Gerald Ford Presidential Museum and Library
The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum was opened in 1979. Perhaps due to the prevailing mood of the country then, it was, in the words of Ford’s son Michael, “kind of…
MOUNTBATTEN in Burma and India
Bloomsbury has recently published two books relating to Lord Louis Mountbatten, one of the two Supremos of World War II (the other being Eisenhower). One is about how the news…
Benise in Austin on July 29
The Spanish guitarist Benise will be appearing in Austin on July 29, but Sun News caught his act in Michigan on July 23. Here is what you can expect. For…
OLIVER!
Can we have some more Oliver! please? This show at the Hill Country Community Theatre is so good I did not want it to end. And as for Fagan, one…
9 to 5 and the Rise of Feminism
The pendulum swings. A musical film of 1980 made it big with songs by Dolly Parton. It was 9 to 5, and the title song became one of her greatest…
Art Museum of South Texas
Corpus Christi is host to a museum that offers quite a contrast to the culturally-deprived museum landscape of Austin. The Art Museum of South Texas is currently hosting two notable…
South Texas Botanical Gardens
There is nothing like a Texas Fiesta to put a smile on one’s face. On a visit to the South Texas Botanical Gardens, you can see one up close! In…
USS Lexington in Corpus Christi
Quite literally the “biggest’ tourist attraction in Corpus Christi is the World War II aircraft carrier USS Lexington. At 910 feet long, one can spend most of a day viewing…
Having been breathed out: Sappho and Modern Dance
In one of her works, the ancient Greek poet Sappho castigates a rich woman who did not care for art in general: Dead you will lie and never memory of…
French Philosophy of Science
Bloomsbury is publishing a series of books about the philosophy of Michel Serres (1930-2019). This is the third. The first two are Michel Serres and the Crises of the Contemporary;…