Literacy Lubbock in partnership with the Lubbock Public Library is hosting the Lubbock Book Festival September 25 and 26, 2021. In coordination with the always amazing Friends of the Library Book sale, the much-anticipated event will be at the Mahon Library and will feature author panels, writing workshops, booths, and music. Let’s take a sneak […]
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One of the most exciting highlights of this year’s Lubbock Arts Festival will be a performance by the Dallas String Quartet (DSQ). Now, this is far from your “typical” quartet, as it is not even a quartet, nor are any of the members of the group originally from Dallas. This international group of six exceptionally
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Parents and children are in for a special treat at this year’s Lubbock Arts Festival. Margaret Clauder, a Dallas-based costumed storyteller/puppeteer/ventriloquist/magician will be bringing to town one of her most beloved characters, Astronomer Annie. Incorporating every aspect of her talents in a hilarious one-hour program, Clauder is sure to captivate children while simultaneously teaching them
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Few people capture the inherent beauty of the South Plains as well as this year’s Lubbock Arts Festival’s featured artist, Ashton Thornhill. His photographs, which highlight old agro-industrial buildings, open fields, highway overpasses, and other mundane fixtures in the West Texas landscape, force us to stop and appreciate how eloquently these things harmonize with nature.
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Style, ambition and focus were a few of my first impressions as I sat down with Lubbock musician Jeremy Couture. Jeremy began his musical journey playing the cello in seventh grade at Evans Middle School. His older brother had played bass in the Orchestra, so it was natural for him to pick an instrument. Jeremy
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Moonlight Musicals will be back with a strong season of performances this summer which is called Finding Family. From the “Sound of Music” (June 10-26) and “Honk, Jr.” (July 8-17) to “In the Heights” (August 5-21), the lineup guarantees something for every family member and promises to leave you humming for days. Moonlight Musicals, like
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Most of our community knows that LHUCA is a visual arts campus, the organizer of the First Friday Arts Trail and creator of such Lubbock arts events as Battle of the Bands and Flatland Film Festival, among many others. As LHUCA is gearing up for its 200th arts trail coming May 7, we thought it
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I had the opportunity to sit down with Sam Choate in his home recording studio, Deeper Recordings, and visit about his thoughts on music, his journey, and his business. Sam is originally from Crane, Texas (just south of Midland and Odessa) but moved to Lubbock after being invited to join the Texas Country group Dix
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An Architect, A Map and A Vision In 2018, a group of community members came together to ignite a project which pays tribute to a collective Lubbock experience – the May 11, 1970 tornado. This was the first recorded F5 storm which tore through a downtown area. The tornado destroyed most homes in the Guadalupe
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This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration will open the portal to apply for the Shuttered Venues Operators Grant through its website (sba.gov) which will allow many businesses hit so hard over the last year to apply for much needed funding. So, I thought this week’s blog needed to focus on some basic information to
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