Lance McCullers, Jose Altuve and Kyle Tucker

AN ANNUAL EVENT to raise funds for some of the top Astros players’ favorite causes knocked it out of the park this year, bringing in a record haul of $600,000.

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Open Dance Project presents 'Flutter' at HBG

WHILE IT CERTAINLY doesn’t feel like fall, the calendar says it is, and so long as they’re not put off by weird weather and a summer hangover of heat and humidity, we can soon expect a whole lot of monarch butterflies to pass through Texas during their 3,000-mile southern migration. To pay tribute to this annual phenomenon, on Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1, from 4-7pm, Houston Botanic Garden and Open Dance Project will present Flutter: The Monarch Butterfly Project.

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NEXT WEEK, BRAZOS Bookstore continues its series of exciting in-person author events with an “interactive theatrical spectacular” presented by children’s book superstars author Mac Barnett and illustrator Shawn Harris. The Oct. 3 event at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church celebrates the publication of The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom, the second book in their bestselling middle-grade graphic novel series.

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