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Why Telling Stories Matters
Posted on · A professor explains why we're better people after we listen to a story.
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Five Stories That Marked 2016 In Texas politics
Posted on · It may have been the offseason for the Texas Legislature, but there was still ample news coming from state officials, much of which will reverberate through the legislative session starting in January.
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Warning, May Cause Tears: Veterans & Families Perform Stories of Military Service
Posted on · The Telling Project was founded in 2008 by writer, director and producer Jonathon Wei. Wei uses theater to allow veterans and their families to tell their stories, to deepen the publicâs understanding of the military veteran experience and to foster an easier transition back to civilian life. Houston Matters producer Edel Howlin reports on one […]
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Why Telling Stories Matters
Posted on · Dr. Hank Roubicek, communication professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, teaches a class in storytelling and talks about why telling stories matters. He says we’re better people after we listen to a story.
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Why Telling Stories Matters
Posted on · A professor explains why we're better people after we listen to a story.
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New App Helps Users Record & Share Their Oral Histories
Posted on · Want to record and share your own personal oral history or those of loved ones? A new mobile app called stories etc. from Houstonian Patrick Talley helps users record and share their life stories.
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Alice in Wonderland Unscripted: Improv Group Puts Oddball Twists on Classic Stories
Posted on · In the last year, the folks at ComedySportz Houston, late on Saturday nights, have been recreating some classic stories in oddball ways. They turn to the audience for suggested replacements in character occupations, props, and settings, and then improvise a staged adaptation of the tale in question. Think Star Wars, but with mops instead of […]
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‘Into the Woods’ Picks Up Where Fairy Tales End
Posted on · This is the final week to head to the Rice Village playhouse and catch Main Street Theaterâs production of Into the Woods. The beloved Stephen Sondheim musical interweaves the telling of several classic fairy tales, like Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Jack and the Beanstalk â stories we all know, and in which the […]
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Top Houston Stories of 2013: Arts & Sports
Posted on · As 2013 comes to a close, we look back at the top stories in Houston news this year in the areas of the arts and sports.
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Top Houston Stories of 2013: Education
Posted on · As 2013 comes to a close, we look back at the top stories in Houston news this year in the education with KUHF reporters Laura Isensee and Florian Martin.
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Top Houston Stories of 2013: Transportation & Energy
Posted on · As 2013 comes to a close, we look back at the top stories in Houston news this year in the areas of transportation and energy, and we remember a deadly hotel fire that took the lives of four Houston firefighters. We chat with KUHF reporters Gail Delaughter, Dave Fehling, and Pat Hernandez.
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Top Houston Stories of 2013: Politics & Healthcare
Posted on · As 2013 comes to a close, we look back at the top stories in Houston news this year in the areas of politics and healthcare.
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Top Stories of 2013 in Houston News
Posted on · As 2013 comes to a close, we look back at the top stories in Houston news this year, including: politics, healthcare, transportation, energy, education, arts and sports. KUHF reporters join us to talk about the big stories they covered in those realms during 2013, we hear highlights of their reporting and their thoughts and analysis.
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Houston Ghost Story: Obedience Smith
Posted on · David Bush of Preservation Houston tells us a ghost story about an early Houstonian named Obedience Smith.
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TV Series Tells “Arab American Stories”
Posted on · Houston, of course, was recently deemed the most diverse city in the nation, and a big part of that diversity is Arab American. A new 13-part public television series called “Arab American Stories” aims to tell their stories – including some from Houston. Houston Matters' Michael Hagerty spoke with the show’s host, NPR arts and […]