Steven Brown is a freelance writer and critic based in Houston, Texas. He was formerly the classical music critic for the Houston Chronicle the Charlotte Observer, and the Orlando Sentinel.…

St. John Flynn is a freelance writer, speaker, podcaster, producer, arts and culture consultant, and voice artist. received his B.A. (with honors) in French from the University of Liverpool. He…

Sarah Newbery is the director of parks and greenspace at the Kinder Foundation. Previously, she was project director for Memorial Park Master Planning. She has earned master’s degrees in both…

Doris Taylor, a pioneer in the emerging field of regenerative medicine, bases her research on the concept that the body will accept an organ generated from its own stem cells.…

Charles Ward became classical music critic for the Houston Chronicle in 1974 and covered all arts in Houston for nearly 34 years before retiring in 2008.  He also reported on…

Carl Cunningham was classical music and dance critic for three decades for The Houston Post.  He currently writes program notes for Playbill magazine, The Houston Symphony and other classical music…

Gregory Barnett is co-director of the Collegium Musicum and chair of musicology in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He earned a BA at Oberlin College and a MFA…

Professor Dirst is the founder and artistic director of Ars Lyrica Houston, a Grammy-nominated ensemble specializing in Baroque chamber and dramatic works. He is associate professor of musicology at the…

Maggie Galehouse regularly interviews authors and writes about all things literary as the books editor for the Houston Chronicle. She grew up in New England and earned a PhD in…

Houstonian Katherine Center is the author of four bittersweet novels about love and family--The Bright Side of Disaster, Everyone is Beautiful, Get Lucky, and The Lost Husband---and she has just…