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'The Bubble' turns Hollywood Covid protocols into a thin pandemic-era comedy
"The Bubble" is an apt title for what plays like one long, hermetically sealed inside joke, a making-of-a-movie satire filled with winking Hollywood references and plenty of stars. It's also an old-fashioned family affair, with co-writer/director Judd Apatow joined by his wife and daughter, none of which can make this bubble worth entering.
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Alarming comments force Mobile County public schools into enhanced security measures
Clint Bernard is the man that the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says made some alarming comments that forced Mobile County Public Schools into a code orange this morning.
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The West is running out of ways to punish Putin
Western outrage, new sanctions, and promised state-of-the-art weapons came too late to save the man found shot dead next to his bike on a grassy bank outside Kyiv. The man was pictured in a weekend of horrific imagery from Ukraine.
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“PARTY ON THE PLAZA” MUSIC SERIES RETURNS TO AVENIDA HOUSTON
Party on the Plaza, a live music series produced by Houston First Corp. and presented by Champion Energy, will be making its way back to Avenida Houston this Friday, April 8!
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Hermann Park Conservancy Breaks Ground On the Commons at Hermann Park
Project will transform 26-acre space into a multi-use destination
On Saturday, April 2, Hermann Park Conservancy (HPC) and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) broke ground on the Commons, a 26-acre space in the Park’s southwest corner on the corner of Fannin and Cambridge Streets. The project, part of HPC’s 20-year master plan, aims to make the Park an even more beneficial place for all Houstonians and to unify communities for years to come.
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Fact check: In series of false claims, Republican Rep. Lisa McClain says Trump caught Osama bin Laden
Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, a freshman Republican member of Congress, made a series of false claims in a short speech at former President Donald Trump's rally outside Detroit on Saturday -- notably including an assertion that Trump, who has endorsed her for re-election, was the president who caught terrorist Osama bin Laden.
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The job hunt can be exhausting. Here's how to cope
Are upper middle class and affluent shoppers starting to feel the pinch from higher prices and geopolitical concerns? If so, what does that mean for the rest of American consumers?Amid America's Great Resignation, millions of workers continue to leave their jobs. In February, 4.4 million employees quit, according to the Labor Department, and the unemployment rate dropped to a pandemic-era low of 3.6% in March.
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says moments of silence won't solve gun violence
Following Sunday's mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that left six people dead and a dozen injured, the head coach of one of the NBA's most-watched teams has renewed his call for stronger gun control laws.
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Rookie Jalen Green's Improvement Gives Rockets Hope
“All-Star was just a confidence builder, being in that atmosphere, playing in that game,” Green said. “On top of that, me, and Luke (assistant coach John Lucas) be in the gym working, all the time. I’m just trusting my work.”
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The V.O. Burton Foundation Inc Hosts Trinity Garden Give Back Event
Phyllis Burton is the CEO and Founder of the V.O. Burton Foundation Inc. This nonprofit organization was created in honor of her late father Varn O. Burton. He managed over seven apartment complexes in the Trinity Gardens community. During his tenure he relentlessly gave back to the community and was an agent of change. He would visit tenants that transitioned to nursing homes and bring them needed items and a home cooked meal that he prepared himself. The V.O. Burton Foundation Inc is hosting Its first event where it all began.
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The Obama Portraits Tour Opens April 3 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Featuring the acclaimed portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
This Spring the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will host the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tour of portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald. The acclaimed portraits will be on view from April 3 through May 30, 2022.
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The Ensemble Theatre celebrates its 45th Anniversary Season with “Single Black Female”
The Ensemble Theatre continues its 45th Anniversary Season with the production of Single Black Female by Lisa B. Thompson. The Theatre welcomes back who was last seen in The Lawsons: A Civil Rights Love Story.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Returning to In-Person Meetings
After Two Years Virtual, Congregations Will Meet Together Again Beginning April 1
All congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the world are being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings during the week of April 1.
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Project Row Houses Selects Artists to be Featured in Round 53: The Curious Case of Critical Race..Theory
Project Row Houses (PRH) fifty-third Artist Round: The Curious Case of Critical Race – Theory? Curated by Danielle Burns-Wilson, it will open Saturday, March 12, 2022. Round 53 will remain on view Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 5 pm through June 5, 2022.
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Local Houston HIV Advocacy Organization, the Normal Anomaly Initiative, to Receive Donations From Lil Nas X “Baby Registry”
The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Inc., a Houston-based nonprofit dedicated to assisting Black, queer+ people with overcoming barriers and ending stigmas and problematic narratives, today announced that rapper Lil Nas X’s Montero baby registry raised nearly $500,000 for grantees of Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s COMPASS Initiative® COMPASS grantees, organizations on the frontlines working to address the growing HIV epidemic in the Southern U.S.
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Hometown Hero Bun B Will Serve as the 35th Annual Art Car Parade Grand Marshal
Fresh off his H-town Takeover, Bun B Will Lend Some Formidable Star Power to the 35th Annual Art Car Parade When 250 Mobile Masterpieces Come Roaring Back into Downtown Houston on April 9
The 35th Annual Houston Art Car Parade Weekend presented by Team Gillman (April 7-10) announced Bun B as the grand marshal of the 2022 parade, slated to roll through downtown on Saturday, April 9. Bun B follows in the footsteps of luminaries such as Cheech Marin, Dan Aykroyd, J.J. Watt, The Art Guys, Annise Parker, Kinky Friedman, Lynn Wyatt and George Clinton, to name a few.
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No Days Off For Rockets Rookie Daishen Nix
As the media walked into the end of the Houston Rockets morning shootaround at American Airlines Arena, two players were locked into a fierce but friendly trash-talking three-point shooting competition. Every shot that went up had words that followed the ball towards the basket.
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Sunday Best: Celebrating Opening Day of the Obama Portraits Tour
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, invites Houstonians to celebrate at the Museum: celebrate your families; celebrate your communities; celebrate creativity, wellness, passion, and fashion; celebrate opening day in Houston of the official tour of the portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald (April 3–May 30, 2022). Put on your “Sunday Best” and join us for a fun, free, enriching afternoon festival at the Museum.
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Marilyn Nance, Sunday Best Philadelphia, PA, 1990, gelatin silver print, The Songs of My People Collection, gift of New African Visions, Time Warner Inc, and …
Published on April 1, 2022
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Council Member Edward Pollard Partners with METRO to Launch Innovative Jobs Resource
Council Member Edward Pollard will hold a press conference to announce the launch of DistrictJJobs.com, a website that offers tools to job seekers to find employment with local companies. The press conference will be held Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. in the parking lot at 3201 Hillcroft St., Houston, TX 77057. METRO President and CEO Thomas C. Lambert will also be in attendance.
