Following a reduction in border violence, Mimi Webb Miller is back, taking travelers through the rugged canyons and tiny towns of northern Mexico.
A day after a legendary Texas saxophonist died, a legendary Texas keyboard player has also breathed his last.
The average age of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, an order based in Michigan, is thirty and the location they've chosen for their expansion is central Texas.
In North Texas, Walmart employees are threatening to strike. In South Texas, people are almost two weeks in to camping out in front of Best Buy. It's just another celebration of holiday season bargain-hunting.
Ian McEwan signed books this fall at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, where he was presented the glasses and envelope containing a 1953 issue of The Harvard Lampoon, at his right. (Photo credit Daulton Venglar)MANCHACA, Tex.
For two and a half years, Paul Moran scavenged through the famous author John Updike's trash. Here he annotates some of his finds.
Buddy hopped aboard the ambulance his owner was riding in to make sure his human was okay.
There's a dark side to feel-good crowdfunding.
And taking his trash.
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
Not long after a Duncanville teacher was fired for tweeting "kill yourselves" to "crackers" who wanted to argue with her opinions about Ferguson, another teacher, this time in Houston, is under fire for using racially-charged language.
Our estimable advice columnist on domino-nothings, reconnecting with your roots, procuring public property, and the ineffable appeal of the frozen mango margarita.
Readers respond to the November 2014 issue.
Diana Natalicio’s under-the-radar transformation of the University of Texas at El Paso.
What to hear, read, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Rooster Teeth’s Cinematic Ambitions.
“Tramps are overrunning the towns of Eastern Texas, and will soon overwhelm Austin.” —Weekly Democratic Statesman, December 16, 1875
Bunker Hunt, RIP.
An El Paso spokesperson said the city will spend nearly $7,000 to reconfigure its city council chambers so that Ann Morgan Lilly will no longer have to sit next to fellow council member Lily Limón, who, Lilly claims, distracts her by making frequent sotto voce comments throughout council meetings.
Nearly seventy years later, the infamous Phantom Killer attacks may finally be solved. But Texarkana remains as puzzling as ever.
The 101-year-old Aggie tradition found a new purpose on Monday morning.
East Texas's fine Aeolian-Skinner organs will pipe up this week during the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival.
How a little-known Houston singer, songwriter, and guitarist named Goree Carter invented rock and roll.
Buddy Holly’s trademark black-rimmed glasses were a key part of his public persona. But he was too blind to see it that way at first.
RadioShack was one of Fort Worth’s most prominent corporate citizens. Now it’s poised to be the latest brick-and-mortar victim of Internet commerce.
After a year of campaigning, the first gubernatorial race in a generation not to feature an incumbent governor comes to a conclusion. Wendy Davis has been a clear underdog since the race started—so how would you set the spread?
Did the Texas native have major plastic surgery to completely change her appearance or is she just 18 years older than we remember her being in Jerry Maguire? Does it matter?
Lone Star was just a brew for dads and cowboys, until Jerry Retzloff helped turn it into the coolest beer in the country.
For the past 26 years, the Pampa High Fighting Harvesters have counted on their equipment manager not only to fold their uniforms but also to keep their spirits high. Because in Pampa, there is no Friday night without Trent Loter.
We asked writers around the state a series of bookish questions. Here are a few of their answers.
What are the best Texas books ever written? Here’s my list—now let the sparks fly.
How the unlikely use of a barbecue pit creates the best artisanal chocolate in Texas.
My list of the best Texas books ever written.
Advocacy groups revealed that at least ten Texas school districts received surplus material from the U.S. Department of Defense, including armored vehicles, tactical vests, assault rifles, and several thousand rounds of ammunition.
“At Bonham, recently, Miss Jessie Bryant, while sleeping, was robbed of her beautiful golden tresses by some unknown party. Six years ago the little lady met with the same misfortune.”—Shiner Gazette, November 1, 1894
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
Mike Modano on being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame—and embracing golf.
No rain, more gain for Wichita Falls water haulers.
The perils of writing steamy fan fiction.
The Houston Ship Channel turns one hundred.
And now, thanks to the establishment of the National Amputee Boxing Association, civilian amputees—who have very few opportunities for athletic competition—can.
Our estimable advice columnist on poultry politesse, I-35 road rage, and a bedeviling place name.
Readers respond to the October 2014 issue.
The earthy wonders of clay.
The year we gave thanks—at least at first—for the turkeys in our town.
Larry McMurtry, Bill Wittliff, and Jeff Guinn turn to familiar turf—the Old West—to challenge old-school readers.
Seven reasons why the TCU-Baylor rivalry is the state's best.
Alejandro Rose-Garcia—formerly best known as the character, the Swede, on NBC's "Friday Night Lights"—wants to yank fans around with his second album, “And the War Came," an unpredictable mix of solo ballads and louder, multi-instrumental music.
The Belle and Sebastian frontman joined festival stalwarts the Barton Hills Elementary School Choir for four of his own songs
Terry Lickona, an "Austin City Limits" producer for all but three of the show's forty seasons, talks about growing the concert music show, and outlasting MTV.
