December 14th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Scrooged at Domy Books, Alpenfest in Cypress, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), VerbosCity-Houston Poetry Slam, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, a Fox Follow Christmas Party, the Marvelous Wonderettes, The Nutcracker, Blue Moose Lodge Ugly Sweater Holiday Party, Winter Yoga at Discovery Green, Christmas Revels – A Celtic Celebration, and Yuletide at Bayou Bend’s Family Day
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— Richard
December 7th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Pipe Organ Recital at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, ELF Quote-A-Long at the Drafthouse, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), an Evening of Marrakech, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, Mike Stinson at Blanco’s, the Marvelous Wonderettes, The Nutcracker, Plaid Tidings, Ooh La La Dessert Boutique and Toys for Tots, Slaid Cleaves at the Mucky Duck, and Bagels and Grits
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November 30th, 2010
Living in Houston, I find the creative community, to be quite elusive. When writing for The Loop Scoop we’re telling Houston’s story. Houston’s design, marketing, and artistic societies and what’s being done within them, is part of that story. That being said, we bring you this monthly experience featuring one such creative and their thoughts on a number of issues pertinent to Houston’s vibrant and diverse aesthetics.
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— Richard
November 30th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Ten Pretty Girls and Petal Shop at Avant Garden, Houston’s Farmer’s Market, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), RedBuds Holiday Party, Zumba at Discovery Green, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, HCA Holiday Mixer, the Marvelous Wonderettes, Media that Matters Film Festival, Ooh La La Dessert Boutique and Toys for Tots, Listen!Listen! at Cactus Music, Listen!Listen! at the Mink, Head to Froberg’s, Drink Houston Better-Agora Support, and Lights of Millerville Opening for the Holidays
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November 23rd, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Belly Dancing at Avant Garden, Rick Lee and the Night Owls, Houston’s Farmer’s Market, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), Zumba at Discovery Green, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, 2010 Turkey Trot Benefiting Sheltering Arms Senior Services, Run Through the Woods, Drinks at Anvil, Ooh La La Dessert Boutique and Toys for Tots, Los Lonely Boys at Cactus Music, Head to Froberg’s, Lights of Millerville Opening for the Holidays, and the Fabulous Wonderettes
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November 16th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Rick Lee and the Night Owls, The Spirituality of Vulnerability, Houston’s Farmer’s Market, Patrice Pike and an Irish Session, Zumba at Discovery Green, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Harry Potter Midnight Madness, Sean Reefer & The Resin Valley Boys at the Continental Club, Foam Raiser with Saint Arnold and the Orange Show, Art Crawl 2010, Head to Froberg’s, Men’s Rugby: West Houston vs. Galveston, College Rugby: Rice vs. University of Dallas, and Real Pirates at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
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November 9th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: DJ Sun at Onion Creek, Greetings from Houston, Madame Butterfly, Nobody Needs to Know the Price of Your Saab, Cinema Arts Festival Houston, Die Fliedermaus, B-52’s at the Grand, Head to Froberg’s, Men’s Rugby: HARC vs. BARC, College Rugby: Rice vs. Baylor, Antidote Third Anniversary Party, Real Pirates, and the Eyeopener Tour
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November 3rd, 2010
Welcome back to Street Art of the Week. We’ve done our fair share of coverage on Houston street art, but we want to up the ante a bit and let you have your say. Add your street art photos to our new Flickr group. Show us what you’ve found.

Location: The Heights
Artist: Unknown or Variations on Matisse
Photographer: Hella
— Richard
November 2nd, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Greetings from Houston, Madame Butterfly, Robert Ellis and the Boys, Nobody Needs to Know the Price of Your Saab, Richard III at the University of Houston, Die Fliedermaus, New Orleans Night, Appleseed Cast and Analog Rebellion at Fitzgerald’s, Head to Froberg’s, Autumn Bazarr and Crafts, Rice Rugby vs. SHSU Rugby, Shady Tavern Chili Cook-off, Real Pirates, Ctrl+Art+Create, East Meets West – A Spiritual Dialog, and the Eyeopener Tour
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October 19th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Emerging Bosons at Rice, Movie Night at Khon’s, Greetings from Houston, a Loud Sound and Still Standing, Peter and James at the Big Top, Trivia at Taps, Robert Ellis and the Boys, Honky Tonk Happy Hour, Nobody Needs to Know the Price of Your Saab, the Marriage of Bette and Boo, Dia De Los Muertos at Lawndale, Run for You Life 5k, Mens Rugby: HARC vs. BARC vs. the Woodlands, Linus Pauling Quartet Show at Cactus, Real Pirates, and the Day of the Dead in the Heights
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— Richard