Critiquing Movie Critics and Their Obscure Jargon
A columnist rails at film critics by lampooning their pretentious prose and inflated pretensions. He mocks reviews of Hollywoodland The Last King of Scotland Keeping Mum and more while praising his own plain speaking approach and humor.
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Saddam Hussein
George Reeves
Superman
Scotland
Alfred Hitchcock
Robin Williams
Arts and crafts show opens at Baytown Community Center
Baytown Parks and Recreation hosts its annual arts and crafts show from noon to 7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 2407 Market St. Free to the public. More than 40 vendors offer Christmas ornaments yard art beaded items and crystal lamps with info at 281-420-6597.
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Mike Flinn
Market St
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Parks and Recreation
Baytown
Chambers County
First Baptist Church
E. Houston St
Dayton
San Jacinto Elementary
Career Connection
Lee College Recruitment Office
Tucker Hall
Lee.edu
Memorial fundraiser planned for Mackey in Highlands
A memorial benefit for Roslyn Jenae Mackey will start at noon Saturday at Tug Boat Annie's in Highlands. Proceeds will fund a gravestone and related expenses, with Mackey and Paul families hosting. Dinner plates start at $6, catering by Catfish on Wheels. For details, call Tug Boat Annie's or Misty Paul to donate.
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Annie
Clear Lake Road
Highlands
Mackey
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Catfish On Wheels
Misty Paul
Ward Road
Roslyn Jenne Mackey
Annie’s
la Familia
NASA Road
Clear Lake
Lee High School
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
JC Opry
Palestine St
Jacinto City
Love INC Fall Concert Brings Churches Together in Baytown
Local residents are invited to the annual Love INC fall concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark s United Methodist Church. Tommy Meekins says the event unites multiple churches as 200 to 400 attendees from over 40 churches gather for music and community worship. For details call 281-422-5683.
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N. Main St
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Baytown
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Community calendar highlights local events and closures
Chambers County Libraries close for Veteran's Day while line dancing sessions run at Highlands Center. Baytown Go Texans host third annual brisket sale to aid the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Art League painting sessions and genealogy library hours listed. TOPS meets Crosby Center. story time at West Chambers. bridge at Market Street center. Highlands seniors dance and Go Getters events. scrapbook event starts evening at Baytown venue.
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Market St
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Lone Star Room
Baytown Community Center
Rotary Books for the World aids Africa literacy drive
Rotary Books for the World project by Daryl Fontenot Brennan Marsh and Jeremy White with Kim Archer at Sterling Municipal Library has shipped over 5 million books from Houston to Africa to aid South and Eastern African regions hosting refugees. The program targets institutions in poverty and areas with limited public education, funded by Texas Rotarians and supported by local events and notices across Baytown Dayton and nearby communities.
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Brennan Marsh
Jeremy White
Kim Archer
Sterling Municipal Library
South Africa
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Texas Rotarians
Houston
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Today in History highlights and community notices
On November 10 1775 Marines were organized by the Continental Congress. The U S American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis in 1919. Kate Smith first sang God Bless America on CBS in 1938. The Iwo Jima Memorial was dedicated in 1954. Sesame Street debuted in 1969. The Edmund Fitzgerald vanished in 1975, Gary Gilmore was executed in 1976, with related remarks from President Bush five years ago. The Baytown Sun invites photo submissions and notes the 75th annual Goodfellows drive to help Baytown area children. For help with corrections, contact Managing Editor David Bloom.
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