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…

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…

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…

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…

Stephen Fried is an award-winning investigative journalist, personal essayist, and adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.  He is author of five books: Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy…

John Ninnemann is Professor Emeritus of Biology and former Dean of Arts and Sciences at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He has spent the last decade studying the Anasazi…

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…