Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!
On today’s Hello Houston, we talk with Bao Long Chu, Program Director of Arts & Culture for the Houston Endowment, and Jen Benoit-Bryan, director of SMU DataArts, who both discuss the impact arts and culture have on the city of Houston.
Then, in this week’s Producer’s Spotlight, we hear Hello Houston producer William Menjivar chat with Giuseppe Taurino, Executive Director of Inprint, to find out what makes Houston a great literary city.
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In the show’s second hour, we’re joined by Chris Heinbaugh, Chief Advocacy Officer of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, and Taylor Jackson, CEO of Houston Arts Alliance, who both talk about how the Texas Legislature impacts funding for the arts and what we can expect from the upcoming legislative session.
Plus, Claudia de Vasco, the Effective Storytelling Working Group Lead for HouArts in Action, and the Hobby Center’s Marketing and Communications Director, Joel Luks, tell us all about Houston’s arts community and what makes it so vibrant.
And, as always, our hosts Tessa Barrera and Michael Adkison talk about today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including a man struck by an ICE agent during a pursuit in Northwest Houston, the Justice Department launching an anti-trust investigation into five major TV networks, and James Talarico’s return to the campaign trail.