‘Shrek” brings quest to Playhouse

  By Kira Hays / reporter This April, fairy tales come to life as the Harbor Playhouse brings “Shrek the Musical” to the stage. Much like the film, the audience follows Shrek as he goes on a quest to rescue a princess. Things get ugly when the unseemly ogre, also not a handsome prince, shows up to rescue the feisty Princess Fiona.  With his adorably annoying sidekick, Donkey, in tow, the mission is accomplished, but the princess turns out to have a secret that turns the fairy tale ending upside down.  Throw in a villain with a very short temper, a…

Rediscovering our region’s history

By Raul Alonzo / Reporter Unless one has delved into the local history archives of the La Retama Central Library or scoured the headstones of the Old Bayview Cemetery, the story of the Maltby brothers might be considered a lost chapter in Corpus Christi history. For Norman C. Delaney, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Del Mar College — where he spent 40 years teaching history — the story was one that carried the unique angle he had been looking for and would spend years researching before releasing ”The Maltby Brothers’ Civil War” on Texas A&M University Press.