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A Q&A With Mimi Swartz »
The executive editor on witnessing the rise and fall of John Friend, creator of Anusara yoga.
May 2012 Interview by Emily Alvarado
The Drop Everything List »
Roasting an Entire Steer, Fiddlers' Frolics, and the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest . . .
May 2012 by Michael Hoinski
The Drop Everything List »
The Chicken Fried Steak Festival, George Clooney, and a Tribute to Roy Rogers . . .
May 2012 by Michael Hoinski
The Drop Everything List »
The Lone Star Jam, meeting Phil Collins, and the Houston Art Car Parade . . .
May 2012 by Michael Hoinski
The Drop Everything List »
The Art of Recycling, an interview with Darrell K Royal, Texas Onion Fest, and the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour . . .
April 2012 by Michael Hoinski
The Drop Everything List »
The Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas triathlon, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and the Avocado Takedown . . .
April 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Carol Burnett, Texas State Gospel Singing Convention, the Runaway Scrape and the Kemah Crawfish Festival. . .
April 2012 by Michael Hoinski
Being a Girl Scout »
Anna Maria Chávez on promoting issues important to girls, eating cookies (Samoas are her favorite), and meeting the president.
March 2012 Interview by Rebecca Ponton
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The Zilker Park Kite Festival in Austin, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen, Bill Maher, and an Art of the American Twenties exhibit in Dallas . . .
March 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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South by Southwest in Austin, Mythbusters, the Dolly Johnson Antique and Art Show, and Judoka at the Houston International Performance Art Biennial . . .
March 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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The Texas Music Roadtrip Exhibition in Austin, Ryan Bingham, Jeb Bush, and St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Shamrock . . .
March 2012 by Michael Hoinski
Sweet Symphony »
How two rare Stradivarius violins at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra brought Michael Shih and Swang Lin, who both grew up in Taiwan, together.
February 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Ruthie Foster in Houston, Don Hertzfeldt's short films, the Texas Yoga Conference, and National Anthem Auditions in Grand Praire . . .
February 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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The Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston, dancing to Nina Simone, a forum with chef Alice Waters, and a Texas Cowboy Poetry gathering in Alpine . . .
February 2012 by Michael Hoinski
Performing Sketch Comedy »
Shannon Sedwick on using the F-word, playing Ann Richards, and pulling things out of her dress like pipe wrenches and saws.
February 2012 Interview by Brian D. Sweany
The Drop Everything List »
LeAnn Rimes in Fort Worth, the Animal Architecture Awards, the first big Andy Warhol exhibition in Texas, and Johnny Winter in Dallas . . .
February 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Kelly Clarkson in San Antonio, disco-dancing for a cause, Carnaval Brasileiro, and Anthony Bourdain in Austin . . .
February 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Mardi Gras in Port Arthur, the watercolors of Charles Russell, the Winedale Quilt Show, and the couture of Jean Paul Gaultier in Dallas . . .
February 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Sara Hickman, Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsyth, a TubaMeisters Christmas, and the von Trapp family sings . . .
January 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Willie Nelson and Friends, Cowgirl Round-up and Showdeo, Black Eyed Pea and Cornbread Cookoff, and a New Year's Eve show in Emo's new digs . . .
January 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Ruby Jane Smith, Return of the Herd of Harpsichords, Sarah Jarosz, and the Texas A&M Singing Cadets . . .
January 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Spindletop turns 100, Shawn Colvin performs with Lyle Lovett, the MLK, Jr. Symposium, and a Rick Riordan exhibition at the Witliff Collections . . .
January 2012 by Michael Hoinski
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Erykah Badu and the Cannabinoids, Four Funny Females, Clint Black, and Amtrak's Fortieth Anniversary . . .
January 2012 by Michael Hoinski
The Keys to My Heart »
For decades, I had an on-again, off-again love affair with the piano. Today, my ardor is once more in bloom—to the envy of even my husband.
December 2011
The Drop Everything List »
Brittney Griner, East Austin Studio Tour, the Trains at NorthPark, and the World Gaming Championship . . .
December 2011 by Michael Hoinski
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