Top gift ideas for 2018

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• Pomsies Speckles Plush Interactive Toys

The super affordable interactive toy clips on to an arm, backpack or clothes so kids can carry it with them all day.

• Scruff-A-Luvs

Each Scruff-a-Luv comes as a matted ball of fur with only its eyes showing. Once kids wash, dry and style its hair, their new pet is revealed!

• LIttleBits Avengers Hero Inventor Kit

The kit gets kids excited about STEM circuitry and programming, with more than 18 activities that are explained through a companion app.

• Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall Building

This 878-piece set of Hogwarts great hall with house banners has a movable spiral staircase, potions room and treasure room.

• MAN CRATE

No bows, no ribbons, no fluff. Gadgets, gear & grub he’ll love in a manly crate.

• 23andMe

Discover what 90+ personalized reports have to say about your ancestry, health, traits and more.

The Bad Seeds: a classic 60s Corpus band

For the past few issues, I’ve mentioned several modern local acts. I’ve written about the types of bands that you could go see live. This time, I’m looking back to the past for Corpus music with The Bad Seeds. Not Nick Cave’s band, but the Corpus-based garage rock band from the 1960s. Consisting of front man Mike Taylor, fellow singer and guitarist Rod Prince, bassist Henry Edgington, and drummer Bobby Donaho, the four-piece was a popular Gulf Coast rock act during the mid-60s. Ultimately, like many white-hot garage acts of the time, they fizzled out as quickly as they came…

Honoring female filmmakers who helped shaped the film industry behind the scenes

The film industry, like many others, is male dominated. That is not to say that women haven’t played an important role in it throughout its history. There have been, and continues to be, incredible women who play a major part in making great films. Many of these women find success behind the scenes in critical filmmaking roles. There are many amazing female writers, costumers, and editors in film. While they aren’t necessarily common household names, they work alongside male directors that you would likely recognize. Even the iconic director Martin Scorsese has had the same female editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, since…

DSA-powered music at Studio B

Another month, another four-band show brought me back to Studio B. On top of music, there were politics at play as well. This show was sponsored by the local Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA chapter, with all of the artists that night showing solidarity for Palestine in the midst of its ongoing conflict with Israel. Not only were there artists meeting under a cause I support, but there were a number of newer musicians performing as well. Thus, with an interest in hearing new sounds, I made my way downtown to 1609 Agnes to shoot another show. Bribba It…

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