Facing an unprecedented wave of censorship, Tucson has unabashedly staked out its claim as ground zero in the defense of poetry and literary arts.
Reality television capitalizes on shortcuts and exaggeration, playing to the lowest common denominator when advantageous, Top Chef has historically dwelled in reputable terrain.
Girl in a Coma represent how diverse our history is. Their own inspiration for the band span as wide as Bjork and Patsy Cline; two soulful singers Nina, no doubt, on stage.
It's not all about the Alamo in the thriving city of San Antonio.
We crammed so much in during our Race to the Alamo trip to San Antonio that I had to post another article on all the great places to dine while in thi...
My sister found her passion in the Army. She fell in love with the camaraderie and challenge she found, first becoming an Arabic linguist and then a Blackhawk pilot. As I was preparing for the 2006 WNBA Finals, my sister was also preparing for battle -- the real one.
In an increasingly isolated human world, libraries are gathering places which confirm the shared social endeavor of learning together.
There is no "one" Hispanic voice; there are many and they are aggressively expressing this multi-varied identity via online networks. The notion of a monolithic Hispanic "voting block" is obsolete and irrelevant.
On my recent trip to San Antonio, I took a class at the Culinary Arts Institute. But even better were the restaurants I enjoyed. Here's the list I took home.
Two Texas breweries, both casualties of unfortunate corporate mergers, have been given hip new lives in San Antonio.
Orchestra has suffered chronic deficits that have blossomed over the past two or three years. The orchestra world is going through a major discontinuity, at best, and an implosion, at worst.
There's one simple but highly influential facet to our career success that is typically overlooked by the average incoming college freshman: location.
While Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a gaggle of legislators hark back to 19th century glory and introduce proposals to reclaim their state's "sovereignty"...
On the heels of a new Congressional Budget Office report that the DREAM Act would reduce the deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade and public s...
Recently I visited San Antonio, Texas for the first time. I even went to the Alamo. My taxi driver from the airport, a middle-aged fellow from Cypru...
In focusing on independent bookstores, I introduce you to The Twig Book Shop, long a fixture in San Antonio's literary community.