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There is something new brewing in San Marcos.
Locally brewed beer will flow again as The Root Cellar prepares to unveil its latest creation: homebrewed beer.
Brewmaster Silas Parker, founder of Darkside Fermentation labors after hours in the Root Cellar honing his brewing style. Parker said he has been brewing beer for the past four years, but on a small scale.
A crowd gathered in the Katherine Ann Porter House to hear author ZZ Packer read from her short story collection, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, Friday.
Excitement rippled through the audience as she began by reading the opening story, “Brownies.”
Publishers Weekly referred to Packer’s voice as “a wave born in mid-ocean, gathering strength, obeying the moon’s pull, churning toward land … when you finally do turn the first page and read the first paragraph (of “Brownies”), her strong, full, confident voice crashes over you.”
Students have historically been faced with limited money-saving options as far as buying textbooks.
Used or new, students say purchasing textbooks from the campus bookstore can be costly. According to the College Board, students spend an average of $1,000 a year purchasing textbooks. Students are given the option of re-selling textbooks to bookstores at the end of each semester, but at a fraction of the purchased price or with chances of rejection, thanks to new editions or changes in curriculum.
Renowned authors Susan Wittig Albert and Susan J. Tweit made an appearance at The Witliff Collections Wednesday, marking their first event together.
Women & Place: Two Voices-Two Perspectives features the authors’ latest memoirs. Albert’s Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place and Tweit’s Walking Nature Home: A Life’s Journey were both published by the University of Texas Press.
“We’re so happy to have the two Susans here today,” said Connie Todd, Witliff Curator.
“O ‘zapft is!” signals the start of Oktoberfest, held every year in Munich, Germany.
The celebration lasts from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 after the first keg of special brewed Oktoberfest beer is tapped. The festival traditionally honors Bavarian culture and beer.
This year’s gathering marks the 176th year of the world fair. The massive amounts of flowing suds and spirit from this event can be followed all the way down to Texas.
Tony Hoagland has found a niche as America’s mocking-bird poet because his “imagination ranges thrillingly across manners, morals, sexual doings, kinds of speech both lyrical and candid, intimate as well as wild,” according to poetry.org.
Hoagland has built his poetry career through sardonic and unyielding commentary on the afflictions that shape popular American culture. His interpretations have garnered him praise from literary journals and institutions, including the Poetry Foundation’s 2005 Mark Twain Award.
The music industry is a proverbial beehive, buzzing with countless people vying for the same opportunities.
Students who actively pursue internships and other opportunities in the industry will likely increase their chances of success in the market.
Students hungry for exposure do not need to go to Los Angeles or New York City, but can instead find opportunities closer to home.
Strange Love is in the air.
It is the fall theme of The French Cinema Club, or Le Cine’-Club Francias. Students and faculty gather at 3 p.m. every Friday in Centennial Hall, room GO2, to watch films highlighting different parts of French cinema and culture.
On certain nights, the San Marcos bar scene is host to a spirited two-wheeled procession comprised of local cyclists, commonly known as pub crawlers.
Drawing curious stares from pedestrians and cars alike, these group rides follow an increasing trend toward biking as an alternative mode of transportation around town. The rides are usually spread by word of mouth, from cyclist to cyclist, giving them a grass roots nature and showing their close ties with the San Marcos biking community.
