Blog - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/blog/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:19:37 +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 Blog - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/blog/ 32 32 103504436 I’m losing my Spanish https://houstonnewmedia.org/im-losing-my-spanish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-losing-my-spanish Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:19:37 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=13105 I speak Spanish, but I’m going to take this moment to remind you that not every Hispanic does. I have many Hispanic and Latinx friends who barely speak Spanish, or who don’t speak it at all. In fact, it was because of these friends that I originally launched Hispanic Houston. I wanted to provide culturally-relevant […]

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]]> 117758 “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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