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How Houston’s DJ Sun reimagined his music for a 25-piece orchestra
Posted on · The ensemble Aperio, Music of the Americas will perform DJ Sun's album, "Loveletter," onstage at Miller Outdoor Theatre on Saturday night.
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Houstonians find community performing traditional Irish music
Posted on · This weekend, Houston hosts the Gulf Coast Cruinniú, a gathering of traditional Irish musicians. We meet some of them and hear them perform.
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Houston’s reputation for tearing down its historic buildings could be changing
Posted on · Tax credits are making it financially advantageous for developers to restore and repurpose historic structures.
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Justin Peck visited an iconic piece of Houston art, and it inspired his next ballet
Posted on · The choreographer behind the 2021 remake of 'West Side Story' talks about his new world premiere, 'Under the Folding Sky,' and his work reimagining one of the most iconic musicals of all time.
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Why tropical dart frogs won’t survive on their own in muggy Houston
Posted on · Ahead of the National Amphibian Keepers Convention this weekend at NRG Center, Houston Matters learns about the challenges and rewards of raising tiny, vibrant dart frogs from South America.
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Photos: Inside NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft
Posted on · Houston Matters talks with the crew and takes a look inside the aircraft that help us understand a major storm and where it might go.
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Houston-area professor helps children traumatized by earthquakes in Turkey without ever leaving Texas
Posted on · Dr. Sinem Akay-Sullivan has organized online training in play therapy for those working with children displaced after the February quakes.
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Celebrating 10 Years of Houston Matters
Posted on · Craig Cohen and his producing team look back on the daily program’s history and memorable moments.
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Film tells the untold story of the victim in the landmark Miranda Rights case
Posted on · Filmmaker Michelle Danner thought convicted rapist Ernesto Miranda for too long held top billing in the story of how Miranda Rights came to be. So, she made a movie about 'Miranda's Victim.'
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How the energy industry and Houston’s environment have changed in the past decade (April 20, 2023)
Posted on · As Houston Matters prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, we continue our series of conversations about how things in the city have and have not changed in the past decade. Today, we talk with experts about how the energy industry and concerns about the environment have changed in that time.
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Houston’s oldest poetry reading series returns for the first time since the pandemic
Posted on · Poet Chris Wise talks about the First Fridays Reading Series and the role the event played in his life when he was first developing as a writer.
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How poet Holly Lyn Walrath turns other people’s words into poems — and visual art
Posted on · The Houston writer talks about her love of poetry and her first visual art exhibit, Poetry Between the Lines.
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MFAH doubles its exhibit space dedicated to showcasing Islamic art
Posted on · Houston Matters visits the newly opened 6,000 square foot permanent exhibit Art of the Islamic Worlds.
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Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton’s ‘Black Chameleon’ creates a new mythology for Black women
Posted on · In her latest book, the accomplished writer and former Houston poet laureate blends fantastical elements with her own stories of growing up a Black woman in America in order to create something missing for many African Americans.
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‘Don’t buy the Dome’ and other lessons from playing a 1996 Houston version of Monopoly
Posted on · Members of the Houston Matters team play a Houston edition of Monopoly from 1996 in conjunction with the new American Experience documentary on the untold history of the iconic board game.