Houston Matters
Still ‘Waiting for Godot,’ 10 years later
Posted on · Catastrophic Theatre presents a restaging of its production of the famous Samuel Beckett play a decade later, with the same cast.
Tag: Troy Schulze
Houston Matters
Remembering the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ (Sept. 20, 2023)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Fifty years ago today, tennis star Billy Jean King struck a blow for women’s equality in sports, defeating her male counterpart, Bobby Riggs, in a televised match at the Astrodome seen by millions.
Houston Matters
Artist JooYoung Choi creates a fantasy world she calls ‘The Cosmic Womb’
Posted on · The artist gives Houston Matters a tour of her work at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, which depicts a fantasy world populated by colorful characters who reflect positivity and inclusion.
Houston Matters
Catastrophic Theatre celebrates 30 years of avant-garde and experimental theater
Posted on · We talk with the company's co-artistic directors, Jason Nodler and Tamarie Cooper, about Houston's theater landscape over the last three decades.
Town Square
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.
Houston Matters
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to extend her record-breaking space streak
Posted on · The former NASA astronaut will return to space as commander of a Houston-based commercial flight to the International Space Station.
Houston Matters
Rooftop Cinema Club adds second screen to Uptown Houston location
Posted on · The 'social cinema' company is now offering first-run movies in addition to its more repertory programming.
Houston Matters
Check out the conceptual sounds of an ‘abstract turntablist’
Posted on · Maria Chavez makes it clear: she’s not a musician, but a ‘conceptual sound artist.’
Houston Matters
‘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.
Houston Matters
Why the Texas-based horror movie ‘X’ was filmed thousands of miles away
Posted on · Director Ti West talks about his new horror film set in Houston and rural Texas and explains why it was shot so far from here.
Houston Matters
Actor Jason Lee documents Galveston in photos
Posted on · The actor has a new collection of photographs of Galveston, which he shot when much of the island was quiet in November 2020 amid the pandemic.
Houston Matters
Texas City is a character in Sean Baker’s ‘Red Rocket’
Posted on · We talk with the director of an acclaimed new movie shot on location in the refinery environments of Texas City, Galveston, Port Arthur, and San Leon.
Houston Matters
COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate Drops Under 4,000 In Texas (March 17, 2021)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: A look at the COVID-19 hospitalization rate in Houston and Texas, our weekly political roundup, and a visit to the new immersive art installation in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
Houston Matters
Actor Jim Parsons On How Houston Shaped His Career (Dec. 10, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Actor Jim Parsons discusses his lead role in The Boys in the Band and how Houston shaped his career. Plus, we preview the 2021 Texas Legislature.
Arts InSight
Artists Remapping American History
Posted on · Maybe it's been awhile since you've used an actual paper map – unless you're just not a smartphone person. But nonetheless, maps and roads are a big part of American iconography. And that iconography is also a big part of the work of artists Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin. For example, they'll painstakingly cut out […]