Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author’s 125th birthday in his beloved Key West

KEY WEST, Fla. – Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life. Hemingway Days started in 1981 with a short-story competition and a look-alike contest. This … Read more

Texas Music Museum looking for a larger space while dozens of Texas artifacts sit in storage

Since 1997, the Texas Music Museum has called an East Austin building home. But with hundreds of artifacts in storage, they’re looking for more space. AUSTIN, Texas — Walking through the halls of the Texas Music Museum, you can see the life’s work of Clay Shorkey and the other founders of the museum. Every single … Read more

From a media perspective, it was a tale of two Trump speeches — and long enough for both

From a media perspective, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing at the Republican convention that nominated him as its presidential candidate for a third time. His acceptance speech, which exceeded 90 minutes and stretched past midnight Eastern time into Friday, won him wide praise for its vivid recounting of last weekend’s assassination attempt yet … Read more