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Jef Rouner

Jef Rouner

Houston, TX

Jef Rouner (he/she/they) is an award-winning freelance journalist from Houston, Texas. He is also the author of The Rook Circle an Stranger Words, and a former member of The Black Math Experiment.

Houston Artist Gets Rightful Showcase At Asia Society

Houston Artist Gets Rightful Showcase At Asia Society

The artist moved to Houston in 1984 and currently lives mere blocks from the Asia Society. However, she has spent most of her long career in obscurity, something "Between Worlds" is keen to rectify.

First-Time Texas Director Has Festival Hit

First-Time Texas Director Has Festival Hit

Stitched has its world premiere in Houston at the 58th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival on April 28.

The Puppeteer Against Border Militarization

The Puppeteer Against Border Militarization

Kill Joy is part of ACLU Texas’s new artist in residence program. Born in Odessa to Filipino immigrants, she heads the Kitchen Table puppet collective, a loose group of movement artists that work in tandem with communities on social justice creations.

The Queer Women Crime Story From A Texas Comic Legend

The Queer Women Crime Story From A Texas Comic Legend

Hellcats follows a small group of queer women living and working near the High Street in 1920s London. It’s loosely based on the long-running gang known as the Forty Elephants, a group of women who were expert shoplifters thanks to their custom-made clothes.

Innovative Austin Show Now Available Online

Innovative Austin Show Now Available Online

Originally shot over four performances at the Vortex in Austin in 2024, Tyagaraja Welch's "Bridging With Mother" is surprisingly powerful even on a laptop screen

Luis C. Garza, Eyes of the Chicano Movement, Gets His Due

Luis C. Garza, Eyes of the Chicano Movement, Gets His Due

A photojournalist and photographer who chronicled the Chicano movement is the subject of several career retrospectives making their way through Texas, including an exhibition at Houston’s Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)

The Provocative Texas Short Film On Race And Language

The Provocative Texas Short Film On Race And Language

To explain the Texas short film, “The Word,” (now available on YouTube), I have to spoil the ending. Don’t worry. You’ll have guessed it by the time you finish reading the next paragraph anyway. The short opens in an opulent boardroom. At one end are two very distinguished