Round Top Art Festival: Weekend Art Crawl Culminates at The Compound
The Compound will host its second annual Round Top Art Festival May 16 – 18, and this time the entire town of Round Top is joining in on the fun.
May 2016
Stirring the Pot: Back Porch BBQ & Grill
I met with Derrick and Korin Burnett, owners of Back Porch BBQ & Grill in La Grange, at the restaurant on their day off....
Building Country Dream Homes
Country dream homes are as unique as the people who dream of country living. While some of the dreamers have family roots that have...
Q&A with Building Experts
Q&A with Round Top Building Experts As part of the summer 2016 feature on construction in Round Top, we spoke with the Round Top...
Arts for Rural Texas: Opening the Possibilities
Allyson Hoffmann doesn’t remember whether she was in the first or second grade when she took her first class sponsored by Arts for Rural...
Bethlehem Lutheran Church: A Community Pillar in Round Top
For 150 years, Bethlehem Lutheran Church has been a community pillar in Round Top. The history of the church and the town are deeply intertwined....
Round Top Festival Institute: No Ordinary Dream
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist James Dick asks: Why dream the ordinary? Master carpenter Larry Birkelbach maintains: The impossible just takes longer. Two men. Four hands. One...
Shooting the Breeze: Bernard Mendoza
Bernard Mendoza in Round Top Bernard Mendoza’s move to Round Top was prompted by his first grandchild being born a Texan. At the time,...
Voices of Bright Sky: A Thistle Downe State of Mind
What is Thistle Downe? Well, it’s a charming miniature twig house, an inspiring and entertaining book about trolls and fairies—and for its creators, Molly...
Independence Day in Round Top
For 166 years, Round Top has celebrated Independence Day with a bang. With a patriotic kick-off on the square, an All-American parade and a...
On the Porch: Making Your Porch a Destination
Country life was foreign to me, yet it drew me in. It imprinted my soul in a way I still don’t fully understand. My...
