Tag: Houston

Music Teacher Praises Shen Yun Soprano’s Flawless Technique

HOUSTON, Texas—With the finely honed perception of a music teacher, Sharon Lovell was very impressed by Shen Yun Performing Arts’ bel-canto singers. “The soprano was operatic—she was magnificent. And, the tenor was very, very good. The pitch was perfect, their technique was flawless,” she said of New York-based Shen Yun’s performance on Sept. 25. Lovell, a…


Houston Officer Dead, Another Wounded While Serving Warrant

HOUSTON—A Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded Monday morning during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man whom the officers were attempting to arrest on drug charges, authorities said. The veteran officers were each shot multiple times while attempting to serve an arrest warrant at an apartment complex on the city’s…


Houston Officer Killed, Another Wounded While Serving Warrant

HOUSTON—A Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded Monday morning during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man whom the officers were attempting to arrest on drug charges, authorities said. The veteran officers were each shot multiple times while attempting to serve an arrest warrant at an apartment complex on the city’s…


2 Officers Shot, Injured While Serving Warrant in Houston

HOUSTON—Two Houston police officers were shot and injured while serving a warrant at an apartment complex Monday morning, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter that both of the officers were taken to hospitals and one “possible” suspect was dead at the scene. The city of Houston said that the mayor had…


Audiences New and Old Admire Shen Yun

HOUSTON, Texas—Wildlife photographer Deanne Peterson and her mother attended their third Shen Yun performance together on Sunday, Sept. 19, at the Wortham Center Brown Theater in Houston, Texas. It’s become a family tradition. “We’ve come for probably four or five years, and it’s always really wonderful to come back and to see the new choreography and…


‘I Felt Like I Was Seeing Kindred Souls,’ Says Former Dance Educator

HOUSTON, Texas—Angela Hayes was full of praise after she attended the classical Chinese dance and music performance, Shen Yun Performing Arts, at the Wortham Center Brown Theater in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 18. Hayes, with nearly 30 years as a dance educator in a Texas public school and then as the director of a performing…


Shen Yun Returns to Houston, Amazes Audience

HOUSTON, Texas—After a long wait, Houston’s Shen Yun fans were treated to a much-anticipated performance at the Wortham Center Brown Theater. Hailing from New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts revives traditional Chinese culture as it was before the communist takeover. Its dance and live orchestral performances have graced the top stages across five continents. John…


Houston NCAA Sprinting Champ Cameron Burrell Dead at Age 26

HOUSTON—Former NCAA national champion sprinter Cameron Burrell has died. He was 26. The University of Houston, where he starred from 2013–2018, announced his death. The school said he died Monday but did not provide further details. Burrell’s father, Leroy Burrell, a former Olympic gold medal sprinter who coaches Houston’s track team, released a statement through…


Sheriff: 1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Houston Club Shooting

HOUSTON—Authorities in Houston are looking for suspected shooters after five people were injured and one man was killed in an exchange of gunfire at a nightclub early Sunday. Harris County Sheriff deputies responded to a shooting call around 2 a.m. at a north Houston club and authorities pronounced Derrick Johnson dead at the scene, officials…


ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies in His Sleep at 72

HOUSTON—ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio’s bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. He was 72. In their Facebook post, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep. They didn’t give a cause of death, but a July 21 post…