Posts by Debrah Wright
Back to School with Baylor Football
We turn our calendars to August, the school year starts, and college football kicks off! Local Wacoans should prepare for thousands of Baylor University students making their way back into town the week of August 18th, with classes starting on Monday, August 25th. It’ll be a quick turnaround for the Bears, with the first football…
Read MoreNew Things for Old Wacoans To Do | Part II
A common misconception about Waco is that there’s nothing to do here. However, Waco has been growing beyond proportions in recent years, which all living here can agree on due to the amount of traffic and the number of orange cones. With the growth of our city and surrounding areas, the blossoming communities, and the…
Read MoreBlack Business Month in Waco
August is Black Business Month, and Act Locally Waco is encouraging you to support local, Black owned restaurants, craft services, and professional enterprises. The African American Chamber of Commerce has done phenomenal work supporting the Black community in Waco and across Central Texas, which will be bolstered by a business directory in the near future.…
Read MoreNew Things for Old Wacoans To Do
A common misconception about Waco is that there’s nothing to do here. If that is coming from a transplant, by means of work, school, or life, they are just wrong. If that is coming from a native or naturalized Wacoan–what I call someone who has been in the area a while–it could seem that way,…
Read MoreTop Five Gluten Free Eateries in Waco
Alpha Omega Grill & Bakery 929 Franklin Ave, Waco, TX 76701 Built out of an old transmission shop in historic downtown Waco, Alpha Omega Grill & Bakery is a fantastic Mediterranean joint serving gyro sandwiches, fresh pita, and mezze platters. There is much on this menu to obsess over, and a second location was opened…
Read MoreRising Waters, Rising Resolve: Recovering from Texas’ Deadly Flood
By Darryl Thomas Texas is reeling. Over 100 lives were lost during the catastrophic flash floods that ravaged the Hill Country over the Fourth of July weekend. Kerr County bore the brunt — 96 confirmed deaths and more than 160 still missing, including dozens of children who vanished at Camp Mystic.(MySA) The tragedy galvanized the…
Read MoreWaco Independent Film Festival Preview
By Elizabeth Riley Belly Belly- Short “I’m obsessed with food.” This short film production uniquely captures the daily struggle with food noise, disordered eating, and the obsessive battle with thoughts about the body. Depicting two queer femmes reconnecting over dinner, “Belly Belly” produces a tender balance of fear and excitement with disturbingly unexpected turns. In…
Read MoreFlood Relief for Texas Hill Country
By: Elizabeth Riley The Texas Hill Country has been wrecked beyond measure by natural devastation. Here are ways to help those affected in Hunt and Kerrville without interfering with active search and rescue teams and professional first responders. The Kerr County Flood Relief Fund is a collective set up by the Community Foundation of the…
Read MoreChristmas in July
By: Elizabeth Riley This July, we are striving to find ways that reinvigorate the Christmas spirit of lighting the world through giving at the halfway point of the year. Perhaps you’ve been bogged down with mid-year reviews at work, anxious over the outcome of assessments, or tired from wrangling children all summer long. Get outside,…
Read MoreFreedom Ain’t Free
Breaking the Emotional Chains that Bind Us BY: Darryl W. Thomas, Jr. When we celebrate Independence Day, we pledge pledging allegiance under a banner that declares our freedom. Yet, for countless Americans, freedom is merely surface-deep. Emotionally and psychologically, they remain imprisoned — not by walls or guards, but by trauma that echoes in their…
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