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Houston Grand Opera’s ‘Giving Voice’ gives platform for Black opera singers By Chris Gray, Correspondent Appearing in Houston Grand Opera’s production of “The Pearl Fishers” in early 2019, Lawrence Brownlee looked around him and experienced something of a revelation. “The cast was so beautifully diverse, and I just thought, ‘Wow, this is great,’ recalls the Ohio-born singer. “Houston Grand Opera has a longstanding tradition of doing color-blind casting anyway, and so to see that they were continuing that idea was something that spoke to me.” Brownlee is, ...

The Best Writing On MileSplit From 2020 An unprecedented year made for some truly remarkable stories in 2020.  There were moments of triumph and history, tragedy and sorrow, and everything in between. But over the course of this past year, Milesplit sought to tell those stories, in vivid and imaginative detail. Powerful storytelling captured life on and off the track, in ways that aren't often told.  Since 2017, MileSplit has compiled a compedium of its best work from the given calendar year. You can check out our previous installments here: 2017, 2018, 2019 Which stories were your favorit...

NEW BEDFORD — Cory McGee is an auto mechanic by trade. But right now he's one of the Salvation Army's special helpers making up the food packages for needy families in the Greater New Bedford area. For the past two months, the Fairhaven resident has worked at the Salvation Army in New Bedford through Snap Chef, a hospitality industry staffing company he connected with through the Mass Hire Career Center in New Bedford. He said he helps with the Salvation Army's Christmas Assistance sign-ups and food pantry and takes in donated foods and organizes them into the boxes for weekly deliveries t...

The bells are jingling and the carolers are singing as we quickly approach the homestretch this holiday season, and we’ve rounded up some of the best of the best seasonal offerings across Houston’s virtual stages in the coming week. From irreverent to wistful, there’s a little something for everyone. If you’re in the mood for something heartwarming, familiar and family friendly that’s not seasonally on the nose, how about a musical retelling of a classic fairy tale? The Ensemble Theatre is currently presenting an archival production of the African American Shakespeare Company’s ...