Month: May 2008

Business News

Business News: May 2008

Rob Schmerler has announced that Rachael Perez has joined the Schmerler Agency as a licensed agent for property and casualty insurance as well as life and health insurance. Specializing in…

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Features

Free Agent

Inflate your plastic slappy tubes and pull those red and blue jerseys out of winter storage. WNBA game time has arrived.

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Local News

The Gay Agenda: May 2008

Since 2001, The Houston area has seen a 100-percent increase of new HIV diagnoses among “young men [who have] sex with men.” Accordingly, a health summit is being convened by…

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Local News

Calendar: May 2008

Dubbed the Korean Brokeback Mountain because of its homoeroticism, The King and the Clown, which screens on June 1 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is actually more chaste…

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Books

ReadOut Shorts: May 2008

An isolated Columbian village's men are taken away by Communist guerrillas. After a long, hungry struggle, the remaining women find a way to step out of their traditional roles to…

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Books

Gone Missing

We Disappear is the apropos title for Scott Heim's new novel, the first book from the openly gay author in 11 years. Best known for his 1995 debut novel, Mysterious…

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Music

GrooveOut Shorts: May 2008

All warmed up after playing 80 shows in Europe, the tearoom darling brings his July 14 show to Houston's Toyota Center in support of this delightful hits retrospective. Contains six…

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Music

Clearly Out

Missy Higgins is definitely on the rise. The 2005 debut disc, The Sound of White, earned the out lesbian singer/songwriter a devoted following. The exceptional follow-up, On a Clear Night…

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Television

Gimme ‘Shelter’

Good, low-budget films often seem effortless. They're not. Like the polished public speaker or the unkempt drop-dead gorgeous object of your desire, much work goes into slick or sexy. To…

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Movies

DVD Shorts: May 2008

What happens when a born-again Christian family has a collective near-death experience and meets Jesus who then strips away the trappings of original sin? They awake to find themselves staring…

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