And the Bum Steer of the Year Is . . .
Hey, Senator Davis! Congratulations! The results are in, and you and the Democrats won by a landslide!
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Six Must-Attend Events: December 5-11
The state's top offerings, from a book reading full of quirky drawings and even quirkier words in San Marcos to a giant tamalada in San Antonio.
Six Must-Attend Events: November 28-December 4
The state's top offerings, from the magical theramin to the merry Mercado de Paz.
Six Must-Attend Events: November 21-27
The state's top offerings, from the best new-but-not-so-new musician to hail from Denton to forty Chihuahuas running as fast as their little legs can go.
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A Sneak Peek of our December Cover: Destination Dining
Ten far-flung places to get a great meal and a good night's rest.
Six Must-Attend Events: November 14-20
The state's top offerings, from masters of mariachi music in San Antonio to a fancy fashion designer in Austin.
Six Must-Attend Events: November 7-13
The state's top offerings, from lauding Lone Star filmmakers in Fort Worth to visualizing the future of Waller Creek in Austin.
Master of the Senate
The next lieutenant governor is a former radio shock jock who became one of the most conservative members of the Legislature. How will Dan Patrick act now that he is one of the most powerful officials in Texas?
Six Must-Attend Events: October 31-November 6
The state's top offerings, from a fancy Formula One race to Day of the Dead delights.
Six Must-Attend Events: October 24-30
The state's top offerings, from digging in to the facts and fiction surrounding history's real-life Dracula to witnessing Texas's fiercest basketball rivalry.
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Six Must-Attend Events: October 17-23
The state's top offerings, from skateboarding fanaticism to fifteen-foot-tall Popsicles.
Six Must-Attend Events: October 10-16
The state's top offerings, from the art of meteorological turbulence to getting scared silly at the drive-in.
Six Must-Attend Events: October 3-9
The state's top offerings, from witnessing Big Tex's new moves at the state fair to rescuing Mother Earth at SXSW Eco.
Six Must-Attend Events: September 26-October 2
The state's top offerings, from death-defying dancers in Austin to all things shrimptastic in Galveston.
Six Must-Attend Events: September 19-25
The state's top offerings, from the papers of a Pulitzer Prize winner to Funny or Die's version of a comedy fest.
Six Must-Attend Events: September 12-18
The state's top offerings, from awe-inspiring architectural design to a fantastically far-out film festival.
Six Must-Attend Events: September 5-11
The state's top offerings, from glorious grape stomping to glory for the Longhorns.
Six Must-Attend Events: August 29-September 4
The state's top offerings, from Don Henley's favorite place to the world's biggest dinos.
Six Must-Attend Events: August 22-28
The state's top offerings, from Shooter Jennings paying tribute to a country music hero to Salvador Dalí's works in 3-D.
Six Must-Attend Events: August 15-21
The state's top offerings, from a sneak peek of Robert Rodriguez's latest film to the healing power of creativity on display.
Six Must-Attend Events: August 8-August 14
The state's top offerings and events, from a tribute to the legendary Candy Barr in Dallas to an ode to aspiring home chefs in Austin.
Six Must-Attend Events: August 1-7
The state’s top events and offerings, from the 75th anniversary of Marvel Comics to the 75th birthday of Billy Joe Shaver.
Six Must-Attend Events: July 25-31
The state’s top offerings and events, from a photography exhibit about stray dogs to a race for the fastest horse in Texas.
Six Must-Attend Events: July 18-24
The state’s top offerings and events, from attending a David Lynch retrospective to celebrating the moon.
Is This the Most Dangerous Man in Texas?
University of Texas regent Wallace Hall has been accused of leading a witch hunt against UT-Austin president William Powers. But the Dallas investor insists he's doing his job. And he doesn't care what you think.
Six Must-Attend Events: July 4-July 10
The state's top offerings, from celebrating the 4th of July with Willie in Fort Worth to delving into the mind of a mystery writer in Austin.
Six Must-Attend Events: June 26-July 3
The state's top offerings, from iconic album covers in Lubbock to a tepee work of art in San Antonio.
Six Must-Attend Events: June 20-June 26
The state's top offerings, from dancing frogs in Dallas to the sounds of a supergroup in San Antonio.
Six Must-Attend Events: June 13-June 19
The state's top offerings, from Centro-matic's last tour stop in Dallas to a soapbox derby for grown-ups in Marble Falls.
Six Must-Attend Events: June 6-June 12
The state's top offerings, from death-defying dives in Fort Worth to gator-wrestling in Beaumont.
Six Must-Attend Events: May 30-June 5
The state's top offerings, from a unique perspective on meat in Dallas to summer camp for grown-ups in Marfa.
Six Must-Attend Events: May 23-May 29
The state's top offerings, from iconic pop art in San Antonio to a fiddling extravaganza in Athens.
Six Must-Attend Events: May 9-May 15
The state's top offerings, from seeing celebrity softball in Round Rock to hearing the harrowing tale of a Navy SEAL in Houston.
Six Must-Attend Events: May 2-May 8
The state's top offerings, from a camping-concert experience near Austin to a sure-to-be spirited discussion with Larry McMurty in Dallas.
Trip Guide: New Orleans
There is something wonderfully anachronistic about traveling by train in this modern age. And I’m not talking about workaday back-and-forth commuting on some dreary regional transit full of pallid stiffs. Quite the opposite: I mean real rail travel, travel the old-fashioned way—a weekend summer sojourn by way of a…
Six Must-Attend Events: April 25-May 1
The state's top offerings, from crazy cardboard watercrafts in Arlington to the imaginative talent of Trenton Doyle Hancock in Houston.
Six Must-Attend Events: April 18-April 24
The state's top offerings, from a bevy of food and drink in Sugar Land to a John Wayne bonanza in Dallas.
Texas Business Report: Anadarko Petroleum Pays $5.1 Billion to Settle Pollution Case
The award—a record high for a Justice Department environmental settlement—will go toward restoring sites harmed by uranium mining, chemical manufacturing, waste dumps, and other operations overseen by Anadarko’s subsidiary Kerr-McGee.
Honey, I Want to Move to Mars
My wife is a semifinalist to board a one-way mission to the Red Planet. I’m proud, happy, and thrilled for her. Now, do you want to know how I really feel about it?
Texas Business Report: A High-Speed Rail Network Gets Fast-tracked
Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth are working with the private transportation company Texas Central High-Speed Railway to pursue its goal of transporting riders between the Houston and DFW metro areas in about ninety minutes.
You Shall Know His Velocity
Tyler Kolek is a hard-throwing high school senior from Shepherd. And he just may be the first pick in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.
Six Must-Attend Events: March 21–March 27
The state's top offerings, from celebrating the mud dauber in Luckenbach to cheering on obstacle course contestants in Smithville.
The Texanist
Our estimable advice columnist on equestrian liability, Texan genealogy, and Furr’s Fresh Buffet vs. Luby’s Cafeteria.
Six Must-Attend Events: March 7–March 13
The state's top offerings, from Edward Snowden's speech at SXSW to the Texas artists you need to know about now.
Before the McConaissance
Searching for signs of greatness in the tepid rom-coms of this year’s best actor.