The annual Open House marks the official start of the city’s performing arts season, and “Unwrap Your Candies Now” was there to find out what operas, symphonies, ballets, chamber music, jazz, plays and Broadway musicals are in store for Houston audiences.
Houston Public Media's arts podcast, "Unwrap Your Candies Now," recorded an episode live at the 26th Annual Theater District Open House. (Photo Credit: Ernie Manouse)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Ernie Manouse, Catherine Lu and Todd Huslander (recording engineer) (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Ernie Manouse and Catherine Lu (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Ernie Manouse and Catherine Lu (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Ernie Manouse and Catherine Lu (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Houston Public Media's arts podcast, "Unwrap Your Candies Now," recorded an episode live at the 26th Annual Theater District Open House. (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Catherine Lu and Ernie Manouse (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Ernie Manouse and Catherine Lu, co-hosts of "Unwrap Your Candies Now," greet listeners and attendees in the lobby of Jones Hall at Theater District Open House. (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Ernie Manouse and Catherine Lu, co-hosts of "Unwrap Your Candies Now," greet listeners and attendees in the lobby of Jones Hall at Theater District Open House. (Photo Credit: Justin McKee/Houston Public Media)
Selfie with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (Photo Credit: Ernie Manouse)
Selfie with Perry Leech, Managing Director of Houston Grand Opera (Photo Credit: Ernie Manouse)
Selfie with Dan Knechtges, Artistic Director of Theatre Under The Stars (Photo Credit: Ernie Manouse)
Selfie with Meg Booth, CEO of Society for the Performing Arts (Photo Credit: Ernie Manouse)
Ernie Manouse, Catherine Lu and Houston Symphony Executive Director & CEO John Mangum (Photo Credit: Mireya Reyna)
"Unwrap Your Candies Now" is Houston Public Media's performing arts and culture podcast. (Photo Credit: Houston Public Media)
"Unwrap Your Candies Now" can be heard on the radio Fridays at 10:30pm on News 88.7. (Photo Credit: Houston Public Media)
Alley Theatre's Artistic Director Rob Melrose, Ernie Manouse and Catherine Lu (Photo Credit: Houston Public Media)
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While growing up in Chicago and Houston, Catherine’s love for art, music and creative writing was influenced by her teachers and parents. She was once concertmaster of the Clear Lake High School Orchestra and a four-time violinist of the Texas All-State Symphony. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Catherine...
