By Melanie Escalante Liliana Huantes remembers sitting down with her family to watch home videos as a child and being mesmerized by the camera and what it created. The Texas Tech alum from San Antonio, Texas who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative media industries in May 2021, said when she would go to […]
TTU Presidential Lecture & Performance Series welcomes music group “Ranky Tanky”
April 22, 2022 by
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lubbock rapper sentenced to 25 years in prison after lyrics, social media posts admitted as evidence
January 27, 2020 by
By Corey May Editor’s note: An appeal was filed in the Seventh District of Texas Court of Appeals in Potter County on Dec. 05, 2019. Further movement in the case is still pending. On April 22, 2019, Treshon “Parkway Tee” Stokes, charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver in the […]
Rise of Afropop: African music finding a home with mainstream audiences
December 15, 2019 by
By Andrea Payne Whether through earbuds, headphones or sing-alongs, individuals indulge in different genres of music through sound and rhythm. Afropop, a sub-genre of pop music, has started to make its way into mainstream popularity. According to a data analysis by Statista, pop music garners a total of 30 percent of all music listeners — […]
Moonlight Musicals: Behind the Scenes of Elf the Musical
December 6, 2019 by
By Michelle Bless Patrons have been watching Moonlight Musicals performances for 14 years. People understand casts rehearse prior to the show, but rarely do people know how many rehearsals it takes to get the lines right, how many runs of the choreography before the steps are perfected. A behind the scenes video shows the cast […]
Moonlight Musicals: Opportunities to Create Something Bigger
November 18, 2019 by
By Michelle Bless Gerald Dolter, the founder of Moonlight Musicals and professor of voice at Texas Tech University, said he wanted to give his students the opportunity to gain on-stage experience in live theatre. His fellow professor of voice, Karl Dent, had the same intention. “As a teacher, you have an inborn goal of helping […]
INKling of Doubt: Lubbock Tattoo Artists Discuss Cover-Up Work
November 8, 2019 by
By: Joshua Bray Every tattoo has a story to tell. In 2012, the History of Tattoos’ website states, about 45 million Americans had at least one tattoo, and 30 percent of college graduates in the United States have permanent ink. The same website reports 17 percent of people who have tattoos regret them; however, 5 […]
