Studio Director, Author at ktru https://ktru.org/author/operationsktru-org/ rice university radio Tue, 31 May 2022 18:28:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Pink Sweat$ Presents Pink Moon Tour: A review a long time coming https://ktru.org/pink-sweat-presents-pink-moon-tour-a-review-a-long-time-coming/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:35:14 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=11253 By Rachel Bui I'm not sure if it's because this was my first concert since the pandemic first hit, or if it's because this was the last stop of the Pink Moon Tour, but there was a special energy that I hadn't felt in a long time at this concert. Opener Bren Joy primed the […]

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]]> One Last Take on SXSW Online https://ktru.org/one-last-take-on-sxsw-online/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:34:45 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10425 By Harrison Lorenzen Following a hiatus in 2020, the South by Southwest festival returned in March 2021 with its same international renown as ever before. SXSW 2021 was presented in a fully virtual format, which had its pros and cons, but was able to provide much of the content that festival-goers have come to expect […]

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]]> SXSW Online - The Good, the Bad, and the Lonely https://ktru.org/sxsw-online-the-good-the-bad-and-the-lonely/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:43:07 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10409 By Rachel Bui SXSW 2020’s cancellation due to the coronavirus had many of us wondering how SXSW 2021 would look like for almost a year. Their response: host SXSW virtually. SXSW Online may not have been the first festival of its kind during the pandemic, but it was a first for a major annual festival, […]

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]]> SXSW Online - Experiencing SXSW Virtually https://ktru.org/sxsw-online-experiencing-sxsw-virtually/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:07:52 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10345 By Jacob Pellegrino 2021 was an immensely unconventional year for entertainment: from concerts and cinema to large festival events. SXSW 2021 was no exception to the necessity to improvise around an established in a new, remote format. Although nothing can fully match the experience of large crowds and the movement of a festival atmosphere, SXSW […]

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]]> KTRU 2021 Update https://ktru.org/ktru-2021-update/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 23:53:01 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10318 Upcoming website content: KTRU will be covering SXSW Online 2021 this year. While SXSW '20 was cancelled, we went forward with conducting interviews with artists from the lineup (as well as other artists) over Zoom, and we will be releasing them here at ktru.org, on our Youtube channel, and on our Soundcloud. We are excited […]

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]]> bambara interview https://ktru.org/bambara-interview/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:35:49 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10239 At the Ruins bar in Dallas, TX (part 1 is the band’s natal charts; scroll for everything else) HANIA: Because Reid and Blaze are twins, their charts are gonna be basically the same. REID:    Oh, yeah. Are they different at all? H:         They are different.. If you look at the MC, it’s like a little […]

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]]> "Come From Away" Lands in Houston https://ktru.org/come-from-away-lands-in-houston/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:09:14 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10229 By Harrison Lorenzen As writer Elie Wiesel once said, “Even in darkness it is possible to create light.” There is no better story to prove this than what occurred in Gander, Newfoundland, in the week following September 11th, 2001. Opening Tuesday at the Hobby Center, Come From Away presents how the townspeople of Gander came […]

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]]> A Show "More Amusing Than Mangoes" https://ktru.org/a-show-more-amusing-than-mangoes/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:24:21 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10212 By: Harrison Lorenzen The North American tour of Once On This Island drifted into Houston this week, as part of the Theater Under the Stars’ 2019-2020 season. The 2018 Tony-Award Winner for Best Revival, this show brings rushes of emotions throughout, such as both joy and sorrow, love and loss. Providing something for everyone, wrapped […]

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]]> Water by the Spoonful at Stages Theatre https://ktru.org/water-by-the-spoonful-at-stages-theatre/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:13:29 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10202 By: Harrison Lorenzen Water by the Spoonful, by Quiara Alegría Hudes, tells a story about making connections and forming relationships, whether its family or friends, both near and far. The show follows Elliot, a marine who struggles with his own drug addiction, attempting to reconnect with his mother, a former heroin addict who runs an […]

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]]> A Fantasticks Opening to The Gordy https://ktru.org/a-fantasticks-opening-to-the-gordy/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:10:03 +0000 https://ktru.org/?p=10197 By: Harrison Lorenzen  Stages’ brings a storybook quality to The Fantasticks, its first production inside their new theater complex, The Gordy. As has become a coincidental tradition for Stages, this is their third time producing The Fantasticks during their first season in a new venue. Presenting a story about love, family, and friendship, this show […]

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