Around the town - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/around-the-town/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:12:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Around the town - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/around-the-town/ 32 32 103504436 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 https://houstonnewmedia.org/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-2020 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:12:44 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=13026 Welcome to the HispanicHouston.com listing of events for Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM). Celebrated every year from September 15 to October 15, in Houston there are typically many many activities and events scheduled. These usually include the Annual Fiestas Patrias International Parade as well as concerts and performances, and exhibits. This year is different, though. As a […]

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]]> 105306 East End Street Fest 2019 https://houstonnewmedia.org/east-end-street-fest-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=east-end-street-fest-2019 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:46:58 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=12972 This week’s featured event is the East End Street Fest on Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 2 to 9:30 pm. The event will be held in the three-block area of the Navigation Esplanade, at 2800 Navigation Boulevard. The festival will include an array of artisan and craft vendors as well as a Cultural Food Kitchen […]

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]]> 105312 “Mexican-American History and Culture in 20th Century Houston” Mural https://houstonnewmedia.org/mexican-american-history-and-culture-in-20th-century-houston-mural/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mexican-american-history-and-culture-in-20th-century-houston-mural Sun, 16 Sep 2018 04:39:57 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=12948 The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park recently unveiled their latest historical work of art, the mural by artists Jesse Sifuentes and Laura Lopez Cano Mexican-American History & Culture in 20th Century Houston. Commissioned by The Heritage Society in celebration of the many contributions made by Mexican-Americans in the City of Houston, the first-of-its-kind mural was […]

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]]> 105314 Grown-up Graffiti Art in Houston’s East End https://houstonnewmedia.org/grown-up-graffiti-art-in-houstons-east-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grown-up-graffiti-art-in-houstons-east-end Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:45:22 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=12850 Have you ever visited the “The Rebirth of Our Nationality” mural in Houston’s East End? Spanning a building on Canal Street, the brightly-colored mural was painted by Leo Tanguma (with help from Texas Southern University students and community volunteers) and completed in 1973. It is reported to be “one of the largest canvases of the Chicano art […]

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