Lubbock Arts

There is nothing like a great film.  Films inspire in us a range of emotions; they reflect the human condition and experience. Lubbock, a certified “Film Friendly Community” by the Texas Film Commission, has an amazing local film festival which has inspired and excited thousands since its beginnings 18 years ago. LHUCA’s Flatland Film Festival […]

By:  Stacy Keith Lady bug releases, summer art classes, and climbing the “big tree” in the arboretum are just a few of the memories that the Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center left me with as I watched my son during his oh too quick childhood enjoy the activities offered there.  I still have one

This summer, a wave of color has splashed the Lubbock Cultural District in the form of public art. Visitors making their way east and west on Mac Davis Lane are offered a sampling of artwork by both visiting and local artists. When entering Mac Davis Lane off of Avenue Q, the “Viva Lubbock” mural graces

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

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.

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

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

On a snowy day in Lubbock, I had the opportunity to visit with Alexandria Davis, one of the guest choreographers for the upcoming Flatlands Dance Theatre’s (FDT) Solo Series premiering in May. Alexandria chatted with me from her home in Michigan. She applied to be a choreographer for the upcoming FDT production and has been

Ambitious, talented, smart and vibrant are some of the words to describe the artist EBOVA, Erika Pochybova.  I caught up with her during an exhibit in early 2021 at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock to talk about her art, life and fascinating history.  Erika is originally from former Czechoslovakia where, as a young girl,