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Spring Branch and “The Giant Peach”: The Reaction to the Cancelled Field Trip Over Cross-Gender Casting
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Posted on · Experts weigh in on this decision and how these decisions get made in today’s landscape.
Posted on · On Monday's show: We discuss what led several area school groups to scrap plans to see a theater production of "James and the Giant Peach."
Posted on · Schools from Spring Branch ISD, along with local religious schools, are among those to cancel planned visits to watch theatrical performances of the famed children's story.
Posted on · The performances that will bring holiday magic to your family this season.
Posted on · Experts discuss what will happen when Elon Musk takes over Twitter, the changes coming to the platform, and what will be the impact on free speech. And, we get a preview of Main Theater's 47th season, including productions for children and families through their Theater for Youth series.
Posted on · Houston artists are finding creative ways to help first responders in this time of crisis.
Posted on · Main Street Theater presents The Weir, a play about several locals at an Irish pub swapping ghost stories.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Houstonians react to Mosque shootings, we discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news, listeners share the good news in their lives, and we learn about Main Street Theater's production of The Weir.
Posted on · It's called arts integration.
Posted on · In a convergence of arts and culture in Houston, the work of a famed public radio interviewer, and the childhood of another public radio interviewer (Houston Matters host Craig Cohen), Main Street Theater will present a production of Working, beginning May 21 and running through June 19, 2016. It's an adaptation of the 1970s musical […]
Posted on · Earlier this month, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the City of Beaumont agreed to pay $475,000 and change its zoning and land use practices to resolve a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who sought to live in small group homes in the city's residential neighborhoods. The settlement stems […]
Posted on · Boundary-pushing play about the effect of technology on human relationships closes this weekend.
Posted on · The newly renovated Main Street Theater off Times Boulevard in Rice Village is reopening this weekend. Completion of the 3-and-a-half million dollar project coincides with the theater’s 40th season. Houston Matters Maggie Martin got a glimpse of the renovation and has this report. (Above: Rebecca Udden (left) and Joe Kirkendall stand inside the lobby of […]
Posted on · On this edition of Houston Matters, conversations about neuroscience: First, we talk with Houston-based neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman, the host of a new PBS series called The Brain. The first of six hour-long episodes premieres tonight (10/14) at 9 on TV 8. Eagleman directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action at Baylor College of Medicine. […]
Posted on · Comfy seats, a higher ceiling, and larger restrooms are just a few of the improvements to expect after Main Street Theater's upgrade.