Culture

A Seat at the Table

When I first saw a flyer for the Food for Black Thought (FFBT) Symposium on a wall at Hoover’s Cooking, the celebrated East Austin restaurant, my first thought was: If this is another excuse for a panel of articulate busybodies to tell me what not to put in my mouth, count me out.

A Hard Body, Repossessed

Hands on a Hardbody, a musical adapted from the hard-to-find 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body, is set to open on Broadway March 21, following a seven-week run last spring at the La Jolla Playhouse in California.

Sky-High Stadium

There was a time when the Dallas Cowboys used their stadium’s most passionate fans as a resource. These days, though, the people in the stands are as likely to be one-timers wearing visiting-team colors as regulars in Cowboys blue-and-white. As long as they paid full price, Jerry Jones can take pride in a victory, of sorts.

Visualizing the World From Lubbock

Like fellow Lubbock native Buddy Holly, visual artist Dirk Fowler proves that great art is indigenous to the Llano Estacado.

A Man Harassing Women