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…
Toy Joy Expands to Burnet Road
Toy store Toy Joy and its sister business, Yummi Joy (just what it sounds like! Candy), are expanding their operations and will open doors at its newer, larger-by-50% locale on…
A New Zealand Butter Revolution
About a month ago, while shopping at Central Market North Lamar, I came across a sampling of New Zealand butter from the Lewis Road Creamery. I tasted this creamy (truth…
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…
How Hollywood Channels Information about Health, Safety, and Security
The Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) is part of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s program. It provides the entertainment industry with accurate, updated, vetted information on health, safety, and…
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;…
The Jeffersonians
This book on the presidencies of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe is superb. Even though it is chocked full of detail, the prose style of the author makes it read like…
NASA-produced glass becomes beautiful art
I met glass artist Syed Ahmad at The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival. This annual festival in The Woodlands (Houston) is held in mid-April. It attracts a wide range of artists…