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The Mooncake King and Queen of Dallas

The Mooncake King and Queen of Dallas

The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar commemorates the end of the fall harvest, with celebrants lighting lanterns and exchanging mooncakes—decorative filled pastries. This year the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 17, and at Jeng Chi restaurant, preparations began many months ago.Tucked away in the suburb of Richardson, just twenty …

San Antonio’s Starlighter celebrating 3rd anniversary with music festival this Saturday

San Antonio’s Starlighter celebrating 3rd anniversary with music festival this Saturday

The Deco District’s Starlighter is celebrating three years as a live music destination by throwing an all-day festival this Saturday. Matador Production House opened the venue in 2021 as a haven for Alamo City bands and fellow creatives. Since then, the venue, located at 1910 Fredericksburg Road, has featured live concerts, art markets, drag shows and …

Why Everyone Wants to Save the Bobwhite Quail

Why Everyone Wants to Save the Bobwhite Quail

Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin Name: Colinus virginianusSize: Six to seven inches tallTexas habitat: Open grasslands, shrublands, and prairies This beloved game bird’s lonesome, high-pitched whistle—“Bob-white! Poor-bob-white!”—marks the turning of the seasons across Texas. During the typical mating period, in April and May, male bobwhite quails …

Should unpaid traffic tickets lead to jail time? This justice of the peace doesn’t think so.

Should unpaid traffic tickets lead to jail time? This justice of the peace doesn’t think so.

A Harris County justice of the peace has made the unusual move to formally recall, or withdraw, all 12,500 outstanding arrest warrants issued by his court — a decision condemned by critics as “inexplicable” but celebrated by advocates for reform as a step toward addressing a profound injustice.  The recall, issued by Steve Duble, justice …

Texas A&M-San Antonio prof wins microbiology teaching award

Texas A&M-San Antonio prof wins microbiology teaching award

Texas A&M University-San Antonio microbiologist Davida Smyth has won the ASM Carski Award for Undergraduate Education, university officials said Monday. The prestigious award comes from the American Society for Microbiology, a professional organization created in 1899 to advance microbial sciences. More than 32,000 educators, scientists and healthcare workers belong to the organization, according to the ASM. …

Author Christopher Brown to discuss book on urban edgelands at San Antonio event

Author Christopher Brown to discuss book on urban edgelands at San Antonio event

Award-winning Texas author Christopher Brown will appear in San Antonio Wednesday, Sept. 18, to talk about his new genre-defying book that explores the spaces where cities and wild nature collide. A Natural History of Empty Lots documents Brown’s 20-year experiment traversing, living in and writing about these urban edgelands. Publisher Timber Press has called the …

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