interview

Ground Control to Charlie Duke, Apollo Mission Astronaut of New Braunfels

October 15, 2017 | By Heather Brand

Only 12 people have walked on the moon, and New Braunfels resident Charlie Duke is one of them.

Football star Dat Nguyen shares his life journey

August 23, 2017 | By Matt Joyce

Dat Nguyen holds the distinction of being the first and only Vietnamese-American to play in the National Football League.

Country Singer Aaron Watson’s Texas independence streak

June 15, 2017 | By Heather Brand

Ever since the 1999 debut of his first album, Singer/Songwriter, country crooner Aaron Watson has been blazing his own trail up the charts with songs that draw from his hometown roots and Texas musical heritage.

For the love of life, land and cowdogs

November 14, 2016 | By Matt Joyce

You’d be hard-pressed to find a Texas schoolkid from the mid-1980s forward who doesn’t crack a smile at the mention of Hank the Cowdog.

Big, Bold, and Boffo

October 14, 2016 | By Heather Brand

Houston-based artist David Adickes estimates he’s created about 5,000 paintings, drawings, and three-dimensional artworks over the course of his 70-year career.

Birding Basics

March 21, 2016 | By Lois Rodriguez

She’s been at the helm of the Great Texas Birding Classic for 18 of its 20 years, but the passion behind it all has not waned for Shelly Plante, Nature Tourism Manager for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

A TH Moment with Robert Earl Keen

June 1, 2009 | By Shermakaye Bass

One of the first things you notice about Robert Earl Keen is that he talks the way he writes.

TH Moment with Jerry Jeff Walker

December 12, 2008 | By Rob Mccorkle

Of all the vaunted singer-songwriters who serenaded the Lone Star State with a rock-tinged country-and-folk sound when Austin was putting down its Live-Music-Capital-of-the-World roots in the 1970s, it is Jerry Jeff Walker who perhaps best wears the mantel of troubadour.

An Intverview with Elmer Kelton

May 10, 2008 | By Maxine Mayes

The mood in the Boerne Public Library last summer was festive and the atmosphere electric, like that in a roomful of eager fans awaiting the appearance of a rock star.

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