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Houston Chamber Choir's Hear The Future Spotlights K-12 Choirs

By Sam Byrd
Jan 28, 2022

The sweet voices of Houston’s K-12 choirs will fill the sanctuary of South Main Baptist Church during the Houston Chamber Choir’s 22nd annual Hear the Future invitational choral festival this Sunday.
Putting the B In LGBT: James Park Doesn’t Let Labels Get In The Way

By Sam Byrd
Jun 30, 2021

James Park leads his life as a proud bisexual man, and that acceptance has helped him to provide support to both family members and the students in his classroom.
Houston Chamber Choir Celebrates Youth Voices With A Time To Lift Up

By Sam Byrd
Jan 29, 2021

The Grammy award-winning Houston Chamber Choir will host a virtual concert themed A Time to Lift Up Sunday at noon. The show will spotlight both the teachers who lead the choirs as well as the K-12 students and their voices. It will also feature performances by the Houston Chamber Choir in a pre-recorded video format.
Next Generation Of Vocal Talent Takes The Stage With Houston Chamber Choir

By Sam Byrd
Jan 22, 2020

Houston Chamber Choir presents Hear the Future, an annual event in which the company invites three outstanding school choirs from the Greater Houston area to participate in its invitational choral festival. The free event takes place 4 - 5 p.m. on Sunday at South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main Street, featuring performances from each choir and culminates with the guest vocalists joining Houston Chamber Choir to close the concert.
Behind The Curtain: Tommy Tune Awards Spotlights High School Talent

By Sam Byrd
Aug 14, 2019

In celebration of Theater District Open House, the Press took a look behind the curtain at the people and programs that contribute to the gem known as the Houston Theater District. For Theatre Under The Stars, the Tommy Tune Awards is one of the ways the organization celebrates the best and brightest of local high school talent.
Art Car Parade Puts Wheels In Motion For Creative Minds, Upcoming Artists

By Sam Byrd
Apr 11, 2019

The 32nd annual Houston Art Car Parade, powered by The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, will put wheels into motion with pre-parade activities starting at 11 a.m. and the main event starting at 2 p.m. Saturday in downtown.
Aerosol Artists Transform Downtown For One-Night-Only Adventure

By Sam Byrd
Apr 4, 2019

Secret Walls X Houston exhibition, taking place at Market Square Park on Saturday from 6 - 10 p.m., will welcome 10 artists for a pop-up, one-night-only art demonstration.
'Poet-Trees' Take Root as Fertile Form of Everyday Expression

By Susie Tommaney
Apr 3, 2017

Writers In the Schools' program was a smashing success that deserved an encore.
This Friday, Teens Across Houston Compete for Poetry Slam Supremacy

By Carter Sherman
Nov 10, 2016

If you're under the impression that kids' poetry can't be judged, then you might want to stay away from the Alley Theatre this Friday night, when teenage students from schools across Houston will take the stage to perform original slam poetry and compete in the Slam Poets @ Alley Theatre...
MasterMinds 2016: Celebrating the Creatives of Houston

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 26, 2016

As we announce the winners of the MasterMind® Awards, now in their eighth year, we reflect back on a year of triumph and turmoil, with organizations moving to new or remodeled venues while others lost their spaces, and a host of creative and innovative ideas for the Bayou City. MATCH...
The Mosaic Hub's Southern Twang Sees the Return of the Variety Show

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 11, 2016

Natalie Lerner has a gift for spotting patterns in the entertainment community. The Mosaic Hub – which she founded in 2010 – came about because she wanted to bring back the old-timey variety show style of entertainment – kind of a mix of The Ed Sullivan Show “meets America's Got...
New Mural at The Breakfast Klub Honors the Legacy of Jesse Owens

By Susie Tommaney
May 27, 2015

Whether driving past the corner of Travis and Alabama, or making a purposeful visit for some nationally renowned wings and waffles at the breakfast klub, there’s no missing the 8 foot by 40 foot wall mural with the words “I Am Jesse Owens.” What began as a project for Black...
UH's Center for Creative Work Presents the Annual Dionysia Festival

By Alexandra Doyle
Apr 15, 2015

As sad as it is to say, war is a huge part of the universal human experience that dates back all the way to the first relatively small social groups that our ancestors created. So, what could be a more relevant title for a festival that pulls together the ancient...
Moores School's AURA Ensemble Presents a Different Kind of Chamber Music

By Alexandra Doyle
Apr 14, 2015

Asked to expand on the theme for the upcoming AURA concert, entitled Multifaceted, University of Houston music composition professor Rob Smith was at a loss to describe it in words other than what it is -- a three-dimensional shape with flat surfaces. "Every single work on the program looks at...
Moores Opera Center Presents a Lush Tragedy in Rappaccini's Daughter

By Alexandra Doyle
Apr 2, 2015

To close out the current season, the University of Houston's Moores Opera Center presents a haunting fairytale opera in florid impressionist style by Mexican composer Daniel Catán. It is the composer's first opera, and it's sure to have viewers running home to prune back the springtime growth in their backyards...
UPDATED: Rice Students Put Together a Rubik's Cube Mosaic of Nelson Mandela

By Haydee Clotter
Feb 3, 2014

Students from Rice University came together to produce a mosaic with 600 Rubik's cubes featuring former South African president, Nelson Mandela who died last year on December 5. In honor of Black History Month the montage will be on display at Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) building. Cory Thigpen,...
Students to Put on "One Stop Hip-Hop Shop" at Hobby Center May 10

By Altamese Osborne
May 9, 2013

Music Doing Good, Inc. is a fine arts organization serving at-risk schools and students in the Houston area. According to Julie Lambert, press and media manager for Music Doing Good, Inc., the nonprofit organization's mission "is to inspire and transform lives through innovative, music-based programming." One way they are doing...
Wes Anderson's Rushmore, AKA St. John's Revisited in an Interview

By Margaret Downing
Jun 11, 2012

Houston: The Rushmore School In a story on The Onion's serious site, A.V. Club, writer Kyle Ryan who used to attend Strake Jesuit, delves into the St. John's/Houston background of Wes Anderson's film Rushmore. As Ryan starts: The world of Houston prep schools is small. Students who attend one of...
Dennis Quaid, Brett Cullen & More Return to UH to Honor Theater Prof Cecil Pickett's Memory

By Margaret Downing
Apr 6, 2012

Cecil Pickett, who died in 1997, is a revered name not only in Houston theater circles but across the United States among his former students. But when Steve Wallace, director of the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance, arrived here from Tennessee five years ago, he wasn't familiar...
Barry Carter Scores Champion Work of Art at the Houston Rodeo, Taylor Power Takes Reserve Spot

By Margaret Downing
Mar 5, 2012

Proving once again that the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has room for all kinds of champions, HSLR picked its top two winners among student artists for this year's competition. The title of Grand Champion Work of Art went to Barry Carter, a senior from Magnolia ISD, this weekend for...

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