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WATCH: Come Witness The 31st Annual Houston Art Car Parade
Posted on · Houston Public Media's Ernie Manouse and Edel Howlin are announcing at today's 31st Annual Houston Art Car Parade! The parade starts at 2 p.m.
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Saturday Marks The 31st Annual Houston Art Car Parade
Posted on · The 31st Annual Houston Art Car Parade is hitting the road this weekend
Houston Matters
Full Show: Mexican-American Studies, And Discovery Green Turns Ten (April 13, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: The state has approved a Mexican-American studies course. We preview the Art Car Parade. Discovery Green turns ten. We break down The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of this week’s news. And we go inside the satirical advice podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me.
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Photo Gallery, The 2017 Houston Art Car Parade
Posted on · The Houston Art Car Parade kicks off today with Cheech Marin as the Grand Marshall.
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A Sneak Peek At Houston’s Art Car Parade
Posted on · One of Houston's most popular events is coming up the second weekend in April. The Art Car Parade is in its 29th year of featuring weird, wacky cars.
Arts & Culture
Reagan High School Rocks Out Their First Art Car
Posted on · It's their first year in the Art Car Parade, but they're being led by a pro. Rebecca Bass is the first teacher ever hired for an art car project. The car's theme? Electric Ladyland.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Giving to Panhandlers and Jadeveon Clowney’s Injury: The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From a proposal to outlaw the practice of giving money to panhandlers in San Antonio, to the injury of Texans draft pick Jadeveon Clowney, to the Art Car Parade moving to April: we discuss The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of this week’s news. This week’s panel of “non-experts” features: Houston Chronicle writer and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell […]
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Domestic Violence, Bilingual Teachers, and the Delanos: Houston Matters for Friday, Sept. 12, 2014
Posted on · This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act. The occasion comes the same week Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended indefinitely by the NFL following the surfacing of a second video showing him hitting his wife Janay (they were not married at the time of the incident; […]
Manor of Speaking
‘Manor of Speaking’ Emcees Houston Art Car Parade
Posted on · Cast emcees the 2014 Houston Art Car Parade on May 10, 2014.
Houston Matters
The Houston Art Car Museum
Posted on · This weekend the Houston Art Car Parade will celebrate its 27th year in existence. It is one of the nation’s largest displays of cars that have been transformed into pieces of art, and from its early origins has been a way for artists to showcase their talents. Many of the prize winning cars from […]
Houston Matters
The Art of Building an Art Car
Posted on · In advance of this year’s Houston Art Car Parade: Andy Hazell is an English-born artist who grew up drawing in front of his friends for fun. Now, he makes art cars for a living.
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Why the Art Car Parade is Emblematic of Houston Art
Posted on · The annual parade goes underway this Saturday.
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Sharpstown Students Make An Art Car With A Political Message
Posted on · Saturday, 279 decorated vehicles will cruise along Allen Parkway in what organizers call the "largest celebration of art cars in the world." There's one entry from students at Sharpstown International School that looks like a giant white dove. Why? The answer is part whimsy, part statement.
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Thousands Expected At Art Car Parade 2012
Posted on · One of Houston's wackiest events takes place tomorrow — the annual Art Car Parade. More than 300,000 people are expected to attend.
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Artistry on Wheels
Posted on · This weekend Houston celebrates the art car as an art form. The 24th rendition of the Art Car Parade makes its way through downtown Sunday. The international phenomenon draws upwards of 300-thousand people from around the world. Pat Hernandez has more.