San Angelo Food & Wine Festival

Bring a date, bring your friends, or attend solo; just don’t miss Off the Menu: Food & Wine Festival on Thursday, Oct. 6. The debut event will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the outdoor Pop Art Museum, 125 W. Twohig Ave., and will feature more than a dozen local chefs and six breweries and wineries, as well […]

DRY DEVILS RIVER MUSIC FLOOD:SONORA

Headliners: Giovannie & The Hired Guns, Cade Mower and Rita Capuchina Sutton County Pavillion 888-387-2880 September 24, 2022 Gates open at 5pm. Music starts at 6pm. PURCHASE TICKETS The Dry Devils River Music Flood brings live music to Sonora for the 10th year. Including a BBQ cook-off. The music festival and cook-off attracts music fans and cooks from all over Texas […]

WEST TEXAS GAME DINNERS

JUNCTION CHAMBER Kimble Wild Game Dinner Saturday after Thanksgiving 6pm Coke Stevenson Memorial Center 440 W. Highway 83 North [email protected] A portion of the proceeds raised from the Kimble Co WGD go to help support our local fire departments.  Funds raised are used for needed equipment, training & supplies necessary to support these important men & women who spend countless hours caring […]

THE HUNT: What’s your story?

Growing up in West Texas might mean that you’ve got your own hunting story because as the seasons change so does the game and there’s always an opportunity to tag your next “big one.” There is so much about the great state of Texas to love and providing hunting enthusiasts support is one of them. Not only does Texas Parks […]

Celebrating Art: René Alvarado

San Angelo artist René Alvarado has a lot to celebrate. This year marks 20 years as an acclaimed full-time artist, something he couldn’t even dream as a boy born in Mexico to parents of “humble beginnings.” At 46, he is reflective about all the people and turning points that brought his to this place. He and his family moved from […]

Child Champion

Child prodigy Akash Vukoti has experienced more as a 10-year-old than most people do in one lifetime.  At the time of his interview with Create Magazine last February, Akash, who lives in San Angelo with parents Krishna and Kala and sister Amrita, was fresh off a stint on “Dancing With the Stars: Juniors,” in which he was the show’s youngest […]

Art in Uncommon Places

By: Becca Nelson Sankey | Photography: Becca Sankey Photography If there’s one thing Julie Raymond has learned about her adopted hometown since starting Art in Uncommon Places in 2006, it’s that San Angelo doesn’t hold back in terms of time, talent, and monetary donations. That kindness has been the heartbeat of AIUP and its quest to put San Angelo on […]

Hampton’s BBQ: Smokin’ Eats

By: Becca Nelson Sankey | Photography: Kim Torres Photography Jaton and Courtney Hampton had been living and working in the Dallas area for seven years when opportunity – in their hometown of San Angelo, of all places – came knocking. Having recently welcomed a second child and ensconced in the big city, the Hamptons weren’t sure they wanted to answer. […]

Ministry For Neighbors

San Angelo is blessed with a multitude of non-profit organizations. Few have the reach of Rust Street Ministries. The local ministry, so named for its location at 803 Rust St., dates back to 1995 when Wall resident Sandy Jameson went on a mission trip to Atlanta with her childhood church, Johnson Street Church of Christ. While there, they visited a […]

Bubba’s Smokehouse: For the love of BAR-B-QUE

By: Amanda Razani | Photography: Kim Torres Photography When it comes to BBBQ, only a select few can be as passionate as Gerald Pritchett, who shares his enthusiasm for well-flavored meat through his restaurant, Babba’s Smokehouse. Located in a rustic little shack, the place gives off a traditional and authentic texas BBQ vibe. Pritchett said his love for good BBQ […]