a single breathing being each different and unique. Video projections depict an environment filled with dust and nothingness. Until one day when everything changes. Part two of Integration begins with a devastated earth where individuality has countermanded. The choreography is militaristic and sharp depicts a drone-like atmosphere. Video projections transport Integration to another world, and the introduction of a mutating box is the vehement symbol of conformity. Despite the overpowering of the individual, one character has preserved her sense of self. Will she escape, or be forced to conform? Integration features choreography by Jaime Frugé, costume design by Marissa Marsh, and lighting design by Mitchell Cronin. Video Projection, also by Frugé, will trigger the creation and destruction of a forsaken earth and the emergence of Integration’s dystopia. Integration promises to challenge the audience’s idea of choreography through the engineering and construction of a morphing confined space. Integration is native Houstonian Jaime Fruge’s choreographic debut in Houston. Jaime is a 2015 Frenetic Theater Artist Board Member and is excited to premiere her first full-length work as a part of the Artist Board Program on August 20th and 21st at 8 pm at Frenetic Theater. www.jaimefruge.com Cast includes Michelle Cantua, Anthony Davis, Kayla Hyde, Margaret Leary, Brianna, McCray, Michelle McKay, Katherine Turner, and Victoria Woods. Tickets: $15 For tickets and more information please visit www.freneticore.net
Actor’s Gem Productions presents Celebrity Mystery Theater Second Saturday of the month 6:45pm The Spaghetti Warehouse 901 Commerce St., Houston, TX 77002 Imagine yourself enjoying dinner, socializing with friends, having a few drinks . . . when suddenly a murder is committed. Let the wacky antics of two famous detectives, never seen together before anywhere, amuse you as they solve the crime. Who did it? Was it Fran Drescher, Marilyn Monroe, Cher, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, Rocky Balboa, Bill Clinton, Joan Crawford or was it you? Admission is $55 and includes a three-course meal, dinner show, soft drinks and gratuity.
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ARTS Hazy Yet Vivid On View Through July 3, 2015 Fresh Arts 2101 Winter Street, Studio B11, Houston Fresh Arts presents “Hazy Yet Vivid”, an exhibition of new works from artist team Shane Allbritton and Peter Bernick-Allbritton that features freestanding wooden zoetrope sculptures, assemblages and collages. Using photographic techniques such as slit scanning and strip photography, which compress a sequence of images over time into a collection of strips composing a singular gesture, the artists reinterpret their immediate environment into elaborate visual distortions of memory retrieval. The public is invited to an opening reception beginning at 6 p.m. on May 22 at Fresh Arts, 2101 Winter Street, Studio B11, Houston, TX, 77007. Free parking is available.
FotoFest presents I Am a Camera opening reception Thursday, July 9, 2015 6pm FotoFest 2000 Edwards Street Building C, Suite 2, Houston, TX 77007 FotoFest will present I Am a Camera, an exhibition featuring nine international artists exhibiting work focused on communities; specifically lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer (LGBTQ) and questioning communities. I Am A Camera is about representation, sexual orientation, gender identity expression and society. The members of the communities pictured self-identify across a broad spectrum of sexuality, gender roles, race, class, culture and politics. A varied and diverse population, it resists generalization and traditional, normative expectations. As such, LGBTQ communities have defined themselves on their own terms. I Am A Camera is an exhibition that also performs as a conduit for sexual orientation and gender identity expression. The artists in I Am A Camera explore a number of humanist themes, including relationships, self-realization and determination, class struggle, and community and space building. Their works encompass traditional black & white photography, contemporary staged photography, film, video and installation work. They represent a wide spectrum of sexual identification – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and queer-allied. The artists include Zackary Drucker & Rhys Ernst (USA); Sunil Gupta (India/UK); Lindsay Morris (USA); Frédéric Nauczyciel (France); Irina Popova (Russia); Anna Charlotte Schmid (Germany); Paul Mpagi Sepuya (USA) and Charan Singh (India).
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Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display through August 29. Admission is free. For more information call 713-223-5522 or visit them on the web at www.fotofest.org Cultured Cocktails benefiting “Ultimate Justice” Thursday, July 9, 2015, 5-7 p.m. Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar, 307 Fairview St, Houston, TX 77006 Cultured Cocktails takes place e veryThursday during the 5-7PM happy hour at Boheme Café & Wine Bar. Each Cultured Cocktails event features a different artist, arts organization or arts project. The featured organization receives 10% of the drink sales within the 5-7pm time frame. Featured organizations benefit from every person’s drink, even if they are not there specifically to support the group. 7th Annual Juried Exhibition reception Saturday, July 11th, 2015 5pm Exhibit runs through July 30, 2015 Archway Gallery 2305-A Dunlavy St., Houston, TX 77019 Archway Gallery will hold its Seventh Annual Juried Exhibition, benefiting Young Audiences of Houston. The open-themed show welcomes all artists in south and central Texas, 18 years or older, to submit works completed within the last three years independently and not previously exhibited by Archway Gallery. Artists whose work is accepted will be notified by telephone on July 10. Selected juror Gus Kopriva will award all prizes at Archway’s opening reception. First prize winner will receive a $500 cash award with guest artist privileges for one month at Archway Gallery. Cash awards will also be presented to second and third prize-winning artists, with honorable mentions awarded at the juror’s discretion. The mission of Young Audiences of Houston is to educate and inspire children through the arts, to make the arts an integral part of the school curriculum, and to advance the field of arts in education through professional teacher development training and community partnerships. Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display through July 30. Admission is free. For more information call 713-522-2409 or visit them on the web at www.archwaygallery. com Discovery!: Three One-Woman Exhibitions Saturday, July 11, 2015 6pm Exhibit runs through August 8, 2015 William Reaves Fine Art 2143 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77098 William Reaves Fine Art will present Discovery!, an exhibition series offering intriguing new visual opportunities which may just pose the perfect antidote for the “dog days” of Houston’s summer. In a series of one-woman shows, Discovery! introduces Houstonians (or reintroduces them, as the case may be) to a cache of compelling work by three accomplished Texas women, all of whom channeled considerable energies and talents into the creation of innovative art, and warrant renewed attention and broader recognition within the state’s collector community. Discovery! shines long over-due light on the works of Constance Forsyth (1903-1987), Rita Blasser (1826-2014) and Karen Lastre. The exhibition celebrates these women and their
work, and returns their material to the gallery scene after prolonged hiatuses, positioning the work for fresh examination. Making for some of the city’s most interesting summer viewing, Discovery!’s three-in-one format is certain to include works which will appeal to all, and qualifies as “required summer viewing” for all avid Texas art patrons. Following the opening reception, the exhibits will be on display through August 8. Admission is free. For more information call 713-521-7500 or visit them on the web at www.reavesart.com Continuum Performance Art presents Full Buck Saturday, July 11, 2015 9pm El Rincon Social 3210 Preston St., Houston, TX 77003 Houston Performance Art group Continuum will present Full Buck, a performance art showcase and fundraiser celebrating their four year anniversary. The event will feature performance work in various themes, as well as pieces specifically focused on value, finance and transactions. In addition, selected and limited photographs spanning the history of Continuum will be available for purchase. All proceeds from photography and ticket sales will benefit Continuum and its artists with future shows and educational projects. Featuring performances by: Clay Zapalac, Jana Whatley, Unna Bettie, Emmanuel Nuno Arambula, Raindawg, David Graeve, Evan L. McCarley, Jonatan Lopez, Sandy Ewen, Josh Urban Davis, Y.E. Torres, CAT SCOTT and more. Featuring photography by Alex Barber, Dean Liscum, RC, Zack Christmas, Jet Extra and more. Refreshments will be served. Dress lightly, it may be warm. Tickets start at $10. For more information call 512-689-0209 or visit them on the web at www.continuumperformanceart.com Ultimate Justice July 17th - August 28, 2015 Fresh Arts, Winter Street Studios B11, 2101 Winter Street, Houston, TX 77007 Fresh Arts presents “Ultimate Justice” a multimedia exhibition by Houston-based artist Stephen Wilson. “Ultimate Justice” showcases a series of photographs, drawings, notes, documents and videos based on the artist’s experience working on the feature length documentary Killing Time. The film delves deeply into the experience of a family whose loved one, Elroy Chester, was executed by the State of Texas the summer of 2013. Chester was diagnosed with a general learning disability by all scientific measures. In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the execution of mentally impaired persons, considering the punishment to be cruel and unusual. However, the State of Texas ruled that because Chester’s crimes demonstrated forethought, strategy, and criminal intent, execution was fair punishment. The public is invited to a free opening reception beginning at 6 p.m., on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Fresh Arts, 2101 Winter Street, Studio B11, Houston, TX, 77007. Free parking is available. Panisch Unlimited presents Panisch: A Vivid Life Saturday, July 25, 2015 6pm Heights Art Studios 214 E. 27th St. Houston, TX 77008
EVENT CALENDAR continued Heights Art Studios & Gallery, in conjunction with Panisch Unlimited, presents A Vivid Life by Panisch. A native Texas artist from the Houston/Heights area, Panisch is making claim to his spot in the art world and has caused some buzz with his vibrant paintings, cleaver sculpture, and gallery installations. Free parking will be available. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For more information call 713-894-4480.
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Houston Arboretum & Nature Center presents Wine, Cheese & Frogs Saturday, July 18th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Houston Arboretum and Nature Center 4501 Woodway Dr., Houston, TX 77024 The snap of a twig, the fluttering of wings, the chirp behind the woodpile up ahead. What could it be? Nighttime in the summer forest is an enchanting symphony of sounds and mysterious spaces enlivened by wildlife on the
Love146 presents Hope Is Brewing Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Saint Arnold Brewing Company 2000 Lyons Ave., Houston, TX 77020 Love146 is an international humanitarian non-profit dedicated to the abolition of child trafficking and exploitation, and arrived in Houston two years ago to address the crisis at hand in the most trafficked city in the country. The organization has provided prevention education to over 4,000 at-risk middle and high school students during its two years of presence in Houston. Hope Is Brewing is Love146’s summer celebration of the work it has accomplished thus far with friends and supporters enjoying beer, barbecue, pub games and a trivia contest in the beer hall of Texas’ oldest craft brewery. Tickets start at $35. For more information call 512-297-0665 or visit them on the web at www.love146.org
2015 Space City Comic Con Fri July 24 through Sun July 26, 2015 starts noon on Fri, 10am Sat & Sun NRG Center 1 Reliant Park, Houston, TX 77054 Space City Comic Con is the Gulf Coast’s fanculture convention and family entertainment, pop-culture expo for all ages, with a bit of everything for fans of comics, sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, literature and art. Special guests in 2015 will include William Shatner, Robert Picardo, Naomi Grossman and more. For more information check out their website at www.spacecitycomiccon.com Or call them at 713-629-3700 Tickets start at just $20 for a single-day pass; and $40 for a three-day pass.
Weds July 8 & August 12, 2015 8pm Houston Central Library 500 McKinney St., Houston, TX 77002 Houston Public Library presents Story to Screen The Houston Public Library will join together with Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow to celebrate a summer of reading and fun with the first “Story to Screen” event. Events will include music from the Allen Oldies Band. There will also be food and beverage vendors on hand and free activities presented by Pop Shop Houston. Admission is free. July 8 - Forrest Gump Enjoy a trip down memory lane through Zemeckis’ Academy Award-winning movie based on Winston Groom’s novel of the same name. August 12 - Stand By Me Revel in the lore of friendship, adventure and pie-eating in Rob Reiner’s classic film based on a short story by Stephen King. Literally Short Film Awards Friday, June 26, 2015 6pm Literal Magazine Headquarters 5425 Renwick Dr., Houston, TX 77081 Literal Magazine’s Literally Short Film Awards. Literally Short is an international short film competition in Houston, an event initiated by the publication’s drive to bridge all cultures onto one collaborative stage that stimulates international artistic expression. Tickets start at just $5 Call 713-626-1433 for more information.
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