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Houston Jazz Collective a Collaboration of Art and Music
Houston Jazz Collective is an organization that incorporates the genres of music and art featuring major talents to pay tribute to accomplished jazz musicians. Past events have included outstanding Houston-based jazz musicians such as Frank Lacy, Kirk Whalum, Billy Harper, Bob Dorough, and Chris Dave paying tribute to Arnet Cobb. In this year's events Shelly Carrol paying tribute to John Coltrane and supreme love. The Houston Jazz Collective combines performances with outreach programs “The Houston Center for After School Jazz Programs”. The program exposes youth to the arts through a jazz curriculum that educates giving them the understanding of jazz in the original form. Their vision is cultivating expanded minds as well as creating a lasting impression that will hopefully leave a beautiful culturally rich memory of jazz.
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Rookie detectorist finds huge Iron Age gold hoard in Denmark
A huge hoard of Iron Age gold artifacts has been uncovered by an amateur metal detectorist in Denmark. The "enormous" find consists of almost one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold buried 1,500 years ago, according to a press release from the Vejlemuseerne museum, which will exhibit the hoard.
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East End District Receives Gift of New Chicano Public Art Honoring the Victims of COVID-19
The East End District added a ceremonial-type, mega-size metate, created by Chicano artists Jesus Cantu Medel, M.Ed, to the award-winning Esplanade at Navigation.
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City of Houston and Bezos Academy Open Fourth Preschool in South Houston
Community members, elected officials and Bezos leadership joined Mayor Turner to celebrate the grand opening of Houston’s fourth Bezos Academy location, located within the New Hope Housing Reed Family Center in South Houston. The fourth Bezos Academy which offers tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschool education for children ages 3-5, has already achieved full enrollment for the upcoming 2023-24 school year.
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NAACP Statement on Wendy Vitter, Trump's Judicial Nominee for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Refusal to Give Verbal Support for Brown v. Board of Education
NAACP issued the following statement in response to the refusal of Wendy Vitter, President Trump's judicial nominee to the Eastern district of Louisiana, to acknowledge her support of the Supreme Court's decision on Brown v. Board of Education:
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Welcomes Nearly 20,000 Members to Houston July 6-12 for Biennial Conference
Nearly 20,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® (AKA) – from all over the world – will converge on Houston from July 6-12 for its biennial conference. Led by International President Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, L.H.D., attendees will engage in service projects as well as leadership training and development. The conference will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRBCC), as well as several hotels. Members from as far away as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Liberia, South Africa and the Middle East are expected to attend.
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Wreckshop Films Continues The Legacy of Highlighting Houston Talent With The Release Of Dirty 3rd Threequel “The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation” In Partnership With 7 Kings Entertainment, & 8 Queens Film
With over 25 years of celebrating Houston-based rappers, actors, and entertainers, Wreckshop Films(Wreckshop Records), is back and excited to announce the release of The Dirty 3rd: Next Generation soundtrack and movie starring NAACP Nominated Actor-Clifton Powell, Wreckshop Records CEO-Derrick (D-Reck) Dixon, Comedian-Chico Bean, Houston-Based Rapper-Propain, and Actor-Dakarai Akil. The film and soundtrack is in collaboration with 8 Queens Film & Media Productions, 7 Kings Entertainment,
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Driven and Determined: Never Too Old or Too Young to Lead
4,706 Degrees Will Be Awarded During UH Fall Commencement Ceremonies
You are moving too fast. You will never be ahead. You are going to fail. Hearing those words from doubters only motivated Florence Scott to prove them wrong. And she did. At 18 years old, Scott is the youngest member of the University of Houston fall 2018 graduating class.
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UH African American Studies Scholarship Banquet 2016
Photography by Vicky Pink - Annually the University of Houston African American Studies Program holds …
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Houston Fire Department Initiative Focuses on Firefighter Health and Safety
The Houston Fire Department has been awarded the 2017 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). It’s an award that will give the department the ability to protect firefighters and maintain a safe and healthy work environment. Due to the extremely busy emergency response system in Houston firefighters are exposed to vehicle fumes on a routine basis. When these vehicles are started, the exhaust infiltrates the living and sleeping areas of the fire stations that are staffed around the clock.
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Council Member Dave Martin Hosts Clear Lake/Southeast Houston Town Hall Meeting
Houston City Council Member Dave Martin will host a town hall meeting on Thursday, September 14 at 6:30 p.m., in the Destiny Theater at Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058.
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Wells Fargo to Host Holiday Mobile Pop-Up Food Bank at Discovery Green
Wells Fargo and Feeding America are joining together to fight hunger this holiday season. Wells Fargo is hosting a holiday mobile pop-up food bank at Discovery Green as part of its second annual Holiday Food Bank Program. Community members can stop by the pop-up to donate non-perishable food items that will benefit the Houston Food Bank.
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US waited to order the preparation of bulk stocks of monkeypox vaccine, in part out of concern that they would lose shelf life
The US Department of Health and Human Services waited more than three weeks after the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the US to order bulk stocks of the monkeypox vaccine that the government owns and stores in Denmark be bottled and sent to the US for distribution -- in part out of concern that once those vaccines were taken out of bulk storage, they would lose years of shelf life.
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Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., Area One, Selects Houston as Site of 53rd Conference
Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. (TLOD), and Top Teens of America (TTA) will convene its 53rd Area One Conference in Houston on April 4-7, 2024, at the Westin Galleria.
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Council Member Amanda Edwards Empowers Over 500 Houston Women Through Timely Community Event
Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards empowers a crowd of over 500 Houston women through the community event, “An Evening of Women’s Empowerment” on Thursday, May 2 from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Houston Chronicle, 4747 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77027.
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Tony Diaz: The Father of the Librotraficante Movement
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Houston Style Magazine is recognizing some of Houston’s most prominent Hispanics that are making a difference in their communities. We start with a man who is known not just in Houston but also throughout the state and the nation. Meet activist, author, radio host, and writer Tony Diaz.
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NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida
The NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis' aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.
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Local Girl Scouts Take Action for Earth Day
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council leaders and girl members are available for interviews, guest commentaries, and questions regarding Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, 2023, and throughout April, which is Earth Month. In fact, many Girl Scouts from around the Greater Houston Area are taking action to protect our planet through their Gold Award projects. Many of these projects aim to address pressing issues such as climate change, pollution, and conservation.
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Obesity in Hispanic Adolescents Linked to Nearly Sixfold Increase in High Blood Pressure
Obesity raises the prevalence of high blood pressure among adolescents but the increase is particularly pronounced among Hispanics compared to white, African-American or Asian ethnic groups, according to a study by researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Results were published in the journal Pediatrics.
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Published on May 24, 2019

