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Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years
Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future
"...did 20 acres and there's a collective in the Lubbock area that did 40 acres apiece. Up there, they're..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

Yellow Rose Gives a New Face to Country Music
Director Diane Paragas blooms in her Austin-made drama
"...Filipina who follows her quintessentially Texan dream of leaving Lubbock to pursue country music in Austin. The film boasts..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Screens Feature by Lilli Hime

Retailers Fighting Ban on Smokable Hemp
Plaintiffs argue Texas Department of State Health Services overstepped with consumable hemp prohibition
"...Miller toured a hemp farm in Terry County near Lubbock. While he acknowledged to the press in attendance that..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Here's what we're listening to
"...to Joe Ely in Texas Monthly's oral history of Lubbock music – is as fascinating as this French anthology,..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Legacy of BT2 and Beyond
Owners recall 30-plus years in Austin gay bar business
"...Tino Calderon: We also had a Charlie’s location in Lubbock for a while...."

May 16, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Day Trips & Beyond: Stay Trips, Delivered
More Day Trips delivered to your door
"...Evie Mae’s Pit Barbecue, Wolfforth (Lubbock) The High Plains smoker ships whole briskets or prime..."

April 30, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth
What we’re spending time with
"...tracks by an A-team of thoughtful instrumentalists under the Lubbock native's lead, including Dailey Toliver (Molly Burch) on guitar,..."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre
Sculptor of Austin's beloved Philosophers' Rock has died
"...many years and known nationally for her work, the Lubbock native – she was the daughter of Melba Tatom..."

April 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Gary Keller’s Austin Music Movement Shifts Resources
Major music advocacy funding impacted by the COVID-19 crisis
"...as well as at the Buddy Holly Statue in Lubbock. Short was born in neighboring Tahoka. In 2006, he..."

April 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Jo Carol Pierce’s Bad Girls Upset by the Truth
This revival of Jo Carol Pierce’s one-woman show from the Eighties pays loving tribute to the author without really coming into its own
"...a big-as-Texas personality – all delivered with her trademark Lubbock drawl – the musician/playwright effortlessly stole Austinites' hearts in..."

March 20, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title
Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years
"...Adair in the Panhandle, a prairie dog town in Lubbock, the house where Georgia O'Keeffe once lived in Canyon,..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Terry Allen Reels in Moby Dick for His New Album
The multimedia conceptualist's first new studio album since 2013 sets sail
"...a macrocosm runs throughout the songwriter's career since jettisoning Lubbock for California after high school and becoming a groundbreaking..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup
Laissez les bons temps rouler
"...The Day the Music Died Feb. 3, Lubbock, www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/buddy-holly-center/events..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Unlocking Oblivion Access
Leaving the Austin Terror Fest title behind, Oblivion Access partners Dusty Brooks and Dorian Domi reach for new horizons
"...Music, died Jan. 1 at age 90. Born in Lubbock, the renowned fiddler led the Roadside Playboys and the..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tommy Hancock Dances His Way to Heaven (1929-2020)
The godfather of West Texas music was 90
"...Moser (1954-2017) continues: “Hancock grew up in Lubbock, raised playing classical violin and switched to popular fiddle..."

Jan. 2, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

10 Austin Acts to Catch at Free Week 2020
Free Week bands you’ll be hearing more about in the coming 12 months
"...Snake, Rattle & Roll, then gradually exported members from Lubbock to Austin until fully rooting locally two years back...."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup
Plenty of fun still to be had in 2019
"...between the towns of Muleshoe and Morton, northwest of Lubbock. During the peak months of December to February up..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup
From Día de los Muertos celebrations to holiday lights in November
"...“High and Dry: Photography Exhibit Nov. 28-Jan. 31, Lubbock, www.depts.ttu.edu/international/events/2019/highdry.php..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Book Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling: A Conversation With Journalist Scott Pelley
Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age
"...at age 15, working as a copyboy for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He later majored in journalism at Texas Tech..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

Secret Dennis Bonnen Recording Released, Confirms Quid Pro Quo
GOP House speaker put on blast by right-wing lobby group Empower Texans
"...Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, also present, says he hopes next session is “even..."

Oct. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Blackillac's Phranchyze and Zeale Go From Frenemies to Brothers
ACL Fest all-stars cruise the beats
"..."Yeah, that really didn't go over," he told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in 2011. "You have to know that my..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Day Trips: Levelland
Mosaics on the High Plains
"...The Panhandle town 31 miles west of Lubbock calls itself "The City of Mosaics" because of 13..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup
Fall into fun!
"...in a plane crash in 1959. The crooner from Lubbock is still remembered fondly for his short musical career..."

Aug. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin
Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties
"...the mic at the storm-plagued 1982 Tornado Jam in Lubbock. As Grenon is upstage of him, we can see..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana
"...Roots freaks the world over have stuck by Lubbock-born/Ft. Worth-reared firebrand Delbert McClinton since his mid-Sixties debut, and..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Reid Jowers

Texas Rangers Get Wrangled Into "Bonnenghazi" Drama
Scandal surrounding House Speaker Dennis Bonnen burns on
"...Sullivan alleges Bonnen and his lieutenant Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, who chairs the House Republican Caucus, offered Texas Scorecard..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Nine of the Best Sno-Cone and Shaved Ice Spots in Austin
Sometimes some shaved ice and flavoring is all you need
"...This Lubbock-based chain specializes in fluffy shaved island ice, topped with..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Food Post by Jessika Roth

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin
From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city
"...Also in 1971, some 400 miles north in Lubbock, Janna Zumbrun sought to break out of a stifling..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Bonnenghazi! Drama Reigns in the Texas House
Did the speaker give his hard-right enemy a political target list?
"...next year's primary. House GOP Caucus Chairman Dustin Bur­rows, R-Lubbock, also present at the June 12 meeting, allegedly handed..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Rolling Stones Storm Houston in Only Texas Date
UK legends haven’t lost a step after frontman’s heart surgery
"...from fans trekking from Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Lubbock...."

July 29, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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