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G-L-O-R-I-A »
When the legendary Liberty Lunch club closed in July 1999, senior editor and musician Michael Hall came up with a way to say goodbye to an era—play “Gloria” for 24 hours straight.
August 2009 by Michael Hall
The French Way »
To a bystander, the French red, white, and blue covering the lawn of the historic French Legation Museum might seem as if a confused group of Austinites was celebrating the Fourth of July a week too late. But when night falls, the scene turns into an outdoor Parisian café nestled into the heart of Texas.
July 2009 by Kirsten Salyer
What’s the Big Idea?
How to make the Lone Star State even better.
May 2009
Kinky Uncut »
David Hartstein’s film about Kinky Friedman’s 2006 gubernatorial run shows the candidate’s earnest sincerity, a quality frequently obscured by his larger-than-life persona.
April 2009 by Sarah Sumadi
Sweet 15 »
For the longest time, quinceañeras were simple, down-home celebrations held in parish halls and backyards. Then along came the stretch Humvees, the carriages and thrones, the choreographed dance routines, the smoke machines, the climbing walls, and the dinners for four hundred bedazzled guests. One thing remains the same, though: It’s all about the girl.
March 2009 by Pamela Colloff
All in the Family »
A new film presents a never-before-seen look at Dominique de Menil in her curatorial element.
March 2009 Interview by Jordan Breal
The Long, Low Texan »
When Stump the Sussex spaniel took home the trophy at the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, he carried on the legacy of top dogs in Texas.
March 2009 by Julia Mullen Gordon
Downsizing Houston »
If the crash that followed the boom hasn’t exactly been our fault, the result has been that same sad sense that maybe we’ll never have fun again.
February 2009 by Mimi Swartz
True Grit »
Once upon a time, before the pundits and the politicians hijacked it for their nefarious ends, “cowboy” wasn’t a dirty word. The lifestyle and worldview it suggested was seen as completely in line with the very finest Texas values: hard work, independence, honesty, decency, valor. For the sake of today’s generation of ranch hands and cattlemen, it’s high time we steal it back.
July 2008 by Elmer Kelton
The Class of 2017 »
The future according to third-graders.
February 2008 by Katy Vine
Third Grade Social Studies
They may only be kids in third grade, but you’re looking at the future of Texas.
February 2008
Robots With Attitude
Richardson-based Hanson Robotics and chief scientist David Hanson envisions a future of benevolent artificial intelligence.
February 2008
The Fabric of Our Lives »
I know her as my mother, whose womb I emerged from more than fifty years ago. They—the million or so quilting fanatics, mostly women, who spend hours a day with needle, thread, fabric, and sewing machine—know her as a celebrity. She can’t believe it either.
January 2008 by Michael Hall
Texas Myth# 31 »
Did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre really happen?
January 2007 by Anne Dingus
Giant chickens in South Texas? »
Immigration then and now.
January 2007 by Tonnyre Thomas Joe
The Real World »
Writer-at-large Michael Ennis on writing about politics and culture.
January 2007 Interview by Christopher Danzig
The Drop Everything List »
Steve Martin, the Taylor International Barbecue Cook-off, Emilio Navaira, and the "Whole World Was Watching exhibit" . . .
September 2011 by Michael Hoinski
No Hat, No Cattle »
We Texans have long considered ourselves, in mythical terms, old cowhands. But we’re waking up to discover that we�re really city slickers.
January 2005 by Michael Ennis
The Gay Non-Issue »
The election of a lesbian sheriff in Dallas County is a reminder of how far we’ve come, in a very short period, on the question of sexual orientation.
January 2005 by Karen Olsson
Bill Broyles, as Ever, at War »
Baytown wunderkind. Officer in Vietnam. Founding editor of this magazine. A-list screen writer. With a resume this stellar, you'd think he'd be satisfied. Not even close.
March 2002 by Gary Cartwright
Picture This »
The Austin Museum of Art tries to right itself, again.
March 2002 by Rebecca S. Cohen
Amon High »
With a massive addition to its gallery space and a host of new exhibitions in the works, Fort Worth's Amon Carter Museum is back in the saddle.
January 2002 by Michael Ennis
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