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      <image:title>Omar Afra — 2026 Houston Outdoor Living Report</image:title>
      <image:caption>Houston skyline from Buffalo Bayou — backdrop for Right Angle's premium outdoor living projects. Omar Afra co-authored the 2026 Houston Outdoor Living &amp; Eco-Friendly Backyard Transformation Report.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Permeable paver installation Houston TX — Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors</image:title>
      <image:caption>Permeable paver patio installation in Houston Heights, TX by Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors — Pavestone and Belgard systems for stormwater management.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brazilian Ipe hardwood deck Houston TX — Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brazilian hardwood Ipe deck installation in Houston, TX by Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors. Omar Afra recommends Ipe for its 40–75 year lifespan and termite resistance in Houston's climate.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Cedar pergola installation Houston TX — Right Angle shade architecture</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cedar pergola and shade architecture installation in Houston, TX. Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors — co-founded by Omar Afra and Pedro Salazar.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Eco-friendly native plant landscaping in Houston, TX by Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors. Texas native palette designed for Zone 9B heat and clay soil.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Permeable paver patio installation in Houston TX — climate-smart outdoor living by Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors, co-founded by Omar Afra.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Engineered retaining wall installation in Houston TX — drainage-first backyard transformation by Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors. Omar Afra's framework: solve drainage before hardscape.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brazilian hardwood decking for Houston backyard transformations. Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors installs Ipe, Garapa, and Massaranduba for 40–75 year performance.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Houston entrepreneur Omar Afra — portrait</image:title>
      <image:caption>Omar Afra, Houston entrepreneur — founder of Free Press Houston, Free Press Summer Fest, Day for Night, and Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors.</image:caption>
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    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/eb6b98ca-de6e-4808-a124-72f8a7b10126/dfn-2016-lineup-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: the concentric identity, 2016</image:title><image:caption>The 2016 poster layers a teal circular mark above parallel music and art programs. Its printed dates, December 17–18, anchor an edition advertising Aphex Twin, Björk Digital and United Visual Artists.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b2a024b1-5b9f-43d0-832c-3e2424d06507/right-angle-heights-backyard-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Houston Heights backyard with a tiled pool and spa, pool surround, vertical cedar fence, brick counter and pergola beside a two-story house.</image:title><image:caption>A Houston Heights backyard brings a pool surround, vertical cedar privacy fence, brick counter and pergola into one outdoor setting, photographed in Right Angle’s completed-work collection.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2017-loop-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night 2017 — identity in motion</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2017 animated identity sequence published on Kiffer Keegan's page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a376a606-63e2-4927-89cf-75499ec4ddc8/fpsf-2012-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: Jermaine Rogers, 2012</image:title><image:caption>The 2012 lineup poster places the festival at Eleanor Tinsley Park on June 2–3. The archive’s curator credits Jermaine Rogers’ artwork; the printed sheet itself carries no artist credit.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/092b981f-a8f4-46c5-a810-c2266965ef7d/day-for-night-2015-silver-street-site-visit-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Panoramic exhibition space at Silver Street Studios during the exploratory Day for Night 2015 visit</image:title><image:caption>Four photographs from the exploratory Silver Street Studios visit preserve the first festival’s setting before production. Exterior, warehouse and exhibition-space views connect an industrial site to Day for Night’s beginnings.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/980b8a51-13cb-47e0-94fb-b14c3da96935/day-for-night-2015-silver-street-site-visit-1.webp</image:loc><image:title>Silver Street Studios gate and sign during the exploratory 2015 site visit</image:title><image:caption>Four photographs from the exploratory Silver Street Studios visit preserve the first festival’s setting before production. Exterior, warehouse and exhibition-space views connect an industrial site to Day for Night’s beginnings.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/5fa7d83d-4dee-4589-954d-63a241ba3ae9/day-for-night-2015-silver-street-site-visit-2.webp</image:loc><image:title>Silver Street Studios exterior during the exploratory 2015 site visit</image:title><image:caption>Four photographs from the exploratory Silver Street Studios visit preserve the first festival’s setting before production. Exterior, warehouse and exhibition-space views connect an industrial site to Day for Night’s beginnings.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/79ec1bd3-1cd6-4f1b-8874-577cb4c318f7/day-for-night-2015-silver-street-site-visit-3.webp</image:loc><image:title>Warehouse interior at Silver Street Studios during the exploratory 2015 site visit</image:title><image:caption>Four photographs from the exploratory Silver Street Studios visit preserve the first festival’s setting before production. Exterior, warehouse and exhibition-space views connect an industrial site to Day for Night’s beginnings.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a9746c17-f189-4e64-8fe8-8eb3e3e46ebd/texas-muslim-founder-note-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Editorial collage combining Muslim Texans, a Texas flag, Houston skyline, bluebonnets and prickly pear.</image:title><image:caption>A personal welcome to Texas Muslim, rooted in Houston’s everyday encounters. Omar Afra explains the publication’s name and describes faith, place and belonging through lived experience.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/6baecfa9-6853-4bcb-b8a0-5388a36f4358/texas-muslim-founder-note-1.webp</image:loc><image:title>Omar Afra in a Houston barbershop chair with barber Danny Truong.</image:title><image:caption>A personal welcome to Texas Muslim, rooted in Houston’s everyday encounters. Omar Afra explains the publication’s name and describes faith, place and belonging through lived experience.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/e7398901-be7d-4616-b2e6-1ecad54a42ea/live-index-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Live Index logo transforming into live-music data</image:title><image:caption>Live Index animated identity.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c3f0d796-5365-4b30-9fe8-7a07a4239449/testset-blue-dot-fever-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Published hero image accompanying Blue Dot Fever Is What Happens When the Algorithm Books the Room.</image:title><image:caption>An essay about unsold ticket inventory and the risks of booking from digital popularity signals. Omar Afra considers the gap between online attention, venue size and the paid audience a live show can attract.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-day-for-night-12.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — festival study 12</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night festival photograph published on Kiffer Keegan's Day for Night page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fpsf-2009-flyer.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest, 2009</image:title><image:caption>Existing Free Press Summer Fest project image illustrating this source-linked analysis; not an original article cover.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-tundra-101617-0ByH8qFF-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Tundra — archive motion study</image:title><image:caption>Archive recording; silent preview excerpt.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4705.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Strange Economics of Kanye West’s 2026 Stadium Run</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying a Testset article published through Omar Afra’s publishing account; no opening-text byline was verified.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/tm-brandon-gill.webp</image:loc><image:title>Brandon Gill Doesn’t Know Beans About Texas Muslims</image:title><image:caption>Editorial artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Texas Muslim opinion article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b11ce47f-7a92-4dab-b5a9-d7708be7968f/wbp-2005-10-band-schedule-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: West Fest Compressed</image:title><image:caption>The October 2005 schedule prints thirty-six sets across Helios, Numbers, Imagine That and Mango’s. Preserved as a newspaper page, it records the advertised program alongside the event’s neighborhood map.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/ec79399c-4d40-411c-9000-75b9e81e5828/right-angle-heights.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Completed outdoor construction project by Right Angle Home &amp; Outdoors</image:title><image:caption>Existing Right Angle project image illustrating this source-linked interview; not an original article cover.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-day-for-night-17.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — festival study 17</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night festival photograph published on Kiffer Keegan's Day for Night page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-fpsf-2015-ads-fancypants-performers-insta-04-0ByH8qFF.webp</image:loc><image:title>FPSF 2015 — Fancy Pants</image:title><image:caption>From the Free Press Houston Photo Dump.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-161914899_10158068814846104_7267179292088086908_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Houston festival crowd and skyline</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4699.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Lost Independent Press: Who Killed the American Alt Rag?</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/tm-barbershop.webp</image:loc><image:title>Omar Afra with barber Danny Truong at Bald Fade City</image:title><image:caption>Omar Afra at Bald Fade City with barber Danny Truong.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2016-oneohtrix-point-never.webp</image:loc><image:title>Oneohtrix Point Never at Day for Night</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2016 performance photograph credited to Julian Bajsel.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/3eea010c-cdbf-4e11-ba3e-ffce78433eb8/wbp-2005-10-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: Timothy J. Dorsey’s map</image:title><image:caption>Timothy J. Dorsey’s hand-drawn map sets stages against Westheimer, Montrose, Taft and Fairview. Published in Free Press Houston Issue 52, it preserves the neighborhood geography of the October 2005 event.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/688d4e80-37fb-42e6-9883-f024a4d87c5b/right-angle-hardwood-pool-deck-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>A low hardwood deck built around a mature live oak beside a swimming pool at a Houston-area Right Angle project.</image:title><image:caption>A low Brazilian hardwood deck wraps a mature live oak beside a swimming pool. The photograph documents Right Angle’s built work and the meeting of timber, planting and water.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-day-for-night-29.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — festival study 29</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night festival photograph published on Kiffer Keegan's Day for Night page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-2015-fpsf-lineup-15sec-h264-1-0ByH8qFF-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>FPSF 2015 — animated lineup</image:title><image:caption>Archive recording; silent preview excerpt.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-193666864_10158266673801104_1987656273909970676_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Festival stage in light</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4692.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest Was the Case Study: How Live Nation Put the Mid-Sized American Music Festival to Sleep</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/tm-maryam.webp</image:loc><image:title>What Muslims believe about Jesus and Mary</image:title><image:caption>Supplied editorial collage from Texas Muslim.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/405efefe-4b76-4ac3-acbc-91e10fe0b67a/red-rocks-ownership-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Red Rocks Amphitheatre and surrounding red sandstone formations.</image:title><image:caption>A study of Red Rocks that separates public ownership, operation, event promotion and ticketing. Official venue records demonstrate why an entertainment company’s involvement in a concert does not establish ownership of the building.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/d0688f56-d526-4e98-b581-b98d29449095/wbp-2006-spring-planned-stage-guide-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: Tyler Barber’s stage guide</image:title><image:caption>Tyler Barber’s illustrated stage guide appeared in Free Press Houston Issue 63. It preserves the planned April 29 program; the archive records a rainout and does not treat the schedule as completed performances.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/63d2aa3f-cbfa-4d25-97ed-7b98e53a2607/right-angle-west-university-brick-drive-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Clay-brick herringbone side drive with a soldier-course border and gravel strip between fences in West University, Houston.</image:title><image:caption>A narrow West University side drive uses a clay-brick herringbone field, a soldier-course border and a gravel strip along the fence. An original Right Angle project photograph.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-day-for-night-31.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — festival study 31</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night festival photograph published on Kiffer Keegan's Day for Night page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-fpsf-2013-recap-1920-youtube-1Qg3Q5fW-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>FPSF 2013 — festival recap</image:title><image:caption>Archive recording; silent preview excerpt.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-465381747_10108106585939198_6616126006452387164_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Art above the crowd</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4686.webp</image:loc><image:title>Live Nation Hired Trump’s Personal Lawyer. Then Trump Told the DOJ to Settle.</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/74df4bad-9eab-4458-9950-e0db613d33c7/texas-muslim-history-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Maximalist collage tracing Texas Muslim history from early arrivals to contemporary community life.</image:title><image:caption>A documented history connecting early African arrivals, Black Muslim congregations, migration and contemporary Texas institutions. Source notes distinguish established records from uncertain identities, retrospective claims and older population estimates.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7952c8de-d419-4540-a122-942975dc4a44/radio-city-lease-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Exterior of Radio City Music Hall.</image:title><image:caption>A lease-based examination of Radio City Music Hall. Securities filings distinguish landlord, tenant and operator, showing how a recognizable venue brand can conceal separate relationships between property and the entertainment business.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/9c3d55aa-504f-4d57-bd10-e33c6f14b021/wbp-2006-fall-band-times-artwork-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: Jody Worthington’s band times</image:title><image:caption>Jody Worthington’s artwork combines band names and times for the November 4, 2006 Block Party. It documents the advertised program across Numbers, La Strada and Mango’s indoor and outdoor stages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/1be839b5-b20b-4acd-8c4e-67429ed4a9e6/right-angle-west-university-front-deck-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Raised hardwood front deck with horizontal skirt boards, steel posts and stainless cable rail along a white-painted brick home in West University.</image:title><image:caption>A raised hardwood front deck extends a white-painted brick house, with horizontal skirt boards, steel posts and stainless cable railing. Documented as Right Angle work in West University.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2016.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night, 2016</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2016 photograph published on Kiffer Keegan's Day for Night page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/1f18202a-f0fe-4e38-b87b-23ae39e906f4/fpsf-2011-screenprint-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: 2011 art print</image:title><image:caption>An alternate screenprinted festival poster preserved beside the lineup record. Its landscape format offers a different visual account of the 2011 edition, with the original file retained in the archive.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-467812880_10160833337617909_2918000973291805153_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Festival grounds in black and white</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4683.webp</image:loc><image:title>I Warned About the Live Nation–Ticketmaster Merger 17 Years Ago. I Wish I’d Been Wrong.</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/fac1a1c1-1a3e-4e51-808a-dd2ff47f4884/islamic-art-houston-mfah.webp</image:loc><image:title>Exterior of the Caroline Wiess Law Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with its lawn in front.</image:title><image:caption>A museum research guide to the Art of the Islamic Worlds at MFAH. It follows the relationship between museum holdings and major loan collections, using the institution’s own exhibition and gallery records.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/0608f976-e609-4e6b-87f9-58d4ffc4678f/concert-presales-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Documentary photograph of a Ticketmaster paper concert ticket.</image:title><image:caption>A sourced guide to concert presales and allocation. It explains how inventory can be released through distinct channels before the general on-sale, preserving the difference between a ticket’s availability and a show’s total capacity.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/2891afb4-12cf-4abf-b2fc-51f907a6aaef/wbp-2006-fall-stage-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: the fall 2006 map</image:title><image:caption>Jody Worthington’s map numbers Helios, La Strada, Mango’s and Numbers across the event footprint. The original newspaper page preserves the stage relationships and the drawing’s surrounding neighborhood details.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/9f01871f-cfac-45bc-ae19-e007b2669c09/right-angle-heights-commercial-pavers-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Tumbled grey concrete pavers in a herringbone field beside a lawn at a commercial Right Angle project in the Houston Heights.</image:title><image:caption>Tumbled grey concrete pavers form a herringbone field beside a lawn. The original portfolio identifies this as a commercial Right Angle project in the Houston Heights.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/233a9113-a7c3-4465-9cc5-9a814b9347ec/fpsf-2013-billboard-14x48-proof-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: across the city</image:title><image:caption>A 14-by-48-foot billboard proof approved for printing on March 28, 2013. The archive also preserves a photograph of the same creative installed at Interstate 45 North and Parker.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7cff4672-800e-4312-a9bc-95b7f916a05e/fpsf-2013-billboard-14x48-proof-1.webp</image:loc><image:title>The same 2013 festival billboard creative installed at Interstate 45 North and Parker</image:title><image:caption>A 14-by-48-foot billboard proof approved for printing on March 28, 2013. The archive also preserves a photograph of the same creative installed at Interstate 45 North and Parker.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-467813896_10160824447412909_8930508410373144790_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>This is why we do it. Thanks Houston.</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4644.webp</image:loc><image:title>French Sports Photography Festival Pulls Gaza Photo After Complaints</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/644d3f1f-f415-4534-a5b8-effa5f04f436/keir-collection-dallas.webp</image:loc><image:title>Exterior of the Dallas Museum of Art building.</image:title><image:caption>A concise study of how a private Islamic art collection became a public museum experience in Dallas. The guide uses the museum’s own history to establish the gallery’s opening and loan context.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/51059b6f-b802-4025-8842-695b97332ffd/naics-live-music-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival in 2012.</image:title><image:caption>A methodology guide to the federal promoter industry code used in live entertainment statistics. It makes the category’s scope visible and explains why a broad classification cannot be silently relabeled as concert-only data.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/19de24dd-3518-4199-b1e9-c6b62950e8b5/wbp-2007-10-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: October 2007</image:title><image:caption>This poster advertises a free October 13 gathering along the 300–500 blocks of Westheimer. The printed venue list places Numbers, La Strada, Mango’s and Helios within the same neighborhood program.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c6820b8c-4634-498d-be9c-a836bc49d4e2/right-angle-memorial-play-yard-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Artificial-turf play yard with wooden play equipment and a flush drainage grate beneath mature pines in Memorial, Houston.</image:title><image:caption>Artificial turf, a wooden play structure and a flush drain grate sit beneath mature pines. Right Angle’s portfolio identifies the photograph as residential landscaping in Memorial, Houston.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2016-aphex-twin.webp</image:loc><image:title>Aphex Twin at Day for Night</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2016 performance photograph credited to Roger Ho.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/1c699488-20b2-49fb-a741-c3f3b31a62be/fpsf-2013-final-site-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: the 2013 site plan</image:title><image:caption>Brungardt Enterprises’ final site plan locates six named stages and festival headquarters within Eleanor Tinsley Park. Dated May 24, 2013, the drawing records the production layout for the June festival.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468357603_10160900437497909_3614637449179530235_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Art on the festival grounds</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4604.webp</image:loc><image:title>Omar Afra Launches Live Index to Examine the Economics of Live Music</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Omar Afra’s Testset article.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/fc7c9f53-c8b2-4f1c-af5c-052067623a51/hakeem-faith-houston-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>The stone facade of the former Houston National Bank building in downtown Houston, now the Islamic Dawah Center.</image:title><image:caption>Research linking Hakeem Olajuwon’s Ramadan observance with the Islamic Dawah Center’s architectural history. NBA records and the center’s founder account connect a familiar sporting figure to a different map of Houston.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/dd3e0bd0-d60c-4fff-9529-9c12493834f4/hard-soft-ticket-events-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Audience and main stage at EXIT Festival in 2015; illustrative festival scene.</image:title><image:caption>An operational reference explaining hard-ticket and soft-ticket events. The distinction follows what a ticket buys and how performance sits inside the broader event, helping readers avoid confusing admission structure with artist draw.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/f5860572-460e-477c-a0c9-76c242d46f6b/wbp-2008-04-club-tech-graphic-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: Shelby Hohl for Club Tech</image:title><image:caption>The revised April 2008 Block Party graphic prints its own attribution: design by Shelby Hohl for Club Tech. The archive preserves that credit with the original artwork and edition relationship.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2017-art-installation.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — art installation</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2017 art installation photograph credited to Theo Civitello.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/fad24bee-6c91-469e-9466-a2df13899413/fpsf-2014-evacuation-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: planning for evacuation</image:title><image:caption>The 2014 evacuation plan pairs an overall festival map with a numbered locator grid. Brungardt Enterprises’ two-sheet packet, revised May 28, preserves a practical layer of large-event production.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468592241_10160988124827909_5236811216720737746_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Houston festival grounds — aerial view</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/testset-4595.webp</image:loc><image:title>L’Rain Keeps Escaping the Categories Built for Her</image:title><image:caption>Artwork accompanying Farrah Mann’s review published by Testset.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c91911e5-f37a-433e-bb06-cecb9ab6e271/houston-hospital-prayer-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Exterior of Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital.</image:title><image:caption>A practical reference to prayer rooms and spiritual care in Houston hospitals. The guide records published locations, chaplain contacts and differences between official source pages so visitors know what to confirm.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/33c6a4f3-1496-45a7-8b57-51d69d505b07/bonnaroo-ownership-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>The What Stage at Bonnaroo.</image:title><image:caption>An ownership dossier distinguishing Bonnaroo’s operating business, controlling interest and festival site. Dated public documents establish what is known, while undisclosed equity details remain visibly unresolved rather than converted into invented percentages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/09f4ff1c-2f41-4f59-b771-69d7c7f0eaa3/wbp-2009-03-front-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: Shelby Hohl, spring 2009</image:title><image:caption>Shelby Hohl’s flyer front survives from the March 28, 2009 Block Party. Preserved with its information-side companion, it records the event’s visual identity within Free Press Houston’s neighborhood festival archive.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2017-atmosphere.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — atmosphere</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2017 photograph credited to Chad Wadsworth.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/dcc70dcd-230a-46fd-99ff-8fc6413b3b3e/fpsf-2015-nrg-yellow-lot-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: rebuilding at NRG</image:title><image:caption>After flooding forced the festival away from Eleanor Tinsley Park, this updated site map placed the 2015 edition in NRG Park’s Yellow Lot. The surviving version circulated June 4.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468618625_10161020623792909_273717833974683397_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Light inside the warehouse</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/0d9a4865-ff66-42ab-ba8c-6ef2fbaa91a0/testset-concert-luxury-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Published hero image accompanying Concert Tickets Got Expensive — and the “Luxury Good” Future Is Being Designed on Purpose.</image:title><image:caption>An essay examining concert pricing and the shift toward premium experiences. Omar Afra connects rising audience costs with the commercial choices shaping participation in live music, rather than treating price growth as inevitable.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/df2f6cf4-7679-46ad-ac3f-5de3c78a9f35/dallas-hospital-prayer-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Exterior of William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital in Dallas.</image:title><image:caption>A hospital reference documenting shared prayer spaces, Friday services and chaplain support in Dallas. Official hospital information anchors the guide, with room details and contact routes distinguished from assumptions about access.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a5305de7-7982-49e9-92f1-d93309807a90/acl-ownership-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Audience at Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2015.</image:title><image:caption>A documented account of the ownership and control relationships behind Austin City Limits Music Festival. It separates the festival business, producer and parent company, using dated evidence rather than branding as a proxy for ownership.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7cc31206-4947-45f7-a4ce-413911b92c54/wbp-2009-11-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Westheimer Block Party: fall 2009</image:title><image:caption>Shelby Hohl’s general poster advertises November 14–15, with Dead Prez, Japanther and more than 250 local and regional bands. The archive retains the original artwork and its October circulation record.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2017-ryoji-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night 2017 — motion study</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night 2017 animated sequence published on Kiffer Keegan's page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/f5402ebe-b88b-4172-9b77-4f03c3946efc/fpsf-2015-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: the 2015 poster</image:title><image:caption>The festival’s 18-by-24-inch lineup-release poster survives from May 2015. The archive credits Kiffer Keegan’s artwork separately from Omar Afra’s role as festival co-founder and Free Press Houston publisher.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468704236_10161005087657909_7627835599677731782_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Stage construction — aerial view</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c5995a89-fc09-4a25-acfa-82fa5a4164c8/testset-festival-consolidation-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Published hero image accompanying Festivals Were Pushed Out by a Consolidating Live Music Industry.</image:title><image:caption>An argument about festival decline and the conditions facing independent producers. Omar Afra examines acquisition, rising costs and concentrated infrastructure as part of the explanation for events leaving the market.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/2304465c-c063-47ca-a62b-04a767fb46be/houston-va-spiritual-care-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Exterior of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston.</image:title><image:caption>A service guide to Muslim prayer and chaplain care at Houston’s DeBakey VA Medical Center. Official VA information identifies Friday prayer, an interfaith chapel and remote support without implying guaranteed access.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2016-making-of-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Making Day for Night, 2016</image:title><image:caption>Animated sequence documenting the making of Day for Night 2016.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/d998853d-7b14-4337-b07d-7082885ae694/fpsf-2016-poster-nrg-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: the relocated 2016 edition</image:title><image:caption>This revised lineup artwork explicitly names NRG Park’s Yellow Lot. It preserves the festival’s updated public location after flooding prompted relocation, rather than the earlier Eleanor Tinsley Park announcement.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468807447_10161020201022909_6914518384549338753_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston — We Are Not Fucking Around</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7e2cceb1-ce78-43f6-9221-69b8fcd513b9/testset-hakeem-ramadan-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Published hero image accompanying Remembering Michael Jordan’s defeat by a fasting Hakeem Olajuwon during Ramadan.</image:title><image:caption>A Houston remembrance of Hakeem Olajuwon facing Michael Jordan while fasting during Ramadan. The essay connects basketball, Muslim identity and hometown attachment through a specific moment in the city’s sporting memory.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/2251612f-0511-4cea-b169-d97dfe2fea56/airport-prayer-spaces-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Panoramic exterior view of DFW Airport Terminal D from Terminal B.</image:title><image:caption>A traveler’s reference for prayer spaces at DFW and IAH. It compares official chapel listings, terminal maps and security boundaries, highlighting inconsistent information that travelers should resolve before a visit.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-2015-making-of-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Making Day for Night, 2015</image:title><image:caption>Animated sequence documenting the making of Day for Night 2015.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/0a2b0e0a-1c6b-4a6c-8ac9-c2b4c27591d3/fpsf-2010-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: Shane Hillman’s 2010 poster</image:title><image:caption>Shane Hillman’s credited poster advertises the June 5–6 festival at Eleanor Tinsley Park. Its printed presenter line joins Free Press Houston and Pegstar, documenting the event’s production partnership.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468828030_10160980712717909_49811773078303281_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Last year was a rehearsal</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/09f2df45-57a9-490f-b6b1-60cc5bb5ee97/rice-timea-research-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Fondren Library on the Rice University campus in Houston.</image:title><image:caption>A research guide to Rice’s Travelers in the Middle East Archive. It separates digitized travel material from the physical manuscript collection and explains access, provenance and the perspective embedded in historical sources.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-save-the-date-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — save the date</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night animated save-the-date graphic published on Kiffer Keegan's page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/d8f478d0-ad0e-4360-9258-a885988d1de8/fpsf-2013-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Summer Fest: the 2013 poster</image:title><image:caption>The 2013 festival poster advertises June 1–2 at Eleanor Tinsley Park, led by The Postal Service, Bassnectar and Iggy and The Stooges. The archive’s curator credits Kiffer Keegan’s artwork.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468948884_10162957700125229_4640472285307715616_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Houston skyline, festival crowd</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/0a80af52-6ab1-4796-9805-42e401300646/mosque-first-visit-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>A small house-form mosque with a porch, front gate, and Nueces Mosque lettering.</image:title><image:caption>A first-visit guide built from mosque visitor information. It covers arranging a tour, clothing, shoes, observing prayer and photography permissions while reminding readers that local practice and access vary.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/dfn-kk-identity-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — animated identity</image:title><image:caption>Day for Night animated identity graphic published on Kiffer Keegan's page.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-555622421_10230434386987147_755873677647328570_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Hands above the crowd</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/e28d8b0e-d889-43fe-9ce6-9a6b36f5e4c4/halal-texas-barbecue-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Gloved hands slicing a heavily peppered smoked brisket on a wooden board, showing the dark bark and pink smoke ring.</image:title><image:caption>An image-led directory documenting halal barbecue businesses across Texas. Operator statements, menus and address checks distinguish fully halal kitchens from selected halal offerings, making food culture accessible without implying independent certification.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-dfn-2016-instagram-nothing-1EC04GNg.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — NOTHING</image:title><image:caption>From the Free Press Houston Photo Dump.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-649621412_10238587920809308_6443665053706125103_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>A sea of people after dark</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-dfn-2016-instagram-us-1iUqIdKH.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — US</image:title><image:caption>From the Free Press Houston Photo Dump.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2008-04.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, April 2008, Issue 90</image:title><image:caption>April 2008 cover artifact; one cataloged page, not a full issue.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-dfn16-press-julian-bajsel-vt-pro-1-1Td9uMHb.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night 2016 — VT Pro</image:title><image:caption>From the Free Press Houston Photo Dump.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2008-08.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, August 2008, Issue 94</image:title><image:caption>August 2008, issue 94. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-dfn16-press-katrina-barber-sat-vt-pro-1-1CbKW-7C.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night 2016 — VT Pro, second view</image:title><image:caption>From the Free Press Houston Photo Dump.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2009-01.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, January 2009, Issue 99</image:title><image:caption>January 2009, issue 99. 36 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-dfn-std-instagram-0ByH8qFF-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — announcement</image:title><image:caption>Archive recording; silent preview excerpt.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2009-05.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, May 2009, Issue 102</image:title><image:caption>May 2009, issue 102. 36 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-drive-dfn-30-sec-tv-2-0ByH8qFF-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — television spot</image:title><image:caption>Archive recording; silent preview excerpt.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2010-01.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, January 2010, Issue 110</image:title><image:caption>January 2010, issue 110. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-upload-262affd7-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — four-second motion study</image:title><image:caption>Archive-holder supplied recording; date and videographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2010-05.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, May 2010, Issue 115</image:title><image:caption>May 2010, issue 115. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-upload-c55abdbe-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — moving archive</image:title><image:caption>Archive-holder supplied recording; date and videographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2010-06.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, June 2010</image:title><image:caption>June 2010. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-upload-2c105ad9-poster.webp</image:loc><image:title>Aphex Twin at Day for Night — archive film</image:title><image:caption>Archive-holder supplied recording; date and videographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2010-07.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, July 2010, Issue 117</image:title><image:caption>July 2010, issue 117. 36 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/gallery/fph-468326919_10160860137652909_4889094934315872436_n.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night — Yes Please</image:title><image:caption>Recovered FPH Photo Dump photograph/artwork; date and photographer not established.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2010-08.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, August 2010</image:title><image:caption>August 2010. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/6debb130-ae23-4635-8eb6-43078de8d9a5/dfn-2015-lineup-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: SOUND / LIGHT, 2015</image:title><image:caption>The inaugural festival poster places music and visual art in parallel SOUND and LIGHT lists. Its cyan circular mark frames a bill led by Kendrick Lamar, New Order and Philip Glass Ensemble.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2010-12.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, December 2010, Issue 122</image:title><image:caption>December 2010, issue 122. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/37e994b9-64ea-465d-8e06-bb62bcd97281/dfn-2017-lineup-poster-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: red, white and black, 2017</image:title><image:caption>The 2017 poster recasts the festival’s circular mark in a red, white and black composition. SOUND and LIGHT lists share the sheet, advertising Nine Inch Nails, Solange, Ryoji Ikeda and other artists.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2011-03.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, March 2011</image:title><image:caption>March 2011. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/91581e9d-b44e-4413-bc72-09eb9286ad24/dfn-2015-final-site-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: the first festival footprint</image:title><image:caption>Brungardt Enterprises’ four-sheet final map records Day for Night’s 2015 layout at Silver Street Studios. Revised December 14, it superseded an earlier planning map before the first festival opened.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2011-06.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, June 2011</image:title><image:caption>June 2011. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a5ad7f43-3b76-4b8a-a785-0350a42df4ca/dfn-2017-schedule-grid-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: the eve-of-festival grid</image:title><image:caption>The December 14, 2017 grid organizes three days and four stages, including the Friday Summit. Its FINAL PENDING heading and status key preserve planning conditions rather than a settled final program.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2011-09.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, September 2011, Issue 131</image:title><image:caption>September 2011, issue 131. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/e493def6-0f4b-488e-a14f-4fcc31d52e81/dfn-2016-public-site-map-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: finding your way, 2016</image:title><image:caption>Approved December 8, 2016, this public map was prepared for the festival website, printed use and wayfinding screens. It records the audience-facing layout of the downtown Day for Night edition.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/free-press-houston/archive/covers/2012-06.webp</image:loc><image:title>Free Press Houston cover, June 2012, Issue 141</image:title><image:caption>June 2012, issue 141. 19 cataloged pages.</image:caption></image:image>
    <image:image><image:loc>https://omarafra.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b2faa868-a2a9-4bf4-adc3-5e1305bed584/dfn-2017-relix-fullpage-0.webp</image:loc><image:title>Day for Night: the Relix placement</image:title><image:caption>The festival’s full-page Relix advertisement brings SOUND and LIGHT lineups into one printed composition. Recovered from October 2017 correspondence, the original placement records the announced December 15–17 edition.</image:caption></image:image>
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