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It’s unlikely you’ve ever seen anything like the Echo Gallery in Johnson City before. Even if you’ve visited here previously, it’s going to be different because everything here changes so frequently. At a quick glance, it might look cluttered but look carefully. You’ll discover unique fine art and vintage furniture, you’ll see trash turned into art, you’ll even see holes in the wall that owner Linda Haddock is quite proud of. Her goal here is to eliminate the barriers we ten ...

Helotes, Texas’ Mark Waldrop is one talented musician who has been successfully entertaining audiences in venues across the Texas Hill Country for a good many years. The crowds know and love this laid-back singer and guitarist for his colorful mix of country/western, swing, blues, hillbilly and other genres. What they may not know is that when the show’s over, Mark transforms himself from popular performer into a highly trained, professional luthier – that’s right, a first-rate, bona fi ...

Ladies and Gentlemen! Please welcome Dion Pride to center stage at the Texas Theater. That will be the welcome on Saturday, August 26 as the Heart of Texas Roadshow comes to Seguin for two performances at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Joining Pride, who represents the second generation of country royalty, will be traditional entertainers Darrell and Mona McCall and Seguin native Dottsy. Tickets are $20 and are available at [[http://www.heartoftexascountry.com]]. The son of legendary Country Hall of Fame m ...

Artist Catherine Massaro is a storyteller. The art she creates tells a story—a different version to everyone who views it—and sparks memories. Those who view it at shows or her Studio Massaro on Main Street in Johnson City, across from in the Echo art and antique gallery, will trade stories with Catherine and with others.

You've probably already heard the bad news: honeybees are dying like flies.  And if they disappear our diets will change drastically.  These helpful insects pollinate a list of food plants as long as your uncle's arm.  It includes such favorites as apples, plums, peaches, Brussels sprouts, pears, okra, chocolate, broccoli, onions, coffee, apricots, beets, avocados, all sorts of beans, celery, figs, carrots, and on and on and on -- for another yard or two.   ...

You’re hungry. You’re craving pizza. Dirt Road Cookers will bake up a pizza for you, but you’d better be very hungry because it’s eight feet across. Yes, this pizza will feed you and your friends. It will feed your birthday party or church group or wedding party or neighborhood gathering or family reunion. It’s all done in a mobile, wood-fired pizza oven nearly the size of some modern s ...

Texans just can’t get enough of good classic Country and Western music – they drive to it, work to it, laugh and cry along to it and, especially dance to it. And, in a state where two-stepping is true-stepping those talented individuals who provide the same to avid audiences eager for a little sawdust shuffling are definitely held to the highest standards – standards like “Faded Love,” “Crazy Arms” and “Yo ...

The old-timers thought Glenda and Tom Slaughter were making a massive mistake, but the pioneering pair pressed on to successfully establish the first commercial winemaking operation in Bandera County. Cradled in a picturesque canyon alongside the clear-flowing Sabinal River, the Lost Maples Winery at Polvadeau Vineyards attracts growing numbers of wine enthusiasts as well as tourists to the Vanderpool area including v ...

Randy Ersch takes wood and makes miracles for people with special needs. His Fredericksburg workshop – Ingrained in Wood Design Specialties – hums with activity when he opens it up to special-needs clients of Advantage Care Services (ACS) for a “shop day.”  Under his watchful eyes and with his non-stop encouragement, young adults with cognitive issues enthusiastically sand, drill and hammer on simple projects like bird houses that to them become works of woodworking ar ...

Rio Concho Drive winds alongside the Concho River in downtown San Angelo and just west of the Bell Street crossing bridge, a limestone monument commemorates the founding of the first mission in this part of Texas.  Other markers recognize a young nun in Spain, said to have taught the native Indian tribes, resulting in the founding of the mission.   In 1632, Franciscan priests traveled here from ...