Houston Matters
Learning the art of printmaking — using a steamroller
Posted on · PrintHouston's "Rockin' Rollin' Prints" at The Orange Show offers an insider's view of how large-scale prints are made.
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Arts & Culture
2023 Houston Art Car Parade: Here’s what you need to know about Saturday’s parade, related events
Posted on · The 36th annual parade featuring decorated automobiles is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. A variety of related events, including a sneak peek, celebratory ball and awards ceremony, will be held beforehand and afterward.
Arts & Culture
Houston’s Orange Show Monument to undergo $1 million restoration with help of federal grant
Posted on · The money will be used for structural and foundational improvements to the decades-old architectural work, which was handcrafted by the late Jeff McKissack.
Houston Matters
This space shuttle replica is the most perfectly Houston art car
Posted on · Clear Lake's Bill Viereck talks about the art car he made, a scale replica of a space shuttle mounted atop his MINI Clubman.
Houston Matters
Power plays in commissioners court, the week in politics, and Cheech Marin (April 6, 2022)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: We learn about some recent strife in Harris County Commissioners Court, we discuss the week in politics, food writers discuss their favorite places to eat in Chinatown and Katy Asia Town, and we chat with comedian Cheech Marin.
Mockingbird & Armadillo
WATCH: Art Car Kids | Mockingbird & Armadillo
Posted on · Get your hot glue guns fired up - It's Art Car time in Houston
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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.
Houston Matters
Cheech Marin Discusses His Career and Reminds You: Don’t Call Him ‘Chong’
Posted on · The comedian will serve as the grand marshal for the Houston Art Car Parade.
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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 […]
Full Show
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 […]