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Dance Production At MATCH Uses Indian Arts To Tell Global Story
Posted on · KĀVYA: Poetry in Motion uses classical Indian dance forms as well as modern dance, unified with poetry and music to tell stories of the human experience.
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Full Show: Illegal Drug Trends In Houston, And Tomlinson Hill (Aug. 15, 2017)
Posted on · What's the most-used illegal drug in Greater Houston? And how has drug use in the city and Texas changed over the years? The leading researcher in the state answers those questions.
Houston Matters
Houston: The Sweatiest City in America
Posted on · A Houston poet has written an homage to the sweat-inducing heat and humidity of her beloved Houston.
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “Because You Requested Poetry About Jimi Hendrix and Eggplant” By John Milkereit
Posted on · The Houston poet reads a psychedelic poem, written for friends.
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “Paris in Mind” by Stan Crawford
Posted on · The Houston poet and lawyer reads a poem inspired by The City of Light.
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “A Spell In Eleven Lines” By Robin Davidson
Posted on · The Houston Poet Laureate reads a poem conjured in the middle of a cedar forest.
Arts InSight
Video: Poet Trees Grow In Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park
Posted on · Three large ribbon-wrapped "Poet-Trees" are on display at Buffalo Bayou Park for National Poetry month.
Houston Matters
Houston Poet Varsha Saraiya-Shah
Posted on · In the fourth installment of the 2017 edition of Houston Public Media’s poetry series Voices and Verses, produced by Catherine Lu, we meet Houston poet Varsha Saraiya-Shah, and she reads her poem called, “For a Man With One Earring,” which was inspired by a moment in traffic on the 610 Loop. Varsha Saraiya-Shah’s chapbook of poetry, […]
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “For A Man With One Earring” By Varsha Saraiya-Shah
Posted on · The Houston poet reads a poem inspired by a moment in traffic on the 610 Loop.
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “Kill Time Objective” By Roberto Tejada
Posted on · The UH professor reads a poem inspired by two dreams and personal loss.
Chamber Music
AURA Celebrates Latin American Music And Literature
Posted on · Previewing a collaboration between the AURA Contemporary Ensemble and the University of Houston Hispanic Studies Department.
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “Cotton Candy” By Billie Duncan
Posted on · The Houston poet reads a poem about the hidden life of a clown.
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “Giving Up The Herd” By Sandi Stromberg
Posted on · The Houston poet reads a poem inspired by her grandfather and the Texas Panhandle.
Houston Matters
Poet-Trees Encourage Anyone to Channel Their Inner Bard
Posted on · (Above: Poetry and messages attached to a tree as part of the Poet-Trees project from Writers in the Schools. Photo Courtesy: WITS) Last April, during National Poetry Month, Writers in the Schools (WITS) began a new project around Buffalo Bayou called the Poet-Trees, where people could write poems or messages and attach them to trees in the […]
Voices and Verses
National Poetry Month: “The Pilgrim Within” By Chris Wise
Posted on · The Houston poet reads a poem set in a trailer park in Lake Dallas, Texas.