The Trans-Pecos Pipeline (TPP to those who love it/hate it) is a proposed natural gas pipeline that will, barring an unlikely federal intervention in response to a lingering appeal by locals (spearheaded by the Big Bend Conservation Alliance), run from the Waha Hub outside of Fort Stockton in northern Pecos County to the border at Presidio,…
Gregg Barrios on the Power of Music, Poetry and James Franco
Journalist, activist, teacher, poet, critic, filmmaker and playwright Gregg Barrios, who hails from Victoria, Texas, but now calls San Antonio home, is a Texas treasure. Actually, Barrios is more than that: he’s a treasure of American arts and letters, a captivating performer, a consummate educator and artistic provocateur, and a powerful role model for others…
Ricky Martin brings his One World Tour to the Freeman
From holding it down as a member of Menudo to 1999’s breakout with “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” from Spanish to English, from singing and dancing to acting, philanthropy with The Ricky Martin Foundation, and even publishing an autobiography—a New York Times Best Seller in 2010—Ricky Martin, siempre el chulito, has had one hell of a…