Month: March 2023

Xenophon (430-354 BCE) is best remembered as a great military leader, but he was also a prolific author. Fortunately, many of his works still survive. A fresh look at these…

For over fifty years, artist and jewelry designer Steven Lavaggi has pondered these questions. What is hope? What is eternity? Do angels answer prayers? His moniker is the ‘Artist of…

What to do with all that carbon dioxide and methane polluting the atmosphere? Instead of trying to eliminate them, which is the goal of many countries flailing to achieve a…

Don’t get caught with your pants down in space! That was the advice given to the audience at SXSW on March 14. In a session peppered with double entendres, four…

“I’ve said this before and I’ll go on saying it. I never wanted and I still don’t want to be an actor.” So let’s call her a ‘great film presence.’…

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi never spoke the name of the former Dictator (DT) even once during her appearance at SXSW. It’s for the same reason that this…

“You are all Warriors against the Dark Ages!” So declared Tom DeSanto at SXSW in Austin on March 11. Tom DeSanto, writer and producer of such film franchises as X-Men…

Troy Campa is the owner and curator of Camiba Gallery, tucked away off of Hwy 290 on the east side of Austin in a strip mall with a Driver’s Ed…

I. A man sits on a park bench. The wind ruffles his hair, But the rest of him is undisturbed. II. The wind blows through the branches Of trees, swaying…

Karess Pastore, a Chicago-born, Minneapolis-trained sculptor and artist has been churning out works in her studio in the Arboretum in Austin for several years. The studio is in a garage…