Joslyn Art Museum will offer free admission for everyone Thanksgiving weekend: November 25-26, 10a.m.-4p.m. and November 27, noon-4p.m. Guests can enjoy the permanent collection galleries and these special exhibitions: American Landscape: Contemporary Photographs of the West; From Sea to Shining Sea: Currier & Ives Prints from the ConAgra Foods Collection; and Wendell Minor: In the […]
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November 26: Get Gifty
Get Gifty Holiday Art Sale Studio Illuminata, 2725 N. 62nd St. 11a.m.-5p.m., FREE illuminataglass.com, 558.1150 Julie Conway opens her glass studio for the 3rd Annual GET GIFTY Holiday Art Sale. Conway traditionally invites other artists to show their work for the event and this year hosts jewelry artist Amy Mather, painter Kim Reid Kuhn, mixed […]
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Christmas Snow Falls on London Town
We see theater in all sorts of venues, but few can match the current opportunity to see A Christmas Carol with snow falling on a Dickensian street and Tartuffe with powdered wigs and period costumes in the splendor of the Joslyn Castle music room. Brigit St. Brigit is blessed to present the Moliere classic surrounded […]
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Cursive’s Mind Meld, Replacements’ Old School, Hoshaw’s New Tattoo
Before we get started, Happy Thanksgiving from Lazy-i. Here’s hoping you got plenty of good music in ’11 to be thankful for. I know I did. * * * I’ve read the description of Cursive’s just-announced concept album, I Am Gemini, a half dozen times and it’s still disturbing. The story: Twin brothers separated at […]
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We Live by Our Words
“What are words for? When no one listens, what are words for?” So hiccupped Dale Bozzio in 1980 as I stood watching her and my friend Terry Bozzio in their rehearsal studio on Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills. They had just formed a band named Missing Persons and Terry invited me to produce their first […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Nov. 17-Nov. 23
Last week of Scorpio. Study the mysteries of life and death, sex and regeneration, magique and elimination — the realms of Scorpio. Scorpio, the sign that rules death, is not the last sign. This cycle placement in/of astrology would imply that death is not the/our end. “I’ll see you in the next one, and don’t […]
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Pick: Hip Hop Poet Idris Goodwin at House of Loom
November 29 A man who can call himself a poet, playwriter, essayist and performer, all in one, is making his way to House of Loom November 29. A night of poetry beats and hip hop from Idris Goodwin, who has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry, and recognized by the New York Times, is bringing […]
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Get Comfy This Winter
The term “comfort food” was first coined in the 70s, but the genre it describes has been around even longer. We all know dishes like fried chicken and apple pie have a special place in the heart of the American psyche. We think of tradition, of nostalgia, of sentimental appeal. And of course, of good […]
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Doyle Bramhall Sr. Passes
As I sit down to write I have just read sad news. The Austin Blues Society reported that Doyle Bramhall Sr. has passed away. The houstonpress.com confirmed the details, writing that Bramhall, 62, died Nov. 13 in his home in Alpine, TX, of complications from pneumonia. Bramhall was a drummer, vocalist and songwriter who was […]
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Cutting Room for November 16
It’s official: The excitement of the behind the scenes madness surrounding the Oscars has surpassed any excitement ever created by the actual Oscars. Brett Ratner, who is a horrible director and worse human being, has wisely resigned his spot as producer of the Academy Awards in the wake of publicly stating that “Rehearsing is for […]