Houston is one of few United States cities with permanent professional resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera (Houston Grand Opera) ballet (Houston Ballet) music (Houston Symphony Orchestra) and theater (The Alley Theatre Theatre Under the Stars). Houston is also home to folk artists art groups and various small progressive arts organizations, War breaks out in the Pacific (1941) This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (February 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). . Texas House of Representatives Squat concrete building with large drive-through under a wing a roof for the entrance is attached to the building by angled poles; ! Tejano is perhaps the most misunderstood of popular Houston musical styles because it is often classified as a style of Latin music although the word "tejano" means Texan reflecting the genre's roots in southern and central Texas during the 19th century Modern Tejano music is usually a fusion style combining the common historical elements of conjunto styles based around the accordion and bajo sexto with popular American styles --- most often country R&B or rock Within tejano music Houston forged a distinctively modern sound that began with pop and rock fusions using electronic keyboards and synthesizers the style was popularized in the 1980s and 1990s by the Grammy-award-winning Houston tejano band La Mafia but which was thrust into a national and international spotlight by young female performer Selena Selena's younger brother A.B Quintanilla through his band Kumbia Kings would further push the Houston style of tejano even further by fusing it with hip-hop to create songs that appealed to a younger more urban audience. The Houston area encompasses more than 300 private schools many of which are accredited by Texas Private School Accreditation Commission recognized agencies the Houston Area independent schools offer education from a variety of different religious as well as secular viewpoints the Houston area Catholic schools are operated by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Contents 17 Baker Hughes 170 Main article: 1950s Texas drought, The University of Houston located in the Third Ward is a tier-one public research university and the third-largest institution of higher education in Texas. 7 Arlington Tarrant 392,772 Houston Baptist University located in Sharpstown is a private Baptist university, December 4 2009: Broke the earliest accumulating snowfall record, Airports Exterior of Rothko Chapel ESD's may provide services directly or may contract with an agency or agencies for services Additionally ESD's may overlap one another to ensure both fire and EMS services are provided.
. Automobiles of all kinds have had enormous influence on Houston culture largely a result of the urban sprawl and sparse public transportation that has followed the dismantling of the city's former trolley system Many of the Houston's business districts such as Uptown and Greenspoint began their development as edge cities Furthermore many notable neighborhoods began as streetcar suburbs including the Heights and Sharpstown. . The current Houston Chronicle headquarters formerly the Houston Post headquarters, District Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Harris County Represented, 142 Harold Dutton Jr. Democratic 1984 East Houston and Northshore area. . . .
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