We need help with the following sections and story ideas.

ARTICLES and RESEARCH


POSSIBLE ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS BY DEADLINES
(Story Ideas are Open)

JANUARY
Chinese New Year (February 9)
MLK (January 17) and/or Black History Month (February)
Mardi Gras and Cajun Mardi Gras (February 8)
Trail riders (leading up to February 26)

FEBRUARY
Women's History Month (March) and International Women's Day (March 8)
Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday (St. Joseph's Day March 19)
Bob Wills 100 Year Anniversary of Birthday (March 6) ­ Bob Wills Day (April 30)
Pilgrimage to Chimayo on Good Friday (March 25)

MARCH
El Camino Real de los Tejas (Conference April 22 and 23) and Cabeza de Vaca (Virtual Classroom)
Dust Bowl, Great Dust Storm, Woody Guthriešs Dust Bowl Ballads (April 14)
Ludlow Massacre

APRIL
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May)
Art Car Parade (Photo Essay?)
Cinco de Mayo (May 5)

MAY
Black Wall Street (June)
Latin Music (Nuestra Musica) at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (June 24 -July 4)
Festival Themes this Year: "Oman: Desert, Oases, and Sea", "Forest Service, Culture,
and Community", "Food Culture USA" [http://www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2005/]

JUNE
Mormon Pioneer Day (July 24) and Lewis and Clark Anniversary

JULY
Houston features (Houston founded August 30)
Fiesta de San Lorenzo (August 10)

AUGUST
Tubac Fiesta and Apache Jii Day (October)


MORE POSSIBLE ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

immigration issues
Asian cultures and traditions
African American Houston history
Camp Logan
physics professor, drummer, former gang member
Delia Cisneros
Mesa Blanca - White Table Mass traditions found in Caribbean and Mexico
Jewish immigration in Galveston, settlement in Houston
articles related to Bob Wills and Western Swing music
Texas female athlete Babe Zaharias - The Other "Babe"
Mariachi tradition alive in Houston
Old Spanish Trail - Houston and US pop culture
Ballet Folklorico traditions of Mexico
Los Islenos - Canary Islanders in San Antonio and New Orleans
Colonial Cities of Mexico
La Florida - Spanish exploration in southeast US
Castillo de San Marcos near San Augustin
"Black Wall Street"
El Misisipi, 1808 publication, New Orleans, LA
Trans Texas Airlines - interview

***Please let us know if you would like to write an article
on one of these subjects or if you have suggestions


EDITORS NEEDED

Calendar Editor
Organization and Artist Resource Listings Editor
Language Classes Resource Editor


SECTION EDITORS

Featured Artist
Folk Art
Counter Culture
Around H-Town (Houston's Eclectic Art Scene)
Gulf Coast Special (Historic Gulf Coast Music)
Houston People
Pop Culture

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