Tag: Hispanic Heritage Month
Mayor Parker Honors Five Recipients for 2013 Hispanic Heritage Awards
** Information provided by Office of the Mayor Annise Parker. ** Mayor Annise Parker announced the recipients of the 2013 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards, an honor that is part of […]
Things to do this weekend to kick off Fiestas Patrias
Every year we observe Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15-October 15. The celebration actually started out as Hispanic Heritage Week, in 1968, and was “promoted” to Hispanic Heritage Month by […]
“Latino Americans” Preview Screening PSA (video)
Houston PBS released a public service announcement for tonight’s preview screening of Latino Americans (included below). As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Houston Public Library, Houston Public Media, Arte Público Press, […]
Meet the archivist preserving Houston’s Hispanic history
In an attempt to expand the Houston Metropolitan Research Center’s Hispanic Collections (HMRC), the Houston Public Library (HPL) recently hired a Hispanic Collections Archivist. Miakela Garza Selley will lead and direct HMRC’s […]
MFAH Exhibit: “Calaveras Mexicanas”
Information provided by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), considered “the father of Mexican printmaking,” the Museum […]