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The secret joys of piano tuning
Chicago Sun-Times
CSO staff tuner Jim Houston started in the late 1960s. “It's all I've ever done for a career,” he said. | John H. White~Sun-Times photos The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has a lot of pianos. At least 20, at any given time, scattered throughout Symphony ...


 
The Ultimate Houston movie? All these years later, Reality Bites still rings true
CultureMap Houston
And of course, since it was a conversation about Houston, we started off talking about the heat. The snow was softly swirling into thigh-high drifts outside Ben Stiller's rented condo on that January morning during the '94 Sundance Film Festival.


 
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Haute Wheels Food Truck Fest Hits Houston Again
KUHF-FM
The second Haute Wheels Food Truck Festival kicks off this weekend. Last year over 3000 people descended on Houston Community College's parking lot. And that was the problem, overcrowding. But this year organizers say they've worked out the kinks.

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China: film about Red Cross messages receives prize at Houston Film Festival
ICRC (press release)
In April 2012, 25 Words – a 90-minute documentary made by Liu Shen – won the Remi Award Bronze Medal at the 45th WorldFest-Houston International Independent Film Festival, the oldest independent film festival in the world.

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'Beasts Of The Southern Wild' Trailer: Is The Sundance Film Festival Fave A ...
Huffington Post
Which raises the question: does 2012 have its first serious Oscar contender? The film, which stars newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis, is about a young girl who tries to overcome immense odds to save her father and her bayou home after a biblical-like ...

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A great concert deal at the pavilion
Houston Chronicle
By Ken Hoffman INDIO, CA - APRIL 27: Musician Jason Aldean performs onstage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on April 27, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Stagecoach) Photo: ...

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Tab Benoit flying high while staying grounded
Tahoe Daily Tribune
I have to bring at least two guitars. I can't bring amps and then you are subject to weather delays and I don't want to go through all that.” Moreover, Benoit, who travels in a tour bus, disdains going through the invasive airport security process.

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