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In New Braunfels, The Redbird Listening Room Caters to Songwriters—and Song Listeners

July 12, 2022 | By Anthony Head

With people once again flocking to live music venues after COVID put a temporary halt to live events, The Redbird Listening Room in New Braunfels is offering music fans the chance to take in Texas music without distraction—no cell phones, no table service, no talking.

Lucky Land Offers a Serene Exhibition of Asian Culture and Art in Houston

June 14, 2022 | By Anthony Head

Just inside the bright red and yellow entryway arch of Lucky Land in Houston, traditional Asian music plays softly, providing a gentle backdrop to the rustling of trees and bamboo stalks and water splashing in an immense koi pond.

A New Biography Recounts Juan F. Vasquez’s Journey from South Texas Cotton Fields to the U.S. Tax Court

July 20, 2021 | By Anthony Head

Judge Juan F. Vasquez has covered a lot of ground in his more than 25 years on the U.S.

New Book Chronicles the Life of San Antonio Artist Jesse Treviño

March 1, 2019 | By Matt Joyce

In over 30 years as a journalist, San Marcos writer and Texas Highways contributor Anthony Head has covered everything from high school basketball in Indiana to politics in Chicago to the culinary arts of Los Angeles, where he was an editor with Bon Appétit magazine.

Bookshop Memories

January 3, 2014 | By Anthony Head

Wherever I travel, I seek out independent bookstores. They help define a city’s character for me.

The October 2023 issue of Texas Highways "Tastes Like Home"

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