Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Faye Reese, 7, enjoys a swing at Emancipation Park in Houston on Monday, May 31, 2021. (Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer) ...

Emancipation Park in Third Ward is about to get a major upgrade. Plans for a new outdoor performance stage and renovated cultural center were announced on Monday by the Emancipation Park Conservancy.

A Juneteenth celebration set to take place Saturday at Emancipation Park has been postponed because of recent rain. Event organizers called the celebration off as downpours this week left the park ...

Just seven years after they learned of their liberation, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans banded together in 1872 to purchase Emancipation Park in Houston. The 10-acre park was meant to serve ...

One of Houston’s signature parks is getting some major upgrades. Emancipation Park will receive $18.5 million in improvements that will strengthen its status as Third Ward’s favorite community ...

Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton and composer Joel Thompson. Credit: Photo by Darryl Howard, Courtesy of Houston Grand Opera Houston poet laureate emeritus Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton sifted through countless oral ...

The new outdoor stage will be built in an area that can adequately accommodate larger crowds. Courtesy of Emancipation Park Conservancy / Perkins & Will To continue ...

HOUSTON — The Emancipation Park Conservancy has broken ground on a major expansion project that is expected to enhance the park’s role as a cultural and community anchor in Houston’s Third Ward ...

December 9, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston, mark your calendars! The holiday season is upon us, and there’s no better way to kick it off than by joining the Emancipation Park Conservancy’s ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Grand Opera is stepping out of the Wortham Theater and into Emancipation Park Tuesday night for a powerful Juneteenth celebration. Artists will premiere a new ...