Fall 2003 Courses		PORTRAIT OF HOUSTON: A METROPOLIS EMERGES FROM ITS PAST (canceled) FIVE WEDNESDAYS, 6 – 7:30 P.M. ONE SUNDAY, 2 P.M. SEPTEMBER 17, 24 AND OCTOBER 1, 8, 15 AND 19 MUSEUM OF PRINTING HISTORY 1324 W. CLAY (BETWEEN WAUGH AND MONTROSE, AND BETWEEN WEST GRAY AND WEST DALLAS) (SUNDAY AFTERNOON WALKING TOUR) Houston, fourth largest city in the United States, will be described and discussed by Betty Trapp Chapman, local historian and author. Slides will be used extensively to lend clarity to the discussions. Session 1 will cover the significant events in Houston during the past 150 years. Session 2 will explore how a meandering bayou became the gateway to the world’s eighth largest port. Session 3 will trace how Houston became a preeminent cultural center. Session 4 will look at patterns of immigration that produced the nation’s most ethnically diverse city. Session 5 will look at Houston’s built environment - both individual structures and neighborhoods. Session 6 will be a walking tour of the downtown historic district.
Graven Images: A Tour of Glenwood Cemetery
Women Write War: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Civil War Women, Gone with the Wind and Beloved
Portrait of Houston: A Metropolis Emerges from It's Past
Houston City Elections - 2003
Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses
Watching the Watchers: Politics and the Press
What is Contemporary Art?
Perspectives on Pianos
A Troubled World
Through the Looking Glass at Russia