Sound Exchange Relocating to Houston’s East End after 38 Years in Montrose
On January 16, 2019, Sound Exchange, one of Houston’s original independent music stores, will move its storefront to 101 N. Milby, in the city’s East End, after 38 years in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. According to owners Kevin Bakos and Kurt Brennan, the move represents a determination to remain close to Houston’s most adventurous cultural scene.
Inspiring Communities Through Art: The Story of Muralist Leo Tanguma
Few people know that one of the most iconic murals that reflects the struggles of Hispanic Americans during the 1960s and 1970s is located in the historic East End neighborhood of Houston. The creator of this massive 240-foot mural is a self-made artist from South Texas. His name, Leopoldo Tanguma, better known as Leo.
Artists and muralist Leo Tanguma was born to Texas farm workers with Mexican ancestors in Beeville, Texas, a small and underdeveloped town located right in the middle of Corpus Christi and San Antonio.
He started his life-long art career at the very young age of eight using a pencil and pieces of card boxes to draw promising portraits of his friends. But, the hardships endured by Latino-Americans inspired his art.
