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Meet the Tour Guide Who Brings the Cistern to Life with Song

Rosemarie Croll performs her own songs in the underground landmark at Buffalo Bayou Park, and can do so in 10 languages.

02/16/2024 By Jef Rouner

Healing Houston

Aris Kian Is Rewriting the Rules as Houston Poet Laureate

The native Houstonian is building a bridge between poetry and activism.

08/28/2023 By Geneva Diaz

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Richard Bado Will Convince You Opera Is for Everyone

The chorus director reflects on his 35 years at Houston Grand Opera.

07/05/2023 By Elisabeth Carroll Parks

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Miss Universe 2023, R’Bonney Gabriel, Is a True Houston Girl

And has she got some food recs.

04/17/2023 By Shelby Stewart

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An Interview With the Voice of Houston: Melanie Lawson

How the fine art of being nosy defined a life and career.

11/23/2022 By Amarie Gipson

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Houstonian Ogbo Okoronkwo Wants to Bring Home a Win For the Texans

Texans defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo has aspirations of bringing a title to Clutch City for the first time.

09/15/2022 By DeVaughn Douglas

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Meet the Chef Personifying Houston Through Cooking

Chef Evelyn Garcia is a Houston native representing Bayou City on the latest season of Bravo’s Top Chef.

06/01/2022 By Shelby Stewart

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Meet the Woman Changing How We Look at Air Travel

The Houston airport veteran has helped passengers reimagine how they fly.

04/19/2022 By Shelby Stewart

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Stomp Down Is Houston's Newest Music Label With A Stacked Roster

Meet the two young business professionals leading the city’s most flourishing Hip-Hop talent.

01/04/2022 By Shelby Stewart

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Meet Houston’s Real-Life Rosie the Riveter

At 94, Frances Vinelli finally flies in a B-25.

12/27/2019 By Heather Saucier

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Norie Guthrie Is Preserving Houston’s Folk Scene One Reel at a Time

Meet Rice University’s fascinating special collections librarian.

12/01/2019 By Dianna Wray

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The Woman Who Reinvented Healthy School Meals in Detroit Is Ready to Do the Same for Houston

Betti Wiggins: 'Rebel Lunch Lady,' HISD

07/18/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

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JJ Simmons Starts a New Chapter of Her Life—Off the Air

The moment one DJ dropped the mic and started thinking outside The Box

06/21/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

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Sarah Davis: At Odds with Both the Left and the Right, Depending on the Day

The state representative and Houston attorney is known for voting against the grain.

05/25/2017 By Roxanna Asgarian

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Meet the Airbnb Host Bringing the World to the Third Ward

Ed Pettitt didn’t even set foot in Houston until 2011—but when he did, a spark ignited.

04/17/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

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Bill Worrell, Play-by-Play Announcer, on His Iconic Sports Broadcasting Career

After three-plus decades with the Rockets and the Astros, few have witnessed sports changing the way Worrell has.

03/21/2017 By Jeff Balke

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Dr. Madhureeta Achari: Brain Foodie

This doctor is out to prevent disease, not just treat it.

02/20/2017 By Karen Abercrombie

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The Boss: Myrtis Dightman, Jr. on Preserving the Tradition of Black Cowboys in Texas

At the stables with the man behind the oldest African American trail ride in Texas

01/23/2017 By Jeff Balke

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Chuck Norris: Martial Arts Legend, Water Bottler

If you’re Chuck Norris, and you find a nearly unlimited source of amazing water yards from your bedroom, what’s your next step?

12/28/2016 By Adam Doster

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Shannon LaBove: Rice University’s Great Debater

Everyone talks, but few know how to turn a speech into a work of art.

11/21/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen