In Big Thicket Legacy, Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller present the stories of people living in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Many of the storytellers were close to one hundred years old when interviewed, with some being the great-grandchildren of the first settlers. Here are tales about robbing a bee tree, hunting wild boar, plowing all day and dancing all night, wading five miles to church through a cypress brake, and making soap using hickory ashes. "The book is a storehouse of history, down-to-earth information, good humor, leg-pulling spoofs, tall tales and all kinds of serendipitous gems . . . Readers inclined to fantasy might like to think of two giant Texas folklorists of the past, J. Frank Dobie and Mody Boatright, nodding and winking their approval of Big Thicket Legacy."—Smithsonian

"Cold Anger is an important book about the empowerment of working-class communities through church-based social activism. Such activism is certainly not new, but the conscious merger of community organizing tactics with religious beliefs may be. The organizing approach comes from Aul Alinsky and his Industrial Areas Foundations (IAF). . . . The book is structured around the political life of Ernesto Cortes, Jr., the lead IAF organizer who has earned recognition as one of the most powerful individuals in Texas (and who has been featured on Bill Moyers' "World of Ideas"). . . . Cortes fashioned a hard-ball Alinsky approach onto the natural organizing ground of church-based communities. The experiment began in San Antonio . . . and was successful in the transformation of San Antonio politics. Such dramatic success . . . led to similar efforts in Houston, Fort Worth, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and New York, to mention only a few sites. Expansion beyond San Antonio meant organizing among Protestant churches, among African American and white, and among middle-class communities. In short, these organizing efforts have transcended the particularistic limits of religion, ethnicity, and class while maintaining a church base and sense of …

Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Opera excerpts presented at the UNT Lyric Theater at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Opera excerpts presented at the UNT Lyric Theater at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Opera scenes concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Concert Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.

Trombone quartet recital performed at the University of North Texas Voertman Hall.

Wind concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Opera scenes concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Opera scenes concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Trombone concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Orchestra concert performed in the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.

Opera performed at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.

Recording of the second Friday evening performance of the opera "Madama Butterfly" at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.

Chamber music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Opera performed at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.

Opera performed at the UNT College of Music Lyric Theater.

Trombone Studio Showcase concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.