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Shakespeare at Winedale summer class students performing Comedy of Errors, 2013.

Plan A Midsummer’s Dream Trip to Winedale

April 20, 2014 by Clayton Stromberger

We all have those special Texas summer places that draw us back—the dance pavilion at Garner State Park, the swimming hole at Krause Springs, a particular stretch of Padre Island. Ever since English professor James “Doc” Ayres founded the Shakespeare at Winedale program in 1971, the Theatre Barn at Winedale has been one of those […]

Foodways Texas Moves to UT Austin’s American Studies Department

February 4, 2014 by Jessica Sinn

Created with flickr slideshow. Foodways Texas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and honoring the Lone Star State’s unique food cultures, has moved to the American Studies Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Modeled after the Southern Foodways Alliance, the nonprofit represents a movement to document Texas’ food culture through oral history […]

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