Dr. George T. Diaz is an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Diaz, a native of Laredo, Texas, holds a Ph.D. in history…
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Music director and pianist Larry Yurman music-directed and conducted the Broadway production of Grey Gardens. His numerous credits include Broadway, Off Broadway, and regional theater. He has completed a recording…
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Katie Oxford is a Houston-based writer for CultureMap. She was twice a juried poet in the Houston Poetry Festival. Recently, one of her poems was honored at the Jambalaya Writers'…
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Joan Neuhaus Schaan is the executive director of Kickstart Kids, a nonprofit martial arts organization. Schaan was perviously a fellow in homeland security and terrorism at the Baker Institute, Rice…
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Melissa Suhr performs with the Houston Ballet and Houston Grand Opera Orchestras, Masterworks Chorus, and Grand Teton Music Festival. A graduate of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music with a…
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Richard M. Donovan worked in the timber and real estate industry, and, as time passed, has volunteered more and more of his time to preserve the habitat and way of…
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Patsy Cravens (1936-2022) was a native Houstonian, photographer, artist, writer, and film producer. She wrote Leavin’ a Testimony: Portraits from Rural Texas (University of Texas Press, 2006), and her photographs…
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