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1888 The National Geographic Society (United States) is founded and starts to publish The National Geographic Magazine, later National Geographic; 1889 Foundation of The Wall Street Journal in New York City; 1895 Foundation of the American Historical Review (United States)
April: The Westheimer Colony Art Festival is held on a stretch of Calhoun Road (now St. Joseph Parkway) in Downtown Houston; it was the first time the art festival was not held in Montrose. After 1996, the festival was renamed the Bayou City Art Festival. November: Houston voters defeated a zoning referendum for the third time in almost 50 years.
A graphical view of the Cosmic Calendar, featuring the months of the year, days of December, and the final minute. The Cosmic Calendar is a method to visualize the chronology of the universe , scaling its current age of 13.8 billion years to a single year in order to help intuit it for pedagogical purposes in science education or popular science .
Several African-American-owned newspapers are published in Houston. Allan Turner of the Houston Chronicle said that the papers "are both journalistic throwbacks — papers whose content directly reflects their owners' views — and cutting-edge, hyper-local publications targeting the concerns of the city's roughly half-million African-Americans."
The Houston Cinema Arts Festival is the most ambitious of the Houston Cinema Arts Society programs. This five-day, multi-venue festival includes over 50 narrative and documentary films, film premieres, an interactive video installation gallery, [3] 16mm screening room, live multimedia performances, panel discussions, Meet the Makers workshops, [4] and free outdoor and student field trip ...
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture. The Houston Museum District currently includes 21 museums that recorded a collective attendance of around 7 million visitors a year. [ 1 ]
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1980 The Houston Festival Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization was spun off, as an independent entity, from the Houston Chamber of Commerce, with a mission to celebrate and promote the arts of Houston to the rest of the world. It was supported by the City of Houston, the Houston Cultural Arts Council, and the Greater Houston Convention ...