‘The Get Together’ Throws a Party Even Shakey Graves Can’t Save
Texas filmmaker Will Bakke’s latest movie offers only a glimpse of the joys and pains of young adulthood.
Cat Cardenas, who was an associate editor at Texas Monthly from 2019 to mid-2022, is a Latina writer and photographer from San Antonio. She graduated from the University of Texas in 2018 with degrees in journalism and anthropology. While at UT, she founded the university’s first National Association of Hispanic Journalists chapter, and in 2016, she was one of four UT students selected to report on the Olympics, which she wrote about for a number of U.S. newspapers. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Texas Tribune, Teen Vogue, and Paper Magazine. During her time at Texas Monthly, she reported on issues such as immigration and focused on the state’s minority communities. She never passes up a chance to write about her favorite subjects, which include her family, the San Antonio Spurs, Kacey Musgraves, and Selena.
Texas filmmaker Will Bakke’s latest movie offers only a glimpse of the joys and pains of young adulthood.
By Cat Cardenas
Part two of Netflix's Selena series delivers a more confident version of the Tejano icon than part one, but fails to portray the late singer as the nuanced person she was.
By Cat Cardenas
The soapy teen drama takes place in a fictional Texas town that—aside from an extravagant kidnapping plot—looks like home.
By Cat Cardenas
The singer sheds her painful past on ‘Dancing with the Devil . . . the Art of Starting Over.’
By Cat Cardenas
In this feature-length series of video calls, Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass manage to create a relationship with lightness and heart.
By Cat Cardenas
Si vamos a honrar a la verdadera Selena, necesitamos imaginar lo que pudo haber hecho si hubiera tenido una vida completa.
By Cat Cardenas
If we’re going to honor the real Selena—and find a way to carry her with us—we need to imagine what she might have done if she had lived a full life.
By Cat Cardenas
In her latest documentary, the Dallas-raised singer bravely confronts her demons.
By Cat Cardenas
‘Revelación’ is a lush, dance-infused fantasy that features a singer brimming with confidence.
By Cat Cardenas
“Sometimes I think the adults get more fun out of hitting piñatas than the kids do,” one of the owners says.
By Cat Cardenas
The San Marcos venture has the airbrushed, colorful backgrounds and kitschy props that I've studied in my family's albums.
By Cat Cardenas
A new podcast explores the history of the “Chicano Squad” as part of a Houston police department effort to repair its broken relationship with the Latino community.
By Cat Cardenas
The San Antonio producer created a style that would endure for decades—and he helped Selena get her start.
By Cat Cardenas
Two decades ago, a woman bought a cutting from a nursery in the Rio Grande Valley. What grew was much bigger than a tree.
By Cat Cardenas
The podcaster on her affinity for scammers and her Texas roots.
By Cat Cardenas
We rank the most memorable protagonists in the Texas director’s film catalog, from ‘El Mariachi’ to ‘Machete.’
By Cat Cardenas
Following the election, many migrants were hopeful the incoming president would quickly ease the U.S. immigration process, but he has to unravel new restrictions imposed by his predecessor.
By Cat Cardenas
With a combination of fashion ingenuity and electrical engineering, Neon Cowboys founder Asia Hall rigs cowboy hats that glow.
By Cat Cardenas
In the 25 years since her death, the singer’s memory has been flattened and commodified. Selena—and her fans—deserve more.
By Cat Cardenas
The initial installment of the two-part television show details the first 20 years of Selena’s life—yet it feels like we’ve hardly gotten to know the person the series is about.
By Cat Cardenas
She spent decades feeding our family and bringing us together. Making her favorite treat was a small, sweet way for me to celebrate her and reconnect with my culture.
By Cat Cardenas
For years, Spurs diehards have been begging for the classic colorway to come back. Now, the franchise is delivering.
By Cat Cardenas
Democrats have taken voters in the region for granted. This year, many were receptive to Donald Trump’s messaging on jobs, opportunity, and law enforcement.
By Cat Cardenas
The film follows Texans who are waiting, hoping, and fighting for news of their missing sons.
By Cat Cardenas
In his recently released memoir, the Texan actor spins tall tales that just so happen to be true.
By Cat Cardenas
South Texas queens who put on a wig, makeup, and heels are rebelling against a culture that has long been steeped in machismo.
By Cat Cardenas
After years of playing ex-cons and bodyguards, the prolific actor became an iconic leading man in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete series.
By Cat Cardenas
The kids’ television program, helmed by a crop of Texan theatrical talents, landed on PBS 25 years ago.
By Christian Wallace and Cat Cardenas
Recent protests have sparked conversations about colorism, Eurocentric beauty standards, and how black Latinos are underrepresented in both English- and Spanish-language media.
By Cat Cardenas
The podcast dives into the mysteries surrounding the decades-long string of murders in the border city.
By Cat Cardenas
Greisa Martinez Rosas tells Texas Monthly about her feelings on the decision, and the future of the immigrant rights movement.
By Cat Cardenas
Videos and photos of the Non-Stop Riderz at last week's Black Lives Matter march went viral.
By Cat Cardenas
As the coronavirus first spread throughout the Texas's ICE facilities, migrants grew increasingly desperate for release.
By Cat Cardenas
"When you're in a rural community, it's difficult to receive services and be very discreet about it. … Those complexities are amplified at this time."
By Arielle Avila and Cat Cardenas
The ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ alum stars in ‘We’re Here,’ which documents one-night-only drag shows in small towns.
By Cat Cardenas
Many immigration attorneys have called for hearings to be delayed, but cases are nonetheless proceeding by phone and video.
By Cat Cardenas
Rafael Gonzales Jr. has developed a version of the classic game for the age of the coronavirus.
By Cat Cardenas
With nearly 2,500 asylum seekers living in close quarters in a Matamoros migrant camp, doctors say the conditions are ripe for an outbreak.
By Cat Cardenas
When the coronavirus forced 83-year-old Herminia Valdez to quarantine, her family found a creative and safe way to lift her spirits.
By Cat Cardenas
Nathian Shae Rodriguez's class examines how the Tejano star influenced Latinx representation.
By Cat Cardenas
In Texas’s ICE facilities, immigrants remain in close quarters and sanitizer is running short. Advocates worry a COVID-19 outbreak could be severe.
By Cat Cardenas
Remembering my grandpa, who soothed wild beasts—and played poker with the devil.
By Cat Cardenas
The annual festival, which brings millions of dollars to the city’s economy, has been postponed to early November.
By Cat Cardenas
Yes, *that* boat.
By Cat Cardenas
The beloved band released a song and an accompanying video this week.
By Dan Solomon, Cat Cardenas and Emily McCullar
The former player racked up his first win temporarily coaching the San Antonio team.
By Cat Cardenas
Voters in the Laredo-based border district will choose between the eight-term conservative Democrat and a young, progressive immigration attorney who is running an unabashedly left-wing campaign.
By Cat Cardenas
The annual journey to the Houston Rodeo offers a corrective to the reductionist narrative that pop culture has long perpetuated.
By Cat Cardenas
Photographer John Dyer’s iconic photos of the fallen singer are being shown for the first time.
By Cat Cardenas
The making of a pop sensation.
By Cat Cardenas