There are many new restaurants coming to Waco. Some offer a brand new dining experience, while others are already familiar but are coming to a location more convenient for Baylor students. Over the coming summer and fall semesters, Waco expects to see many additions to its restaurant repertoire. Hayashi Japanese Steakhouse and Lounge Fuji Steakhouse owner Sean Lin will expand his business over the next few months by opening the Hayashi Japanese Steakhouse and Lounge. The business will open on the 800 block of Austin Ave., replacing the New York Clothiers & Loan, which has relocated to a building…
Author: Rebecca Fedorko
Baylor students spoke on the social fabric of stories Tuesday at the Story Slam Competition put on by Baylor Formation and Baylor Cross Cultural Initiatives. The storytelling contest began at 6 p.m. in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center with an introduction and two feature speakers. Afterwards, the competition began in earnest with various students telling stories, some about deeply personal epiphanies and others about chuckle-inducing incidents. LeeAnn Robelia, coordinator for formation for Spiritual Life, and San Antonio graduate student Emmanuel Roldan, who is working toward his master’s in theology, were the feature speakers at the Story Slam. Both told stories…
The Baylor film and digital media department will show off the best of its students’ short films at the 17th annual Black Glasses Film Festival next week. The show starts at 7 p.m. Monday at the Waco Hippodrome and will feature 19 original films written, directed and produced by Baylor students. “This year we got an overwhelming and record-breaking amount of submissions, so we’re going to have a really wide variety of really awesome films that I think people are going to really like,” said Maverick Moore, a lecturer of film and digital media who is overseeing the festival. “There’s…
“The Jungle Book,” originally a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, debuted Friday as a new and improved live-action film starring Neel Sethi as the fearlessly curious Mowgli. The remake of the 1967 animated film gave a refreshing new take on the classic story while keeping many of the elements that endeared the original to viewers. The story follows a young “man cub” named Mowgli who was raised in the jungle by wolves. When Shere Khan, a tiger with a vendetta against humans, comes back to the jungle and finds Mowgli under the protection of the pack, he swears to…
Plunge into Japanese culture at the Harumatsuri festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the North Village Community Center. The event is free to the public and will feature games, photo booths and live musical performances by various members of the Japanese Student Association. Festivals play a central role in Japanese culture, so it only makes sense that JSA would offer a glimpse into Japanese tradition by putting on a cultural festival. “It’s a fun way to get to experience another culture,” said San Antonio senior Bria Ford, the president of JSA. “You get to take in another…
Community gathers in East Waco to celebrate art
There is a desert in Waco, but it’s not made of sand. It’s actually a food desert, and it exists in a North Waco neighborhood where residents have to walk 2.2 miles one way to the nearest grocery store to buy fresh produce and affordable groceries. To solve this problem, Mission Waco has begun work on the Jubilee Food Market and a hydroponic greenhouse at 15th Street and Colcord Avenue in Waco. The whole project is being funded through the sale of “stocks,” but not the kind on Wall Street. Each stock costs $25 and is a small investment in…
This year marks the Indian Subcontinent Student Association’s 21st annual Gateway to India celebration, a music, fashion and dance event showcasing all the vibrancy of South Asian culture. The free event will start at 6 p.m. Saturday in Waco Hall, followed directly by the eighth annual Taste of India festival where ISSA will serve free Indian food. Gateway to India has been ISSA’s biggest event of the year since the organization started hosting it 21 years ago. It has grown from a simple showcase to a full-blown competition and opportunity to truly showcase the talents, customs and culture of Baylor…
Superman never seems nervous when facing the bad guys, and yet my palms get sweaty and my head starts to swim any time I have to do something as seemingly easy as sitting down for a casual interview. What makes Superman so sure of himself in the face of situations that would scare any sane person half to death? According to social psychologist Amy Cuddy, Superman’s confidence doesn’t come from his cape, his skin-tight clothes or even his alien superpowers—it’s his pose that does the trick. Body language is a huge part of human communication. But a little-known fact is…
There are few movies centered on Christianity that are able to balance story-moving dialogue and overall cinematic excellence. “Miracles from Heaven” managed to do just that. Receiving a 53 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes tomatometer, “Miracles from Heaven” is an emotional ride that follows the journey of the Beams—a family of five living in Burleson—as they deal with their 10-year-old daughter Anna’s severe digestive disease. The movie focuses on the difficulty of maintaining faith when things go horribly wrong. Anna, played by Kylie Rogers, is a playful and eager young girl made a little less believable by her sugary sweet…
The up-and-coming Austin-based independent country music artist Sam Riggs is hoping to sell out once again when he performs in Waco at 8 p.m. Friday at The Backyard Bar, Stage and Grill. Riggs is currently touring to promote his new album “Breathless,” which debuted on February 19th. “‘Breathless’ is really an unfiltered look at me as a writer and as a human, the human condition and finding a way to talk about the common ground we all share,” Riggs said.Riggs will also be doing an in-store signing starting at 4 p.m. Friday at Hastings on Bosque Boulevard. Tickets to the…
As the weather heats up, Heritage Creamery is offering a delicious way to cool down. The homemade ice cream parlor will celebrate its grand opening at 11 a.m. Saturday at their new location on Eighth Street next to Common Grounds. But the sweetest part is that the first 50 people in line will win free ice cream for year. Dustin Patterson, the general manager of Heritage Creamery, said he hopes customers are as excited as Heritage is for the grand opening. “It’s been a long time coming for us,” Patterson said. “I think our first sign that we put up…
With all the pressure of making good grades, staying socially active and actually sleeping every night, cooking at home may often get pushed to the back burner. However, there are some students who make it a part of their daily lives.After spending last semester in Maastricht, being back in Waco has made cooking a little more difficult for Houston junior Jackie Johnston. Groceries were cheaper in the Netherlands, and she lived right next door to the grocery store. “I am not cooking nearly as much as I thought I would because groceries are expensive and I don’t drive, but when…
There are some sweet deals to be had when it comes to cupcakes in Waco. However, while there are several places to find bakeries that sell cupcakes, only two places focus all their attention on cupcakes: What About Cupcakes and Mrs. Thompson’s Most Wonderful Cupcakes. What About Cupcakes was started in 2008 by Laura Hill. At that time it was the only shop of its kind in Waco, one with a narrow focus on cupcakes. “We only do cupcakes, we aren’t a full service bakery,” Hill said. “As far as I know, we are the first and only cupcake shop,…
Is it possible to actually focus on multiple things at once? It’s an interesting question because it feels like we college students in particular tend to boast about our ability to focus on everything at once. I have often heard friends talk about how well they can do their homework while watching television and surfing Facebook on their phone. But it may be a better decision to put all of your devices away before sitting down to focus on anything. According to a study published at newscientist.com, the influx of notifications from emails, texts and phone calls temporarily lowered the…
Mutemath will be playing to a sold-out audience at Common Grounds this Friday. At 7:00 p.m. the doors will open to the 800 people who purchased tickets to the show. The opening band, Nothing but Thieves, will start playing at 8:00, and the music won’t stop until midnight.Influenced by bands like U2 and The Police, Mutemath is a mixture of alternative rock, indie rock, electronic, psychedelic soul and post rock. According to Common Grounds’s live events coordinator Taylor Torregrossa, they have played at Common Grounds twice before and always leave quite an impression.”Obviously they put on a crazy show, which…
Kappa Omega Tau has placed either first or second in All-University Sing the last eight years running, a unique distinction among Baylor’s fraternities and sororities. The service-oriented fraternity was started in 1960 and is a Baylor original. The Greek letters KOT stand for Knights of Tradition, and they are certainly making a tradition of taking over Sing. The fraternity won its first-place prizes with the shows “The Toys are Back in Town” in 2010, “Ghosts Call” in 2013 and “The Battle Within” in 2014. The fraternity’s performances “The Grand Hotel,” “Standing Small,” “The Show Must Go On,” “Steppin’ to the…
Mark Ludy is an author and illustrator of children’s books who made Waco home last year. His vibrant—but often wordless—stories, with titles like “Grump” and “The Farmer,” are meant to appeal to children as well as adults with their expressive characters and detailed scenes of paper monsters, busy city streets and Noah’s ark. Ludy created his first picture book, “The Farmer,” when he was 25. It is a work of colorful detail with vivid illustrations about a farmer who is dedicated to his work but must learn to overcome disaster. The central theme in that story, and in many of…
St. Jude Presents: Music City Hit-Makers, Where Song Meets Symphony, hosted by St. Jude Children’s Hospital, will have its inaugural night in Waco at 6:00 p.m. today at the Hippodrome. The soon-to-be annual charity event will feature Nashville songwriters Brett James and Billy Montana backed by symphony musicians from Waco. Academy of Country Music award winner Charles Judge will be the musical director for the evening. The event tonight will be the first stop of a three-city tour through Waco; Tulsa, Okla.; and Louisville, Ky. Coordinator Bonnie Holman said Waco was chosen as part of the tour in part because…
The Waco Civic Theatre’s new production of “A Song For Coretta” premieres at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Jubilee Theatre. Tickets for the show cost $18 for adults, $16 for students and children and are available online at wacocivictheatre.com and at the Waco Civic Theatre box office. The play is scheduled to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-13 and 18-20 and at 2:30 p.m. on February 14 and 21.The play was written by Pearl Cleage in 2008, two years after the death of Coretta Scott King. It tells the stories of five women as they stand at the end…
Flowers can communicate many different messages. Whether as centerpieces, bouquets or gifts they have the potential to elicit feelings of love, friendship and beauty. Flower Mound senior Rachel Gilliland tries to unlock that potential through her company Bloomology Floral Design. Although Gilliland majors in finance, she does business in flowers. She said having a mother as an interior designer exposed her to aesthetics and beauty all her life. In high school, she discovered her own love of flowers and began organizing floral designs for friend and family events. “In high school at Senior Night, they would ask what we wanted…
Craftsman and musician Aaron Konzelman builds goods that last.