Town Square
Live from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo!
Posted on · It's the first Houston Livestock Show Rodeo since the pandemic, and we're broadcasting live from NRG Stadium to hear how the rodeo is back in true style and tradition!
Tag: tejano music
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Show: How Houston Hospitals Are Dealing With COVID-19, And Fire Chief Sam Peña (March 31, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: How local hospitals are holding up amid COVID-19, HFD Chief Sam Peña answers your questions, recommendations for movies or TV shows to watch amid social distancing, and the life and legacy of Selena.
Music
WATCH: Never Seen Before Interview Of Tejano Star Selena
Posted on · This new footage shows Selena Quintanilla exited about winning her Grammy Award
Theatre & Film
20 Years Ago, Biopic Helped Give Pop Star Selena Life Beyond Her Tragic Death
Posted on · In the 1990s, Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla Perez made a rare crossover to mainstream American audiences. The movie Selena debuted two years after her murder.
Houston Matters
Latin Music Festival Debuts in Houston
Posted on · The Pachanga Latino Music Festival celebrates Latin-themed music, cultural arts and food. What began eight years ago in Austin is now expanding to other Texas cities, including Houston. Rich Garza is founder and producer of the festival. He tells Houston Matters' Maggie Martin he created Pachanga to wrap many popular Latin artists into one event.
Music
20 Years Later, Selena’s Story Still Resonates
Posted on · Twenty years ago today, Selena Quintanilla-Perez was gunned down at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi. The Tejano music star was only 23, and she was just about to release her first album in English. She had an All-American story that still resonates two decades later.