Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Spring has sprung, and here's 100 ways to celebrate

"...was as the Presidio County seat and the strange lights in desert outside of town. That all changed in..."

April 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Whole Woman’s Health Reopens

Reproductive health provider sees 40 patients on first days back in business

"...Health v. Hellerstedt ruling. However, clinics didn't turn the lights back on overnight. In fact, more than two dozen..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: Storms, Season's Greetings, and Open Carry

Reminder: Open carry law takes effect Jan. 1

"...time, heavy blizzards dumped five inches of snow in Lubbock, as Winter Storm Goliath pummeled the Panhandle and the..."

Dec. 29, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...flag. There's Senate Bill 267 by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, which lets landlords continue to reject renters who receive..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Festival Flood

A brief guide to the 13 – count 'em, 13 – arts fests coming your way in April and May

"...companies from San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Denton, Lubbock, Waco, and North Hollywood, Calif...."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anything for John

The making of John Cassavetes' 'Love Streams,' as witnessed by Michael Ventura

"...didn't write the Cassavetes book. When I moved to Lubbock 10 years ago, I took out my notes, and..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin City Limits: This is 40

Birthday concert stretches four hours

"...an electric rumble with his best known tune, “Bright Lights,” which left the full house shaking the seats..."

June 27, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Letters at 3AM: BigBoy's 'Slap Noir'

James BigBoy Medlin's 'Slap Noir' changed my life in a most concrete fashion

"...through Odessa ... and I thought: This town makes Lubbock look like Santa Monica."..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Windmill State of Mind

A Q&A with the authors of a new book on the story behind Texas wind power

"...this in the book – is a fellow in Lubbock who told me when he was a kid, he..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Playback: The State of the State of the 2012 Austin Music Scene

A look back at 2012

"...after losing a long-term battle to ovarian cancer. A Lubbock native, her accordion playing and bilingual singing possessed a..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Air Head

KLBJ-FM shock jock Dale Dudley matures?

"...Ryan in the Seventies, fresh from a stint in Lubbock...."

May 4, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...Teardrops" as a jewel. The Lou Ann we know lights fires with her Fort Worth twang, and on Old..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Proof of Nothing

When you were busted for public intoxication, were you drunk? Or did you just piss off a cop?

"...them; Luna's friend had forgotten to turn on the headlights. According to Luna, after her friend couldn't immediately find..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...the guitarist's harmony as piercing as smelling salts, and Lubbock landmark Bobby Keys, stepping to the mic with his..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM: Jesus Walking the Panhandle

The Christian cross is a question mark

"...Saith Lubbock-reared Spider Johnson: "It's in the DNA to respond to..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City" bristles its eternal love light as we..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Insiders

Meet City Hall's local candidates for city manager

"...Born in O'Donnell (near Lubbock), Juan Gar­za brings an interesting background. "I grew up..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

Port Arthur's the home of Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche

"...can drive through an oil refinery. The hundreds of lights on the miles of pipeline, tanks, and towers have..."

March 9, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TCB

If John Lennon had attended this weekend's ACL Fest blowout he might have screamed, "I've got blisters on my feet!"

"...everyone had ample time to reflect on Green's (literally) lights-out headlining set in the staggeringly long shuttle-bus lines...."

Sept. 26, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Groover's Paradise

Those were the days …

"...were big weekend draws, and the club cultivated the Lubbock mafia of Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Jesse Taylor, and..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...over that had been provided by a legendary, now-deceased, Lubbock BBQ entrepreneur. The ribs were a funny color, and..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...was traveling near, and though his father moved to Lubbock, they remained close. But Blackwood had friends who "stole..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Season's Grazings

"...that time, we went to our grandparents' house in Lubbock or they came to ours, but Nana always did..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Food Feature

Reissues

"...fury, wonder, dreams, hope, and yes, pain. Disc 1 highlights the sessions from Broken English (1979), Dangerous Acquaintance (1981),..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

AMOA and Mexic-Arte Shows Take Us to Personal Places

"...toys and fancy papers, plastic cup spheres and twinkling lights. Mondini Ruiz's site-specific installation, Amor Eterno (Eternal Love) creates..."

May 22, 1998 Arts Feature

Sculpture By Elisabet Ney:intimacy and Vitality

"...it's evident in the thick tendrils of Gov. F. Lubbock's beard and in William Jennings Bryan's slightly wrinkled brow...."

April 24, 1998 Arts Review

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