On Sunday nights for about five years now, Houstonians have been flocking to a building located off an alley in an historically Latino neighborhood to watch lucha libre.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2023/12/07/471697/weekly-mexican-wrestling-event-in-east-houston-brings-together-families-and-tradition/

#ArtsCulture #HoustonMatters #Local #News #Sports #ColiseoHouston #LuchaLibre #MagnoliaPark #MichaelHagerty #ProfessionalWrestling #Wrestling

We still have a long, long way to go before there’s ever ‘A City on Mars’

Kelly and Zach Weinersmith discuss their new book, which throws a bit of a wet blanket on the idea of future space colonies.

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#ACityOnMars #books #ff00ff #ff9900 #KellyWeinersmith #MichaelHagerty #science #space #spaceColonization #spaceExploration #ZachWeinersmith

Documentary tells the stories of Muslim chaplains in the US military

Houston Matters talks with the director and producer behind “Three Chaplains,” which airs Nov. 7 on Houston Public Media, TV 8.

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#chaplains #DavidWashburn #documentaries #documentary #IndependentLens #MichaelHagerty #militaryChaplains #militaryService #RaziJafri #religion #ThreeChaplains

Book restores the voice of an ‘Unheard Witness’ — the wife of a notorious mass shooter

Jo Scott-Coe talks about her book, “Unheard Witness,” which tells the story of the life and death of Kathy Leissner Whitman, who was the wife of the man who carried out the 1966 mass shooting from the tower at the University of Texas.

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#books #CharlesWhitman #domesticViolence #ff0000 #JoScottCoe #KathyLeissnerWhitman #massShootings #MichaelHagerty #UnheardWitness #UTTowerSniper

Documentary reflects on the Houston Herricanes, pioneers of women’s football

A former player reflects on breaking barriers in the 1970s, and her daughter discusses her documentary about the team.

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#BasiaHaszlakiewicz #documentary #football #Herricanes #HoustonCinemaArtsFestival #HoustonHerricanes #IndependentWomenSFootballLeague #MichaelHagerty #OliviaKuan #sports #womenSFootball

Being a child of Vietnam refugees can sometimes feel like not belonging in two worlds

Ahead of an Inprint Houston event, author Viet Thanh Nguyen shares that and other revelations from his new memoir.

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#AManOfTwoFaces #books #identity #inprint #MichaelHagerty #refugees #VietThanhNguyen #Vietnam #VietnamWar #VietnameseImmigrants

John Quiñones shares the moment on ‘What Would You Do?’ that surprised him most

The longtime ABC News correspondent talks about the hidden camera TV show he hosts and about breaking into news in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2023/10/17/466918/john-quinones-shares-the-moment-on-what-would-you-do-that-surprised-him-most/

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