Style & Design
October 22, 2021
TM Recommends: Browse Beautiful Handmade Pottery at Gruene’s Texas Clay Festival
It’s a chance to buy your holiday presents early, the way you always swear you will.
Books
October 21, 2021
Eight Great Texas Book Festival Reads
There’s something for every Texan on this list.
Dining Guide
October 20, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our November 2021 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings for our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online!Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our
The Stand Up Desk
October 20, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: November 2021
Reader letters published in our November 2021 issue.
Travel & Outdoors
October 8, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Trip to the Renaissance Festival
Plus: a restaurant for avocado aficionados, a chill hip-hop track, and a gutting new #MeToo book.
Libations
September 17, 2021
Dry Creek Cafe, an Old-school Dive Bar on Lake Austin, Is Closing After 68 Years
You’ve got until October 31 to stop by for a cold one.
The Stand Up Desk
September 15, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: October 2021
Reader letters published in our October 2021 issue.
Food & Drink
September 14, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our October Issue
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Music
September 3, 2021
TM Recommends: Listen to St. Vincent Covering Metallica
Plus: The simple pleasure of H-E-B’s tres leches cake and emerging Houston-raised artist Zach Person’s debut album.
Books
August 20, 2021
TM Recommends: Read a Dane’s Assessment of Texas Culture
Plus: Some yummy Mexican pastries in Austin and an early collection of Sandra Cisneros poetry.
The Stand Up Desk
August 18, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: September 2021
Reader letters published in our September 2021 issue.
Being Texan
August 6, 2021
These Photos of Abandoned Buildings Will Transport You to a Bygone Texas
Plus: a trip to Ruby City and a podcast that will spice up your weeknights.
Where To Stay Now
July 23, 2021
Time-Travel to 1920s El Paso at the Gardner Hotel
Plus: guitarist Cameron Knowler’s new album, Connie Britton in ‘The White Lotus,’ and a good ol’ country drive.
The Stand Up Desk
July 21, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: August 2021
Reader letters published in our August 2021 issue.
Food & Drink
July 15, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our August 2021 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online!Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our
Music
July 2, 2021
TM Recommends: A Serene West Texas Agave Garden
Plus: a Panhandle music label, a Dallas poetry podcast, and a groovy Khruangbin remix.
Dining Guide
June 22, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our July 2021 Issue
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Books
June 22, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: An Engrossing East Texas Novel
Stacey Swann's ‘Olympus, Texas’ is the read of the summer. Plus: a so-bad-it's-good reality show and Megan Thee Stallion on ‘Legendary.’
Film & TV
June 4, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Farm-to-Table Fredericksburg Restaurant
Plus, a really good lemon cookie and an upbeat musical on Netflix.
The Stand Up Desk
May 19, 2021
June 2021: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our June issue.
Books
April 23, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Lesser-Known Larry McMurtry Book
‘Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen’ offers a glimpse at the author’s life in Archer City. Plus: a boxed wine club and food pop-ups in Houston and Austin.
The Stand Up Desk
April 15, 2021
May 2021: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our May issue.
Dining Guide
April 10, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our May 2021 Issue
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Travel & Outdoors
April 2, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Wildflower Drive
It’s one of the great rites of spring in Texas.
The Stand Up Desk
March 22, 2021
April 2021: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our April issue.
Arts & Entertainment
March 19, 2021
Celebrating Selena
Selena Quintanilla was a Texas icon—a beloved, Grammy-winning artist who touched millions in life and continues to inspire people around the world. As her fiftieth birthday approaches, the writers we’ve gathered to celebrate her are part of a generation of Latinos who came of age after her heyday.
Dining Guide
March 16, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our April 2021 Issue
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Dining Guide
March 2, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our March 2021 Issue
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
The Stand Up Desk
March 2, 2021
March 2021: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our March issue.
Music
February 5, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: Reimers Ranch Park
Log off and go skip some stones over the Pedernales River.
Art
January 8, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Funky Austin Vintage Shop
Plus: online classes at Austin Bat Cave, embroidery patterns from a Bryan designer, and the best Texas-themed Instagram accounts.
Art
December 31, 2020
The Photographs That Stopped Us in Our Tracks in 2020
From a homing pigeon in flight to a kayaking trip on the lower Pecos River, these are our favorite images from the year.
News & Politics
December 29, 2020
The Year in Texas, in Photos: Scenes From the Pandemic, Protests, and Everyday Life in 2020
Powerful images that trace the arc of this truly historic year.
The Texanist
December 28, 2020
The Texanist: Words of Wisdom for Ringing in 2021
All the Fine Advice you'll need to make sure the new year is much, much, much better than the last.
The Stand Up Desk
December 16, 2020
January 2021: Roar of the Crowd
Do the Right ThingI enjoy your articles each month, until it comes to your political writing. “Elephant Tricks,” from the elections coverage in your November issue, illustrates my concerns best. The article explains how the Republicans will continue to be wrong, not what they’ve done right
Music
December 4, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Delectable Dallas Doughnut Shop
Plus, a trip to the garden store and a cozy Christmas album from Austin musician Molly Burch.
Film & TV
November 20, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Nuanced Documentary on Lance Armstrong
Plus, a San Marcos studio that specializes in hand-printed goods, an Austin group supporting women of color, and Richard Linklater’s new animal rescue show.
Dining Guide
November 18, 2020
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our December 2020 Issue
What to order for takeout (plus pro tips) at restaurants around the state.
The Stand Up Desk
November 18, 2020
December 2020: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our December issue.
Books
October 30, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Soothing Japanese Bookstore in Houston, Austin, and North Texas
Plus, a psychedelic music festival, Fat Tony's new album, and a book that casts a critical eye on the true-crime genre.
Dining Guide
October 20, 2020
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our November 2020 Issue
What to order for takeout (plus pro tips) at restaurants around the state.
Where To Stay Now
October 16, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Cozy, Retro Stay in Terlingua
Plus, a new art exhibit about the borderlands, a music compilation by many Texas artists, and Casa Colombia.
Politics & Policy
October 14, 2020
Texas Will Be Turning Blue Any Second Now
A short history of overoptimistic predictions about the always-imminent liberal takeover of the Lone Star State.
The Stand Up Desk
October 14, 2020
November 2020: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our November issue.
Style & Design
October 2, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Danny Trejo Makes Tacos With the Muppets
Plus, some very good dog discourse, the newly reopened Rothko chapel, and ‘All Roads to Pearla.’
The Culture
September 18, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Caterpillar That Builds a Tiny House for Itself
Plus, a Netflix show featuring Tootsie Tomanetz, an Austin band’s wistful album, and a digital marketplace supporting local artisans.
The Stand Up Desk
September 16, 2020
October 2020: Roar of the Crowd
Reader letters published in our October issue.
Music
September 4, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Khruangbin’s ‘Evan Finds the Third Room’
Plus: a Dallas coffee shop, a Houston DJ’s playlists, and a haunting documentary.
Books
August 21, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: UT’s Summer Reading List
Plus: a free fridge project in Austin, novels by Jennifer duBois, and Garden Marcus’s soothing TikToks.
Film & TV
August 7, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: The New Go-Go’s Documentary
Plus, Megan Thee Stallion’s latest collaboration, a true crime podcast about a UT campus murder, and a Dallas-based online vintage shop.