Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state

"...William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody was a soldier, Army scout, and frontiersman. He started his Wild West show..."

July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...In December 2006, Charlie, Charles, and I, plus our wives – which at the time we called C6 –..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam: Ishmael Soto

Groundbreaking Latino artist and teacher has passed

"...and Connie Forsyth. It was there, in the former army barracks on the west bank of Waller Creek, that..."

March 8, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

That Wild Man

Gary Cartwright: The mad, mad, mad life of a Texas wordsmith

"...desire to meet Candy Barr going back to his Army discharge when a buddy and he showed up in..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Immerse Yourself in Anne Hull's Words

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist exposed Walter Reed

"...veterans hospital. They also decided to go around the Army’s office of public affairs, getting on base without using..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Books Post by Rod Machen

The Odd Sports Indoctrination

Wife carrying, bed racing, chess boxing, and more

"...the sport of bed racing. Once only open to Army, Navy, and American Marines, the now mixed-demographic competitors create..."

March 6, 2013 Sports Post by Carly Yansak

Why I Binge Watch Bad TV

Who else has watched 174 hours of 'One Tree Hill.' Anyone?

"...90210 (the new one), Teen Wolf (the new one), Army Wives, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Top Chef Texas, Week 5: Trophy Wives Make Easy Targets

The cheftestants cook for the 1%

"...in the back of the ProductPlacemobiles. Rickety tables, Swiss Army knives, and camping stoves await, and Padma is hungry...."

Dec. 1, 2011 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...like somebody who had gotten dressed at the Salvation Army discard barrel. He came into the court, and I..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Women

This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.

"...Women was of its time – these were society wives, bored and manicured and possessing of a small army..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

The Starz network digs into the history of comic books

"...Thursday (6/5): Swingtown at 9pm on CBS... Sunday (6/8): Army Wives at 9pm on Lifetime... Thursday (6/12): Kathy Griffin:..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Marines Are People, Too

"...enough, if they die in Walter Reed or Landstuhl Army hospitals, there will be no mention at all, but..."

Jan. 15, 2008 Postmarks

Page Two: Grand Illusions

The only problem with wide-ranging, all-encompassing conspiracy theories is that they're wrong

"...vote until 1920. The legal standing of women and wives has undergone significant change throughout the century. Women are..."

July 6, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Son, You Got a Baggie on Your Head

An almost-exclusive report from the set of the Duplass Brothers' follow-up to 'The Puffy Chair'

"...night. The set couldn't be more informal. The brothers' wives, Jen Tracy (Jay) and the actor Katie Aselton (Mark),..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

Belles on Her Toes

Trying to shake Gene Tierney

"...pregnant starlet exposed at a publicity function on an Army base in Kansas where Cassini was training for war...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...the practice of polygamy, the taking of so-called "celestial wives" – or, in the jargon of the FLDS, living..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Recurring Character

Four Texas writers on fathers and sons

"...hand until his mid-20s. After a stint in the army, he married my mother and worked as a linesman..."

June 17, 2005 Books Feature

Letters at 3AM

Justice sidestepped: Lane McCotter, the Bush administration's overseer for rebuilding Iraq's prison system, previously resigned from his job as Utah's top corrections officer because he was under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for reports of abuse

"...eventually rose to the rank of colonel. His last Army assignment was as warden of the Army's central prison..."

May 28, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Book Review

"Casares has been listening," Roger Gathman writes of the Brownsville native's Brownsville: Stories. "His dialogues seem to hang just outside the realm of literature, which is where real writing happens." The recent Dobie-Paisano fellow will kick off his book tour at BookPeople on Thursday, March 6, at 7pm.

"...quien sabe? He was just a colonel, of the Army, of the Marines, of all the chickens and roosters...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Gods and Generals

"...Hollywood biopic about gentlemen warriors in which generals speechify, wives are brave, young men become hardened by battle, and..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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"...the petroleum industry, just ask our politicians and their wives. I mean, when is the last time you saw..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

We Were Soldiers

"...than most war films give us -- in the army wives and the inherent sense of community fostered among..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...Taxation. The Boston Tea Party. Patriots fighting the British Army. Thatcherism. Star Wars. Bush. The Ten Commandments. The sixth..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

"This Is Palestine Calling'

Excerpts from Refugees in Our Land by Muna Hamzeh

"...what, Monsieur Prime Minister? You'll send more tanks; your army will shell us some more; your snipers will kill..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...Texas Ranger units, S. D. Coalson (Nick's son), U.S. army scout Jim Hill, Jim and John Welch, and Henry..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Afrodisiac

Femi Kuti carries on his father's legacy

"..."For husbands and wives, etc., I hope my song will encourage their sexual..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by David Lynch

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...flew into L.A., arriving late at night, saw the wives for a couple of hours at our hotel, got..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...his music to channel the people's needs to the army, but they never got it. They saw him as..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Naked City

As the Waco trial winds down, many involved on both sides are disappointed that they haven't been able to present all their evidence. But perhaps the most disappointing thing has been the lack of drama throughout the proceedings.

"...Delta Force, the secret anti-terrorism unit of the U.S. Army, who were at Mount Carmel during the final assault,..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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