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Inprint Brown Reading Series 2007-08 season lineup announced
The Inprint Brown Reading Series season lineup has been announced. My personal highlights include Michael Chabon and Dave Eggers, founder of publishing house McSweeney’s whose Internet Tendency is a daily read. See the Inprint Houston website for more information.
Houston Chronicle: Inprint Brown Reading Series
• Oct. 15: Richard Powers and Jennifer Egan. Powers (The Gold Bug […]
Justice for All? Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty
The death penalty art show will be exhibited in Houston at M2 from February 10 - 18, 2007 with an opening night reception at 7 PM on the 10th. The gallery is located at 325 West 19th Street in Houston (Map). There will be a gallery talk Friday, Feb 16, at 7 PM with Mary […]
The Six Wards of Houston
NB: Cross-posted at Metroblogging Houston. Read more.
The End of the Universe is in Houston, Texas
According to Lewis Black. The sad part is that I can think of two different places in Houston he might be talking about.
Another Bowl Loss….
The Houston Cougars went down 44-36 to the South Carolina Gamecocks. A gamecock, if you didn’t know, is a “strong, colorful, and territorial type of chicken.” Knowing that only makes me feel marginally better. Exciting game, good finish, blah blah blah blah blah… another bowl loss is all it is to me.
Houston Police clash with Fans @ Walters on Washington
One of the blogs I’m involved with is Houston Metroblogging, a community-based site that’s part of a wider metroblogging network. For the most part it’s fairly mundane check-out-this-new-coffee-shop kind of faire, but every once in a while there’s a brush with real journalism. Case in point -
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Protected: I Moved (family and friends post, magic word required)
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Volcano’s Cross Decorating Fundraiser for La Rosa
I happened to notice that local watering hole Volcano is sponsoring a cross decorating silent-auction fundraiser for La Rosa/The Rose, a non-profit that helps abused Hispanic women and their children. You can pick up a cross at Volano, bring it back and it will be auctioned off for the silent auction on El Dia Del […]
Houstonian Collecting Oral Histories from Long-Time Residents
KUHF: Houstonian Collecting Oral Histories from Long-Time Residents
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Poisoned pigeons mar Texas festival
This article couldn’t be any funnier if it tried. From the Associated Press of all places - Poisoned pigeons mar Texas festival -
TEXARKANA — The city’s annual festival was marred by dead pigeons nose-diving into pavement and others dying on downtown sidewalks after they ate poisoned corn from the roof of a nearby bank branch.
Authorities […]