SAN JACINTO News

Pure Leaf Iced Tea, a product of The Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership, announced today the launch of Pure Leaf Tea House Collection, a super-premium line of the finest organic tea leaves brewed with fruits and herbs, for exciting aromas and layered flavors for pure refreshment. In addition to Pure Leaf Tea House Collection, the brand is building on the popularity of its Unsweetened Iced Tea by launching two new flavors Unsweetened Black Tea with Lemon, and Unsweetened Green Tea giving consumers more zero-calorie options that don't sacrifice on great taste.

FrenetiCore Dance's THE SNOW QUEEN is currently being performed at Frenetic Theatre in Houston. The show is a family friendly dance narrative about true friendship and the journey to find true love. The show, which is being funded in part by a City's Initiative Grant from Houston Arts Alliance, opened last weekend and will run for three more performances this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 10, 11, and 12 at 7:30pm. The story of THE SNOW QUEEN, popularized by Disney's FROZEN, is retold through the imagination of dancer and writer Adam Castaneda. I got the opportunity to chat with him recently, and I got to hear his thoughts about the show, his career, and about the Houston dance scene.

Producers Norton Herrick of Herrick Entertainment and Charlie Burnell of Threesixty Entertainment have extended the Dallas engagement of the spectacular new stage production of PETER PAN 360 through December 6.

Raised and rooted in Corpus Christi, producer, DJ, and nu-cumbia pioneer El Dusty (born Horacio Oliveira) translates the Southern Texas border experience into new barrio anthems where the MPC2000 sampler and chopped clips of Latin music history collide. The 'Cumbia Anthem' music video and single, out now on Aftercluv Dancelab/Therapist/MeccaLani. Watch the video below!

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Author Bertha Barraza together with co-authors Miranda Angeles, Alex Cuatok and Monique Salgado have a diverse background as well as a wide understanding of what community college experiences are for students. Their collective background and experiences led them in writing 'The ABC'S to starting at a California Community College' (published by Xlibris).

Bicycle Adventures (http://bicycleadventures.com/), an award-winning Pacific Northwest-based active travel company specializing in two-wheel tours in North America and abroad, is offering two new 10-day, West Coast tours departing Nov. 19, 2015, specifically targeting Chinese-speaking visitors.

ARCOS Dance debuts its award-winning multimedia dance-theater production The Warriors: A Love Story -- a timely reflection on memorializing love in times of war, and the company's first production in Austin.

Celebrating two decades of bringing the very best ideas in home improvement to Central Texans, the 20th Annual Austin Fall Home and Garden Show opens its doors today, August 28th through Sunday, August 30th at the Austin Convention Center, 500 East Cesar Chavez Street in Austin.

ARCOS Dance debuts its award-winning multimedia dance-theater production The Warriors: A Love Story -- a timely reflection on memorializing love in times of war, and the company's first production in Austin.

Author Bertha Barraza together with co-authors Miranda Angeles, Alex Cuatok and Monique Salgado have a diverse background as well as a wide understanding of what community college experiences are for students. Their collective background and experiences led them in writing 'The ABC'S to starting at a California Community College' (published by Xlibris).

Celebrating two decades of bringing the very best ideas in home improvement to Central Texans, the 20th Annual Austin Fall Home and Garden Show opens its doors Friday, August 28th through Sunday, August 30th at the Austin Convention Center, 500 East Cesar Chavez Street in Austin.

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance brings Broadway talent to Austin with the newly developed musical, Helldrivers of Daytona, for a free workshop performance tonight, June 20, 2015 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre.

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Remember the Alamo! It's a rallying cry familiar to generations of Americans.  But what is the real history behind it? On May 18, at 10PM ET/PT, Ray Liotta narrates, AVENGING THE ALAMO: THE ROAD TO TEXAS RISING, a one-hour special on HISTORY, presenting in-depth the events preceding and surrounding the defense of the Alamo and its legacy - including its impact on the outcome of the Texas Revolution and why it remains significant today.  The documentary serves as a precursor to HISTORY'S event series TEXAS RISING, which premieres on Memorial Day.

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance brings Broadway talent to Austin with the newly developed musical, Helldrivers of Daytona, for a free workshop performance June 20, 2015 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre.

IDYLLWILD, Calif., April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Idyllwild Arts (IA) Summer Program is offering scholarships sponsored by the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians to bring teachers to Native American Arts workshops at the campus. These funds are intended to benefit both the scholarship recipients themselves as well as their students and communities when they return home. The expenses covered by the scholarship will include tuition, lab fees, registration fees, dorm housing, and all meals in the campus dining hall.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management contract with Rael Development Corporation for an Andaz hotel in Palm Springs, Calif. The hotel will join Andaz hotels currently located in top resort destinations including Wailea (Maui), Napa (Calif.), and Peninsula Papagayo (Costa Rica), as well as other world-class cities such as London, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Andaz Palm Springs is expected to open in late 2016.

Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel invites guests to shed their winter coats and celebrate the start of spring with special savings.

For nearly 80 years, fate has intertwined the histories of celebrated Southland watercolorist Rex Brandt and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

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