Author: Tamara Martinez

Community, Music

Music lovers celebrate 65 years of Texas Jazz Festival

Tamara Martinez

What started as a small jam session in 1959 has now turned into an annual three-day jazz event, a festival favorite for South Texas citizens. This year the Texas Jazz Festival celebrated their 65th anniversary Oct. 23-25 at Heritage Park in downtown Corpus Christi. The jam-packed event brought music-lovers of all ages, with kids in face paint, adults in Halloween costumes, and Jazz Fest veterans rocking vintage merch and hats from previous years. First-timers also found plenty to keep them busy in between performances with food, drinks and vendors. “The music is great. So much diversity. We love this, we…

Community, Texas

Micro Mania takes flight

Tamara Martinez

Little people, big fights. For one night only, Eddie’s Tavern held one of the more memorable nights in Corpus Christi this summer.  The local sports bar was filled to maximum capacity for this 21 and older event where wrestling fans gathered in excitement for the tour of MicroMania Wrestling. Each wrestler had their own background story that contributed to the “Hero vs. Villain” perception. The crowd had their favorite wrestlers, and their not-so-favorites, but overall, the characters were so full of enthusiasm, they had a crowd of adults screaming at the top of their lungs.  A fan favorite moment was…

Campus, Sports

Get out the rackets: Table tennis takes off at Del Mar

Tamara Martinez

These players bring the heat, and no one is playing easy mode in this Del Mar College club. The Table Tennis Club meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 5-7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Gymnasium on Heritage Campus.  This sport calls for patience, observation, timing, and skill, and twice a week these members meet up to play the most intense game of table tennis ever seen. This club is filled with passionate and competitive members of all ages and the weekly meetings are open to all community members. Some members, like Rick Stanley, have even been playing since…