by Phil Houseal | May 8, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
May 6, 2020–With a boost from technology, Joan Speer is making sure her high school students stay in a “calculus community.” That’s what the Fredericksburg High School (FHS) math teacher misses most about the current suspension of public schools due to The Virus Which...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 18, 2020 | All Articles, Events, Music, Philosophy, Venue
Mar 18, 2020–After an exciting ride up the music charts, where he sold 200,000 albums, and hit the Top 30 on Billboard’s Country Album chart and Top Ten on its Independent Album chart, Cory Morrow was wondering what to do next. He decided to ask his fans what...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 12, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, History, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Mar 11, 2020–Why have puppets fascinated humanity throughout history? Why do they continue to fascinate us? Because they cut across every culture, era, language, and age, according to Rob D’Arc, who will be building them at his workshop this weekend during the Llano...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 5, 2020 | All Articles, Events, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Mar 4, 2020–For Pat Green, writing songs and sculpting bronzes are not that different. “I’m telling the truth. I just want to tell it in different ways.” The chart-topping American Texas Country artist known for his hit Wave on Wave will reveal another side of his...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 19, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, People of the Hill Country
Feb 19, 2020–With less than a week before their first performance, the inaugural class of In The Moment Improv did not even have a name. No one was worried. After all, it is an “improv” group, and stepping on stage immersed in uncertainty is sort of their raison...
by Phil Houseal | Jan 27, 2020 | All Articles, Education, Events, Food, History, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Jan 29, 2020–Musketeer, fire breather, or wizard, it’s always fascinating what motivates a person who leads an otherwise conventional life to don the garb and persona of a character living in the middle ages. To help me understand, Cathryn Harper agreed to talk on...