Chris Becker

Writer and Editor

United States

Over 20 years of experience as a journalist, content writer, copyeditor, and proofreader.

I currently write about music and visual art for Glasstire; Arts & Culture, TX; Houstonia magazine; and my Substack, Night and Day.

I have written about music, art, and literature for Acoustic Guitar magazine, Houston Press, CultureMap Houston, Houston CityBook, AllAboutJazz, The Jazz in M.E.E., and Los Angeles Review of Books, and contributed several news stories to the University of Houston website.

Portfolio
UH Cullen College of Engineering
06/09/2023
Liao, CougAR Lab exploring the good, the bad, the inevitable of AI

So many things we interact with daily are powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but recent developments in general AI - where AI learns and then makes decisions on its own - have prompted a very heated public debate regarding its benefits and dangers to society.

Houstonia Magazine
Does Houston Have a Definitive 'Sound'?

With DJ Screw, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Oceans of Slumber all from Houston, plus big zydeco and Tejano scenes, no one genre can truly define the city.

Arts and Culture Texas magazine
04/02/2025
Style & Luminosity: Tamara de Lempicka at the MFAH

Climb the stairs to the second level of the Law Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and you encounter two silent, black-and-white films, projected on the wall near the entrance to Tamara de Lempicka, the first major museum retrospective of the Art Deco pioneer and one of the 20th century's most underappreciated artists.