
Meet the Mermaids (Yes, Mermaids) at a San Antonio Aquarium
Kids from nine to ninety will get a kick out of watching the Alamo City’s most mythical sea creatures swim with sharks and pose for selfies.
Kids from nine to ninety will get a kick out of watching the Alamo City’s most mythical sea creatures swim with sharks and pose for selfies.
Plus: A lyrical, blistering new memoir and a four-dollar answer to dinner.
Plus: swing by an Austin jazz festival, then listen to a record dedicated to a SpongeBob SquarePants character on your way home.
Plan your next road trip, work out, and binge-watch with our staff’s help.
Plus: a Motown dance party and an existential visit to West Texas.
Listen to the unforeseen collaboration between Shakey Graves and Trixie Mattel.
‘The Power of the Dog,’ featuring Dallas-born Jesse Plemons, is well worth your time.
The only limit to where it can be played is your imagination.
It’s a chance to buy your holiday presents early, the way you always swear you will.
Two-step with Strait, twerk with Megan, and don’t miss these six other acts during the first two weekends in October.
You’ve got until October 31 to stop by for a cold one.
Plus: The simple pleasure of H-E-B’s tres leches cake and emerging Houston-raised artist Zach Person’s debut album.
Plus: Some yummy Mexican pastries in Austin and an early collection of Sandra Cisneros poetry.
Plus: a trip to Ruby City and a podcast that will spice up your weeknights.
We asked Texans to share what works for them.
Plus, rap from San Antonio, essays from Houston, and landscape photography from across the state.
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