On April 28, the Texas Tech Office of the President will host Grammy winners Ranky Tanky, as their final act to wrap up this semester’s Presidential Lecture & Performance Series. The series celebrates 15 years of providing the local community with educational and entertaining performances by distinguished speakers, authors, musicians, and dance companies. Notable performances […]
SILC hosts Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech campaign
March 30, 2022 by
By Melanie Escalante The Student Intersectional Leadership Council at Texas Tech is a student-led organization that works closely with the division of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as other campus departments. Nanette Dolera, a senior pursuing a dual degree in honors sciences and humanities and political science who also serves as the Asian, Pacific […]
My experience in the coffee industry
July 19, 2021 by
While many people consider themselves to be coffee enthusiasts, most have probably not spent time working in coffee shops to learn the craft. Many in the industry are likely to tell you coffee is as much a craft and an art as anything–it takes time and patience to learn the art of coffee. For nearly […]
Resell business on the rise in Lubbock
July 19, 2021 by
By Joe Garcia Mel Lofton of VintagebyFaded wants to encourage anyone who is into vintage, sneakers or street wear to go after reselling because now is the time to do it. “I look at it as a community–being involved with everyone that’s (selling vintage), and then they’re working with people…It’s just better that way,” Lofton […]
Troubles Brewing: Local coffee shop finds success following COVID adversity
April 1, 2021 by
Since the start of the pandemic, businesses across the county have been hit hard by the pandemic leading many to close their doors for good. In spite of the circumstances, Sugar Browns Coffee was able to launch their new location on 67th Street and Indiana Avenue. Taylor McAlpine, general manager, said the idea for the […]
Tik Tok develops into major social platform amid pandemic
February 25, 2021 by
By: Hattie Robb, Samantha Pontius, Haley Pratt, Reagan Ranzer, Alessandra Singh With a population full of people constantly glued to their phones, one up-and-coming social media platform feeds into this addiction, causing a major spike in screen time across the globe. What began as a small startup in China, the video-sharing app, known as Tik […]
Lubbock Arts and the Cultural District During COVID-19
February 18, 2021 by
By Kristina Faulkner, Jackson Hanna, Mckenna Harmony, Elizabeth Herbert, Hannah Holtz Throughout the pandemic, the Lubbock Arts and Cultural District has had to adjust to a new normal. This required artists, musicians and performers to learn how to express themselves in new and different ways. The National Endowment of the Arts website states the arts […]
Passion in Production: Lubbock head roaster talks about community & coffee
December 28, 2020 by
By Barrett Bergez Since he was a teenager, Lubbockite Keaton Crane has had a love of coffee and the community that lives around it. When he turned 18, Crane got his first job in the coffee industry at a local coffee shop called Gatsby’s Coffeehouse that has since closed down. Crane said it was at […]
Local LBK Works to Promote Community Growth and Local Businesses
November 5, 2020 by
By Barrett Bergez When he was in college, Taylor McAlpine had an idea: create a social media account that was tailor-made to promote local businesses. McAlpine drew his inspiration from accounts such as Lubbock in the Loop and Visit Lubbock. Where those accounts focused on the tourist side and on what was new in the […]
Historical Hindrance: Lubbock Museums struggling to rebound, outlast pandemic
September 24, 2020 by
By Krizia Williams, Graciela Vazquez, Tristini Tomlinson, Rebecca Ruiz, Taylor Cordova & Reece Nations Lined in even rows side-by-side with each other, exhibits in and around the American Windmill Museum silently loom in seclusion until the visitors of the day arrive. However, the attendance at the windmill museum has dropped significantly since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s […]
