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Houston is still riding the high from the Astros’ World Series win, which was forever immortalized by artist Opie Otterstad. He unveiled his MLB-sanctioned painting, “Houston Celebration 2017,” at Off the Wall. Baseball players, past and present, and sports fans gathered at the Galleria art gallery to view the piece, which depicts the orange-clad team dog-piling pitcher Charlie Morton just after he clinched the victory.

Aaron Ogden and Kayla Pylat
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A Young Houston Author Brings a Feminist Perspective to Ancient Hindu Myths in ‘Goddess of the River’

“DO YOU KNOW how a river forms?” is the question that begins Houston author Vaishnavi Patel’s new book, Goddess of the River. The voice belongs to Ganga, goddess of India’s Ganges river, who has been transformed against her will by Lord Shiva from “a tributary of the cosmic ocean” into the physical form of a mere winding river, with no path to the heavens, only the sea. Later, Ganga runs afoul of a powerful sage who transforms her yet again into a human, and as it happens in myths, things get complicated.

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Cattle Baron's Ball Toasts Upcoming Gala with Country-Music-Filled Kickoff Bash Downtown

Daniel Ortiz and Jacob Power

Kaleta Johnson, Heather Almond, Zinat Ahmed, Disney Harris

SUPPORTERS OF THE American Cancer Society boot-scooted on over to Downtown’s The Rustic venue to kick off this year’s Cattle Baron’s Ball and the tremendous fundraising efforts that go along with it.

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