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August 23, 2013 • Issue 12, Volume 2
Graffitti’s Cafe:
American With a Side of Italian
1894 Grand Opera House: Humane Society: The Show Palace of Texas
Enough Love to Last a Lifetime
Brewmasters Festival: Come Get Your Beer On!
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August 23, 2013 • Issue 12, Volume 2
Contents
4-5 Dining
● “Graffitti’s Cafe: American Food with a Side of Italian Flavor” by Kimber Fountain ● Take a Bite out the Island
6-7 Movies
● “The World’s End: The Bad News is the World is Ending Again,” “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” and a bunch of “Now Showings” by Dustin Chase
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● “1894 Grand Opera House: The Show Palace of Texas” by Kimber Fountain
9-10 Festivals & Things To Do
● “Brewmasters Craft Beer Festival” and much more
12-14 The Island Guide Fun Maps 15 Books
● “Pirates, Pirates and More Pirates” reviewed by Tammy Thomas-Cook ● “Astrodome Murders” by Diane L. Twilley Book signing and Author Night at MOD Coffeehouse
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● “Books: Reading Galveston” by Merri Scheibe Edwards
17 Outdoors
● “Seawolf Park: The American Undersea Warfare Center Provides WWII Museums and Memorial Plaza” by Kimber Fountain
18-19 The Fine Arts
● “G. Lee Gallery: Artist, Playwright, Author, Musicians, Teacher, and So Much More” by Tammy Thomas-Cook ● Galleries Showcase Exhibitions Across the Island
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● “Galveston Humane Society: A Round of a-Paws for an Amazing Organization” by Kimber Fountain
22-23 Music
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● “Don’t Miss Shows!” across the Island ● The Music Guide for Live Music Across the Island
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Dining Out
American Food with a Side of Italian Flavor By Kimber Fountain Photos by Christa Schreckengost Tucked away off a small but bustling street with a distinctly European feel, surrounded by rich history and heritage, handcrafting food one plate at a time with care and attention… Perhaps Andrea Graffitti is not as far away from home as one may think. With the distinct sound of Italy reverberating from his subdued, graceful manner, the namesake of one of the Strand’s most popular eateries muses over the two year anniversary of his establishment, a critical milestone for any small business, and the journey of a dream that began far away. Andrea Graffitti and his business partner and cousin Phil DeMarco have traveled far and learned much on their path to bring Italian warmth to American cuisine. Phil DeMarco lived in Houston for many years before retiring to Galveston, where Andrea would come to visit every summer from his home in Cavasso Nuovo, Italy. Having grown up in a small town of less than 1500 people, the amusements, attractions, architecture, and ambiance of Galveston were immensely appealing to Andrea Graffitti on his annual visits, who spent the rest of his year dreaming of starting a life and a business in the United States. Just over two years ago he got
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his chance, when his cousin suggested they purchase a restaurant on the Strand called Western Fried Chicken. Together they took over the original business, but it quickly evolved and found its niche among shoppers and visitors on the Strand in need of quick refreshment and sustenance during their outings. The first thing to change was the name, then the décor, and then with a keen ear to the wants and needs of his guests, Andrea slowly changed the menu and created one catered to his audience. “I tried to do authentic Italian dishes, but what I realized is that here people want ‘quick!’” And so he kept the items that were popular and eliminated the ones that did not work, all the while keeping right in step with his authentic, Italian preparations in the kitchen. The menu items may not reflect Graffitti’s homeland, but the fact that Andrea himself is the one grueling over a hot stove in the back to make each one of his guest’s meals to order most certainly does. While in Italy Andrea studied to be a goldsmith, but the economy crippled his artisan trade so he worked as an electrician and in the wastewater treatment industry. As he worked he saved money to open his own business, not knowing exactly what or when it would be. “I didn’t know anything about
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restaurants,” Andrea laughs, “and learning the business side of Galveston was much different than knowing the tourist side of Galveston.” Waterparks and museums quickly faded to make way for permits, licenses, and business operations, but it also brought Andrea in much closer to the casual, easygoing Island community. And although the majority of the guests to the café are visitors to the Island, he has a dedicated and loyal following of people who live on the Strand. “See that guy?” he points to a gentleman as he walks up to the counter and smiles, “he is in here every day.” The café is small but warm and welcoming, with a bright atmosphere and friendly counter service that extends tableside. The menu is simple and distinctly All-American, and everything is prepared quickly with lunchtime speed and alacrity. Of course the Graffitti Burger is the most popular item on the menu, but this 100% Black Angus Beef burger would probably be a favorite on any menu. A full half pound and grilled to perfection, the Graffitti Burger is easily one of the best on the
Island. It is also available as a cheeseburger and “Rodeo” style with Swiss cheese, bacon, and barbecue sauce. Sandwiches comprise the majority of the rest of the menu, which offers a great selection of many of the traditional favorites. Barbecue Beef, Chicken Fried Steak, Grilled Chicken, and Fish all come in sandwich form, along with an Italian sub (the only Italian thing on the menu). Mike’s Club Sandwich is a heaping stack of turkey and bacon, and for the non-meat lovers there are gooey Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and even a Vegetarian sub. Every Gulf Coast sandwich shop has to have a Shrimp Po Boy, and of course what sandwich list would be complete without the BLT? Try theirs with a fried egg. The Chicken and Veggie Wraps are also worth noting, stuffed full of bell peppers, lettuce, tomato, carrots, olives, and onions they make a nice alternative to a sandwich, as do their crisp fresh salads piled high with vegetables and your choice of either chicken, turkey, or egg. Finger Foods like Chicken Nuggets, Chicken Strips, Hot Wings and Barbecue Wings are great as a meal for one or an appetizer for two or more, or grab a basket of Shrimp or Fish and Fries, served with coleslaw. To round out the menu and offer that little something extra, Graffitti’s makes fresh, homemade fruit smoothies and offers real Italian espresso called LaVazza. Although absorbed in his work and in the daily operations of the business, Andrea cannot hide the hopefulness that his little café exudes, and from it one gets the sense that there is a lot more to come from Andrea Graffitti and his hardworking and ambitious nature. Talk of the future is limited, but talent can only be kept tucked away on the inside of a building for so long. So get the burgers and fries while you can, folks, because authentic Italian flavor may not be too far away. Graffitti’s Café 2121 Strand Street (409)750-9319 www.graffittiscafe.com Open every day except Tuesday from 11am-5pm
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There is a hidden treasure in the University Area in the heart of the East End of Galveston. Tony Gonzalez’ Smooth Tony’s Patio and Grill features a “Backyard” experience that has been described as New Orleans meets Austin. “Live music is playing, great wine and food is being served, in a tropical backyard patio that welcomes all who enter with eclectic visual delights. Scrolled ironwork, copper art, and whimsical fountains situated among lush tropical plants create a memorable island refuge. A cool breezy attitude prevails and the most relaxing place on the Island, beckons the locals and visitors alike to escape behind the decorated orange-hued walls and stay much longer than intended. Couple that with the best “family-style” service and you have a hit.” - A very satisfied Customer! Tony’s brother Willie and his band “The Line Up” can be heard playing on the patio stage along with other local musicians, mostly jazz and acoustics. On occasion you can even hear Tony’s Dad playing Spanish Music on the guitar. Not to be outdone, Tony’s sister Ingrid belts out some great songs on stage as well. 16 years ago Tony Gonzalez built, with the help of his family, Galveston Island’s first juice and smoothie bar. Tony Gonzalez, a BOI, was determined to deliver the best products and best services on the Island. It’s clear that Tony has succeeded. Smooth Tony’s has matured and grown into one of the Island’s “can’t miss” spots.
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Movies:
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Movie Reviews By Dustin Chase dustinchase@texasartfilm.com
Dustin, a Member of the “Houston Film Critics Society;” Film Critic/Asstistant Editor for “Texas Art & Film;” Film Critic for “The Daily News,” Galveston; an Entertainment Reporter for “Galveston.com;” and Film Critic, “The Island Guide,” Galveston; and “EGuide Magazine,” Tyler
“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints:”
Their Love for Each Other Brought Them Together Starring: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster Grade B-
“The World’s End:”
The Bad News is the World is Ending, Again
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Martin Freeman Grade C
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The bad news is that the world is ending yet again in one of the final summer films this year. The upside is that it’s from the creative team behind “Shaun of the Dead” and the spectacularly funny “Hot Fuzz.” Director Edgar Wright, alongside screenwriting pal Simon Peg, lends his witty, spooflike material to robots this time. Having already cinematically roasted zombies and cop flicks, robots are being served in their third collaboration. Unfortunately for us, this is the least funny of the three films (four if you count “Paul,” which Wright wasn’t involved in). In the 1990’s a group of five friends were legends among the sleepy town of Newton Haven, but they failed to complete The Golden Mile challenge where they drink a pint of beer at 12 different bars. Now facing their 40’s and all at different success levels in their lives except for the ring leader Gary (Pegg), they have gotten back together against their better judgment and out of pity for their unchanged leader. However, the town doesn’t seem to remember them and everything looks a bit sanitized. They soon realize that the entire town has been turned into robots, but that doesn’t detour Gary from his only lifelong goal of completing The Golden Mile. They call it the Cornetto trilogy due to the fact that a Cornetto candy wrapper has appeared in all three films. What made “Hot Fuzz” so funny and intelligent isn’t as apparent here. The focus on the love of film isn’t as apparent with the homages, and the jokes are worthy of only a snicker instead of a full blown laugh. It’s still clever for the most part and, as usual, has something very derogatory to say about society and the stupidity of humans, which is entertaining on its own. According to Wright and Pegg, this completes the trilogy for the team. The underlying theme of the film, which gets fairly ridiculous midway through, is that some people cling to the past so much that they are unable to move on, in this case into adulthood for Gary. There are a handful of great lines here, including “It’s not an invasion, it’s a merger,” as Basil (David Bradley) explains to the bar hoppers. Gary, when making fun of Andrew (Frost), who doesn’t drink alcohol any longer and only orders water, refers to it as “drinking rain.” The battle scenes and the speeches seem to go on forever without a defiant punch line or acceleration in plot. The script certainly has its low points as it trickles towards an even more lackluster ending. Final Thought – The Edgar Wright trilogy wobbles to a disappointing finish.
It’s interesting to look at director David Lowery’s filmography, which showcases his talents in film editing, sound department, visual effects, and even acting. Many compared Lowery’s first widely seen feature “Ain’t Them Bodies Saint’s” to a Terrence Malick film, and it isn’t just because they film in Texas. Lowery’s work is very visually focused, but I found his method of storytelling much more fluid and purposeful than Malick’s. I found Lowery’s appreciation for capturing “the scene” with beautiful flooding cinematography, a haunting score, and impending tension to mirror the style of Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination of Jesse James” by the Coward Robert Ford, also starring Casey Affleck. Their love for each other brought them together and now it will tear them apart. Bob Muldoon (Affleck) throws down the weapon and turns himself in to the police after a robbery goes bad. With Ruth (Mara) by his side and a dead best friend on the floor of an old barn, Bob vows to return to take care of her and their unborn child. After four years of letters, the inability to express her feelings on motherhood, and the anticipation for them to reunite, Ruth appears to have moved on until word reaches that Bob has escaped prison. Local cop Patrick Wheeler (Foster), who was shot during the arrest four years ago, sees a chance to be the man Ruth desperately wants. Bradford Young’s cinematography is the most interesting and unique aspect of the film (besides the stunning poster) not only because it is beautiful, but also because it tells the story more than dialogue, plot, and sound. The editing also plays a powerful role in the slow development of the story that simultaneously takes its time, but never wastes it. A big admirer of Affleck’s work, this is not his strongest performance and it rings a little too close to his Robert “Bob” Ford role. Mara continues to prove that she really did deserve that best actress nomination for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” choosing challenging and diverse roles to sharpen her talent. Honestly, the most impressive performance here is Foster (“3:10 To Yuma,” “The Messenger”) in one of his most sensitive performances yet. Typically cast as the aggressor, Foster, like Mara and Affleck, play this role with looks, stares, and very loud unspoken dialogue. This semi-western might be set in the 1970’s but Lowery makes Meridian, Texas look and feel like a dusty old saloon town. There isn’t much action here because this is a film about yearning to speak the words you can never say. In it’s own way, it’s a romantic film set among impossible circumstance and Lowery has written it purposely to play out visually. Final Thought – Lacks emotion but looks stunning anyway.
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“Elysium” (Grade B-, Rated R; Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley) - A lot has changed in the year 2154, the “1%” now live on a floating manmade space station called Elysium. There is no sickness, no crime or poverty; that is reserved for those still on Earth, who are working slaves to the rich and powerful. In charge of Elysium’s national security, Chief Delacourt (Foster) is of a mind to shoot first and asked questions later when unauthorized vessels enter the forbidden airspace. Max (Damon) has grown up in poverty on the dirty streets of Los Angeles. When an injury at work infects him with radiation, he agrees to take on the task of changing the elite system and making the paradise in the sky available to everyone. I was surprised that Blomkamp, for all his creative genius, followed such predictable gender stereotypes. This year alone, we have already watched Will Smith
(and son) help save the world in “After Earth,” Tom Cruise in “Oblivion,” Henry Cavel in “Man of Steel” and so on. Now, Matt Damon is faced with doing the same, and I wonder if it would not have been more creative, interesting, and challenging to have Foster and Damon switch roles. Blomkamp’s script is smart in making Max somewhat selfish to want to live, but in the flashbacks we see his positive influence leading him towards empathy. Final Thought – Blomkamp is obviously more creative when abiding by the notion ‘less is more.’ “Jobs” (Grade C, Rated PG-13; Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, Matthew Modine) - “Jobs” has a lot of things working against it as a film, the most obvious being the questionable talent of celebrity Ashton Kutcher. When we meet the barefoot Jobs he has dropped out of college and is sleeping on a bench, but still carrying a notebook and attending classes. We watch him do drugs and look at the sky, argue and speak down to the imagination team of Atari. Finally his creative interests are peaked when friend Steve Wozniak (Gad) introduces him to this thing called a personal computer he is working on. We watch as this smelly hippie becomes obsessed with out-inventing not only the competition, but anyone. His hostile ambition begins to destroy the personal and professional relationships he has made and force everyone to question his real motives. “I can’t work for other people; I just need my independence.” The film opens with a prologue introducing us to Kutcher as the face of the deceased creator as he unveils the iPod in 2001. Kutcher’s look certainly does embody the man we have seen in photos (at least from behind). One of the few positives of casting Kutcher (“Dude, Where’s My Car,” “No Strings Attached”) in this nearly villainous role is that his own noted narcissism and destructive behavior was an easy persona for him to adhere to. Final Thought – A fascinating human being in a very stale production. “Kick A**2” (Grade B, Rated R; Aaron Taylor Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz Plasse, Jim Carrey) - Maybe the best sequel of the year (don’t get excited, that isn’t saying a lot) manages to find that flexible line between stupidity, entertainment and an important message for viewers (especially those who think being a superhero is cool). The last time we saw “Kick A**” (Johnson) and Hit Girl (Moretz), they had killed the evil father of Red Mist (Plasse). Hit Girl continues to fight crime and train Kick A** on how to be a better fighter. However, after pleading from her caretaker, Det. Marcus (Morris Chestnut), she decided to hang up her costume. Kick A** joins other crime fighting, costumer wearing self-made superheroes
called Justice Forever, led by Colonel Stars & Stripes (Carrey). After the sudden death of his mother and complete inheritance of his family’s estate, Chris moves beyond Red Mist into a new super villain identity, wanting nothing more than to kill Kick A**. Johnson, who looks far too old to still be playing a high school character, impresses me more with each film he does. He is a true star and a very talented actor. Plasse only knows how to play one character; however, I do like the fact that his revenge and evil plot is derived from something very simple and organic. He isn’t out to rule or destroy the world, he just wants to avenge his father. Final Thought – Makes more sense than most Marvel films. “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (Grade B, Rated PG-13; Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Terrance Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny Kravitz, John Cusack, Robin Williams, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Mariah Carey) Using many of the actors he has worked with in the past, not to mention a quarter of Hollywood taking small but vital roles in the film, “The Butler” reaches for greatness but never really grasps it. “The room should feel empty when you are in it,” a young Cecil Gaines is told by the slave owner who brings him into her house to serve after the boy watches his father murdered in the cotton fields. Cecil is good at taking orders, very passive; “it’s a white man’s world, we are just living in it,” is one of the last things his father said to him. That notion takes Cecil (Whitaker) to Washington DC, where he lands a highly coveted job as a butler in The White House. From Eisenhower (Williams) to Reagan (Rickman), Cecil worked diligently to provide for his family and set an example for all those around him. The film’s real highlight and strong point is the contrast and disagreement between father and son (Oyelowo). We see Cecil sipping champagne in The White House while his son is out, literally fighting for the rights of those discriminated against. Producer Harvey Weinstein has made quite the spectacle of Oprah’s return to cinema, and her role as the wife has clearly been stretched as far as it can be. However, unless voters want to nominate her just because of her name, it isn’t an awards caliber performance. It’s a nice film that will likely refresh many on their history, but doesn’t come close to having the effect or emotion of “The Help.” Final Thought – Daniels’ The Butler doesn’t offer much more than a history lesson. “Planes” (Grade C, Rated PG; Voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Garrett) - In “Planes,” the underdog is a crop duster that has aspirations for competing in the Wings around the Globe, an international aerial race. Dusty Crophopper (Cook) has a beat-up pickup friend, Chug (Garrett), who is his personal
cheerleader, and a mechanic, Dottie (Hatcher), who scolds him at first about going beyond his station in life, but later relents to his and Chug’s pleas to prepare him for racing. He also manages to get an old fighter pilot, Skipper (Keach), to coach him in high flying and encourage him to overcome his fear of heights. Excitement and intrigue come during the race when it looks like Dusty may have a chance to win, but the reigning champion, Ripslinger (Roger Craig Smith), is not above pulling dirty tricks to impede his progress. One significant drawback of “Planes” is the amount of time spent in the beginning on racing and mechanical jargon that is likely to go over the heads of kids—and likely most adults’ as well. “We’re The Millers” ( Grade C+, Rated R; Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Will Poulter, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms) - The script weaves us in and out of unrealistic scenarios that garner a few laughs every now and then (unless you are the couple sitting behind me that laughed at everything so hard they missed half the jokes). A pot dealer, a stripper (Anniston), a runaway and a virgin all fly to Arizona to drive into Mexico to smuggle drugs back across the border for Brad the dealer (Helms). David (Sudeikis) owes Brad big time and this trip should more than cover his debts, but how do you fool the border guards with a huge RV full of drugs? With a happy-go-lucky family, of course. David coaxes his fake wife Rose (Aniston), daughter Casey (Roberts) and son Kenny (Poulter) into the trip because they are all as desperate as he is for money or, in Kenny’s case, something to do. Of course, pretending to be a family when you don’t have one feels pretty good after a while. Unfortunately, in today’s comedy environment studios think ticket buyers want to see three essential elements: penis jokes, drugs, and vulgarity. “We’re The Millers” makes sure those things are virtually in every scene. This movie is hoping to get the same type of response the last time Aniston and Sudeikis got raunchy together in “Horrible Bosses.” The script takes a family summer road trip story (think “RV” with Robin Williams or one of the “Vacation” films with Chevy Chase) and makes it very perverted. We even have a scene where the mother and daughter teach their son how to kiss while daddy films it. Final Thought – A vulgar and raunchy comedy of a family road trip to Mexico. “The Spectacular Now” (Grade B+, Rated R; Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead) From the screenwriters of “500 Days of Summer” and the director of last year’s severely underrated and overlooked “Smashed” (also starring Winstead) comes the type of film that puts honesty before entertainment value and is better for it. 18-year-old Sutter (Teller) doesn’t know if
he wants to graduate high school because he lives for the moment and doesn’t have plans for tomorrow, not to mention the next year. August 23rd His ability to make The Mortal Instruments everyone feel good about themselves is August 30th the reason for his Getaway popularity; girls like Closed Circuit him because he is relaxed, due in part September 6th because he is always Riddick buzzed on alcohol. September 13th Following his breakup Insidious: Chapter 2 with steady girlfriend The Family Cassidy (Larson), he wakes from a drunken September 20th night on the lawn with Prisoners Aimee (Woodley), who is plain, organically September 27th beautiful and innocent. Rush Sutter is the first boy Baggage Claim to ever show her any Don Jon romantic attention and she falls quick and hard and he is forced with selfishly pursuing her or pushing her away for her own good. Is it coincidence that director James Ponsoldt followed up one film of alcohol abuse with another? It’s certainly a topic that doesn’t get enough dramatic attention. Alcohol abuse is typically portrayed as something cool and fun. Just like he did with “Smashed,” Ponsoldt and the writers allow the audience to see all sides of this character who is trying to numb himself from the disappointment he feels, mostly towards himself. It’s a tough role to pull off, and Teller (“Footloose,” “Rabbit Hole”) does a pretty impressive job. Throughout the film we feel some sort of downward spiral or tragedy around every corner. Woodley’s perfectly raspy voice and carefree wardrobe as Aimee make her the iconic girl next door. Sure she is a nerd, but she is beautiful even though Woodley doesn’t wear an ounce of makeup. The only problem here is casting Woodley as the girl no one notices. The scene where Sutter finally meets and understands his father (and in turn his mother), we realize what “The Spectacular Now” does is allow one person to stare into their future and make a choice if they want to follow in the same footsteps or become something greater than everyone around him is encouraging. It’s a tough film, but one that I think parents might find great conversation in with their teenager after watching. Final Thought – Beautifully-painful with terrific performances and an important message.
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Tours 1894 Grand Opera House: The Show Palace of Texas
By Kimber Fountain The only thing about Galveston that does not change is its ability to adapt. No matter the time period, no matter the level of destruction suffered, and no matter the age of the building, throughout the entire history of this Island the business and organizational leaders have absolutely never ceased to find ways to reinvent history. The old buildings now perfectly suit our modern level of convenience, although some have been completely and forever altered, i.e. retail stores sit where banks used to be. But some have come full circle. Some, like the 1894 Grand Opera House, have been invented, re-invented, and then re-invented yet again. However, the most enormous success of this magnificent theatre lies not in the repairs to the building, but in the restoration of its purpose. Before television and cinema, there was the theatre. Before the theatre, there were traveling performance troupes. Before traveling performance troupes, there were ragtag groups of ruffians and outcasts wandering from town to town, performing on the street. Thus the theatre and all the people associated with it have emerged from the innate need to be entertained. Art can make you smile, music may make you chuckle, but only theatre can put the fun in funny, and there is a place inside that is stirred only by live theatrical performance. In the late nineteenth century, amid Galveston’s heyday as a commercial and industrial port, when opulence was oozing off every street corner, a man named Henry Greenwall began the efforts to install a circuit of theatres along the Gulf Coast. Galveston, being the most prominent coastal city at the time, of course received the special attentions of Greenwall, who committed himself to build the biggest and best of all of these theatres in Galveston. Wisely aware of the contribution The Arts make to a community and its economy, he rallied the businessmen of Galveston for support. In one day, Galveston’s leading men contributed enough to cover the entire construction budget of $100,000. Of all of the theatres built by Henry Greenwall, The Grand is the only one left. The building was originally designed as an all-inclusive destination, complete with theatre, hotel, a restaurant, and shops, and was opened on January 3rd of 1895. As the best theatre in the biggest city in Texas, The Grand Opera House drew all of the major stars of the time. Celebrities of the time who graced the stage of The Grand included Anna Pavlova, a Russian Ballerina and principal for the Imperial Russian Ballet. She was the first ballerina to tour around the world, invented the precursor to the modern pointe ballet shoe, and is regarded as one of the best dancers of all time. Famous American actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Lillian Russell also performed on the stage of The Grand, as did the Marx Brothers and John Philip Sousa. The Great Storm of 1900 did extensive damage to The Grand
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early 1970s, when severe neglect and a rather sordid reputation made it take its final bow. At that time it was taken over by the Galveston Arts Council, of which Maureen was the Executive Director. After changes to the board, she was brought on as Opera House Director in its first year of operation under the new management. Eventually, 1894 Grand Opera House was established as an independent corporation, and Patton assumed the title of Executive Director. She describes the extensive restoration process in the beginning. “All of the wood was painted maroon, and it had at least eight layers of paint on it. The walls were an industrial green and rubber tile coated the floors.” With love, dedication, and a lot of creativity, the group set to work. They were helped along by some fortunate finds, including a sample of the original carpet in the attic, which they were able to have reproduced, the realization that someone had wisely put a coat of veneer on the original wood before it was painted maroon, and the discovery of the original foyer doors which had been covered with sheetrock to house a concession stand. They were even able to find and use suppliers of antique wood, which provided them with the exact type and age of wood used in the original interior. Originally the hotel wrapped around the upper levels of the theatre and extended up to the top floor. The upper balcony of the theatre was built as seating for the servants, so the only entrance to it was from the interior of the building. The original renovations included transforming some of the hotel rooms into a second floor lobby with additional restrooms, and the arduous task of cutting out walls and connecting a stairway from the new lobby to the elevated seating areas. The top two floors were converted into loft apartments. The conversion of the remainder of the second floor hotel rooms was about to be underway when Hurricane Ike struck, and although delayed by the necessity of other repairs, they have finally been completed. The remainder of the second floor hotel rooms are now the site of spacious and functional administrative offices and a conference room. By far the most heartwarming tale of The Grand’s reemergence after Ike is told by their nine foot Steinway Concert Grand Piano, which fell victim to the storm surge that invaded the theatre. But “a Steinway never dies it just plays a different tune,” says Maureen Patton, and she worked with Opera House, tearing off the back wall completely. Yet within seven local metal artist John Weber to bring new life to the instrument. months, it was completely repaired and reopened. Maureen Patton, Weber converted the soundboard of the great Steinway into an elecurrent Executive Director of The Grand, is amazed by the speed gant conference table whose glass tabletop was cut into the shape of with which they rebuilt after The Storm. “They knew how importhe lid to the original nine foot piano. That original lid was also saltant theatre was back then, they knew it was important to bring vaged and hangs in the star dressing room, signed with affectionate people together in that way, as quickly as possible. They knew how notes from all of the performers who have stood where it once was much it helped in the healing process.” Patton took this dedication played. and tenacity as her guide in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, which From the moment the Galveston Arts Council reclaimed The struck on opening night of the 2008-2009 season. Saltwater invaded Grand for its former glory, their main directive has been to use the bottom floor of the theatre, the seats, the floor underneath, and the theatre for what it was originally intended and this has been its the stage all had to be completely replaced. “I was standing on the greatest achievement, despite both its survival and the solid founstage with the contractor, looking out at the damage, and I said I want dation it provides to Galveston’s cultural economy. “It was a road to reopen on January 3rd,” in honor of the theatre’s original opening house,” Patton explains, “it was not a production house that prodate. “Without missing a beat he looks at me and asks, ‘What year?’” duces its own shows. It was always a place for prominent traveling When she told him the January 3rd that was a mere four months shows.” Famous modern faces seen at The Grand include William away, he reluctantly agreed. “It was really important to me that we Shatner, Joel Grey, Liza Minelli, James Earl Jones, Bernadette Peters, reopen quickly,” compassion fills her voice as she continues, “just like and Willie Nelson. Most of all, The 1894 Grand Opera House was they needed it in 1900, we needed it after Ike. We needed to provide meant to be a theatre for live performance, a setting for an entertainthat special, healing place for our community.” The contractor kept ment experience whose popularity may wane but will never, ever his promise, and although all of the repairs were not fully completed, cease to exist. 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Festivals & Things to Do Get Crafty at Brewmasters: Tap into all things Craft Beer
Over Labor Day weekend the 4th Annual BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival – the largest, most comprehensive craft beer celebration in the Lone Star State - will feature over 400 craft brews and is the event that you don’t want to miss. At this festival that celebrates beer, you will get to interface with industry experts and Brew Brains plus put your knowledge to the test. All this beer to taste plus live music, beautiful scenery and the beach - how could you go wrong! Beer Lovers Rejoice! The fourth annual BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival is a unique multi-day event created for beer drinkers, learners, enthusiasts and experts. Home based at Galveston’s Moody Gardens, this threeday weekend is all about beer and cheer. The festivities will be throughout the 242-acres of botanical beauty with specialty events at various venues around Galveston Island. The three-day celebration will showcase two signature events: “BrewLicious Brews and Foods Pairing” and “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting.” There are a host of related events like the “BrewMasters PubCrawl” and “Texas Brewery Tasting Tours.” Featured activities include live music and fireworks at Palm Beach, educational events, a slew of Brew Brains and industry experts including award-winning BrewMasters and home brewing masters.
BrewLicious Brews & Foods Pairing
Date: Friday, August 30th Time: 7-10pm Price: $75 per person in advance Location: Floral Rooms @ Moody Gardens What’s better than beer paired with great food? Bring your thirst and appetite over for the “BrewLicious Brews & Foods Pairing.” Don’t miss this event with professional chefs and featured restaurants pairing specialty beers to compliment the delicious food. This spectacular evening is for the serious beer and culinary enthusiast. Every high-end, premium, unique beers will be paired with food that is the perfect culinary accompaniment. Tickets include: • Sampling of approximately 16 beers paired with 16 food pairings • A commemorative tasting glass • Event program guide • Access to interactive & informative experiences • 2-ounce samplings of culinary creations from over a dozen participating chefs and restaurants
Brewmasters Friday Night Pub Crawl
Date: Friday, August 31st Time: 8pm-12 midnight Price: $25 per person in advance Location: Moody Gardens Hotel Lobby Come Early. Stay Late. Drink Craft! Start your night early! Check in will began as early as 7:30pm. As busses are filled, they will be sent out to their first stop of the night, with the last bus leaving the Moody Gardens Hotel Lobby promptly at 8pm. This way all of the attendees will have plenty of time to enjoy each stop. Enjoy an evening pub crawl around Galveston with a bus load of your newest friends! You will receive an official BrewMasters 2013 t-shirt and koozie and a seat on one of four party buses to a
few of Galveston’s coolest bars. The party will leave Moody Gardens Hotel promptly at 8pm on Friday night, so don’t be late getting your tickets for this fun pub crawl. Featured selections are available for purchase at each Pub Crawl Stop and are not included in the price of admission.
Texas Brewery Tasting Tour
Date: Saturday, August 31st Time: 11:30am-12:45pm Price: $25 per person Location: Moody Gardens Floral Rooms Texas is on the fast track of craft brewing explosion! Meet successful and emerging Texas craft brewing representatives showcasing hand-picked selections - their proud craft beers. You’ll have a rare opportunity to take a tasting tour in a small group and intimate environment to enjoy their featured selections. 2013 Tasting Tour Breweries include Cornel’s Brewing Company, Fort Bend Brewing Company, Karbach Brewing Company, No Label Brewing Company, Pedernales Brewing Company, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, and Southern Star Brewing Company.
BrewHaHa VIP Premium Lounge Date: Time: Price: Location:
Saturday, August 31st 2-6:30pm $85 per person in advance Moody Gardens Convention Center Floral Hall A (upstairs) The upgrade to the VIP Premium Lounge allows only 200 people to experience the taste of premium selections in a private area with seating and food. Your VIP ticket also includes admission to the “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” general area with interactive games, live music and seminars. Avoid the crowds and enjoy early access. No Walk Up Tickets available. Willy Wall will play live music during this event. The Main Event:
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BrewHaHa Grand Tasting
Saturday, August 31st 3-6:30pm $35 per person in advance; $40 at the door, if available Location: Moody Gardens Convention Center The event was created for beer enthusiasts and selfproclaimed experts from all over. Featuring over 400 craft, domestic and local Texas specialty brews, the “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” is your chance to sample some of the best beer in the world. With access to multiple beer seminars on the Spec’s University Seminar Stage, the chance to interface with Brewmasters and industry experts, a Wine Escape with wine samplings, and live entertainment, the “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” has fun and educational experience for all who take pride in their beer and want...
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6-8pm at Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd Street. If you are g uncin at least 18 years of age, live or work in the City of Galveston, and . . . Anno would like to better understand how the police department serves a new the community, this is your chance to find out. Classes continue every Thursday for the next 12-weeks. The purpose of the Citizens Police Academy is to increase understanding between the Island’s citizens and the police department through education. During the program students will be provided with information, training, and insight into the workings of the Galveston Police Department. Course topics include patrol and traffic enforcement, internal affairs, use of force, criminal investigations, narcotics and vice, as well as crime scene investigation and many others. Due to the sensitive subject matter of this training, a criminal history check is required. Download a brochure and application from the City’s website, www.cityofgalveston.org. Questions about the program should be directed to Sgt. Destin Sims #329 at (409)765-3606. Get Involved with Galveston’s National Night Out Events Date: Saturday, August 31st - Sunday, September 1st October 1st - Block Captains and Neighborhoods Needed to Time: 6-10pm Register for Event - The City of Galveston’s Police Department is Price: $10 in advance / $12 at the door / $6 for members, BrewMasters ticket holders, and Palm Beach day pass busy organizing National Night Out events island-wide and needs holders Block Captains and Neighborhoods to register today. National Location: Moody Garden’s Palm Beach Night Out will be held Tuesday, October 1st, and brings neighbors Get together to effectively identify and fight crime. Now in its 30th 2525 Jones Dr. - In Front of Schlitterbahn ready to have year, National Night Out was originally organized to: some fun in 409-741-8300 • Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness the sun as • Generate support and participation in local anticrime efforts Moody Gar• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police partnerships dens rolls • Send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods out a beach are organized and fighting back blast with Festivities can range from something as simple as popsicles for the live music kids to a full-blown potluck dinner. Many Galveston neighborin the sand hoods will host block parties and cookouts, hold contests, and followed offer fun children’s activities. In preparation for this year’s event, by fireworks. Admission includes access to all water features at GPD will host three Block Captain meetings in September to plan Palm Beach. On Saturday enjoy “Seattle” and on Sunday “Jared neighborhood gatherings and share tips and ideas for successful Waggoner.” events. Register your event as soon as possible by contacting End your weekend with a spectacular fireworks display over Galveston Police Sgt. Destin Sims, (409)765-3606. the water. Reservations Open September 3rd - Galveston’s ‘Haunted’ Get everything in one ticket with either of these passes... Hotel Galvez’s Annual Ghost Tour and Get the Saturday full experience with this one day pass! Dinner takes Includes the Following: place throughout • Admission to the Texas Brewery October. The Hotel Tasting Tour (Saturday 11:30am -12:45pm) Galvez & Spa, A • VIP Admission to the “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” Wyndham Grand® (Saturday 2-6:30pm) Hotel and National • A BrewMasters Official Festival T-Shirt Trust Historic • Souvenir sampling mug Hotel of America, • Event program invites guests to • A sampling card for 24, 1-oz samples of beer celebrate Halloween with its annual ghost tour and dinner event on Saturday at “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” throughout October. The hotel is opening reservations for its • Sampling of Premium Selections in the “BrewHaHa” VIP “Ghosts of the Galvez” overnight package, which includes the • Entrance one hour before the general public to the “Breghost tour and dinner, along with one night in a deluxe guest wHaHa” Grand Tasting room. Throughout October, the 102-year-old historic Texas hotel • Complimentary food from 2-5:30pm in the “BrewHaHa” VIP is offering a public ghost tour accompanied by a three-course • Access to seminars and seminar merchandise/gifts dinner for $40 per person. Guests can book the package begin• Live entertainment ning Tuesday, September 3rd, for Wednesday and Thursday evenings throughout the month, including Halloween. The overnight package is also available on Sunday nights. During Get the Friday and Saturday full experience with this two day pass! the one-hour tour, the Hotel Galvez concierge will guide guests • Admission to “BrewLicious Brews & Foods Pairing” (Friday, through the historic hotel’s ghostly past using popular ghost 7pm-10pm) with sampling of approximates 16 beers paired hunting tools to conduct a paranormal investigation. Guests will with 16 foods learn about the hotel’s “Ghost Bride” and other reported strange • Admission to the Texas Brewery Tasting Tour (Saturday occurrences. The tour begins at 6pm and will be followed by a 11:30am -12:45pm) three-course dinner at Galvez Bar & Grill at 7pm. To make a • VIP Admission to the “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” (Saturday reservation contact the Galvez Bar & Grill at (409)515-2145 or 2-6:30pm) • One general admission ticket to Beach, Brews & Bands Concert online at www.WyndhamHotelGalvez.com. and Fireworks Saturday Night Galveston Historic Tour Presents the Great Hurricane Tour • A BrewMasters Official Festival T-Shirt - Explore America’s deadliest natural disaster aboard our 12 • Souvenir sampling mug passenger electric shuttle. This driving tour will cover stories • Event program of survival, surviving buildings, and destroyed sites of the 1900 • A sampling card for 24, 1-oz samples of beer on Saturday at hurricane that killed 6,000 people. Sites on the tour will include “BrewHaHa Grand Tasting” Ashton Villa, Isaac Cline’s home, the Levy Building, Sacred Heart, • Sampling of Premium Selections in the “BrewHaHa” VIP Bishop’s Palace, and more. The tour departs from Ashton Villa • Entrance one hour before the general public to the “BrewHaHa (2328 Broadway) at 5pm on Saturday, September 7th, 14th, 21st, Grand Tasting” and 28th. The cost is $15 per person. Reservations are required • Complimentary Food from 2-5:30pm in the “BrewHaHa” VIP and can be made by calling (409)789-9911. • Access to seminars and seminar merchandise/gifts Saturday, September 7th - If you had been there on September • Live entertainment 8, 1900 during Galveston’s great storm, would you have Only the events listed in this description are included. All Guests must be at least 21 years old on the day of the event survived? Hang on for the thrill of your life for a nail biting, edge of your seat presentation on the making of the History Channel’s to enter the expo arena. “Perfect Storms: America’s Deadliest Disaster” documentary of Events Galveston’s 1900 storm. Linda Macdonald and George Douglas Lee, both featured commentators in the History Channel’s First class meets Thursday, August 29th - Registration Open “Perfect Storm,” will walk – or swim - you through the hours for Galveston’s 34th Citizens Police Academy - Registration is before, during and after our Nation’s worst natural disaster. Join now open for the Galveston Police Department’s 34th Citizens Police Academy. The 12-week course brings police officers and the Saturday, September 7th at 7pm at the G. Lee Gallery, 2215 Postlocal community together in an educational setting that provides office. Admission is $10. Seating is limited. 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...to expand their knowledge of craft beers. Get your very own tasting cup which will be your passport to sample beer hailing from around the world or just right around the corner. Each guest will receive a tasting card for 24 tastings of their choice. Should you want to continue to sample from the selections, additional tasting cards are available for only $5 which allows for another 12 tastings. Tickets include: • Souvenir sampling mug • Event program • A sampling card for 24, 1-oz samples of beer • Access to seminars and seminar merchandise/gifts on a firstcome, first-given basis • Live entertainment
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Books Pirates, Pirates & More Pirates By Tammy Thomas-Cook Maybe it is the salt air, maybe it is the wind in my hair, but for some reason, I am feeling very “piratey.” So, me hearties, batten down the hatches and keep a weather eye out. There be pirates about. Ye be’s warned! “The Pirates Own Book - Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers,” Marine Research Society by Charles Ellms Tales of the desperate actions of desperate men, and even a few women fill the pages of “The Pirates Own Book,” stories from the people themselves, as well as from maritime court records. It opens with the story of Alwinda, who crept aboard a pirate ship, masquerading as a boy, to avoid her arranged marriage. She served so well that when the current captain died, she was unanimously elected the captain. Follow the exploits of Danish and Norman pirates, pirates of the Arabian Sea, Galveston’s Own Pirate Jean Lafitte, Anne Bonney, and the most infamous name in all of piracy, Blackbeard, Edward Teach. Though this book was originally published in 1837 and is written in the vernacular of the period, this reviewer finds it to be inordinately entertaining and educational. Rare is the group whose name can conjure images of an age as that of Pirate. These were not the Hollywood pretty boys we adore, nor were they the barechested gods of the rolling decks. There are no Fabios, Errol Flynns or Johnny Depps, but instead what is genuinely fascinating is the lives of the best known “lady” pirates - Anne Bonney and Mary Read. Anne Bonney’s life began as the illegitimate child of a wealthy lawyer turned merchant, she was raised as a respectable young lady, and was expected to bring honor to her family by marrying well. As of the time, she was to have an arranged marriage, but Anne refused to marry the man of her father’s choosing. In order to wed the man of her heart (a young, poor sailor), Anne was cast out and disinherited, thus leading her into a life on the high seas. Anne’s story of piracy is only briefly covered, but considering the time period, she stood on equal footing with the men of her day and fought ferociously at the side of her lover, Captain Jack Rackam and fellow female pirate, Mary Read. Rackham was hanged as a pirate. Mary Read was forced from an early age to present herself as a boy, in order to survive, and her strength and courage are well attested. When her lover was challenged to a duel, Mary met the challenger two hours earlier and dispatched him with her sword. Each chapter of “The Pirates Own Book” draws the reader deeper into a world of harsh reality, of necessity, of daring, of avarice, and all the other sins of the flesh. Total rating: 7 /10 - Not an easy read but worth the effort.
“Lafitte The Pirate” by Lyle Saxon Galveston’s own Pirate Emeritus is unveiled in all his dubious glory. This work reads as if it were written in the days of Jean Lafitte, drawing the reader into his rise and fall of fortunes. The pendulum of fate swings from pirate, to respectability and back again to rogue of the Gulf. Rumors persist to this day about a treasure buried somewhere along the Gulf Coast. Was Lafitte a patriot, a privateer, an ersatz governor of Galveston Island, a dashing rogue or a deadly pirate? The answer is a resounding YES to them all! This was the man whom Louisiana Governor William C. C. Claiborne issued a bounty of $500 for his capture and only two days later, this was the same man who issued his own $1,500 bounty on Governor Claiborne’s head. I make no judgments on Lafitte’s life or his enterprises, he was a man of antiquity, however, if you are looking for a book that will pry open the box in your brain where you stored your childish dreams of being a pirate, you have found it. Total rating: 7 /10 - Lafitte Rules! “Pirate Alley” by Stephen Coonts Somali Pirates overpower a luxury cruise liner on the Red Sea, holding passengers and crew for $200 million dollars ransom. The standard cruise line “Plan” to prevent pirates from capturing the ship was a simple: outrun and out maneuver the pirates. It didn’t work. A daring but ill-fated rescue attempt ensued leaving the decks of the cruise ship covered in blood. American forces are ready to intervene but must stand by and wait for the politicians to issue the command. Information is gleaned from a captured Al Qaeda operative informing the would-be rescuers of the intention to execute all of the captives after the ransom is delivered. The terrorists believe the slaughter of innocent passengers and crew would ignite another season of deadly conflict with the United States. While Jake Grafton struggles to negotiate with the pirate chief for a peaceful resolution, Tommy Carmellini, the CIA and a team of Navy SEALS forge a plan to save the hostages. The reader will be devouring each page waiting for the final outcome. Total rating: 8.5 /10 - Nail biting suspense, I highly recommend.
Events
Saturday, August 24th - Book Signing with Diane L. Twilley Galveston Bookshop is hosting a book signing for author Diane L. Twilley on Saturday, August 24th, 2-4pm at the store. Author Diane L. Twilley will be at Galveston Bookshop to sign her latest book in the Gina Malloy Tierney series. “Astrodome Murders” is the fourth murder mystery involving native Galveston amateur sleuths Gina Tierney and her aunt, Sister Catherine Malloy. The back-story begins with the opening of Houston’s Astrodome. For University of Houston student Dottie Murphy, it brings an exciting job opportunity and a host of new friends. Dottie loves her job as a Spacette, as do her best friends, Millie and Maggie Sue, but when one of Dottie’s friends is killed in a tragic accident in the Dome a couple of years later, Dottie’s world is turned upside down. Soon she begins to wonder if her friend’s death was really an accident. Dottie decides to investigate and within months of starting her search, she disappears without a trace. Nearly forty years later, Dottie’s teen-aged niece discovers Dottie’s journal, and begins to question what happened. Galveston Bookshop is located at 317 23rd St., (409)750-8200, galvestonbookshop.com.
‘Author Night at MOD Coffeehouse’
Join us for an evening of local authors representing a wide variety of topics, ranging from historical fiction, to space-walking, to tall tales of house-building, and to WWII. The event will take place on Friday, September 6th, 6-8pm. Grab a cup of coffee and visit with the authors as they share the amazing stories that compelled them to write their books. “Louisiana Rogue” by Harold Raley Raley grew out of Harold Raley’s love of the rogue literature of England, France, and Spain, and was preceded by two books of short stories in which several rogues, male and female, appear in devious schemes. The setting of the novel is historically accurate – without being factual – and the language is richly nuanced with several accents of the period 18311839. Two unique features of the book are the inserted stories that broaden the context and the use of period newspaper articles often unconsciously funny from a modern perspective. Many of the latter are miniature stories in themselves. “Spacewalker” by Jerry Ross From the age of ten, looking up at the stars, Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space. He became one of the most launched astronauts in history, as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire Space Shuttle program. From his childhood in rural Indiana, through education at Purdue University, and a career in the US Air Force, Ross charted a path to NASA while overcoming setbacks. Now he works to inspire young people to believe in themselves, and especially to achieve their dreams through science education. Full of stories of spaceflight that few humans have ever experienced, told with humor and honesty, “Spacewalker” represents a unique perspective on the hard work, determination, and faith necessary to travel beyond this world. Jerry retired on January 20, 2012, and currently lives in Friendswood with his wife, Karen. “The Oleanders of San Leon” by Andy Upchurch Performing with rock and roll legends, sailing the high seas, digging for buried treasure – it’s all just part of the adventure for Andy Upchurch. “The Oleanders of San Leon” recounts how Andy, a passionate musician and sailor, decides that building a house would be the perfect next great adventure. He possessed no construction skills, but that didn’t deter him. The story is written with a pervasive and underlying wit, tongue-in-cheek humor, and drama that’s either real or imagined. “Wings and a Ring: Letters of War and Love from a WWII Pilot” by René Palmer Armstrong Author René Palmer Armstrong’s husband found a box of 295 letters in a junk store, taking her on a four-year journey of discovery. Her book pieces together the wartime romance of James Richard Jones and Helen Elnora Bartlett. Enhanced with official, now declassified mission logs, intelligence reports, unit histories and historical photographs, the love story of J.R. and Elnora unfolds as he writes to the love of his life from the war-torn jungles of New Guinea. Many people misunderstand the young men who fought in WWII. Contrary to popular myth, these men were not fighting machines – they were young, scared, and, in the end, incredibly mortal figures whose humanity proved the defining characteristic of their greatness. Her book displays this humanity in full force. René is a two-time cancer survivor who has an insatiable zest for life. She lives in Dickinson, with her husband, Ken. For more information, visit www.modcoffeehouse.com. For inquiries, please contact MOD Coffeehouse, at (409)765-5659.
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We continue our series of articles featuring a variety of topics that all begin with the letter “B.” Upcoming topics include Buses, Boo, Boots, Birding, Beers and Boulevards. We hope that you will enjoy this creative series of articles - all written by talented locals of our beautiful Island. We continue this series with the sixth focus...
By Merri Scheibe Edwards │ Photos by Christa Schreckengost Over the last twenty years there has been a small explosion of books about Galveston. The most popular topic is the 1900 Storm, both in non-fiction and fiction, but there is a wide variety of other subjects covered, from Ashbel Smith to Galveston weather and wildlife. There are biographies and autobiographies, books about buildings, and some about the ghosts that inhabit them. If you feel like walking around the historic districts, there are guidebooks to assist, and if you love to cook, judging by the number of cookbooks published by local groups, there are many who share your interest. Books of photographs - old and new - abound. You can read about the island’s parks and its flora and fauna, or you can curl up with a stack of books, including many mysteries, set in the Island City. If you’re interested in history, the best place to start is David McComb’s Galveston: A History, a well-researched, well-written account of Galveston. It is a great foundation for further research, with citations and an index that lead the way to more sources. For newcomers, it provides a good overview of how Galveston came to be what it is. There are other histories, as well, many of them on particular subjects. The Civil War is also a popular topic, and there are numerous books about or including Galveston during that time. Earl Fornell wrote The Galveston Era, which stops on the eve of the Civil War, and is so interesting that one wishes he had lived to write the planned sequel. Edward Cotham, Jr.’s Battle on the Bay and The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine are both entertaining and informative, as are James Schmidt’s Galveston and the Civil War, Donald Frazier’s Cottonclads!, and Andrew Hall’s The Galveston-Houston Packet. Gary Cartwright (Galveston) and Bill Cherry (Bill Cherry’s Galveston Memories and The Night Owl, with Christie Mitchell) have authored books on Galveston filled with stories of local legend and legendary characters. The stories are colorful and, in many instances, amusing, and flesh out the character of the Island City. Roberta Marie Christensen does the same for the island’s West End in Pioneers of West Galveston. If you are interested in the history of Galveston’s role in the development of railroads, read Earle Young’s Tracks to the Sea and Galveston and the Great West. If maritime books attract you, try Patricia Bellis Bixel’s Sailing Ship ELISSA, or Kurt Voss’s Galveston’s The Elissa. Texas A&M University at Galveston’s teaching ship is the subject of Stephen Curley’s book, The Ship That Would Not Die. Many have heard stories about German U-boats lurking off the beaches of Galveston during WWII. Melanie Wiggins diligently researched the stories and records in the U.S. and Germany, and tells the truth of the matter in Torpedoes in the Gulf. A few years ago Galveston Historical Foundation and Arcadia Publishing began working together on a series of books of photographs of Galveston. Currently, there are five: • Galveston: A City on Stilts by Jodi Wright-Gidley and Jennifer Marines • Lost Galveston by Brian Davis • Galveston’s The Elissa by Kurt Voss • Galveston’s Historic Downtown & Strand District by Denise Alexander • Galveston: Playground of the Southwest by Dwayne Jones and Jami Durham All have photographs; A City on Stilts has photos from a private collection unseen by the public before the book’s publication. There are other photography books too. Historic Galveston by Richard Payne and Geoff Leavenworth has dramatic, full-color pictures of buildings still standing. The Galveston That Was by Howard Barnstone, has photographs taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ezra Stoller. Many of the houses are no longer there, but the publication of the book helped create interest in preserving many of the old homes and buildings. Originally published in 1966, a second, updated, edition came out in 1999. Born on the Island, Eugene Aubrey’s book of watercolors and drawings of historic Galveston is a recent publication, as is Robert Mihovil’s and Leslie Watts’ Coastal Visions. Irene Amiet Quiroga’s Coastal Impressions focuses on the natural aspect of the island. Some commercial subjects covered in books include Alice Wygant’s history of American National Insurance Company (ANICO), which just celebrated its centennial, in Yours for Life. A Glance Back, by Margy Kelso, covers a century of the Galveston Country Club. There is also the story of the 1895 brewery, Galveston Brewing Company, by Ralph Stenzel. There are plenty of biographies and autobiographies. Jack Johnson tells his own story in My Life and Battles, and Geoffrey Ward writes about himself in Unforgivable Blackness. Norris Wright Cuney, by his daughter Maude Cuney-Hare, tells the story of the prominent 19th century African-American union 16 The Island Guide Magazine theislandguide@gmail.com (409)256-5166
leader, politician, and businessman. William Pitt Ballinger by John Moretta, is the story of the attorney who, with his partner, Thomas Jack, opened one of the oldest law firms in the state of Texas. King Vidor, one of the directors of The Wizard of Oz, tells his story in A Tree is a Tree. The pirate (or privateer, depending upon your point of view) Jean Lafitte is the subject of Lafitte the Pirate (Lyle Saxon) and Jean Lafitte: Prince of Pirates (Jack C. Ramsey). If you want to just walk, or drive, around and look at the old houses, take along Ellen Beasley’s Galveston Architecture Guide. She divides the city into sections, with maps, and gives a brief description and history of the house and its architecture. She also has two other books: The Alleys and Back Buildings of Galveston, and The Corner Store. All three books make sightseeing more interesting. The 1900 Storm has received the most attention of the various authors. There were several books published immediately after the storm that are still available in used book stores and sales. In 2000, Casey Greene and Shelly Henley Kelly compiled letters, memoirs, and oral histories of the storm survivors from the archives of the Rosenberg Library’s Galveston and Texas History Center, in Through a Night of Horrors. For many years, the best historical account of the storm was John Edward Weems’ A Weekend in September. As more material has become available, more books have appeared. Eric Larson’s Isaac’s Storm caused some controversy when published because his account, after he reviewed the documents associated with the storm, presented a different picture of the actions of Isaac Cline, the head of the U.S. weather bureau in 1900, than popularly believed. There are many novels set during the time leading up to the storm, and afterward. If the reader is aware of the storm, there’s a sense of impending doom from the beginning of the book. Amanda Albright Steel recently began the Galveston Hurricane Mystery Series; the first two are Echoes of the Storm and Brides of the Storm. There are other mystery series, including those by Bill Crider, Diane Twilley, and Ellen Mansoor Collier. Many other subjects are covered in books not mentioned here. There are cookbooks, photography books, historical fiction and just plain fiction. There are books, such as The Grand American Avenue, by Jan Cigliano and Sarah Bedford Landau, with just a chapter about Galveston. There are, in fact, so many books about Galveston that it would take more than a few pages to list them all. The Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy, is a great source for the books and its Galveston and Texas History Center holds a wealth of books, articles, maps, letters, and other papers. The Galveston Daily News archives are on microfiche, as is Flake’s Bulletin, the only newspaper to be actually published on the island during the Civil War. The Galveston Bookshop carries Galveston books, and it hosts the Galveston Bookshop Database of books on Galveston. Its website is www.galvestonbookshop.com and is located at 317 23rd St., downtown. Another excellent database for books is www.therealgalveston.com/Reading-List.html. Galveston Historical Foundation’s properties have gift shops stocked with an excellent selection. The Bishop’s Palace Bookshop has one of the largest selection of Galveston and Texas history books on the island. It is located at 1402 Broadway. If you’re looking for books on Galveston’s ghosts, go to The Witchery, located at 2116 Postoffice. The Friends of the Rosenberg Library holds a used book sale every October at the library and there is often a selection of Galveston books. If you want to know about Galveston, read! If you can not find a book covering something in which you are interested, there is a good chance that the information is out there just waiting for someone to put it all together and write a book. There is always room for one more book on the shelf.
Outdoors Seawolf Park:
The American Undersea Warfare Center Provides World War II Museums and Memorial Plazas
By Kimber Fountain; Photos by Christa Schreckengost Around 7:55am on December 7th of 1941, the United Stated was hurled into the throes of the Second World War with the vicious onslaught of a Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. The official declaration of war would not be made until the following day, but December 7th is the day we remember. Comprising less than two percent of the United States Navy at the time, submarines sank more than thirty percent of the Japanese fleet during World War II. But these victories always come at the dearest cost, resulting in the loss of fifty-two ships and almost 4,000 American lives. In an effort to honor these fallen sailors, Congress enacted a bill that provided for the establishment of a memorial in each state, one for each ship that had been lost. Galveston was honored with the reception of the Texas Memorial and Seawolf Park was established on Pelican Island just north of Galveston, named in remembrance of the USS Seawolf, a US Navy Sargo-class submarine that was mistakenly sunk by friendly fire in 1944. After being decommissioned, the destroyer escort USS Cavalla and the submarine USS Stewart were presented to the City of Galveston by the United States Navy in 1974 as part of the memorial to Texas heroes. Unfortunately, these suffered damage at the hands of weather and vandals resulting in nearly being scrapped in 1998 to make way for an RV Park. In 1999 the Cavalla Historic Foundation was established to ensure the longevity of these warships, and the non-profit organization stepped in to assume operation and maintenance of the aging vessels. The Foundation worked tirelessly to repair and restore the damaged marine powerhouses, and eventually brought them back to life. Their efforts not only included the public display of both the Cavalla and Stewart, but also the sail of the USS Tautog, a collection of various undersea warfare artifacts, and the installation of two memorial plazas. The USS Seawolf Memorial Plaza and the Veteran’s Memorial Plaza both have touching displays of individual plaques dedicated to all lost submariners and submarines. In 2012 the CHF brought all of these attractions together under the umbrella of the American Undersea Warfare Center, and together with the Galveston Park Board, which oversees the operation of Seawolf Park, the AUWC provides residents and visitors a unique and patriotic experience. The park itself is a perfect, peaceful setting for a picnic, fishing excursion, or simply to enjoy a different view of Galveston. Situated on the southern edge of Pelican Island, Seawolf Park provides an excellent view of the city’s working harbor. The three-story high observatory is a great place to watch ferries, Coast Guard vessels, barges, cargo ships, and shrimpers buzz around the harbor, which is also a natural dolphin habitat. The piers lining the park allow anglers to cast off into waters full of popular Gulf catches like speckled trout, catfish, drum, and flounder, and during the summer season the park is open for fishing 24 hours. Covered picnic areas, tables, portable restrooms, and ample parking
provide the basic amenities for a day of outdoor fun. But without question, the highlights of a visit to Seawolf Park are the USS Cavalla and the USS Stewart, both open to the public for self-guided, interactive discovery and exploration, and at times guided tours are available. The USS Stewart is one of only three remaining Edsall Class Destroyer Escorts. She was commissioned on May 31, 1943, and began her work as a training vessel, later serving in North Atlantic convoy operations until being decommissioned in 1945. With a length of 307 feet and a displacement of almost 1,500 tons, the USS Stewart once housed three, three-inch .50 caliber guns, two quad 40mm guns, and ten twin 20mm guns, along with various k-guns, depth charges, and hedgehogs, a weapon that fired various mortar bombs off of spiked fittings, hence its name. Since these bombs exploded only on contact rather than by a fuse triggered by time or depth, hedgehogs achieved a higher sinking rate against submarines than depth charges. Commissioned on February 29, 1944, the USS Cavalla is a Gato class fleet sub that is the same class as the USS Seawolf and the first class of submarine to sink a Japanese ship in World War II. On Cavalla’s very first patrol she sank the Shokaku, a 30,000 ton aircraft carrier used in Pearl Harbor. She was decommissioned in 1946 but was brought back in 1951 to serve against the Cold War threat, after being converted to an SSK (hunter/killer) in 1952. The USS Cavalla spans 311 feet, 9 inches, and has a displacement of 2,410 tons when submerged. Ten 21-inch Torpedo Tubes flank her interior, six on the bow and four on the stern. She also housed one .50 caliber deck gun, two .50 caliber machine guns, and two .30 caliber machine guns. Both of these ships have been recognized for their service to the United States and cited on the National Register of Historic Sites, adding yet another dimension to the historic adventures available on Galveston Island. Daytime guests of Seawolf Park can be entertained for hours with a veritable maze of galleys, engine rooms, pump rooms, and bunks that wind their way through the massive vessels. The American Undersea Warfare Center also offers sleep-overs, an educational and fun program that immerses participants in the lives of the brave crews that served aboard these battleships. Whether it serves as a sunrise fishing spot, a day of fun, or a night of adventure, Seawolf Park provides a larger-than-life experience made complete with the distinguished opportunity to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Seawolf Park on Pelican Island North Seawolf Park Blvd. on Pelican Island (from Broadway, turn on 51st St. and go over the bridge, (409)797-5114; www.cavalla244.org Open 9am-7pm, year round. Admission (Cash Only):
Parking Fee: Cars: $6; Tour Buses / RV’s: $10 Fishing: Adults (12-64): $6; Kids (5-11): $3; Kids (4 and under): Free; Seniors (65+): $3 Naval Display (Cavalla / Stewart): Adults:$5; Kids(under 11): $2; Group Rates Available
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Fine Arts G. Lee Gallery:
Artist, Playwright, Author, Musician, Teacher, And So Much More
Galveston Symphony
Orchestra
POPS CONCERT!
Sunday, September 1, 2013 - 7 PM San Luis Resort Ballroom 5500 Seawall Boulevard A specially selected program featuring popular favorites conducted by
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By Tammy Thomas-Cook Located on the sleepy side of Postoffice Street, there is an incongruous island of life and color resting amid the homogenous concrete and brick: The G. Lee Gallery. Mr. George Douglas Lee, gallery owner, chief artist, playwright, “Erica’s Balcony” by G. Lee is featured at the gallery, 2215 Postoffice St. author of children’s literature, too ‘George’ to sell, but it sold within a week and the musician, make up artist, art prints of it are still selling too.” This piece is a delight teacher, tour guide, radio host, and recent television personality, greeted me with a smile as warm as for those still in touch with their silly side; it is difthe setting Texas sun, “Welcome to Postoffice Street, ficult not to laugh out loud when one notices the where 3’s a crowd!” I knew this was going to a mem- female alien in her lingerie and garter belt. His art is filled with surprises, in “Birdarama,” orable encounter. Upon crossing the threshold, one’s eye scarcely there is a tiny figure of a childhood character tucked away amid the wading flamingos. “I like to put in knows where to focus, stark white walls are punclittle surprises in my paintings.” tuated with pools of color; mermaids made from The great Salvador Dali’s influence is most evilocally sourced aluminum “float” in the windows, while handmade theatrical Frankenstein faces sight- dent in “Rattlesnake Beach,” at first glance, the piece looks like a vibrant southwest landscape with a small lessly peer down from above the door frame. At stream running past a forest of saguaro cactus, yet the G. Lee Gallery, the art is not limited to expressions on canvas. A book shelf is filled with stories he upon closer inspection, one sees rattlesnakes slithwrote and illustrated for children featuring “Twyla ering over the stones and coiling around the cacti. Armed with a BFA from Sam Houston State, The Truffle Pig,” the Seuss inspired rhyming story of Mr. Lee states “I never “Oppy Stops the Hoptruly finish a piece, I ping Popper,” and his just stop working on “The Wolf Who Cried it because I can’t think Boy,” based on the play of anything else to do he wrote by the same to it. I consider myself title. a surrealist, but along Another book shelf with Dali and my proholds his collection fessor at Sam Houston, of CD’s by his band I really think the ‘Noise Poets,’ a group French Impressionists whose repertoire are among my influspans a wide variety ences. Art is subjective, of genres and generaI mean, you can look tions, “We play what at an abstract painting we like to call Retro/ and think ‘I could do Metro Cool.” They that,’ but in reality, will be performing at even the most random Riptide in Galveston [looking] piece has August 31st, 9pm. form and direction His performances and it means someare not limited to thing to the painter.” making music… Mr. Ever the raconteur Lee also hosts “The and local historian, Electric Theater Radio the Galveston native Hour” which can was invited to participate as the tour guide for the be found on GeorgeDouglasLee.com where topics range from politics to pig manure and everything in upcoming production “Perfect Storms” series, Epibetween. If you get the chance to meet George, ask sode 1003, “America’s Deadliest Disaster,” which is him about his early days of radio on the KGBC from set to premiere in September 2013 on the History Channel. “Okay George, talk” was the only direcPelican Island! tions Lee needed as the seasoned tour guide cruised At the back of the narrow gallery is an assortment of mixed media pieces composed of rescued down the streets of his favorite city. Perhaps it’s impossible to separate the man from stamped metal dating from the turn of the century his art; both are explosions of life and enthusiasm. which was found in an alley, “its just some funky, Mr. Lee is a proud descendant of both Robert E. rusty, nasty old tin” and wood reclaimed from a house that withstood the Great Galveston Flood of Lee and King Henry XVIII of France, he is a wit, a 1900. These random bits of discarded materials have scholar and a gentleman. Join the G. Lee Gallery on Saturday, August been acid washed, fashioned into panels, painted, hammered, and transformed into what Mr. Lee calls 17th, 4-8pm, for a preview of Bud Clayton’s work his “Ceilings on the Wall.” Ever the fan of old Hol- and meet the artist, which will be featured at the Saturday, August 24th ArtWalk. Painter Bud Clayton lywood, Mr. Lee pays homage to that golden age makes a return to Galveston Island as a featured cinema as he captures likenesses of screen goddesses Marlena Dietrich, Hedy Lamarr and Ingrid guest artist with his collection of paintings on view. Clayton’s paintings have gone through a whirlwind Bergman in his “Ceilings” series. of change in his latest bodies of work. His last exhiThe ebullience of Mr. Lee’s work ranges from bition of work, “On Time,” debuted in Houston, at the “illustrative art” of “Erica’s Balcony,” to flights Houston Heights Gallery M Squared, which gained of fancy or should I say fantasy with his “Kklaatu’s Carousel,” he smiles as he recounts the story, “This him much recognition and press. G. Lee Gallery offers a great opportunity to Clayton to exhibit his piece started out to be a normal painting of a carnewest style and to mingle with past clients. ousel, but then for some reason or another, I got to thinking about one of my favorite movies, “The G. Lee Gallery Day The Earth Stood Still,” and I just went with it. 2215 Postoffice St., (409)762-0700, My wife said no one would buy it because it was just www.gleegallery.net
Affaire d’ Art (2227 Postoffice, (409)789-0079, www.affairedart.com) The current exhibit is featuring works by Chuck Carpenter and Nelda Davis. Creighton “Chuck” Carpenter, a graphic artist with the “Houston Chronicle” for over 12 years, has brought his love for vintage photographs and science-fiction surrealism to our gallery in a unique and exciting way. Nelda Davis, a native Galvestonian, who now lives in Santa Fe, Texas, began her artwork dabbling in oils in the 1970’s. She found her niche with watercolors and in 2007 she joined the National Art Society and entered her first juried show where she won 1st and 2nd place in her division. Since that time she won awards in every NSA juried show she entered, totaling eight awards. Twice she won awards in The Baytown Art Exhibition. Bishop’s Palace (1402 Broadway, (409)765-3410) A young Dominican nun named Sister Mary Agnes Malone painted the murals in the main reception room of the Bishop’s Palace in 1920 and continued a long, and illustrious career as a teacher, school administrator and painter. The Galveston Historical Foundation has collected more than 15 of her original paintings for display from September 14th through October 5th. The public is invited to view the murals daily at Bishop’s Palace, 11am-5pm. Admission is $10 or $7 for youth six through 18. An opening reception will be held at Bishop’s Palace on Friday, September 13th, 6-8pm and will include a brief lecture by Joe Synan, grandnephew of Sister Mary Agnes. The reception is free to the public. On Saturday, September 14th at 10am, Joe will be repairing one of the murals by Sister Mary Agnes which has become slightly damaged. The public is invited to watch. Buchanan Gallery (302 25th Street, (409)763-8683, www.buchanangallery.com) Buchanan Gallery hosts “Continuation,” featuring works by Skynear and John C. Dyes. The exhibition will be on view thru September 28th. DesignWorks (2119 Postoffice, (409)766-7599) G. Lee Gallery (2215 Postoffice, (409)370-7350) Throughout the month of September, Painter Bud Clayton will exhibit. Clayton’s paintings have gone through a whirlwind of change in his latest bodies of work, unlike what some Galvestonians may recognize. Since moving from Galveston in 2011, Clayton has had the chance to travel seeing much inspiring scenery. Clayton has an unusual approach to painting. He describes his work as “reflecting the ravages of time and the forces of nature upon everyday objects we encounter in our environment.” His work is colorful and rich with texture, often created with knives, brushes and sandpaper. He carefully removes paint to expose what’s beneath in his layered compositions. The paintings capture an industrial perspective, and reflect the way this young man sees the world around him. The public is invited to a preview of Clayton’s work on Saturday, August 17th, 4-8pm, and during ArtWalk Saturday, August 24th starting at 6pm. Galveston Arts Center (2501 Market, (409)7632403, contemporaryartgalveston.org) “I have a lot of fun...creating creatures and worlds in which I can inject recognizable objects and situations as well as the strange and very exotic,” states Lawrence Lee. The Galveston Arts Center proudly presents the work of two contemporary artists. Michael Bise’s “Life and Death,” a selection of new and previously unexhibited drawings created within the last five years of the artist’s career. Bise is known for creating large scale graphite drawings that depict family life, and often reflecting personal experiences. The autobiographical drawings in “Life and Death” deal with cultural realities, personal memories and hurdles. Galveston Art League (2117 Postoffice, (409)6211008, galvestonartleague.com) is featuring entries accepted into its Fall juried show from August 29th - September 29th. The show highlights works that have been awarded ‘Best of Show’ and first and second place in each of five categories. These categories include works on canvas, works on paper, photography, two-dimensional mixed media, and three-dimensional works such as sculpture, pottery, and jewelry. Unlike the League’s shows nine months out of the year that only accept entries from its members, the three juried shows held each year are also open to non-members and each artist may submit up to three works. Most of the art selected for
the show are for sale but must remain at the gallery for the entire exhibition period. Galveston Artist Residency (2521 Ships Mechanic, (409)974-4446) “Gravitational rotation sets duration. Gravity pulls us along. Sunlight draws out this pull. Gravity alters our axis. Angles shift.” The Galveston Artist Residency is proud to present “The Dislocated Center of the Material World,” a solo show by New York based artist Jonah Groeneboer. The exhibition will remain on view through October 19th. Groeneboer presents us with seven works: a thirtytwo foot wave made of black string, three large black abstract paintings which geometric forms appear and disappear, a thread sculpture that appears to stand unsupported, a video of the sun moving across an arrangement of mirrors, and an experimental sound piece made in collaboration with electronic composer and musician Bruno Coviello. Island Gallery (2328 Strand, 2nd Floor, (409)5262209) Island Gallery will host a special exhibition by Ed Gearke entitled “Contemporary Texas Landscapes in Pastel,” August 24th thru October 4th. Gearke is most profoundly inspired by his surrounding envi-
ronment and has chosen people and landscapes as his primary subjects. Katrina Howarth Gallery (215 Tremont St., (713)550-6431, thehowarthgallery.com) Howarth Gallery is currently featuring a special exhibition by artist Katrina Howarth entitled “New Collection of Whimsical Original Oils.” The gallery is open by appointment only, and on ArtWalk evenings. MiArt (1327 Market St., (409)692-7833) August 24th, 6-9 pm, MiArt will have a fun MargaritaParty celebrating Michele Grindberg‘s new show of original oil paintings “Symbols of Life” and clay artist Mary Ann Hasty’s latest whimsical creations as well as beautiful Sterling gemstone jewelry handcrafted by various artists. René Wiley Gallery (2128 Postoffice, (409)750-9077, renewileyart.com) Island oil painter René Wiley is showing her newest series, “Late Summer Shade.” The gallery also carries works by artists Rachel Wiley Janota, Brenda J. Bunten-Schloesser, James D. Phillips, Bill Meek, Dale Hooks, and Darlene Wall. The exhibition continues thru October 4th.
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PeckArts (2208 Postoffice, (409)621-1500, PeckArts.com) PeckArts is currently featuring the exhibition “Windows to the Sea: featuring Steve Davis and Jennifer Peck. The windows on exhibit are made of colored mosaic and stained glass with seashells and sea life on Galveston’s historic old windows. Third Coast Gallery (2413 Mechanic, (409)974-4661) Third Coast Gallery currently features an exhibition entitled “Summer Mixture,” featuring works by artists Devin Nelson, Naz Kaya-Erdal, Gary Hernandez, Richard Kelver, and Jack Morris. Water’s Edge Studio and Gallery (1302 21st St., (409)762-1925) Water’s Edge currently features two exhibitions: Gayle Reynolds’ “Good Times,” Rex Reynolds’ “Working on His Seventh Dory” and “Adirondack Tallboys.” Also showing is pottery by Madeleine Baker and John Whitman; and bronze sculptures by Pat Moberley Moore.
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A Round of a-Paws for an Amazing Organization By Kimber Fountain │Photos by Christa Schreckengost So much can be learned from the beasts of our planet; they trust their instincts, they know their purpose, and they are not afraid to just be themselves. So in an attempt to cultivate this connection with animals that humans intrinsically crave, a select few species, the top two of course being dogs and cats, were selected several hundred years ago for domestication. As this dominion over nature has always been seen by some as a right rather than a privilege, domestic animals have often suffered at the hands of humans, and despairingly this awful treatment, along with the abhorrent conditions of some shelters originally designed to ease this suffering, have been recent media and social media sensations. But just as the sun shines a little brighter here on Galveston Island, so does the local Humane Society illuminate a rather bleak stereotype with rays of hope and happiness. “It important that people know that the shelter is not a sad place,” says Lynne Eames, Treasurer of the Board of Directors, and indeed it is not at all. Cheery and uplifting are not words often associated with the common conceptions of animal shelters, but Galveston Island Humane Society has spent the past thirty years raising the standards for the treatment of animals and the education of the pet-loving community. The board, staff, and volunteers of the Humane Society exude an endless determination to provide the absolute best service possible to the animals and people of Galveston. It all started in the early 1980s, when a small group of Galvestonians came together to address some local issues regarding animals on the Island. They were primarily concerned with the treatment of animals used in local research facilities and the fact that there was no facility to handle strays. The group easily rallied the support of the Galveston community, and is now an established non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization with an amazing facility that works in tandem with both citizens and the City of Galveston. Fundraising for a new building was underway when Hurricane Ike struck in 2008, completely destroying the converted warehouse that served as the shelter. But as Galvestonians have done for almost two hundred years, the Humane Society used the destruction as a catalyst for progress and expansion. Spurred by the generous donors to their Capital Campaign, the current home of GIHS was opened in November of 2010, and marks the first facility for the organization that was specifically built for its purpose. “Cat condos” line the entrance corridor, a perfect combination of a comfortable environment for the cats and a display for future owners to observe the animals. An equally accessible and homey habitat for the dogs line a glass corridor along the east side of the building, with large pens that allow each pup access to the outdoors and the opportunity to socialize. The most novel of the
facility’s amenities are their “Meet and Greet” rooms, smalls rooms specifically designed to give future parents and furbabies a chance to get to know each other. There is also a conference and meeting room, which serves a variety of purposes including a classroom environment for student groups to learn about the responsibilities of pet ownership. Along with a dedicated and highly involved Board of Directors, the Galveston Island Humane Society is run by a small professional staff and a huge network of volunteers. Together they work on all facets of pets and pet ownership both within their walls and without. Inside the shelter, “Our goal is to provide the best possible environment for our animals,” says Eames, and this includes not only a clean, healthy habitat but also working to keep the animals social. “We want to ensure that every animal keeps their personality and makes a good adoption,” Eames continues, “[and] we want to make sure that we are putting good pets out into the community.” For this reason they are not a no-kill shelter, and also because no-kill shelters will refuse to take in any more animals once they are full. The Galveston Island Humane Society never turns away an animal, and even works in alliance with the city’s Animal Control. The city provides financial support to the shelter and in turn is provided with the best facility available for handling strays. The Humane Society executes a standard procedure with each animal taken in. By law they are required to hold an animal for 72 hours before offering it for adoption, to allow owners time to find missing pets, and they use that time to quarantine and observe the animal. They only euthanize based on the individual animal’s temperament and sociability, never based on a need for space. If an animal brought in appears to have a home and is simply misplaced, the staff takes extra measures to attempt to locate the owner and will often hold the animal for longer than the required 72 hours. Of course they also walk future pet owners through every step of the adoption procedure, and for a fee far below what many shelters of their caliber charge, each adoption includes vaccinations, spay or
neuter, and micro-chipping with a free lifetime registration. They take special precautions with certain breeds such as pit-bulls, which may require a home visit before adoption can be completed. But Galveston Humane Society takes the cause far past their four walls and is an integral part of the local community. Each of their volunteers goes through training as an effort to educate their staff and empower them to carry the message out into the community. They also offer year-round educational and entertaining events that serve not only their cause but the city as a whole. The Humane Society sponsors the Barkus and Meow Parade every Mardi Gras, a four-legged procession of miniature costumes and furry gallantry. Every week they hold educational classes at the Rosenberg Library, and host interactive seminars at the shelter for students, where they get to bake treats, make dog and cat beds, and bathe puppies, while learning how to care for animals. In March they host the Home and Garden Show, a public event with countless vendors and displays and every April at Kempner Park the Humane Society puts on “Bark in the Park.” Coming up this fall is the annual Paws Gala, a wonderful event that gives couples an opportunity for a fantastic night of fun that also benefits the Society. The theme to this year’s Gala is ‘South Pawcific,’ to be held on September 28th at the Galveston Island Convention Center. Tickets can be purchased online and include a reception, seated dinner, silent auction, and live music by the Billy Ledbetter Orchestra. In the shelter or out in the town, the Galveston Island Humane Society is a source of inspiration and a force of healing and hope wherever it is found. The special people that drive this organization have not only raised an industry standard simply by their day to day operations, they continue to make a lasting impact by their careful safeguarding of the unwanted and defenseless, and by working tirelessly to educate, inform, and raise awareness of the responsibility and privilege of being a pet owner. But according to Office Manager Cat Cessac, the Humane Society’s highest goal has yet to be achieved, and it is a goal not many would dare to put on their list. “We are one of the few businesses,” she says, “that is actually working to put ourselves out of business.” Galveston Island Humane Society www.galvestonhumane.org 6814 Broadway Avenue, (409)740-1919 Monday-Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 11am-5pm, closed Sundays
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Live at The Island East End Theatre Company
In September Island ETC will open its doors and its stage to a new and exciting collaboration of local artists with a presentation of “Storyteller,” a words-to-music experience that blends poetic text with musical accompaniment to produce a riveting live performance experience. Comprised of the talents of two Galveston singer/songwriters Matty Sullivan and Matt Mejia, “Storyteller” performances have outgrown the smaller venues and will take the stage with local musical acts for their theatre debut. The show opens with ‘Two Star Symphony,’ a four string quartet made up of young Houston musicians who recently directed and produced their own debut music video. At the close of the performance, ‘Two Star Symphony’ will be joined by local Galveston band, ‘Come See My Dead Person’ for the show’s finale. At the heart of the show are engaging acting performances, written and performed by Sullivan and underscored by the sounds and songs of ‘Two Star Symphony.’ Promoter Peggy Davenport says, “You will want to watch, you’ll want to listen, and you may even want to get up and dance a couple of times, overall it is just a great performance.” The creators of “Storyteller” and their collaborators hope to provide an evening of fresh new entertainment, and draw a crowd to Island East End Theatre Company. “Here we have this amazing little theatre, and some people do not even know it is here,” Davenport explains, “So we really hope to draw attention from the younger audiences, not just to “Storyteller” but to the theatre itself.” The performance will be held at Island East End Theatre Company, 2317 Mechanic Street, on Saturday, September 14th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased by contacting utherwok@gmail.com. Performance videos and more information on “Storyteller,” Matty Sullivan, Matt Mejia, ‘Two Star Symphony,’ and ‘Come See My Dead Person’ can be found on YouTube and Facebook.
August 24th @ 2 Steppin Saloon “Southern Drawl Band”
Much like its derivative name, ‘Southern Drawl Band’ is a melting pot of sound and entertainment. Defined in categories like Country, Southern Rock, Trop Rock and Bluegrass, ‘Southern Drawl Band’ attracts a range of listeners from a broad spectrum of music genre and extends no restrictions on a targeted audience. Their unique trait of extraordinary music
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and song writing, along with impressive entertainment style is what sets this band apart from any other on the market. One of the most significant attributes of this band is the ability to play for their listeners with such a diverse music genre. The members of ‘Southern Drawl Band’ make every effort to play for their specific audience, whatever age or music preference that entails. As any one person among this growing fan base can confirm, the ‘Southern Drawl Band’ is on a quick rise to already being a regional household name and are working hard to accomplish the objective of building success “one fan at a time.” ‘Southern Drawl Band’ was formed by lead vocalist, Mike Nash and drummer, Larry Dunsmore, in May of 2011. From there, all other members are strategically added to highlight each performance. Not only is ‘Southern Drawl Band’ expanding their following in Knoxville, TN, by way of radio and television, but they are also receiving considerable attention throughout the entire Southeast region, as well as the Western US. Additionally, the band’s music is recognized on a national level due to radio play by several renowned stations on the Internet. In less than a year’s time, ‘Southern Drawl Band’ has generated an amplified fan base reaching 20,000+ and is performing at many of the area’s leading venues. The band is consistently invited to play for significant events and festivals throughout the Southeast region. The scope of success for ‘Southern Drawl Band’ is continually intensifying as each day unfolds.
August 25th @ The Beach Hut “Starr Jernigan”
Starr comes from a musical family and her earliest memories are of the music they created together. Relatives gathered for weekend jam sessions that became Starr’s first influences. She would go on to be inspired by such artists as Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, and The Allman Bros. Her first formal training was on the clarinet in her school band, but by age 11 she was teaching herself guitar. She formed her first band at the age of 16 and soon began playing professionally in the Houston area. She would go on to tour extensively through the midwest, northwest, and southern states with numerous country and country/rock acts. Upon her return to Texas, Starr worked regularly with a succession of local acts, both cover and original, including ‘The Rockaholics,’ ‘Ju Ju Eyeball,’ ‘Gypsy Train,’ ‘Sweet Mama Cotton,’ ‘Fyrst Tryp’ and a four year stint in the band ‘2nd Wind.’ Starr Jernigan is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, harmonica, and vocals) who never fails to amaze audiences, thus being dubbed “The Amazing Starr.” Prepare yourself to be amazed!
September 6th @ The Old Quarter Acoustic Café - “Quiet Morning & The Calamity”
‘Quiet Morning & the Calamity’ began as the singer-songwriter project (“Quiet Morning” at that time) of Sean Ramos until he assembled ‘Quiet Morning & the Calamity,’ a god-honest homage to Alternative Country groups of the 90’s and early 2000’s (‘Uncle Tupelo,’ ‘Drive By Truckers,’ ‘Whiskeytown,’ ‘Lucero,’ etc.), comprised of ex-punk rock musicians (Jimi Cavazos, Nate Cavazos, Josh Artall and Hillary Harris) and created what the band is now and where it was meant to be all along.
Music Guide Friday, August, 23rd
2- Steppin Saloon – The Posse, 9-1 The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 Beach Hut – Galveston SBA HFF & Mama Tried, 6-10 B. Jigger’s – The Line Up, 9-1 Captain Jack’s – Potbelly, 5-9 Crow’s – Felica, 4-8 Nick Gaitain, 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 5-10 Old Quarter – Sara Hickman, 9-1 Pleasure Pier – Park Avenue, 6-10 Smooth Tony’s – Houston Mountain Boys, 6-10 Tremonte – Leah Stonum, 5-10 Tortuga – Karaoke, 4-8 Yaga’s – Brandon McDermott, 10-1 Saturday, August 24th
2- Steppin Saloon – Southern drawl Band, 9-1 The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 Beach Hut – Threadbelly, 3-7, Wiseguys, 8-12 B. Jiggers – Fidelity Maxx, 9-1 Captain Jack’s – 98 In The Shade, 5-9 Crow’s – Richard Soliz, 12-4, Little Terry & The Bluebirds, 4-8, Soulpride, 9-1 Galvez – Joe Sewell, 5-10 The Grand – Clint Black 8pm Mod – Ben Apolinar, 6-7 Old Quarter – Marina Rocks, 9-1 Pleasure Pier – Mission Imposter, 6-10 Poop Deck – Tomz Katz, 9-1 Redfish Pool Bar – The Line Up, 7-11 Rum Shack - Culverhouse, 9-1 Saengerfest Park – The Antiques, 6-9 Sandbar Grill – Zach Tate 3-7 Smooth Tony’s – Brian Hoff, 11-2pm Tremont – Leah Stonum, 5-10 Waterman – Dave Oates, 7-10 West end Restaurant – Jerry Diaz, 7-11 Woody’s – Ray T. & The City Crew, 3-7 Yaga’s – The Line Up, 10-1 Sunday, August 25th
2- Steppin Saloon – Tejano DJ, 8-12 Beach Hut – Star Jernigan Band, 3-7 B Jiggers – Karaoke Bobbie’s House of Spirits - Jam With Tomz Katz, 9-1 Captain Jack’s – Salty Dogs, 2-6 Crow’s – Geoff Fish, 12-3 Pee Wee Bowen, 5-9 East Beach – Indiginis, 1-4 Pleasure Pier – Revelators, 3-7 Rum Shack – One Night Stand, 3-7 Sandbar Grill – Marty Monte 3-7 Woody’s – Sam Navarro & The Lone Star Devils, 3-7 Monday, August 26th
B Jiggers – Video DJ The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino 7-11 Crow’s Southwest Cantina – Country Karaoke 8-12 Tuesday, August 27th
The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino 7-11 B. Jiggers – Karaoke, 8-12 Crow’s Southwest Cantina - Troubadours Open Jam 8-12 Hotel Galvez – Bryan Guevin, 6-9 Mosquito Café – Kevin Anthony, 7-9 Wednesday, August 28th
2- Steppin Saloon – Country Karaoke, 8-12 Beach Hut – Smith & Turner, 5-8 B. Jiggers – Video DJ The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino Captain Jack’s – Karaoke, 5-9 Crow’s Southwest Cantina - open mic Acoustic Hotel Galvez – Bryan Guevin, 6-9 Old Quarter - Open mic w/ Neil Down Thursday, August 29th
2- Steppin Saloon – Country DJ, 8-12 Beach Hut – Blue Louie – Burgers & Blues, 6-9 Bobbie’s House of Spirits – Damn Straight 9-1 B Jigger’s – The Line Up, 9-1 Captain Jack’s – Soulfiya, 3-7 Crow`s Southwest Cantina – open mic jam, 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Bryan Guevin, 6-9 Medicinal Purposes – Kevin Anthony, 7-9 Old Quarter – Kitty Litter, 9-1 Pleasure Pier – Staylins, 5-9 Rum Shack – Billy Bourbon Band, 9-1 Sandbar – Karaoke, 3-7 Friday, August 30th
2- Steppin Saloon – Silverado, 9-1 Beach Hut – Hold Fast Fables, 5-9 The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolenti B. Jiggers – Rapture, 9-1 Captain Jack’s – Axis Unity, 5-9 Float – Cassette Tape 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 5-10 Mod – Kevin Anthony 7-9 Old Quarter – Brandon McDermott & Friends, 9-1 Pleasure Pier – Sheila Marshall, 6-10 Rum Shack – Charlie Parker Band, 9-1 Tortuga - karaoke, 4-8 Tremonte – Leah Stonum, 5-10
West End Restaurant – Mixin Mike & Conga Fury Yaga’s – The Line Up, 10-1
Saturday, August 31st
2- Steppin Saloon – Back To School Bash, 9-1 The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino Beach Hut – Cosmic Serenity, Gaby Veray Trio, Shawn Michael, Thread belly, Elbodo, The Radio Broadcast B. Jiggers – 11th Hour, 9-1 Bobbie’s House Of Spirits – Zac Perry BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival – Seattle 6-10 Captain Jacks – Axis Unity, 5-9 Crow’s – Fund Raiser, Music all day Float – Gypsy Bravado 9-1 The Grand – Robert Earl Keen 8pm Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell, 5-10 Mod – Hank Schyma 7-9 Old Quarter – Q & A Band, 9-1 Pleasure Pier – Rapture, 6-10 Riptide – Noise Poets 9-1 Rum Shack – Ricky Jackson, 9-1 Sandbar Grill – Almost Endless Summer 3-7 Smooth Tony’s – Brian Hoff, 11-2pm Tremont – Leah Stonum, 5-10 West End Restaurant – Larry Emmerson, 7-11 Woody’s – Jo Hell Band, 3-7 Yaga’s – The Line Up, 10-1 Sunday, September 1st
2- Steppin Saloon – Tejano DJ, 8-12 Bobbie’s House of Spirits – Jam With Tomz Katz, 9-1 Beach Hut – Mama Tried, 3-7 Gary Helms 8-12 B. Jigger’s – Karaoke BrewMasters Craft Beer Festival – Jared Waggoner Band 6-10 Captain Jack’s – Soulfyia 2-6 Pleasure Pier – Zach Tate, 1-5, 11th Hour 6-10 West End Restaurant – Manna, 7-11 Monday, September 2nd
B. Jiggers – Video DJ The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino Beach Hut – Zach Tate Band, 3-7 Captain Jack’s – Explorers 2-6 Crow’s Southwest Cantina – Country Karaoke Pleasure Pier – Bulbo 3-7 Tuesday, September 3rd
B Jiggers – Karaoke, 8-12 Crow’s Southwest Cantina - Troubadours open jam, 8-12 Hotel Galvez – Bryan Guevin, 6-9 Mosquito Café – Kevin Anthony, 7-9 Wednesday, September 4th
2- Steppin Saloon – Country Karaoke, 8-12 Beach Hut Smith & Turner, 6-9 B Jiggers – Video DJ, 9-1 The Bar – Angelo Tolentino, 7-11 Captain Jacks – Karaoke, 5-9 Crow’s Southwest Cantina - open mic Acoustic, 8-12 Hotel Galvez – Bryan Guevin, 6-9 Medicinal Purposes – Tony On Fire 7-10 Old Quarter - Open mic w/ Neil Down, 9-1 Thursday, September 5th
Beach Hut – Blue Louie Burgers and Blues, 6-9 B. Jiggers – The Line Up, 9-1 Bobbie’s House of Spirits - Karaoke Captain Jack’s –Soulfiya, 6-10 Crow`s Southwest Cantina – open mic jam, 9-1 Hotel Galvez – Bryan Guevin, 6-9 Medicinal Purposes – Kevin Anthony 6-9 Old Quarter – Bill Chambers & Bill Poss 8-12 Sandbar Grill – Karaoke, 3-7 Friday, September 6th
The Bar at the San Luis – Angelo Tolentino Beach Hut – Cash McCall 5-9 B. Jiggers – The Line Up, 9-1 Bobbie’s House of Spirits – Noise Poets, 9-1 Captain Jack’s – Southbound, 5-9 Hotel Galvez – Joe Sewell Old Quarter – Quiet Morning & The Calamity, 9-1 Pleasure Pier – Flicker System, 6-10 Saengerfest Park – Open Mic Nite 6-9 Smooth Tony’s – Houston Mountain Boys, 6-10 Tortuga – Karaoke 4-8 Tremonte – Leah Stonum, 5-10 West End Restaurant – Karaoke, 7-11
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