:: 30TH ANNIVERSARY SUSAN SMITH BLACKBURN PRIZE DRAMATIC READING :: The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize honoring women playwrights from around the world, has decided to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary by hosting a reading and the awards in Houston. Five short works by local women playwrights (a talented bunch) will be presented as dramatic readings by Houston’s acting community (another talented bunch) at the Alley Theatre’s Neuhaus Stage this Sunday, March 9th at 3:00PM. Excerpts......

Make haste, young (Prairie Home Companion) lovers. Garrison Keillor will perform with the Houston Symphony tonight at 8 p.m. in the American Expressions series. The author, humorist and host of “A Prairie Home Companion” has performed with the Houston Symphony before, and the last time he did the show sold out quickly. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you can purchase a ticket on ebay. Seems you can buy almost anything else there. Keillor, a native......