The Stand Up Desk
January 24, 2018
Welcome to Our New Website
Welcome to the new texasmonthly.com. Our look isn't the only thing that's changed.
Business
January 23, 2018
15 Innovators Reshaping Texas
Today’s wildcatters find rich veins of opportunity in everything from tortillas to interplanetary travel. Meet the dreamers and risk-takers shaping our future.
Music
December 30, 2017
The Ten Best Texas Albums of 2017
The music nerds at 'Texas Monthly' offer up their favorite Texas albums of 2017.
Art
December 25, 2017
See Texas Monthly’s Favorite Photos from 2017
From aerial shots to James Harden to Instagram-worthy plates, these are our favorite images from the past year.
December 21, 2017
The Most Stunning Pieces From Day For Night Aren’t on Instagram
The world's most Instagrammable festival has more to reveal—but you have to be there to see it.
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 6: Bob McNair
The Houston Texans owner nabs sixth place, for saying of his players’ decision to kneel during the National Anthem: “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”
Politics & Policy
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018
This year, virtually everyone embarrassed themselves—and the rest of us.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Texans of the Year
Selecting the Bum Steers can be a bit of a drag. That's why this year we're supplementing our list with something a bit more upbeat.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 3: The Travis County DA’s Office
The Austin-based office captured third place for the botched investigation of state representative Dawnna Dukes.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 8: Lamar Smith
The outgoing congressman takes eighth place for his refusal to face the truth about climate change.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 7: Louie Gohmert
The East Texas congressman takes seventh place for his wack-job debut as an infographic creator.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 1: Dan Patrick
Our lieutenant governor, for his eagerness to squander his power, waste our time, and drag Texas politics into the bathroom, is our Bum Steer of the Year.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018: The Rest of the List
The eight infamous Steers celebrated elsewhere in this package had a lot of company this year in our hall of shame. Here are another fifty or so Texans deserving of some ignominy.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 4: The Texas Democratic Party
Landing in fourth place, the state government’s also-ran loyal opposition, for going missing in action, year after year.
Bum Steers
December 21, 2017
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 5: Alex Jones
In fifth place: the excitable radio host, for saying so many crazy things that his unsuccessful and very public child custody battle wasn’t the most embarrassing thing that happened to him this year.
Politics & Policy
December 4, 2017
Texas Monthly 2017 Bum Steer Bracket—Round Two
Help us choose 2017’s Bum Steer. Vote in round two of our poll.
Sports
October 26, 2017
An Oral History of Watching (and Not Watching) the Last Three Innings of That Crazy Astros Game
It’s an experience Texas Monthly staffers will never forget, even the ones who didn’t actually experience it.
Music
October 20, 2017
30 Things You Need to Know About Texas Music
From live electronic in Austin to reimagined cumbia in Corpus to rap-infused zydeco in Houston, here’s why our music scene is more vibrant than ever.
September 22, 2017
Voices From Hurricane Harvey
The story of Hurricane Harvey, as told by 28 Texans who helped their state through its darkest hour.
Best Thing In Texas
August 25, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: Apparently Manu Ginobili And Gregg Popovich Are Concert Buddies
There’s no accounting for taste, though.
Style & Design
May 22, 2017
The TM General Store Is Open!
This just in: Texas Monthly’s curated BBQ Collection of made-in-Texas artisan goods.
RIP
February 23, 2017
23 Writers and Editors Remember Gary Cartwright
Awe, gratitude, and stories upon stories. Gary would approve.
The Culture
December 22, 2016
A Year in the Life of Texas Monthly
The past twelve months have been a particularly eventful time for the magazine. Here’s a look at how 2016 went down at 816 Congress Avenue.
The Culture
December 21, 2016
Bum Steer Awards 2017
It was a year of amateurish attorneys, buck-naked burglars, credulous coal-walkers, doughnut detractors, empty-headed educators, fund-raising fabulists, grumbling graduates, hacked highway signs, ill-timed imitators, judgment-justifying Jerry Joneses, kavalier Katrinas, lime-laden locoweed, misguided mattress merchants, naive notes, outré outfits, pitmaster poseurs, questionable quarterbacks, reactive racists, slipshod spellers, taco tiffs, unwise users,
Art
December 21, 2016
The Checklist
What to read, watch, listen to, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
November 29, 2016
Introducing Texas Monthly’s New Editor in Chief and Chief Creative Officer
The 43-year-old magazine is pleased to welcome Tim Taliaferro as the sixth EIC and Scott Brown as the first chief creative officer.
The Culture
November 23, 2016
The Checklist
What to watch, listen to, and read this month to achieve maximum Texas literacy.
Politics & Policy
November 8, 2016
Jill Stein, FTW! (Just Kidding.)
Nine political insiders from the left and right (and points in between) predict what sort of numbers we might wake up to on November 9.
Politics & Policy
October 19, 2016
100 Years Ago This Month
In remembrance of the stereopticon of 1916.
Books
October 19, 2016
The Checklist
What to watch, listen to, and read this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Stand Up Desk
October 13, 2016
‘Texas Monthly’ Has a New Owner
Paul Hobby, who runs the Houston-based private equity firm Genesis Park, takes the reins of the venerable publication.
Art
September 21, 2016
The Checklist
What to read, listen to, watch, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Stand Up Desk
September 16, 2016
What You See Is What You Gaines
Photographer Jeff Wilson on the making of the October cover with Chip and Joanna Gaines.
Books
August 24, 2016
The Checklist
What to read, listen to, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Food & Drink
July 20, 2016
The Greatest Burgers in Texas
What do the L.U.S.T., the Heisenburger, and the Squirrel Master have in common? They are among the best offerings to the food gods our state has ever produced.