Austin Oita Festival – Where Japanese Culture Thrives
Each year, around August or September, the Austin-Oita Sister City Committee (AOSCC) holds its annual Japan Festival at the Austin Asian Cultural Center. And each year, it is packed to…
Austin Meets its African American Heritage in Song, Dance, and Storytelling with RE-CLAIM
Hosted by Texas Performing Arts at UT, the youth performance this reporter had the privilege and delight to attend at Bass Concert Hall. It’s a showcase of West African and…
Paper Birds VR Film
In the early 90s, virtual reality (VR) was all the rage as it was brand new. In 1991, two years after the Berlin Wall fell, I was filming a video…
Davis Gallery – Highlights from the Late Summer Dreams Group Show
The Davis Gallery is in old Austin, near Shoal Creek and off North Lamar around 12th Street, hidden behind hedges and tucked into a little corner. I am only a…
Colton House Hotel – Cozy Luxury in South Austin
Opened during Covid in what could have or should have been a terrible time for hoteliers and the hospitality industry in general, Colton House Hotel has come out of that…
A String Quartet Plays the Best Tunes of 100 Years of Warner Bros. Film Music
It sounds corny; Warner Bros. film music performed by a string quartet, doesn’t it? At least, it did to skeptical me, but curiosity got the better of me, and off…
The New Millennium Problem
Sun News presents this poem from 1999, for those who fondly remember the turn of the millennium, and for those who missed it: Where will you be when the millennium…
Daiboku by Sazan
The in-and-out ramen served at Daiboku, a newer contender to the ever-growing culinary landscape in Austin, has won my heart. I’m a connoisseur of Japanese cuisine, having lived in Tokyo…
Viva Las Vegas – Part II
Welcome to Part II in the travel series on Las Vegas. Continuing my 95-degree desert venture made for challenging walks lasting at most fifteen minutes outside. However, everywhere indoors was…
Viva Las Vegas Part I
Lead photo: chef Francesco Di Caudo I took a five-day journey to Las Vegas for several reasons, but Vegas was not on my preferred destination list. I was on a…