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Barack Obama and Me
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Mescaline on the Mexican Border
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
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Little Bitty Burger Barn
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Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe
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Barack Obama and Me (253)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (21)
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
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Save Lobo: A Siberian Husky Mix is Sentenced to Die (28)
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All This Useless Beauty
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HoustonHipHop.com Relaunch Party (5)
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"CSI: The Experience"
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Lisa Landolt and Jo Barrett
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Michael Winslow
The man with ten thousand noises comes to Houston
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade
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Free First Sundays: Family Flicks
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Over the Weekend: Fotos, Dogs and Sausage. And Hannah Montana Too.
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Jean Karotkin, Divya Murthy, Deborah Bay and Christopher Olivier
Four photographers exhibit their work in a FotoFest-related show
By William Michael Smith
Published: February 28, 2008
Dallas photographer Jean Karotkin started taking photos when she found out she had cancer. Soon after hearing her diagnosis, Karotkin set about photographing survivors across the country, winning national acclaim along the way. That was three years ago, and Karotkin has since become a survivor herself and moved on to different subject matter. She still focuses on women, but in her latest exhibit, “Mirrors,” it’s women and drag queens. By juxtaposing them in the process of dressing, Karotkin explores identity and gender. “On a literal level, mirrors reflect the subject’s images as they prepare themselves for everyday life and/or public performances,” she says. “On a symbolic level, mirrors reveal innermost feelings and thoughts.”
Also showing during this FotoFest-related exhibit are Divya Murthy, Deborah Bay and Christopher Olivier, whose “Cyberspaces” photographs are composed of parts of junk computers sculpted into urban scapes. See it all from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Galveston Arts Center, 2127 The Strand in Galveston. For information, call 409-763-2403 or visit www.galvestonartscenter.org. Free.
March 1-April 6, 2008
