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Culture Clash is a meeting ground for businesses, artists, musicians and Galvestonians that refuse to settle on boring, mundane and repetitive content. Your city represents numerous cultures and classes. Galveston finally has a publication that reflects it! Be relevant, be bold, and stand apart from the rest.
103 Years of Protesting! Who does it Matter To?
On July 28, 1917, a group of between 8,000 and 10,000 African-American men, women, and children began marching through the streets of...
janesemaricelli
Oct 31, 20202 min read
Galveston Monument Project
On Monday, August 24, 2020, Isaac Fanuiel IV stood and spoke in front of a Commissioners Court of Galveston County. He was slotted in...
janesemaricelli
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Absolute Equality?
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordan Granger issued five general orders on Galveston island. One of those general orders was general...
janesemaricelli
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Why BLM is So Important
As a young child, it did not take long to understand I was different from those around me. I remember being at Mall Of The Mainland,...
janesemaricelli
Oct 31, 20203 min read
The Battle
I sat and watched in disbelief as the numbers rolled across the bottom of the dayroom tv. It was a late night in November 2016, and the...
janesemaricelli
Sep 1, 20205 min read
Racial Power Inequity in Galveston
In 1858, two years before becoming President, Abraham Lincoln lost the race to become the Senator from Illinois. Still, in accepting his...
janesemaricelli
Aug 31, 20204 min read
Do Students Maintain Freedom of Speech at the Schoolhouse Gate?
In 1965 in Des Moines, Iowa, students at a local school sported armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The immediate response by the school...
janesemaricelli
Aug 31, 20203 min read
As ZINE at GAC
This summer, with support from an Arts Respond project grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Galveston Arts Center developed a...
janesemaricelli
Aug 31, 20204 min read
Fighting the Fight
2020 has been exhausting, hasn’t it? Protests and pandemics; Murder hornets and threats of war. Hell, we’re barely into hurricane season,...
janesemaricelli
Aug 31, 20203 min read
When The President Comes to Town
It’s been a while since the president has come to town. Sure, George W. Bush surveyed the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ike in 2008,...
janesemaricelli
Aug 31, 20203 min read
A Beautiful Time to be Alive and Assert Yourself
What’s going on? Do you understand the times? When can we go back to normalcy? Some say that will never happen. Should we be afraid? We...
janesemaricelli
Aug 31, 20203 min read
John Barleycorn Must Die
Ancient Sumerian texts seem to hold the key to everything important in our lives, from the gods and demons in the movie Ghostbusters to...
janesemaricelli
Aug 24, 20203 min read
Craft Beer Breakdown
In a 2018 article, Alcohol.org wrote that craft beer breweries, defined as relatively small and independent beer-makers, have seen higher...
janesemaricelli
Jun 30, 20204 min read
Home Town Tastes // Local Craft Beer Highlights
Small But Mighty - BeerFoot Brewery- Galveston Beerfoot Brewery, located at 28th & Seawall in Galveston, TX, is an artisan brewery that...
janesemaricelli
Jun 30, 20207 min read
What do you mean my beer isn’t vegan?
When people think of beer, it’s normal to think of barley, malt, yeast, and hops. So what about that isn’t vegan? It’s surely not...
janesemaricelli
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Galveston's Own Female Brewer
In no way am I an expert in the study of Zymology, or beer making. I like some types of beer, have sampled many, and am open to tasting...
janesemaricelli
Jun 30, 20202 min read
Just Beer-cause
A bubbly brew is the potion we need to invoke the magic of island time in our busy lives. Mingling the meditative practice of deep...
janesemaricelli
Jun 30, 20202 min read
A Matter of Perspective
As a 34-year-old native Austinite, I’ve seen the rise in acceptance of tattoos. I was a child who was appreciative of alternative...
janesemaricelli
Apr 30, 20203 min read
The Illustrated Librarian
Tattoos are a manifestation of our identities; they represent our passions, life events, and communities. Librarians are trusted...
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Apr 30, 20203 min read
Marked For Life
I once thought it a fine act of marksmanship to fire a round down an empty bullet casing at close range. Don’t judge. I was drunk. I was...
janesemaricelli
Apr 30, 20204 min read
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