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Susan Powell (not that one) is a multitalented lady with an enviable resume. She was Miss America in 1981, the host of a television show on the Discovery Channel for nearly a decade, and she boasts a long and impressive list of concert appearances and theater performances to boot.

Powell is currently in town, portraying Sarah Brown in Theatre Under the Stars‘ production of Guys and Dolls, which runs through Sunday at the Hobby Center. CultureMap spoke with the entertainer about her some all-American past endeavors and where Houston’s theater scene rates.

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Love Central Market but hate the parking lot? Now the gourmet grocer is taking its popular kitchen creations on the road in Houston.

The Houston store is debuting a new food truck this fall, dubbed the Central Market Roadie. Details are scarce, but the new food truck Twitter account describes the operation as “fresh, fast Central Market food with a changing menu and specials.”

This won’t be Central Market’s first mobile unit. The Fort Worth store debuted the “Herban Eatery Assault Truck,” or H.E.A.T, in February. The HEAT serves up a changing menu of gourmet burgers and fries at the Central Market patio during weekly live music performances, attends community events like Fort Worth South’s “First Friday on the Green” and also houses a catering operation that can be rented for corporate events or private parties.

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It was a swell crowd that danced in the shadow of the pyramids Saturday night as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston raised a pharaoh’s ransom in greenbacks at the Grand Gala Ball, this year themed an “Egyptian Fantasy” in honor of the upcoming King Tutexhibition.

While Cleopatras preened in the spotlight and soaring palm trees swayed in the flow of the air-conditioning in the museum’s Law building, a heavy-hitter contingent totalling 450 partied against a backdrop of the iconic Egyptian pyramids and the Temple of Luxor, presented in practically life-sized projections.

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Houston’s foodie community never manages to feel as big and yet as tight-knit as during My Table’s annual Houston Culinary Awards. With exponential growth since the beginning of the awards 15 years ago, the event was held for the second time at the Conrad Hilton ballroom at the University of Houston Hilton and emceed by KUHF’s St. John Flynn, with a three-course dinner catered by Jason Hauck, Quattro‘s Maurizio Ferrarese, Jeramie Robison of Cinq, Grant Gordon of Tony’s, Eatsie Boys‘ Matt Marcus and Rebecca Masson ofFluff Bake Bar.

The 10 official Houston Culinary Awards have been augmented by 15 more casual categories, dubbed Houston Foodie Star award. All the awards were decided through online voting from Houston foodies.

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