{"id":329716,"date":"2025-10-24T18:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/329716\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T18:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:02:22","slug":"polk-street-closure-oct-24-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/329716\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk Street closure (Oct. 24, 2025) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Friday\u2019s show: We get an update on controversial plans<\/a> to close a two-block section of Polk Street as a part of the $2 billion expansion<\/a> of the George R. Brown Convention Center.<\/p>\n

Also this hour: Children\u2019s author Kate DiCamillo<\/a> talks about how teachers reading to her in school helped shape her into a two-time Newbery Medal winner. DiCamillo, the author of titles like Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, will be in Houston for an event with Inprint<\/a> on Sunday to discuss her latest book, Lost Evangeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly<\/a> of the week.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s been 50 years since Houston Grand Opera first presented the American opera Porgy and Bess<\/a>, which won the organization a Tony and a Grammy Award. As the Gershwins\u2019 folk opera returns to the stage<\/a>, we reflect on its legacy.<\/p>\n

Watch<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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