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A Houston poet laureate on the hopeful defiance of her bluebonnets.
The visionary playwright, who grew up in South Texas, passed away this week from coronavirus-related complications.
A Dallas family goes viral once again.
Plus, the cheesiest small business in Austin, a nature preserve on the outskirts of Dallas County, and a viral dance challenge.
A squirrel went postal in a Houston suburb, and Waco finds something new to feel some civic pride about.
After the Civil War, a group of politicians fought—and failed—to empower everyday Texans. But we can see their influence in the New Deal, the Great Society, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders.
The annual festival, which brings millions of dollars to the city’s economy, has been postponed to early November.
These are tough questions to answer right now.
On the National Podcast of Texas, Adler Insists that although SXSW is canceled, Austin is open for business.
But we're hard at work creating another way for you to experience this incredible storytelling event.
Analyzing how the festival might handle the growing public health concern.
There is important stuff happening in the world, so let’s just get through this quickly.
In Austin, a scaled-down SXSW could hit eateries hard; in Houston, Asian restaurants have seen a huge decline.
Dear candidates: Please stop with the pandering.
Plus, artist Shyama Golden, a podcast connecting Texas A&M AgriLife to an underground mango trade, and plenty more.
A new study applies pop-science data analysis to suggest we’re all going to hell.
A California man tried to bring his pet possum on a passenger plane, and a clerical error brought a temporary $37 million windfall to a Rowlett couple.
Celebrating the era when the Big Boys and Butthole Surfers made music that was loud and fast and dangerous.
The internet was once again confounded by the Katy native’s Texas accent, with some thinking it wasn’t sincere. The internet is wrong.
Installation artist Mark Dion displays his findings in a tongue-in-cheek Fort Worth museum exhibition.
Plus, a heartwarming Instagram post from Erykah Badu and the perfect anti-Valentine’s Day event.
On March 17, we're taking over the Moody Theater for a night of storytelling from some of your favorite Texas artists.
Plus, ‘Cheer’-mania takes over the world, the Von Erichs and DJ Screw get the biopic treatment, and Mark Wahlberg beats the crap out of Post Malone.
Across the state, small towns are fading away. But in a few places, rich people are spending big to revive them. And that comes with its own set of complications.
How ranching and oil families have kept Albany flourishing.
The philanthropic financier who restored a West Texas outpost.
The Wall Street Journal investigates what happened to the snowballs people froze after a historic 2004 snowfall.
Plus, a woman goes to a pharmacy and discovers she's dead!
The jewel of the Hill Country, my hometown, is lovelier than ever. I just wish more of the natives could afford to stick around and enjoy it. Scenes from a town transformed.
'Briarpatch,' a new show on USA Network, portrays a West Texas rarely seen on TV.
The incredible true story of two brothers raised on the hardscrabble country music of rural West Texas who dropped out, tuned in, found God, and helped launch the seventies soft-rock revolution.
The Permian Basin is the birthplace of Friday Night Lights. But the historic oil boom threatens beloved high school football traditions.
El Paso-born playwright Octavio Solis’s 'Quixote Nuevo' rides into Houston’s Alley Theatre this month.
Who put H-E-B and Whataburger in the same division?
Yes, it's really a thing. Here's what we know about champagne sabering.
What happens when pain relief is turned into YouTube entertainment?
During booms, the Permian Basin sees a rise in prostitution charges. But misperceptions and stereotypes about sex work have led to policies that may actually harm the women involved.
Plus, the best contestant on Netflix’s reality show ’The Circle’ and Megan Thee Stallion and Normani's new collaboration.
We explore a different kind of boom in the Permian Basin. Meet the women working at a lingerie coffee shop, a “breastaurant,” and two area strip clubs.
Psych nurse Philippa Ashford was standing in her driveway when the bullet came down.
Working in the oil patch is incredibly dangerous. But March 10, 2015, brought unimaginable tragedy for one Andrews family.
The 76-year-old artist died just past midnight on Christmas Eve at his home in Austin.
Our lonely, difficult childhood—and our love of books—always connected us, despite the wildly different paths we took.
Plus, Pennywise the Clown has just the place for you!
Last year, countless Texans acted in ways that brought honor to our state—or just made us grin. Here's a look at a few dozen of them.
In the first episode of our new podcast series, host Christian Wallace takes us back to his hometown in the Permian Basin, which is nearly unrecognizable to him today. We meet a few of the people whose lives have been upended by the biggest oil boom in U.S. history.