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More than salsa: Concert series sets the record straight on Houston's Latino community

By Joel Luks

03.23.13 | 11:36 am

Salsa music isn't any more Latin than Taco Bells' Gorditas or Chalupas. Salsa is as Latin as Coca-Cola is American, meaning, they embrace traces of their respective lifeways without being a ...

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Bayou City Art Festival shakes things up: A new approach to music makes for a better party

By Joel Luks

10.13.12 | 12:03 pm

For more than four decades, the Bayou City Art Festival has curated a visual arts bash that amasses talent from across the country in an effort to bring creative personalities to the city. Through ...

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The art of survival: Weaving Home reveals the courage of Houston's Karenni refugees in cloth

By Joel Luks

05.23.12 | 11:40 am

The activity of weaving is to the Karenni community from Burma (currently Myanmar) what home cooking, cleaning and checking email is to most Houstonians — it's just something everyone doe ...

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Folklorists reintroduce Houston to its grassroots culture: More than a religious experience

By David Theis

02.25.11 | 1:31 pm

Austin-based folklorist Pat Jasper had been coming to Houston to explore our local cultures for many years by 2005, when Hurricane Katrina forced so many New Orleanians to Houston to seek new lives ...

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Your weekly guide to Houston: Texas film legends, Rothko music and rodeo barbecue

By Joel Luks

02.23.11 | 1:50 pm

Next week is March. Shoot me.  I couldn't help laugh at this tweet by Fayza Elmostehi, our sassy social media editor, but also gulped at how quickly almost two months has gone by. ...

Houston Arts Alliance presents Global Gospel: African Roots, American Sounds

03.13.11

The Folklife and Traditional Arts Program of the Houston Arts Alliance presents Global Gospel: African Roots, American Sounds, a showcase of three styles of sacred music based in the African Diaspo