Culture
208 stories
Anntastic! »
Ann Richards ads it up.
August 1998 by Brian D. Sweany
Slammin’ »
Poetry slammers descend on Austin.
August 1998 by Spike Gillespie
Sci-fi Fo Fum »
Texas is filled with giants in the science-fiction field these days, but none loom larger than Bruce Sterling and Michael Moorcock.
July 1998 by Mike Shea
Radio Daze »
Gary Mauro’s bad spell.
July 1998 Edited by Evan Smith
Aquaman »
An Austinite’s aquatic adventure.
July 1998 by Meredith Phillips
Taxi Driver »
I was my own boss, set my own hours, and came and went as I pleased. I was a Houston cabbie, and though it was hack work—literally—it paid the bills.
April 1998 by Ted Streuli
Drag Time »
The greatest Tuna of all.
April 1998 by Skip Hollandsworth
Joan of Art »
Less than a decade ago, she was a homemaker and an arts volunteer, but today the Arlington Museum of Art’s Joan Davidow is the most imaginative and adventurous museum director working in Texas.
January 1998 by Michael Ennis
The 1998 Bum Steer Awards »
A year of altered antlers, bawdy broadcasters, comedian corrections, dining detectives, emancipated emus, fossilized felines, gullible Gore, hemline harassment, insatiable igniters, jazzed-up jewelry, Kay’s kennelwear, lottery loonies, metric madness, numerous nudes, 007 oenophiles, poultry protesters, questionable quizzes, revengeful revenuers, Spam slingers, tie tirades, unallowed uniforms, variant videotapers, warning! water, x-humed x-mascots, yanked Yvonne, and zodiac zombies.
January 1998
The Curse of Romeo and Juliet »
The patriarchs of Texas’ leading Gypsy clans have been embroiled in a furious feud for more than two decades. And now that their children are in love, it’s only getting worse.
June 1997 by Skip Hollandsworth
Debbie Reynolds »
Who gave Debbie Reynolds her name, and what did she have to learn to do before starring in Singin’ in the Rain?
May 1997 by Anne Dingus
The Crossing »
If U.S. officials put an end to illegal trips across the Rio Grande at Boquillas, the enchanting border town will find itself caught between countries and cultures. Of course, that’s where it has always been.
April 1997 by Robert Draper
Babes in the ’Hoods »
Thought the competition between Texas cities was over? Until my daughter was born in Dallas and a friend’s was born in Austin, so did I.
April 1997 by Skip Hollandsworth
Green Eggs and Kao »
I thought I’d teach my young son’s Laotian friend about all the essentials of American culture, including Dr. Seuss. I just never imagined how much he’d teach me.
March 1997 by Mimi Swartz
The Forgotten People »
For three centuries the Kickapoo Indians moved from place to place across North America to avoid assimilation. Today they live on the outskirts of Eagle Pass: unwelcome, yet unwilling to give up the fight to preserve their culture.
February 1997
Down on the Drag »
Panhandling, digging through dumpsters for food, roaming the streets near the University of Texas campus: This is the life of Austin’s “gutter punks,” homeless kids with little money and even less hope.
January 1997 by Dave Cook
Back to the Future »
A trip through South Texas in search of the ghosts of borders past—and a vision for what comes next.
November 2010 by John Phillip Santos
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