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Join DISH this weekend for BUGS, BEER and A Great Cause! 

Choose tails or heads - either way you’re a winner at this March Madness Elite 8

Food will be ready at O.T.C. Bar from 1-6 pm this Saturday afternoon and it's ONLY $25 ALL YOU CAN EAT Crawfish Boyale! 

Purchase tickets online by CLICKING HERE

Ain?! T’as raison! -$25 All You Can Eat Boiled Crawfish, Corn, Potatoes, and Jambalaya!

Nothing is worth doing unless it benefits a great cause...so this one is benefiting ChildBuilders (so you win again)!

Cajun translation: Choix queues o tetes ...Laisser les bons temps rouler!   Tonner mes Chiens - Tout you eat $25!! Mudbugs, mais, Poto & touche o gris gris  - Ah C’est Bon!

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See you Saturday, DISHIES!

40 women,  1 photographer, Four years of work culminated in 40 unique black and white prints now known as 40 over 40.  The unique collection of black and white prints not only illuminates the unique spirit of its female subjects; but the journey for the photographer, Jeff Myers, and the women who volunteered to participate.  40 over 40 is more than an exhibit in Fotofest, it's an exercise in freedom and beauty.

The exhibition opened over the weekend and runs through April 17 in conjunction with FOTO FEST at the Museum of Cultural Arts Houston. www.mocah.org

40 over 40 dispels the myth that age and beauty are mutually exclusive.  This collection of black and white nudes expresses the inner beauty and spirit which resides in all women regardless of background and circumstances.  What started as a simple favor for a friend blossomed into a massive production but it's always about the journey, isn't it? Many of the ladies involved confess to life-changing behaviors including rebuilding their self-esteem.  Myers took on the project for a friend who wanted to be photographed nude to mark a special occasion.  But, somehow word got out and the project took on a life of its own. 

Myers said, “Being able to capture the spirit that exists in women over forty has been a journey that I will never forget. “

All of the subjects who participated are just normal, everyday women.  Two women are breast cancer survivors, many are wives and moms encouraged by their kids and spouses to do something they had always wanted to do.  For some, participating marked a milestone birthday.  All of them are proud to be involved in such a freeing, inspiring and beautiful project.

Make sure to see this show at MOCAH before April 17th!

Did the Houston scene seem a little dead Monday night March 5th? That's because more than 200 of Houston's brightest and liveliest women were at Main Street Theater for the evening's brightest attraction. They ended up having an uproarious time, hooting and hollering, some doubled up in laughter during the sneak preview of Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women©.  

The show, based on the teenage diaries of the two authors and the experiences of women everywhere, is set to debut in Houston September 6, 2012. Audience reception has been so extraordinary that the show has been running for more than two years in Denver and more than eight months in Minneapolis. And it opens in Pittsburgh on Memorial Day.  

At Monday's reception, authors and actresses Linda Klein and Barbara Gehring regaled the audience with stories of their creative journey and gave the receptive Houston crowd a sample vignette from the comedy. The two were in Houston last week to conduct auditions to select the local cast. Hosting the evening were the show's Houston co-producer, Sydney Greenblatt, and the founder/artistic director of Main Street Theater, Rebecca Udden. The reception's media sponsor, Beverly Denver, editor and publisher of Houston Woman Magazine joined in the fun of the evening.

Also seen in the crowd -- über-networkers Sarah Gish and Sara Speer Selber, Content Active President/CMO Lisa Holland-Nelson, Bambi McCullough, CEO of ChrysalisPartners , Greenwood King realtor, Sharon Brier with gal-pals Amy Greneder, Cookie Portnoy and Glenda Waldman, Society for the Performing Arts, marketing guru Marie Jacinto,  Main Street Theater Board Member Marian Strug, Village Frame Shop's Michele Granit, Buffalo Bayou Partnership PR Director Trudi Smith with Pat Hadley and Ellen Grodjesk and Kalyani Giri from Indo-American News.

While onstage, Barbara and Linda acknowledged Eric Malmberg, Ed.D., Texas Women's University Institute of Health Sciences as the only guy in the audience!  Eric proudly stood and introduced himself and wife Marlene.  Also enjoying the light-hearted moment were Rev. Helen Havens, Yummi Ice Cream's, Pam Reynolds, Houston City Breakfast Club Board members, Ellen Sanborn, Tuppen Bourianoff, Chandra Stone, Jo Rosenblum King, Judge Leigh Faoro Saint-Germain, Jeanette Dixon, Susie Day, and Ute Cezeaux, artists Toby Topek and Sandi Bryant-Seltzer and photographer Janice Rubin.  Reliant Park's Nina Jackson and Karen Barber, therapist Joan Brochstein, trend-setter El Matha Wilder with friend Ellen Brownback, pals Rhonda Glick and Diane Gelman, friends Amy Freeman and Betsy Siegel and Dish-Houston.com publisher Lori Freese.

BY DISH CONTRIBUTOR SCOTT ARTHUR:

George DvorskyGeorge Dvorsky’s favorite roles seem to be reluctant father figures who warm to juvenile charm. “I guess it comes with age. In High School I was voted the man who would be the best father.” said Dvorsky. He recently appeared as Captain Von Trapp in the TUTS production of The Sound of Music and now plays the lovable tycoon Oliver Warbucks in the current production of Annie. Dvorsky, who has the looks and voice of a prime time Robert Goulet, has to shave his head for the iconic part,.  “Because I do a lot of work in Houston, it has been my honor to get to know President and Mrs. Bush. Barbara called and asked me to lunch a week before the show started so that she could still see me with hair” he laughed.

Annie was first produced as a Broadway musical in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, winning nine Tony Awards. Signature songs “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard – Knock Life” are still crowd pleasers. Dvorsky thinks that the Depression – era show is still popular because it fills a void. “We’re at a point in this country where we need more optimism and love. People relate to the economic times portrayed on stage and the need for a more positive attitude.” he said. “And it’s not played like a cartoon. The characters, the problems and solutions are all real.”

Dvorsky has played this role on more than one occasion and admits customizing his interpretation of the character based on the age and appearance of the actress playing Annie.

“The last time I was Daddy Warbucks, Annie was twelve years old. I played the role strong and supportive. The Annie for this production is nine and a little smaller. Her name is Sadie Sink, a Texas native and very talented. I’ll play Daddy a bit more sensitive and not so overpowering. My favorite song in the show is “Something Was Missing.” It’s just me and Annie – and very sweet.”

With more than a few Broadway shows under his belt, Dvorsky compares audiences along the big White Way to theater goers in Houston. “I love Houston – it’s a theater town.  The audiences are always warm and very savvy.” he said.

Leapin’ Lizards. Don’t wait until “Tomorrow”. Tickets are available now by calling 713-558-8887 or CLICKING HERE Annie shows at the Hobby Center March 20-April 1.

BY DISH CONSTIBUTOR MONIQUE WESTON:

Willem van Aelst (1627–1683) painted still lifes that are remarkable for their fine finish, carefully balanced composition, elegant subject matter, and rich, jewel-toned palette. He played an important role in the trending of Dutch painting at the time toward greater elegance and refinement.

The exhibition is co-curated by James Clifton, Director of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation and Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Painting at the MFAH, and Arthur Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque Painting at the National Gallery of Art. The project was conceived by Tanya Paul, Ruth G. Hardman Curator of European Art at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, following her Ph.D. dissertation on Van Aelst. The project developed while Ms. Paul was a curatorial fellow at the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation in Houston.