The Culture
January 21, 2013
Bill and Wes’s Excellent Adventure
With the announcement that Bill Murray will star in Wes Anderson's next movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, the pair enters the upper echelon of American director-actor combos.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Baylor Basketball Commits “Major Violations” of NCAA Rules
A recruiting scandal dating back to Brittney Griner's courtship takes the air out of the glorious seasons posted by the women's and men's teams. …
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Planned Parenthood Turns Down $500K from Womanizing Author
Why did the cash-strapped organization turn down this hefty donation? Maybe because it was offered by controversial author Tucker Max, who has been called a misogynist—and worse.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Is RG3 the #1 NFL Draft Pick?
Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III attends Jon Gruden's "QB" Camp and talks about the draft, his zany socks, and having his bike stolen. …
January 21, 2013
“On Death Row” Documents Texas Prisoners
The German auteur Werner Herzog interviews prisoners on death row in Texas and Florida for his gripping new television series. …
Sports
January 21, 2013
Mark Cuban Asks, Am I a Homophobe?
The Mavericks' owner insinuates that Bill Simmons, ESPN's Sports Guy, is gay.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Cormac McCarthy Rewrites Science
The formerly reclusive author moonlights as a copy editor, taking his red pen to Quantum Man, a biography of a physicist.
Music
January 21, 2013
Gary Clark Jr. Electrifies the Obamas
The Austin guitarist is part of an all-star blues jam at the White House.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
“Friday Night Lights” Kicks Off Again
A possible fourth iteration of Friday Night Lights would focus on “Mad Pirate” Mike Leach.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Tiger Teaches Tony Some Lessons
Could a weekend of golf with Tiger Woods set the Cowboys QB on the path to a Super Bowl?…
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Own Stars: What Are Your Favorite Texas Celebs Up To?
Mariah carey punches leann rimes…
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Own Stars: What Are Your Favorite Texas Celebs Up To?
Dennis Rodman starts a topless women's basketball team, Jamie Foxx fights another scandal, and Deion Sanders gets a dose of "real talk." …
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Own Stars: What Are Your Favorite Texas Celebs Up To?
Drew Brees learns how to get to Sesame Street, Candy Spelling hoards Beanie Babies, and Sandra Bullock smuggles sausage. …
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Should U of H Professors Worry About Giving James Franco a Bad Grade?
A former professor at NYU claims he lost his job after giving the actor a "D" for skipping nearly every class. …
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
Charlie Rose interviews the Kennedys, the Rules of Basketball, BB King, and Grupo Fantasmo . . . …
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
The Cotton Bowl, the Sex Pistols tribute in San Antonio, the Gourds, and the Dallas Safari Club’s Convention & Sporting Expo . . .
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
A "Funeral Party," Dale Watson, and Willie Nelson's New Year's Bash . . .
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
Inside the renovated LBJ Presidential Library, a yoga meditation ceremony, Caroyln Wonderland, and Robert Earl Keen . . .
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Kenny Rogers, Stallion Boots Trunk Show, the Wyeths Across Texas, and Bill Clinton . . .
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Underground Kingz, Sandra Cisneros, Wassailfest, and Phillip Glass . . .
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Bob “Daddy-O” Wade's new exhibition, the Robisons Family Thanksgiving Show, The Santaland Diaries, and Bob Schneider . . .
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Patty Griffin and "Her Driver," Painted Churches Tour, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Masterpieces from the Prado . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Lyle Lovett, a trip to the King Ranch, and a talk about "ancient Rome’s equivalent of a celebrity sex tape" . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Tesla v. Edison, the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, Nick Curran's posthumous CD release party, and the Ferrari Festival . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Dobie Dichos, Marfa Architecture and Design Symposium, the World Championship Wild Hog Cook-Off, and Farm Fest . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
A Victorian sèance in Galveston, the Spurs v. the Thunder, Roky Erickson, and the Texas Custom Bicycle Show . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Cryptopalooza, the Rothko Chapel Poem, Norah Jones, and the Chocolate & Wine Festival . . .
The Culture
October 4, 2012
Waylon Jennings Loved Big Bird More Than Mitt Ever Could
The outlaw country musician, who had a close friendship with Big Bird, would probably blast Mitt Romney for his threats to stop funding PBS.
The Culture
September 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
The One O'Clock Lab Band, Cuero's Turkey Trot, Kenny Rogers, and the Scarecrow Festival . . .
The Culture
September 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
La Follia, Zine Fest, Love This Giant, and the Master Model Builder competition . . .
The Culture
September 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Learning Butchery, the Dragonfly & Damselfly Workshop, "The Price Is Right Live," and Boogie, Blues & Brews . . .
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Bison Celebration Days, Shawn Colvin, Schützenfest, and Bill Callahan . . .
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Gustavo Arellano, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," Kolache Festival, and the Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza . . .
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Aggie Football, Great Recession Orchestra, Marfa Dialogues, and Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body . . .
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Robert Rodriguez, the Fort Worth Symphony's American Festival, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, and the 16th Annual Grape Stomp . . .
Style & Design
July 31, 2012
The Governor’s Mansion Renovation Has Some Preservationists Wringing Their Hands
The recent renovation to the state's most historic home left some preservationists worried that the changes to the mansion would be too significant.
The Culture
July 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
A conversation with Elizabeth Avellàn, a drum corps performance, cooking classes by Ellise Pierce, and the Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows . . .
The Culture
July 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Texas Ranch Roundup, a screening of Antone's: Home of the Blues, the Tejano Music Awards, and the Texas Dance Hall Showcase . . .
Texas History
July 2, 2012
Galveston Moves One Step Closer to Embracing Jack Johnson
A group of Galvestonians work to open Jack Johnson Park, the city's latest effort to reclaim its most famous son since turning its back on him a century ago. …
The Culture
June 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Bob Gomel's photo collection, the Sixth Floor Museum, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, and folk singer Daniel Johnston . . .
The Culture
June 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
The Made in Texas exhibit, the Texas Rangers, Music Under the Stars, and the Conservative U.S. Pageant . . .
The Culture
June 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
The Kashmere Stage Band, Art From the Ashes, the Dead Sea Scrolls & the Bible, and a Rolling Roadshow on the banks of the Guadalupe . . .
The Culture
June 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Meat Loaf, the Cow Pasture Golf Classic, ZZ Top, and Leslie Fest . . .
Art
June 30, 2012
Guernica Tapestry, San Antonio
The most famous of three tapestry versions of Guernica, Pablo Picasso’s anti-war masterpiece, has found a new home at the San Antonio Museum of Art after being displayed for nearly 25 years at the United Nations headquarters in New York. There, in 2003, officials controversially covered it with a blue curtain during Secretary…