MyFox Houston/Sally MacDonald, May 7, 2009

A team of Rice University students is putting the finishing touches on an 800 square foot solar house that will eventually be located in Houston's Third Ward. For the first time on Friday, the students will be showing off the house to the public.

Free Press Houston/Omar Afra, May 4, 2009

Most artists could only wish for their work to have a transformative effect on their community. Their effect is ultimately bound by the respective work they do. But creator of Project Row Houses Rick Lowe's work is transforming his neighborhood. Lowe answers questions about Project Row Houses’ role in renewing and beautifying Houston’s 3rd Ward. 

Smithsonian Magazine/Jamie Katz, May 2009

The people of Chicago, that stormy, husky, brawling kind of town, sure know how to tie on the feed bag. Has any other American city patented so many signature foods? There's deep-dish pizza, smoky, Polish sausages, Italian beef sandwiches au jus, and , of course, the classic Chicago-style hot dog; pure Vienna beef on a warm poppy-seed bun with mustard, relish, pickled peppers, onions, tomato slices, a quartered dill pickle and a dash of celery salt.

Filmaker/ Esther Robinson, Spring 2009

Over the last decade the credit card has starred in most of the creation myths of our industry. The gods of credit came down and handed us tablets of plastic and lo and beholda film was born. Sure, hard work and years of sweat and swear words played a part too, but that mighty card made it possible to pull art out of thin air. And it was like magic — when you needed credit, it appeared. A lot of films got made, but so did a lot of debt.

Time Magazine/Bob Diddlebock, Apr. 30, 2009

At the "confluence of passion and pragmatism," as one executive puts it, a handful of companies across the U.S. continue to support arts organizations in an economy not given to song and dance.