Karbachtoberfest

FARM-TO-TABLE fare! Caviar! Craft brew, barbecue and big beef! It’s all on the table this fall in the Houston area, especially if you’re hungry to get out and discover new stomping grounds. Many festival tickets sell out fast, so sign up now (or sweat it out).

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Mia Pinero, Ellen Harvey, and Alexandra Silber in Alley Theatre’s production of Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano.

ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE COULDN'T be more pleased to be directing the Alley Theatre world premiere of Lend Me A Soprano, playwright Ken Ludwig’s gender-flipped version of his Tony Award-winning play Lend Me A Tenor. Revised by Ludwig, this remix of one of the 20th century’s greatest farces, with the lead characters now re-imagined as women, retains all of the door-slamming, screwball madness of the original, but is imbued throughout with a more “feminine” subtext. “It’s a horrible thing to say,” laughs Holdridge, “but I wouldn’t want a man to be directing it!”

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Dinner was served on the stage after Houston Ballet's performance of 'Peter Pan' (photo by Wilson Parish)

HOUSTON'S ICONIC CULTURAL institutions are back! As the Houston Symphony poises to debut its new season on Friday night, the Houston Ballet is touting its spectacular Opening Night last weekend — which featured a fabulous meal, right on the stage, with the dancers as honored guests.

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