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“A Novel’s Worth of Story in Three Minutes”: Perspectives on Joe Ely by his friend Cary C. Banks
Compiled by Stacy Keith/ Interview conducted by Chuck Luck and Abi Avitia Cary Banks remembers Joe Ely as a rare kind of artist: charismatic onstage, quiet offstage, and always full of a kind of energy that ...
From Lubbock to the World: Joe Ely’s Place in a Musical Legacy
Lubbock lost a favorite son on December 15, 2025. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and performer extraordinaire Joe Ely passed away. Ely is one of those musicians who grew up and began performing in Lubbock. As his career ...
Spinning and Forever Living: Lubbock Vinyl Shops
By Abi Avitia-Lopez Music is a moment captured, recorded, and replayed. Drop the needle, spin a tune, and stories surface again and again. Lubbock has a rich musical presence that has influenced far beyond West Texas. ...
Space to be Creative: ArtWork
In a city known for its strong sense of community, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep cultural roots, creativity continues to find new places to grow. One of those places is ArtWork— a creative studio designed to help ...
Recharge Your Grant Writing Skills for the New Year
By: Stacy Keith Time to dust off those writing and research skills for 2026 and prepare ahead to tackle grants if you are a non-profit organization – those Spring deadlines come in a hurry. I’ve written ...
The Woman Behind Lubbock’s First Indian Classical Bharatanatyam Dance Academy
The Lubbock arts community is special and one of the ways it has earned this reputation is the ability of the creative sector to embrace new residents. One such artist is working to establish herself in ...
“A Legacy in Every Note: The Lubbock Civic Orchestra Remembers Doug Smith”
By: Stacy Keith, Director There are people in the world who leave a legacy and make an impact. Lubbock has held many of those people and one of them was Doug Smith. Smith was a composer ...
You Can Be Independent and Insured
By Stacy Keith, Director When the Lubbock Cultural Arts Foundation was established in 2020, conversations began immediately about the challenge of healthcare plans for independent artists, performers and entrepreneurs. The issue of being independent (working for ...