Art
May 16, 2023
The Blanton Debuted a Flowery Renovation. Will the Austin Museum Scene Bloom With It?
A major exterior improvement project for the UT art museum builds excitement, but old cracks show.
Arts & Entertainment
Sports
May 16, 2023
The XFL Just Completed the Best Spring Football Season Ever—Thanks to Texas
By basing all of its operations and its teams in Arlington, the XFL may have hit on a formula for spring ball success.
Film & TV
May 16, 2023
‘Hypnotic’ Is Robert Rodriguez at His Robert Rodriguezest
Hypnotic, the supernatural thriller starring Ben Affleck that opened on Friday, is Robert Rodriguez’s twenty-first movie. The lifelong Texan is more prolific than almost any of his ’90s indie-film contemporaries—Quentin Tarantino, whose Reservoir Dogs debuted about a year before Rodriguez’s El Mariachi, has only made ten!—and that’s including a
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Sports
May 16, 2023
So Much Went Wrong for the Mavericks to End Up in the NBA Draft Lottery
Luka Dončić’s war on referees, the failure to re-sign Jalen Brunson, the trade for Kyrie Irving—it was all bad for the Mavs this season.
Music
May 15, 2023
The Long Ride of Charley Crockett
After years of struggle, Charley Crockett is on the verge of stardom. The story of how he got here would be unbelievable if it weren’t true.
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Film & TV
May 15, 2023
Shea Serrano’s New Sitcom, ‘Primo,’ is Peak Pocho TV
Based on his life growing up in San Antonio’s Southside, the show feels unencumbered by the weight of representation.
Film & TV
May 12, 2023
Tami Taylor, Mother of Texas
Connie Britton’s tough yet compassionate Friday Night Lights character remains one of our most inspirational depictions of Texas womanhood.
Art
May 12, 2023
In Houston, a Basquiat and Warhol–Style Collab With a Texas Twist
It took a music producer to bring together the powerful pairing of grungy Austinite Tim Kerr and Houston sophisticate Robert Hodge, who worked together to create 40 paintings.
Sports
May 12, 2023
A Postseason “Bless Your Heart” Award for Luka Dončić
The Dallas Mavericks’ superstar guard is recognized for being a Texan who gave so much only to receive very little.
Art
May 11, 2023
Frank Kozik Perfected the Rock Poster Into a Fine and Filthy Art
Frank Kozik, the Austin-based designer, who died this week, captured a generation with his posters for groups like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the Beastie Boys.
Sports
May 11, 2023
Meet the Baylor Pitchers Who Dealt Oklahoma Softball Its Only Loss This Season
The 49–1 Sooners have been nearly unbeatable. But one day, Dariana Orme, Aliyah Binford, and the Baylor Bears got the best of them.
Books
May 9, 2023
The Dog Had Ate the Hand
In this original short story, when two down-on-their luck Houston men try to steal copper pipes from a home, nothing goes quite as planned.
Sports
May 5, 2023
Meet the North Texas Maestro of Tommy John Surgery
Keith Meister, a team physician for the Texas Rangers, has reconstructed the elbows of many of the best players in baseball.
Film & TV
May 4, 2023
How Elizabeth Olsen and Holly Hunter Captured the Not-So-Quiet Desperation of Texas Women
What makes the Texas woman unique? What makes her distinct from the demure Southern belle or the rugged, rifle-toting frontierswoman of the American West? As the novelist and Texas Monthly contributor Sarah Bird suggests in her 2016 essay collection, A Love Letter to Texas Women, maybe
Film & TV
May 3, 2023
Last Time Hollywood Writers Went on Strike, Landry Killed a Guy on ‘Friday Night Lights’
The show’s infamous second season was shortened because of the strike, but that’s not the whole story.
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Best Thing in Texas
May 2, 2023
A Dallas Cowboys Scout Got to Draft His Own Son
Chris Vaughn, the team’s assistant director of college scouting, shared the good news with sixth-round pick Deuce Vaughn.
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Books
May 1, 2023
Exclusive: View the Full Larry McMurtry Estate Auction Catalog
This month, fans have a chance to bid on books, guns, and a pinball machine owned by the definitive chronicler of twentieth-century Texas.
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Music
May 1, 2023
Willie Nelson Threw a Ninetieth Birthday Party, and Everyone Came
Snoop Dogg, the Chicks, Keith Richards, George Strait, and many, many more came together for a two-day birthday party the likes of which the world has never seen.
Film & TV
April 28, 2023
Making ‘Love & Death’: Lesli Linka Glatter, Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, and Patrick Fugit
The show's cast and director reflect on the HBO Max series, based on a 1984 story written in Texas Monthly.
Sports
April 28, 2023
A Blockbuster Draft-Day Trade Gives the Houston Texans a Rare Feeling: Hope
The beleaguered Houston Texans landed college stars C. J. Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. in the first round of the NFL draft.
Music
April 28, 2023
Willie Nelson Is Helping Billy Strings Stay “California Sober” on a New Duet
The living legend and the bluegrass young gun unroll a pot-smoking, finger-picking good time.
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Film & TV
April 28, 2023
HBO Max’s ‘Love & Death’ Needed a Home for an Axe Killer. They Chose Mine.
HBO Max turned my house into that of Candy Montgomery, played by Elizabeth Olsen. Then things got hyperreal.
Sports
April 26, 2023
Can the Houston Astros Stretch Their Dynasty for One More Year?
No matter how many star free agents the Houston Astros lose in the offseason, the reigning World Series champs keep winning.
Arts & Entertainment
April 25, 2023
Fifteen Hours and Thirty Drinks With the Minds Behind When Where What Austin
The men behind the immensely popular Instagram event calendar just wanna have fun (and champagne).
Arts & Entertainment
April 25, 2023
Matthew McConaughey Is Monetizing His Whole Vibe
In his Art of Livin’ live stream event, the Oscar-winning actor turns full lifestyle guru, with the help of Tony Robbins.
Art
April 25, 2023
In a New Exhibit, Artists Find the Sublime at Whataburger and the Supreme Court
"Day Jobs," on view at the Blanton Museum of Art, argues that beauty and inspiration can be found even during a nine-to-five.
Film & TV
April 21, 2023
A Radical New Eco-Thriller Film Asks: Does the Climate Crisis Justify Blowing Up an Oil Pipeline?
The movie uses a classic heist format to tackle the hot topic of climate change.
Sports
April 18, 2023
What the Heck Is a Peagle?
The Texas Rangers’ new uniform design takes great pains—including the creation of a new, mythical mascot—to make fans throughout the Metroplex feel seen.
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Books
April 18, 2023
An El Paso–Bred Children’s Author Illustrates Border Life for the Next Generation
Raúl the Third, the creator of the World of ¡Vamos! series, depicts a colorful childhood spent between El Paso and Juárez.
Sports
April 14, 2023
The Undertold Story of Jackie Robinson’s College Hoops Coaching Days
Before he began his pro baseball career, Jackie Robinson spent a season on the hardwood for Austin HBCU Samuel Huston College.
Art
April 14, 2023
Meet the Social Justice–Fueled Muralist Painting Across Fort Worth
Juan Velazquez decided to pursue art in 2020. Since then, he’s painted dozens of murals fighting racism and gentrification.
Best Thing in Texas
April 12, 2023
The First HBCU to Win the D1 Cheerleading Nationals Is From Houston
Texas Southern University's cheer team went to the competition confident they'd come home champions. Mission accomplished.
Sports
April 12, 2023
Texas A&M’s Sam Bennett Was the Talk of the Masters
The Aggie senior and reigning U.S. amateur champion flirted with setting an amateur course record before finishing sixteenth overall.
Film & TV
April 11, 2023
How ‘Hud’ Began Texas’s Love Affair With the Bastard
Paul Newman plays a brutish, morally repugnant monster in the classic anti-western. So why do Texans admire him anyway?
Sports
April 10, 2023
Boban Marjanović Completes the NBA’s Texas Triangle
Only a handful of NBA players have suited up for all three Texas teams. One of them happens to be seven-foot-four Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanović.
Sports
April 7, 2023
Another, Quieter Comeback for Billy Gillispie
Now 63, the college basketball coaching wunderkind turned cautionary tale is leading Tarleton State's transition to Division I.
Music
April 7, 2023
Jake Worthington to Nashville: Real Country or Bust
The La Porte singer could’ve been a pop star, but he chose Texas country music instead. Nashville ignored him—until now.
Music
April 6, 2023
Johnny Rodriguez Reunites With Tanya Tucker in “A Game That I Can’t Win”
A deep dive into the Sabinal-bred singer’s duet with Tucker from his new album, ‘Building Bridges.’
Art
April 6, 2023
A San Antonio Artwork Is a Sauna Modeled on a Box Truck Where 53 Migrants Died
How should we feel about Reynier Leyva Novo’s shockingly on-the-nose new sauna installation?
Film & TV
April 4, 2023
‘Blue Beetle’ Belongs in El Paso, No Matter What DC Brass Thinks
A new trailer reveals that the Mexican American superhero will live in a fictional city, breaking with canon. Comic book fans are not happy.
Sports
April 4, 2023
Is the Rangers’ $800 Million Rebuild Starting to Pay Off?
A 3–1 start to the MLB season could mean nothing, but it's still the best the Texas Rangers have managed since 2013.
Film & TV
April 4, 2023
The Best Books, Films, TV, Art, and More Coming to Texas This Spring
We have seven words for you: Owen Wilson in a Bob Ross wig.
Music
April 4, 2023
Hellhounds on His Trail: Mack McCormick’s Long, Tortured Quest to Find the Real Robert Johnson
For decades, the Houston folklorist labored over his biography of the legendary bluesman. Seven years after McCormick’s death, the book is finally out—and so are the secrets long kept by its troubled author.
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Style & Design
April 2, 2023
Texas’s First-Ever CMT Music Awards, in Photos
The 2023 Country Music Television (CMT) Music Awards ceremony has brought nominees from across the country to the Lone Star State. See red carpet and backstage photos of winners.
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Sports
March 31, 2023
The Caitlin Clark Show Comes to Dallas for the Women’s Final Four
Eight storylines for Texan fans to follow, from Iowa's superstar guard to South Carolina's dominance to Kim Mulkey's return to Texas.
Best Thing in Texas
March 29, 2023
Let’s Just Move This Year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Induction to Texas
Mavs great Dirk Nowitzki, along with four San Antonio Spurs—Gregg Popovich, Becky Hammon, Tony Parker, and Pau Gasol—headline the 2023 class.
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Music
March 29, 2023
San Antonio Almost Lost Its 80-Year-Old Orchestra. The Musicians Didn’t Go Quietly.
The Alamo City’s once-legendary symphony officially collapsed last year. But its musicians have continued to play just steps from their former home.
Sports
March 24, 2023
The Team Might Deny It, but Houston Wants Texas in the Elite Eight
A potential all-Texas grudge match between the Cougars and Longhorns could determine who goes to the NCAA Tournament's Final Four.
Arts & Entertainment
March 23, 2023
“ ‘Hamilton’ With Breasts” Is a Very Dallas Musical Experience
'cleaVage: the front story' is the world’s first musical about silicone breast implants. Do we need a punny goof-fest about the saga of fake boobs? Yes.
Film & TV
March 16, 2023
In ‘Swarm,’ the Beyhive Is Out for (Literal) Blood
The new Beyoncé-inspired, must-watch TV show explores what happens when fan culture goes too far.
