By: Mallory Collins

By: ITZ

HUNTSVILLE — Interested in what is going on in or around town? Click on the picture to see a calendar of events for the month.

By: Sara Thompson

HUNTSVILLE —     Growing up in southern Louisiana, Sam Houston State University professor of communication studies Terry Thibodeaux spent each Fat Tuesday like many other Cajuns, amidst a tireless gathering of costumed neighbors, dancing, feasting and “chasing chickens” until the stroke of midnight.

By: Matthew Jackson

By: By Matthew Jackson

HUNTSVILLE —     Making a good compilation really is an art. Just look back at some of those mix CDs you made to keep in your car in the days before you bought an iPod. Notice how some of them got way more play than others? It’s all about the mix, baby. If you don’t get the tone right, the whole thing feels off, and the disc ends up on the floor.

By: By Amy Lee

HUNTSVILLE —     One of the best parts of being back in Texas is the opportunity to get reacquainted with country music. And I do love me some rockin’ country, the kind of toe-tapping, boot scootin’, steel-guitar-having kind of country like Kyle Park strums and sings on his newly released album “Make Or Break Me.”

By: By Matthew Jackson

HUNTSVILLE —     Chuck Palahniuk, author of cult classics like “Fight Club” and “Choke,” is known for taking broad and often taboo concepts and morphing them into playful, shocking tales that challenge our understanding of civilized life. With “Damned,” he goes further conceptually than he’s ever gone before, creating one of his bravest books that – even when it misses the mark – still packs a punch.

By: Matt Jackson

Huntsville —     If you’re reading this, it’s quite possible that you weren’t even born yet in the summer of 1986, or if you were, you were too young to know what movies were just yet. If you happen to be a little older, perhaps you hadn’t yet cinematically matured, preferring instead the fine films of the Walt Disney Company. In any event, it was awhile ago, so don’t feel bad if it seems you’re out of the loop.

By: Ashley Pauley

Huntsville —     Jarrod Sterrett’s musical aspirations began when he got to Huntsville to attend Sam Houston State University, and he has been hard at work ever since. The 25-year-old musician came to Huntsville six years ago and spoke highly of his living experience.
     “I kind of like it here,” he said. “Since I’ve been here there’s been a whole world of other things open up that I would’ve never thought of.”

By: Matt Jackson

Huntsville —     In the mid 1960s, horror films started changing. The creature features and camp classics of the past three decades were fading, and in their place were arising new and brutal visions of uncompromising vision. Wes Craven (known best now for his work on the Scream franchise) made his debut with the unflinching and bloody The Last House on the Left, George A. Romero produced his indie classic Night of the Living Dead and Roman Polanski lent cinematic and artistic credibility to the genre with the satanic tale Rosemary’s Baby. Together, this unlikely trio helped give birth to something Jason Zinoman calls “The New Horror.”