By Aggies, For Aggies
By Meredith Morse “A poet’s work is to name the unnamable; to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep.” – Salman Rushdie The dim outside lights of Revolutions Café & Bar make it difficult at first to tell whether or not you’ve actually come [...]
By Meredith Morse Come out to Wolf Pen Creek to celebrate all things short, long and fuzzy! Saturday, October 22, Brazos Animal Shelter will be hosting its 5th Annual Wiener Fest, a fun family event commemorating man’s best friend. Proceeds for the day’s events will go to building a new shelter for the homeless animals [...]
By Meredith Morse Texas A&M is bringing change to its campus. Phyllis Frye, an openly transgendered attorney from Houston and senior partner of the law firm Frye and Associates, will be speaking on Monday, October 17 about events that led to the establishment of a student-based GLBT society in Aggieland. The lecture, cosponsored by the [...]
By Meredith Morse A group of Texas A&M students has established Aggie Wildfire Relief, an organization that looks to tap into the unlimited resource that is the Aggie Spirit, in response to the spread of wildfires that have ravaged our state throughout these past few rain-starved months. News of the latest on-campus philanthropy is spreading [...]
By Meredith Morse Picture this: a royal marriage, two powerful fairies, four young, love-struck Athenians, and one confusing night in a forest–all in Downtown Bryan. Starting September 29 and continuing every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for the next three weeks, StageCenter Community Theater brings William Shakespeare’s celebrated play A Midsummer Night’s Dream to DTB. All [...]
By Meredith Morse As fall starts to set in, what better way to bring back the spiciness of our Texan summers than with a two-day Mexican Independence festival? Fiestas Patrias, a weekend-long commemoration, brings food, parades and dancing to the streets of Downtown Bryan. Founded in Bryan in the early 1990s by Roy Lopez and [...]
By Meredith Morse Whether you’re trying to impress your in-laws, round out a fancy five-course meal, or seduce a hot date, knowing your way around a bottle of wine is a crucial skill. Got an unrefined palate? Had a bad experience with Communion as a child? Prefer wine of the “boxed” variety? Not to worry, [...]
By Meredith Morse Is there any better way to celebrate the end of a busy week than by indulging several of your senses simultaneously? This Saturday, September 3, at Lakeside Icehouse & Grill, you can fill your belly, gaze upon scenic Lake Bryan, and sit back and listen to the hard-hitting rock of the [...]