Culture

The Unseen Sabine River

Writer Wes Ferguson takes an intimate look at life on the Sabine River in this excerpt from his book, Running the River: Secrets of the Sabine.

Direct Quote: All the World Loves a Clown

Pam Ramirez is an independent theater director and professional clown based in San Antonio.

Direct Quote: All the World Loves a Clown

This summer, Pam Ramirez will lead a circus camp for kids at San Antonio’s Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.

A Man in Part: Cesar Chavez and the Perils of the Biopic

Acknowledging the presence of moral ambiguity in Chavez’s history and in his heart could only have made his character, and the movie, more compelling.

Gimme Shelter

Are megachurch-goers looking for sanctuary in all the wrong places?

Ben Sargent’s Loon Star State: Perry’s Cool Glasses

Zoe Leonard’s Camera Obscura Turns Marfa Inside Out and Upside Down

“100 North Nevill Street” features a 6-inch lens, installed in one of the building’s walls, that casts an inverse image of the exterior landscape across the interior of the warehouse-like space. Because the image is a real-time projection of the external environment, ever-changing patterns of light and shadow, not to mention clouds and cars, keep the distorted image in constant motion.

Review: James K. Galbraith Separates Fact from Fairy Tale in Bill White’s America’s Fiscal Constitution

Former Houston Mayor Bill White’s book is the history of an idea. It is an idea with deep roots and continuity, one that continues to drive our budget discourse, and one that informs how most Americans think about deficits and debt. The idea is “fiscal responsibility.”

Cold in July is a Monstrous Mash-Up of Film’s Darkest Genres

Cold in July may not be high art, but it triumphs because of the delight it takes in its own mad energy.

Direct Quote: Sam Allen Keeps the Buffalo Soldier Legacy Alive

Living-history educator Sam Allen shares stories of the black soldiers who fought in America’s Civil War and Indian wars.