Art Walk 2013
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A man holds a young girl as the two watch performance artist Laura Pregeant during the 3rd annual Art Walk held in downtown Huntsville on Friday night. The event is hosted by the Sam Houston State University Student Art Association and features 2-D, 3-D, video, animation and performance art. Works were displayed at and around Avenue L Coffeehouse on Sam Houston Avenue.
All the world …
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The pointed toes of Jessica Hoyt, a dance student at Studio C in Huntsville, cast a subtle shadow on the light floor of the studio as she follows the instruction of Christy Waites. Waites owns and instructs at Studio C, she previously performed with the Houston Ballet Company and The Woodlands Ballet Company.
500th Texas execution
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Jean Wilkins Dember, right, protests the execution of Kimberly McCarthy on Wednesday outside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit, where the death chamber is located. McCarthy became the 500th person executed in Texas since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982. The 52-year-old was also the first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010. – See more at: http://itemonline.com/local/x479821338/Woman-executed-for-1997-slaying#sthash.J2luBVTA.dpuf
Football season picks up
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Clayton Swor of the New Waverly Bulldogs reaches for his helmet as the varsity team took the field at New Waverly High School for their final scrimmage before their season opener next Friday. Swor is the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs. Look for the 2012 Football Preview magazine in Wednesday’s paper for more information on this year’s football season. The preview includes the New Waverly Bulldogs, Huntsville Hornets, Alpha Omega Lions and SHSU Bearkats.