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Class Clown
Jody Schmal | February 17, 2012

Latin loudmouth John Leguizamo, 46, is no stranger to crazy. He grew up in rough-and-tumble Queens and cut his teeth doing stand-up before winning movie roles like a gangster in Carlito’s Way and a drag queen in To Wong Foo...

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Art News: Asian Invasion!
Constance Shook | February 13, 2012

It’s a big month for the Museum of Fine Arts (1001 Bissonnet St., 713.639.7300, mfah.org)! New Director Gary Tinterow started Feb. 2, and on Feb. 19 the MFA...

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Art from the Heart
Evan Wetmore | February 6, 2012

Lamar High grad Susan Spjut showcases a series of personal, emotionally driven paintings and newspaper collages at Galeria Regina (1716 Richmond Ave., 713.523.2524, galeriaregina.com). Hidden...

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This Weekend in Art: Child’s Play!
Evan Wetmore | January 27, 2012

Artist Heather Bause, whose vividly colorful paintings are the subject of a new gallery exhibit in Houston this month, is living a child’s fairy tale.

She met her now-husband Holger when she was 16 and living in...

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Call of the Roman Empire
Troy Schulze | January 27, 2012

Until now, you may have never read the words “young,” “sexy” and “opera” in one sentence. But get ready, because Houston Grand Opera’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of...

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Down to Earth!
Constance Shook | January 27, 2012

This month the Houston Symphony gives “world music” a tune-up as it once again partners with England-based director-producer Duncan Copp, this time for the cinematic Orbit: An HD Odyssey. Debuting Feb. 17 at Jones Hall, the mega-slide-...

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Fit to be Fab!
Jody Schmal | January 27, 2012

Every year, Men’s Health magazine ranks the nation’s fattest cities. Houston topped the list four out of five times between 2001 and 2005.

But since then, Houstonians have been trimming their waistlines and pumping up their...

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Saint Elsewhere
Jeff Gremillion | January 27, 2012

Personal trainer, competitive bodybuilder and model Eric Turner’s admirers—who often behold him in the altogether, or almost, since he’s repeatedly called upon for racy underwear ads—may be surprised to know that he started...

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Fresh Farm
John DeMers | January 27, 2012

Because it’s still early enough to be light, the dining room at the River Oaks area’s Sorrel Urban Bistro strikes me as part of the outdoors. High and wide panels of glass held together by steel and brick seem to barely separate the tables on the...

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Center of Attention
Beth Weitzman | January 27, 2012

Digital advances make it easy to stay connected 24/7 (literally). But every once in a while, it’s good—even necessary—to step off the merry-go-round to reconnect to a much higher state of well-being. Enter Cal-a-Vie Health Spa...

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