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Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark while Houston Symphony Performs Incredible Score at The Pavilion August 29
On Thursday, August 29, all are welcome to attend a screening of Steven Spielberg’s very own Raiders of the Lost Ark at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. The Houston Symphony will be performing the movie's suspenseful score live, as the action of Indiana Jones unfolds on the venue’s big screens. Mezzanine and lawn seating are free. Reserved orchestra seating tickets are $20. Gates open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. performance sponsored by Anadarko.
NALEO Stands with Texas Latino Legislators and Law Enforcement in Strong Opposition to ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Legislation
Signing SB 4 would result in deep scars for Latinos and immigrants living in the heart of Texas
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) today issued the following statement in strong opposition to SB 4 passed by the Texas State Legislature:
Louisiana Food & Wine Festival Wins Festival of the Year
The Louisiana Travel Association (LTA) introduced the Louisiana Food & Wine Festival as the Festival/Event of the Year winner during its Annual Meeting in New Orleans last week. Visit Lake Charles nominated the festival for the award.
Stages Presents Thunder Knocking on the Door
The finale of Stages’ 2022-2023 season runs June 16–August 6
The finale of Stages’ 2022-2023 season, Thunder Knocking on the Door starts as a deal with the devil and turns into a love story for the ages. This show "asks us what we believe about love, about art, about family and explores the crossroads of all of these ideas,” said artistic director Kenn McLaughlin. "It is a fairy tale. It is the blues. It is highly theatrical and it abounds with pure joy that flashes like lightning again and again.”
HESP Union Honored School Bus Drivers and School Staff Lost to COVID-19 Inbox
Event will feature HESP President Wretha Thomas, Rep. Al Green, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, State Rep. Ron Reynolds
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the working poor and communities of color especially hard in Houston. This is especially true for school bus drivers and support personnel who have transported students to school, provided healthy meals and cleaned schools that have COVID-19 hotspots this past year. Many workers and their families have died or still suffer from long-term complications from COVID-19.
Missouri City native supports U.S. Navy Super Hornet Jet Aircraft
Lt. j.g. Tyson Stickler, a native of Missouri City, Texas, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 in support of the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Revision to Digital Design Challenge
Mayor Sylvester Turner announces that the City of Houston is launching the first-ever Digital Design Challenge. The City is calling on innovative Houstonians to provide a vision for the City’s digital presence and website user experience that defines the City of Houston. A panel of judges will select three finalists to receive awards of $1,000 each.
Simon Thew is named Houston Ballet’s new Music Director
Houston Ballet has appointed current Associate Conductor Simon Thew as the company’s next Music Director and Chief Conductor, effective July 1, 2024. He will succeed longtime Music Director Ermanno Florio, who is stepping down at the end of the 2023-2024 season after 32 years in the role.
TPWD CO-OP Awards $40,000 Grant to the Houston Parks and Recreation Department
Funding Will Benefit Children Participating in Houston PARKS Adventure
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department has received a $40,000 grant through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Community Outdoor Outreach Program (CO-OP). These funds will enable around 3,400 inner city youth to participate in Houston PARKS Adventure, a collaborative, community-based program that promotes nature education, conservation, and outdoor recreation through innovative and affordable programming designed to spark their interest in nature-based activities.
College Student Kaya Thomas Creates “We Read Too” Mobile Directory of 600 Books that Prioritize Diversity
As a kid, Kaya Thomas enjoyed reading. “No matter how old I was, what I was going through, how I felt in any moment, a book was always a means of escape” she wrote in a blog post in 2015. “A way to dive into a new world and become a new character.”As a self-professed “nerdy black girl in high school,” Thomas’ love of books, and the escapism they afforded, only grew. She’d read three or four a week, seeking solace in their pages when she “felt very different than most of my peers.”
Meet Annie Malone - The First Ever Black Woman Millionaire
Annie Malone took an interest in hair styling, in particular, developing a better way to straighten African American hair without damaging it. By the early 1900s, she developed a formula that worked and called it “The Great Wonderful Hair Grower,” which she began to sell door-to-door after moving to St. Louis, Missouri.
United CEO Finally Apologizes After Passenger Was Dragged Off Flight
After people were horrified by video of a passenger getting dragged off a full United Express flight by airport police, the head of United’s parent company said the airline was reaching out to the man to “resolve this situation.”
Make America Whole: How to Heal our Divided Society
On Wednesday a White man strolled into an office, settled down in a leather chair, and casually put his dirty boots on the desk in front of him. I saw this and I wept.
James Earl Jones Theatre Dedication Ceremony Honors the Legendary Actor of Stage & Screen
VIP Attendees included NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Courtney B. Vance, Debbie Allen, Lee Daniels, Phylicia Rashad, Kenny Leon, The Shubert Organization President Robert Wankel, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tamara Tunie, Woodie King Jr. and more.
The Mama Foundation for The Arts Partners with Whole Foods Market to Bring New York Mama’s ‘One Sauce’
This summer, The Mama Foundation for The Arts and Whole Foods Market collaborate to bring a bit of spice to the palates of New Yorkers at the highly anticipated Harlem store located at 100 West 125th Street on July 21 at 9 a.m. Whole Foods Market (through their partnership with Harlem Park to Park, a social enterprise representing more than 100 neighborhood entrepreneurs) tapped The Mama Foundation as a community stake-holder that produces not only a valuable service to the neighborhood and high-quality Harlem-made goods that celebrate the rich culture of 125th Street. The Mama Foundation will be debuting their “Mama’s One Sauce” to world.
General Motors and Microvast to Develop Specialized EV Battery Separator
Collaboration includes construction of new U.S. separator facility
New separator technology will aim to improve safety, charging, battery life GM named to U.S. Department of Energy Battery500 Consortium
Amy Klobuchar raises $5.2 million for White House bid, campaign says
Sen. Amy Klobuchar raised more than $5.2 million in the first seven weeks of her presidential bid, the Minnesota Democrat's campaign announced Monday.
Who Is Most At Risk of Breast Cancer?
Like all disease, breast cancer does not discriminate based on race, color, gender, identity or even social status. Still, according to experts, some are at more risk than others.
Texas Black Expo Announces NBA Legend and Entrepreneur Earvin “Magic” Johnson as the Featured Guest of its Corporate Luncheon
The 2023 season marks the organization’s 20th anniversary of serving the small business community throughout the state of Texas.
The Texas Black Expo is honored to announce Earvin “Magic” Johnson as the featured guest of its Corporate Awards Luncheon, taking place during the annual Summer Celebration, May 18 - 21, 2023, with the theme of BOOM: Building Our Own Marketplace. The Corporate Luncheon will be Friday, May 19, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, located at 1777 Walker St., at 12 noon.
Harris County Gender Wage Gap Widens
UH Analysis Reveals ‘Double Gap’ for Women of Color
Even as the gender wage gap narrowed nationwide, the average pay disparity between men and women in Harris County widened, according to an analysis of the latest census data by the Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality (IRWGS) at the University of Houston. Factor in race and ethnicity, and the contrast is even more stark.
