Trash Cans Flying

More riot than revelry? Galveston Mardi Gras turns chaotic as police break out the pepper spray

By Tyler Rudick

02.11.13 | 4:19 pm

Galveston Mardi Gras got pretty wild this weekend . . . at least judging from a series of YouTube videos that captured an on-street clash with police involving beads, barricades and pepper spr ...

What the Dickens?

Steampunk on The Strand: Victorian punks and beardos join Galveston's annual holiday festival

By Tyler Rudick

12.04.11 | 4:00 pm

What do airship captains, bagpipers, chimney sweeps, and alpacas have in common? Not much, actually. But for one weekend each December they rule the streets of downtown Galveston during the Di ...

Dickens on The Strand Festival

12.03.11 - 12.04.11

Galveston Island once again transforms into 19th century Victorian London for the 38th Annual Dickens on The Strand Festival. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dickens on the Strand: Galveston

12.04.10 - 12.05.10

This year the annual Dickens on the Strand festival features performances from Steampunk band, Airship Isabella and art students from the Via Colori street painting festival.  Start off th