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SPLASH DOWN

Derrick Miles (pictured in a photo by Victor Zorn) is preparing for Houston Splash, the ninth annual six-day festival and one of the major black Pride celebrations in the South. Beginning April 28, Splash will attract an enthusiastic, predominantly African American crowd to events in H-Town and Galveston. Activities include a slate of club events and the May 1 Urban Assault Afterhours Ball at the Renaissance Houston. On May 2 Splash revelers will pour onto East Beach for the Island Invasion White Party. The Black Dialogues Series features a breast-cancer screening workshop and the “Poetic Pleasures” Poetry Slam. Check the schedule: www.houstonsplash.com

FLAGGED

Mike Alberts (clockwise from top left, in a photo by Gavyn Aaron), Tim Swann, Elester Stewart, Marco Roberts, and Toby Black (center) make up the Fly Boys of Flag Troupe Houston. On April 11, the choreographed flagging quintet will perform during Bunnies on the Bayou on the Wortham Center plaza downtown. Flagging has long had a history in other American gay centers, including New York and San Francisco. With their revealing custom-made costumes and precise flag work set to music, the Fly Boys—together as a group for a year and a half—are bringing a gay entertainment tradition home.

PHOTO FINISH

An exhibition of Christopher Olivier’s photographs on satin will remain on display at the Art League of Houston through April 17 as part of FotoFest. The theme of the tenth annual biennial photography event, presented in galleries, museums, and other spaces across the city, is “Water” and its increasing scarcity on the planet (schedule: www.fotofest.com). The gleaming surfaces of Olivier’s works certainly have a liquid tone. In fact, the images are computer circuit boards. (Olivier is pictured in a photo by Gavyn Aaron.)

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