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The Houston Institute for Culture
Home | Tenets | Goals | Features | Calendar | Resources | Registry
The Houston Institute for Culture promotes cultural arts and activities, as well as cultural awareness and education in Houston and the Southeast Texas region. The Houston Institute also supports world music, regional music, cultural history and educational travel. |
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Cultural Crossroads
Regional Music | Texas Music Hall of Fame | Historical Music
The Cultural Crossroads section features interesting information on cultures in Southeast Texas and Louisiana, as well as information on arts, music, events, festivals, traditions and history. Other resources include helpful links to cultural organizations, venues, funding sources and agencies. |
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Terra Incognita
Map of Destinationss | Adventure Travel | Visit the Regions
The Lost Dutchman pages feature interesting travel ideas, helpful advice and information, as well as photographs of different regions in Mexico, the Southwestern United States, the Ozarks, Mississippi Delta and the Texas Coastal Plain. |
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World Music on KTRU
KTRU | KTRU Specialty Shows | KTRU Outdoor ShowThe World Music Show on KTRU, 91.7 fm, Rice University Radio features music of different cultures around the world. This page offers listeners some recommended music, films and cultural events related to world and traditional music. |
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KIVA On Line Community
Front Page | Recipes | Opinion | Films | Explorations | Reading | Web Resources
KIVA On Line is a community for sharing ideas and cultures. It serves as a public forum for Houston Institute for Culture participants and visitors. Contributions such as editorials, recipes, essays and travel diaries are welcome. |
Table of Contents The Contents is a complete list of pages in this site. It will help you look for pages you may not have visited by showing you an active link in red. The link for pages you have visited recently will appear brown. |
CONTACT: Email: info@houstonculture.org or hifc@yahoo.com; By mail: Astrodome Station, MEDIA: See: www.houstonculture.org/media. QUALITY: If images or graphics appear too dark, you may need to calibrate your monitor. ADDRESS: Our basic address is BROWSER: These pages are written in basic HTML and should be optimal for all browsers. SOUND: Several Sections have audio files that play when you open pages using Explorer. They are World Music (temorarily disabled) and Scenes of Texas Culture. The sound can be slow to load. We are working on reducing the file size without losing quality, and making the sound accessible on Netscape. Get QuickTime 4.0 to hear audio samples, such as the Mardi Gras Indians, using Netscape and Explorer. NEW SECTIONS: We are creating several new sections, including: Pop Culture, Counterculture, Gulf Coast Special, HIFC 2000, Virtual Folk Art, Around H-town, Spanish America, Kids' Stuff, La Tienda and Recipes. Please contribute to the development of these great new sections and tell others to look for your work on this website soon. All sections are being updated slowly but surely, so remember to look back from time to time. It is possible to email your comments by looking near the bottom of several main sections, or by writing to info@houstonculture.org and views@houstonculture.org. ![]() |