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21. Night & Day

    Behind the Velvet Curtain

    By Phillip Valys

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Backstage at the Gershwin Theatre, far from the prying eyes of spectators, the lead actress of Wicked dons a garish gypsy robe, marshals the cast, and bestows blessings upon...

22. Night & Day

    More Personalities Than a Schizophrenic Convention

    By John Letsch

    Published: August 9, 2007

    If you've ever jokingly tried to imitate that cheesy porno flick funk music and drawn only blank stares of horror, you'd better go see Pablo Francisco for pointers. He's one of...

23. Night & Day

    Hang Ten, Down a Pint

    By Bryan Falla

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Taylor Reese changed the way people saw surfing. The surf-doc master has already produced and directed six films about the wettest sport on earth, and he’s now releasing a...

24. Night & Day

    Rock ´n’ High Rollers Club

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 9, 2007

    “When we started out in Denton in the late ´90s, we were all still in school,” says Mike Wiebe, lead singer of the Texas band Riverboat Gamblers. We catch Wiebe at a vulnerable...

25. Night & Day

    In Case of Paparazzi,

    Always Have Amazing Hair

    By Daniel Renzi

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Is it a sign of progress when the gays break out of they city and spread to the suburbs? Or is it a sign of the apocalypse? This depends on your point of view, of course,...

26. Night & Day

    Double D-List

    By Daniel Renzi

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Kathy Griffin won a special place in our hearts when she got fired from hosting E!’s red carpet coverage for making up a rumor about Dakota Fanning’s entry into rehab. That,...

27. Night & Day

    Snakebitten

    By Sam Eifling

    Published: August 9, 2007

    The Arizona Diamondbacks specialize in winning close games and losing blowouts. Near the bottom of the National League in most batting categories and among the best in...

28. Night & Day

    Taco Treasures

    By John Linn

    Published: August 9, 2007

    We've all got our college classes to attend, our TPS reports to finish, and our kids to chauffeur around, but every once in a while we, as Floridians, need to be reminded of...

29. Night & Day

    Dale Chihuly: The Man, the Eye Patch

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 9, 2007

    You missed seeing “Chihuly at Fairchild.” You wanted to go, but it was just so far away, and the ticket price was a little steep for your overdrawn checking account...

30. Night & Day

    Swimming For Shore

    A 2007 Dolphin's offseason retrospective.

    By John Linn

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Ahhh, remember the Miami Dolphin's 2007 offseason? Those were great times! Magical times. Times when we were still optimistic about our dewy-faced, new head coach Cam Cameron...

31. Night & Day

    By the People, for the People

    Two funky art exhibits reveal what the streets are feeling

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: August 9, 2007

    As a teen, R. Grimes was initiated into the local punk scene after taking a thrashing from a group of skinheads. Undeterred, the skateboard rat would frequently travel to the...

32. Night & Day

    “That’s My Childhood Coming Out of Me”

    -- Helena Garcia

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 9, 2007

    The next Yoshitomo Nara is living in Boca Raton. But she’s a pixie-faced girl with a tiny, high-pitched voice. Helena Garcia paints the world as we want to see it: a brightly...

33. Night & Day

    Love Ain’t Forever, But a Tattoo Sure Is

    By Jamie Laughlin

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Did the gal on your tattoo break your heart? Sounds like it’s time for a cover-up. Change your “Sally Forever” into “Ally Fever” -- with a sick tribal running through the...

34. Art

    Texting Nature

    Do Walton Ford's intriguingly oddball watercolors make him the post-modern Audubon?

    By Michael Mills

    Published: August 9, 2007

    A text panel early in "Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford" notes that the artist has been called "Audubon on Viagra." It's a clever line, and Ford could indeed be seen...

35. Artbeat

    "BIG Picture"

    By Marya Summers

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Call it big pictures in a small exhibit that includes some big artists. "BIG Picture" offers a dozen of the Norton Museum's latest large-scale photographic acquisitions. It's...

36. DVDish

    The King Is Everywhere

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Bubba Ho-tep Limited Edition (MGM) Intentional camp is difficult to do well. It's a contradiction that usually comes off cutesy and forced. The old Batman series pulled it...

37. Game On

    Star Dreck

    Alien Syndrome will alienate some, infect others

    By Chris Ward

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Stupid videogame logic, rule number 154: When thousands of fugly, bloodthirsty aliens take over a spaceship, it's best to send in a lone woman with a flamethrower. That's the...

38. Music

    Easy Being Green

    Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour gives back big

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: August 9, 2007

    Buy a ticket to the Projekt Revolution concert and your purchase will contribute to eliminating an estimated 167 tons of carbon emissions this year — which should make...

39. Short Cuts

    Mavis Staples

    We'll Never Turn Back (Anti-)

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: August 9, 2007

    If Mavis Staples never uttered another note, her legacy as one of gospel's greatest voices would still be assured. A surviving member of the legendary Staples Singers, she...

40. Live Wire

    Ben Kweller

    By Austin Powell

    Published: August 9, 2007

    History will remember Ben Kweller with a tampon stuffed up his nose. The 24-year-old songwriter plugged in and rocked out during his Austin City Limits Music Festival...