By Tanner Hunt The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts will host its monthly First Friday Art Trail tomorrow, Nov. 6, but outside the downtown trolley crawl are pockets of unexplored inspiration. This Friday, a Lubbock startup, ULabs, and a group of architecture students with the cryptic name BLNKA will host a night of artistic expression after the […]
Dancing For The Stars
October 20, 2015 by
By Megan Reyna The music luminaries of the Lone Star State are getting a special dance tribute this weekend in Lubbock. Texas Music Icons: A Rockin’ Evening of Dance features contemporary and jazz styles of dance. Presented by the local Flatlands Dance Theatre, the event will be held at 8 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 24 in the Firehouse Theatre at The […]
Arena Concerts Generate Modest Revenue for Tech
October 9, 2015 by
Paul McCartney. Enrique Iglesias. Pitbull. Jason Aldean. These are some of the artists who have performed at the United Supermarkets Arena (USA) in Lubbock over the last year. But surprisingly, no resulting millions of dollars have poured into Texas Tech’s coffins. The arena generates only modest revenues, enough to cover its expenses. It made $155,340 from […]
Nudity, For Art’s Sake
October 5, 2015 by
Zeus, the god of the sky and leader of the Olympian gods, is known in Greek mythology for his quick temper and coercive sexual schemes. At Texas Tech, students may know him for his nude statue by the library. A replica of “Zeus or Poseidon of Artemision,” an important piece of art at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, was […]
Straight Outta Lubbock: Parade of Great Musicians
September 29, 2015 by
1979. Pink Floyd premiere a live version of “The Wall.” Sony introduces the Walkman. And Lubbock creates the West Texas Walk of Fame, with Buddy Holly as the first inductee. Today, more than 70 singers, songwriters, artists, poets and entertainers have been inducted. The list boasts well-known Lubbock-native musicians, such as Mac Davis, Joe Ely and Delbert McClinton. […]
Students, Lubbockites Reveal Meaning Behind Body Art
April 16, 2015 by
A bell chime jingles as the glass door of the Stay True Tattoo shop opens, and a melody of rhythmic buzzing from an ink gun and pulsing music from a tablet welcome visitors. Clients arrive to request a design or decorate a limb. Tattoo specialists wash their hands, prepare various colors of ink and don sanitary […]
A Guide to Public Art on the Texas Tech Campus
April 14, 2015 by
Steel House by Robert Bruno, 2015, seen by the architecture building Despite what some may think, this sculpture was created before the iconic house. It was originally created in 1974 and was Bruno’s inspiration for creating something similar for his home. The piece had been sitting in a cotton field for more than 35 years […]
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
November 5, 2014 by
Pictures by Alyssa Peden Texas Tech student Alyssa Peden took these pictures at the 43rd Annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta on October 11 in New Mexico.
First Friday Art Trail Boasts Local Culture
September 12, 2014 by
You may not realize it, but Lubbock has a pretty happening art scene, and the First Friday Art Trail is sure to expose a side of Lubbock that many Tech students have not seen. “When visiting in the past, I was mainly surrounded by college life and football games,” Margaret Dye, a graduate student pursuing […]
10 Reasons Why Lubbock Isn’t Boring
June 6, 2014 by
In a recent article posted by movoto.com, a real estate website, Lubbock was ranked the most boring place to live in America. Only cities with populations greater than 100,000 were ranked, and cities such as Plano, Texas, and Laredo, Texas, were deemed more interesting. Now, I was born and raised right here and I can […]
