by Phil Houseal | Jun 8, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
June 7, 2017–When Terry Theis first attended the Kerrville Folk Festival back in 1978, he, uh, bypassed the gate. “Yeah, I joined up because I finally got caught sneaking in,” confessed the Harper engraver and accordion player when I interviewed him outside Threadgill...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 1, 2017 | All Articles, Events, People of the Hill Country, Venue
May 31, 2017–It’s the kind of meeting even people who hate meetings will attend. Invite everyone you know–and don’t know–and ask them to bring a favorite bottle of wine to share. No agenda, no minutes, nothing to vote on, and barely anyone who claims to be in charge....
by Phil Houseal | May 4, 2017 | All Articles, Venue
May 3, 2017–Back in the dark ages of computing, when screens were black, letters were green, and images were created using backslashes, asterisks, and parentheses, we nerds played “escape” games. Those early versions were crude, with simple dialogue and limited...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 27, 2017 | All Articles, Events, People of the Hill Country, Venue
April 26, 2017–It’s Hollywood in the Hill Country. This weekend, film aficionados from around the world will be drawn to the flickering screens of the Hill Country Film Festival. The non-urban setting has grown to become one of the most appealing places for...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 22, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music, Venue
Mar 22, 2017–Cause that’s what makes her happy. That is the top reason Sloan Ruth gives for creating The Backyard behind Fritztown Cinema. The new outdoor music venue will open April 7 with its first of many regular concerts. “I’m not musical, though I took piano for...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 16, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music, Venue
Mar 15, 2017–Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson calls them the “Carnegie Halls of western swing.” But if you are old enough to have waltzed across Texas, you know them as dance halls. When I wrote about these two-stepping temples in 2013, Stephen Dean of Texas Dancehall...
