My parents are dead, my kids are adults and my wife says we should save our money for upcoming vacations. In short, this means I’m looking at a pretty sparse Christmas, one that sees me little in the way of gifts. This blows. Big time. Mainly because I like getting gifts. Nope, I’m not one of those ...

Cinematic Considerations Spectacle in cinema can be thrilling, innovative and exhilarating, especially when blown up on the biggest screens possible. It defines what a cinematic blockbuster can and should be. Yet, spectacle for the sake of spectacle — whether achieved through practical effects or co...

Fredericksburg Middle School placed second overall in the District 28 4A University Interscholastic League One-Act Play competition and received three individual honors. The cast performed “Voices from the Titanic” by Pat Cook at Fredericksburg High School Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 13. Wimberley’...

Hogs Senior — Quaid Durst. Junior — Stran Spenrath. Lambs Senior — Brodie Roeder. Junior — Tinley Tatsch. Goats Senior — Taelynn Tatsch. Junior — Jayl...

Growing up, I’d never heard of rémoulade and certainly couldn’t pronounce it. Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach, who hailed from Dillenburg, Germany, j...

Fredericksburg resident Josephine Finn was named an honorary chapter regent at the Nov. 19 meeting of the Ephraim Andrews Chapter of the Daughters of ...