S.M.A.R.T. Orchestra provides new local musical opportunities for all ages.
Christopher Hanson, graduate in music education and composition, created the S.M.A.R.T. Orchestra, San Marcos Artist’ Retention and Training Orchestra, which is open to players of all ages with two years of playing and reading experience in their instruments. Those wanting to learn something new are also welcome to join.
Kent Finlay’s Cheatham Street Warehouse, built in 1974, is still booming after 35 years of honky-tonk bliss. The warehouse proved its ability to continue drawing in large crowds of western clad, country music lovers for Wade Bowen’s Tuesday night performance.
The show kicked off with The Wes Nickson Band from Austin. The band was mostly Texas country with a hint of traditional southern rock.
They play shows almost every other night, mostly around Driftwood and New Braunfels at Tavern on the Gruene.
Ron and Audrey Hall have eaten enough curry to last a lifetime. The couple said they travel to India twice a year to work with craftsmen designing their furniture.
When Chloé Yingst was four years old, she walked up to her mother and said, “Mom, I’m an artist.” Yingst is furthering her passion one art show at a time as a senior in college.
Yingst, double major in drawing and communication design, is a self-published author, honors student, active artist and a budding entrepreneur. Yingst wrote, illustrated and self-published a children’s book through Blurb.com for her honors program thesis.
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.
Podoconiosis is a debilitating disease that swells the feet and legs, causing pain and making it almost impossible for its host to walk.
According to Causecast.org, “It is estimated that in Ethiopia alone, 11 million people are at risk for podoconiosis. It is caused by barefoot exposure to silica rich soil and makes its way into the lymphatic system.”
Residents across the United States are participating in No Shave November.
Men throw their Gillette’s into the storage cabinet and declare they will not shave until Dec. 1. UrbanDictionary.com describes it as “The month of November in which you don’t shave any hair of your body but instead you grow more bestial, brutish and manly.”
But what are the advantages of going a whole month without trimming the soup catcher?
Spectators began sitting in the aisles of Alkek Libary’s seventh floor Tuesday as people trickled in and the rumbling murmur of the crowd rose and fell in anticipation of the guest speaker.
David Norman, graduate student in the MFA program, introduced Tim O’Brien, telling audience members the author’s work offers a “fully imagined experience.”
Imagination was the theme of O’Brien’s lecture.
All eyes were on O’Brien as he took the stage in his red cap and black v-neck sweater.
The sixth installment of the Saw series brought something films have lacked since the beginning: humor.
I know people are tired of this series and for good reason. The films have reached a sixth installment, and though it seems it may all be over with, I am skeptical. This film is refreshing if you fancy yourself a Saw enthusiast.
The series started with a unique, intriguing and horrifying bang with Saw, it has since gone downhill, but each installment seems a shy bit worse than the last, and audience members become desensitized to the gore.
Enchilada, carne guisada and margarita connoisseurs might find themselves traveling farther out of town to pursue a favorite establishment.
The San Marcos branch of Mamacita’s Mexican Restaurant had plans to remodel the existing building. With talk of an Aquarena Springs underpass and the threat of possible extended street closures, restaurant executives have set their sights on creating a new location.
