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October 2011
Table of Contents
Features
The Girl Who Played With FirearmsMiranda Lambert has a lot to be happy about—she’s recently married, with a brand-new album and a string of hits that has made her the toast of Nashville. So why is she so twangry?
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Straight From the ArtFrom the Menil in Houston to the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas museums are home to some of the greatest paintings and sculptures in the world. But what are the best within our borders? Come along on a guided tour of the ten works of art you must see before you die. Super ColliderTerry Grier is the hard-charging, reform-minded, optimistic superintendent of the largest school district in the state. He’s also the most divisive, embattled, and despised man in Houston. Did it have to be this way? |
Columns
Letter From DecaturHere’s the DrillAs hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) has unlocked untold reserves of natural gas, it has also unleashed a wave of concerns about pollution and, for one family in the Barnett Shale, a long nightmare. Letter From Highland ParkNeighborhood AssociationWhy would anybody take a charming place like Highland Park, tear down the nice old homes, build new fortresses, gradually drain the neighborly spirit, and call that progress? Don’t ask me. I don’t get it either. |
The TexanistOffering Fine Advice Since 2007 |
Reporter
Street SmartsFriscoThis sports-crazed Dallas suburb may be one of the fastest-growing places in the country, but you can still find signs of its cattle-driving past. |
Artist InterviewKool & TogetherThe seventies band of brothers from Victoria on getting into music, staying away from drugs and liquor, and releasing their first album. Book ReviewSacred MistrustIn Donna M. Johnson's memoir of a Pentecostal childhood, religious zeal and illicit love nearly tear a family apart. |
The Filter
Pat’s PickBC Tavern |
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterCity Girl |
ContributorsPrudence Mackintosh, Brian Johnson, and Justin Clemons. |
Web Exclusives
Rock the VoteWho is the best female country artist from Texas? Texas TreasuresMy journey in early Texas art began while I was a student at Southern Methodist University, where I studied Frank Reaugh pastels and met Jerry Bywaters. After 24 years at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, curating exhibitions and traveling the state, I’ve come up with a list of greatest hits. A Q&A With Skip HollandsworthThe executive editor on Miranda Lambert hitting it big, her marriage to Blake Shelton, and one of the country star’s most unappreciated assets. The Art Lover’s CompanionMore than sixty art insiders gave us their list of favorite works of art to see in Texas. So grab your notepad, sketchbook, or iPad and take the ultimate tour of must-see art in Texas. A Q&A With Jordan BrealThe associate editor on covering the arts scene in Texas. A Q&A With Mimi SwartzThe executive editor on the controversial superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the politics involved in public education, and how parents need to be more vocal and vigilant. Incriminating DocumentsA peek at the internal FLDS documents that the state used to convict Warren Jeffs. Opening DaysA round-up of impressive art exhibitions. The Drop Everything ListA Lonesome Dove Weekend, the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love, TEDxTheWoodlands, and the 44th Original Round Top Fall Antiques Fair . . . |
Winning HalftimeWhen the Rice MOB marches, stodginess scatters. The Drop Everything ListRoky Erickson, the Orchid Festival, Texas Literary Life with Sarah Bird and Stephen Harrigan, and SXSW Eco . . . The Big Bend TheoryTiny and remote Marfa is poised to be a rock-star magnet. The Drop Everything ListDolly Parton, 85 years at the Witte Museum, Red River Rivalry, and the Texas Rose Festival . . . Putting the Band Back TogetherThunder Soul, a documentary about the Kashmere High School Stage Band's return to the stage after 35 years, makes a powerful argument for the necessity of arts education. The Drop Everything ListThe World Series, ZZ Top, Costume Art Ball, and the Texas Mushroom Festival . . . The Drop Everything ListFire Relief benefit concert, Poncho Sanchez, Lone Star Gourd Festival, and a screening of Some Girls Live in Texas 78 . . . Bed, Breakfast, and BeyondFrom tranquil lodging in the middle of bustling Houston to candle-lit breakfasts near the beach, these five B&Bs are guaranteed to please. |
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