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4800 Calhoun Road Houston, TX 77004

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Best Start By a New Boss
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"DJ Screw and the Rise of Hip Hop"

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. every Sat. from April 7 until September 15

When a young Robert Earl Davis Jr. began scratching his mother’s B.B. King and Johnnie Taylor records in the early 1980s, teaching himself how to D...

2008 | Best Start By a New Boss

Being the president of UH, and chancellor of the UH System, ain't easy. There are lots and lots of different constituencies demanding time, attention and money. But ever since she took on the task in January, Renu Khator has been getting effusive praise from students, faculty and other Cougars for her openness, frank talk and energy. She's visited parts of the campus that never have been seen by the top brass. She has bold plans to make UH into a top-tier university. Whether she can pull it... More »

The Cripple of Inishmann

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, April 19, 2012

Billy Claven lives on a small Irish island, and, like most of his neighbors, does a lot of nothing. Unlike his neighbors, Billy is disabled. He’s The Cripple of Inishmaan. When a film crew starts to shoot a movie nearby, most of the residents see ... More »
An Afternoon with the Artists

By Margaret Downing | Thu, April 12, 2012

“It’s all because of football,” says Steven Wallace, director of the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance. Two years ago he was at a UH-UCLA game in Los Angeles and met actor Brett Cullen, a UH alum. From that relationship, Wallace was ... More »
The Crucible

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, February 23, 2012

You might think Arthur Miller’s The Crucible isn’t timely. After all, Miller wrote it in the early 1950s, and it concerns the witch trials in Salem during the Puritan age. You’d be wrong. Miller’s story of prejudice, deception and frenzied accusat... More »
The Amadeus Project

By ABBY KOENIG | Thu, February 23, 2012

Mozart fans will rejoice at the unique chance to experience the master composer’s work performed as it would have been in the 18th century — no time machine necessary. Conductor and University of Houston professor Timothy Hester will bring to life... More »
red, black and GREEN: a blues

By Mandy Oaklander | Thu, November 03, 2011

Spoken-word artist and environmental activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph spent three years hosting environmental festivals in African-American communities in Chicago, Houston, Harlem, and Oakland. Of each city, he would ask the same question: What sustai... More »
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4800 Calhoun Road Houston, TX 77004

713-743-2255

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9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. every Sat. from April 7 until September 15

2008 | Best Start By a New Boss

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, April 19, 2012

By Margaret Downing | Thu, April 12, 2012

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, February 23, 2012

By ABBY KOENIG | Thu, February 23, 2012

By Mandy Oaklander | Thu, November 03, 2011