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Legendary rockers Kix to perform tonight in Houston

Fans of KIX, Steve Whiteman (vocals), Brian "Damage" Forsythe (guitar), Ronnie "10/10" Younkins (guitar), Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant (drums), Mark Schenker (bass), have waited almost two decades for new music. Their seventh album, Rock Your Face Off, was released on Aug 5 on Loud & Proud Records and debuted at No 48 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.

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Bar Local brings Austin flare to local lounge scene

From the good-times team that brought you Goodfella’s and Madison’s comes Beaumont’s latest Frankie Ran­dazzo/Buck Maraist brainchild – Bar Local – now open in the old Pacesetter Lounge at the Colonnade Shopping Center on Phelan Boulevard.

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The Weekly Dish: What's happening, Daddio?

 Offering quality burgers, fries and shakes in a laid back atmosphere, Daddio's Burger, created in 2013 by Novrozsky's owner, Dave Jones, is located in former GEO Burrito building on the corner of Calder and Lucas

Keeping it all natural

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In The Dark with Melanie Dishman: Intersteller

Anyone who attended last week’s screening of “Dirt! The Movie,” the public service documentary project sponsored by the Magnolia Garden Club and the City of Beaumont, will realize that Christopher Nolan’s movie gives an accurate depiction of mankind’s future fate — and it’s not good.

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Black Friday ads available in advance online

For the past few decades, an annual Thanksgiving Day event in my house was to get up early, and bring in the log-sized newspaper weighted down with countless Black Friday sale books. Admittedly, sometimes we would go out late Wednesday night to get the early edition of the paper at a local convenience store. The six of us would scour the ads, mixing wishful thinking with a shopping strategy intended to maximize the bargains we could purchase at the local stores.

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