A contributing editor of Texas Monthly magazine, Prudence Mackintosh is a popular author and public speaker, whose commentary on family life, schooling, Texas women, and Dallas architecture has also appeared in such magazines and newspapers as McCall’s, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, D Magazine, Parenting, and the Dallas Morning News. Her books include Thundering Sneakers, Retreads,…
Cuernavaca, the “City of Eternal Springtime,” serves as Raymundo Gonzalez’s blank canvas from which he paints and draws what he sees: a mix of Spanish and Indian cultures, fiestas, traditions, myths, and colors. His art captures these cultural images beautifully, giving the viewer a taste of both reality and fantasy. Gonzalez depicts the real side…
A gifted guide who teaches from her heart as well as her head, Jane has a deft ability to take events and metaphors that others overlook and use them to show how the common is truly holy. Previous to her role at The WorkShop, Jane was the Interim Director of Theological Field Education at the…
Americana music fans do a double take when Ben Bowen King starts playing. Walking on stage with a resonator guitar and a slide on his pinkie finger, people expect to hear the “country blues” of Robert Johnson or Charlie Patton. But when King starts playing there aren’t any songs about hellhounds or deals with the…
Covita Scelsa Moroney has performed with a diverse range of ensembles, from the San Antonio Symphony to the Smith Brothers blues band and everything in between. During her first years in Texas, she landed gigs with a variety of bands: country, jazz, blues, folk and rock. Covita has performed in Texas Dance Halls, elegant theaters…
Jeff Johnson’s many recordings have managed to satisfy several widely divergent audiences. Johnson’s vocal recordings, such as Great Romantics, Pilgrimage and The Memory Tree have been embraced by those who appreciate the intelligence and wit of their lyrics based on literature, art and travels abroad. Contemporary Celtic music fans have been drawn to Jeff’s collaboration…
