The Culture
September 21, 2018
It’s September 21! Let Texan Demi Adejuyigbe Make Your Day Again This Year
The comedian's tradition of celebrating Earth, Wind & Fire’s hit is back and better than ever.
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The Culture
The National Podcast of Texas
September 17, 2018
Rachel Lindsay: “Until There’s Another, I’ll Always Be ‘the Black Bachelorette’ ”
Podcast: Andy Langer speaks with the Dallas reality show trailblazer about the race card, Serena Williams, and Colin Kaepernick.
Style & Design
September 10, 2018
Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker’s Austin Home Is for Sale
If you’ve got $6 million and a hankering to live in luxury, YOLO.
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The Culture
September 9, 2018
A Guy Fieri Meme Captures Changing Perceptions About Austin and Houston
Austin only aspires to the multicultural reputation Houston actually has.
Sports
August 20, 2018
Simone Biles Sent a Message to Survivors of Sexual Assault
How her leotard speaks volumes about something that USA Gymnastics won’t talk about.
Art
August 13, 2018
At Baylor, a Sexual Assault Exhibit Opens the Door to Constructive Conversations
The campus chapter of It’s On Us brought awareness to its community by displaying the clothing that survivors were wearing when assaulted.
August 4, 2018
Summer Survival Guide
Let us help you get through the hottest months of the year.
The Culture
August 3, 2018
Why is Changing Austin’s Name a Non-Starter?
A city report on Confederate and slavery-related names in the capital noted a big one—the city itself.
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The Culture
August 2, 2018
Capturing the New Soul of Lockhart
Behind the scenes of our August cover shoot.
The Culture
July 31, 2018
Texans Who’ve Made the Small-Town Leap
We talked to a number of people who’ve left the city behind—and aren’t looking back.
The Culture
July 31, 2018
What Our Obsession About Beyoncé’s Baby Photos Reveals About Us and Celebrities
Beyoncé is notoriously precise about controlling her public narrative. As a famous black woman, she has to be.
The Texanist
July 25, 2018
The Texanist: Great Small Towns That Have Gone Untouched by a Hipster
The Texanist on five great small towns that are (pretty much) just like they always were and don’t need to change at all.
The Culture
July 25, 2018
Small Towns: Where to Stay, Eat, Shop, and Find Creative Inspiration
These intimate retreats, elevated restaurants, stylish boutiques, and sophisticated art spaces would be right at home in the big city.
The Culture
July 25, 2018
How a New Generation Is Reviving Small-Town Texas
Dismayed by sky-high rents and yearning for a slower-paced lifestyle, a new generation of Texans is ditching the big city and fostering a Rural renaissance across the state.
The Stand Up Desk
July 20, 2018
Behind the Lines: Skip Hollandsworth and Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide
Texas Monthly's executive editor talks about his August feature tracing Schlitterbahn’s decades-long rise to its current perilous position.
The Culture
July 20, 2018
Tortilla Chips Are Spontaneously Combusting in Austin
Hot chips, no salsa required.
The Culture
July 12, 2018
Recipes to Help You Celebrate National Pecan Pie Day
From bourbon-pecan to chocolate-pecan, dig in to these eight recipes.
The Culture
July 11, 2018
Plane Bae Teaches Us That Other People’s Lives Are Not a Movie for Us to Watch
How a chance encounter on a flight to Dallas turned into an internet sensation, and why it shouldn’t happen again.
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Best Thing In Texas
June 1, 2018
The Best Thing in Texas: A Texan Wins the National Spelling Bee
What: The 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee.Who: Karthik Nemmani, a fourteen-year-old from McKinney.Why It’s So Great: On Thursday night, a Texan took home the championship title from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Karthick Nemmani, an eighth grader at Scoggins Middle School, knew he had it
May 29, 2018
Playlist: Steve Miller Influencers, Hits, Semi-Oddities, & Admirers
The rock star’s most essential music, from his earliest influences through his biggest hits to the artists he’s influenced himself.
Art
May 15, 2018
A Mural, Painted Over in East Austin Last Year, Has Been Repainted on the North Side
Call it a comeback—for now.
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The Culture
April 26, 2018
Behind the Scenes of Kacey Musgraves’s ‘Golden Hour’ Cover Shoot
The Golden native kept it all in the family (and in Texas) for the cover of 'Golden Hour.'
The National Podcast of Texas
April 20, 2018
Lawrence Wright Loves Texas, But Not Unconditionally
The Pulitzer winner on his new book about Texas’s history, culture, and politics.
The Culture
April 16, 2018
Ellen DeGeneres Gives $1 Million to Rockport-Fulton High School
Eight months after Harvey, Ellen DeGeneres gave the students of Rockport-Fulton High School a generous gift.
Arts & Entertainment
April 16, 2018
Selena Air Fresheners, Spoons, and Other Handmade Ways to Celebrate La Reina’s Birthday
In our current moment of Selenamania, Stripes and H-E-B have nothing on the dedication from crafty fans.
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The Culture
April 13, 2018
San Antonio at 300
A massive urban renewal project that’s reviving the plaza culture. An Alamo fight centuries in the making. Avant-garde Mexican food inspired by Maya trade routes. Three hundred years after the city’s founding, San Antonio might just be the most interesting city in America.
The Culture
April 13, 2018
San Antonio Is a City of Metamorphosis
Though the city’s Tricentennial Commission has thus far been a dismal failure, creative residents have found a way to celebrate their complex history and promising future.
The Culture
April 13, 2018
Maverick Still Haunts the City
The poet Naomi Shihab Nye pays tribute to Maury Maverick, Jr., one of San Antonio's greatest sons.
The Culture
April 13, 2018
How to Make Your Own Shangri-la
Hairdresser and local celebrity Karlos Anzoategui, known as Karlos With a K, on throwing the most memorable parties in town.
Music
April 9, 2018
Maren Morris Is Living the Western Life in the Video for ‘Rich’
The Arlington native is still finding new things to celebrate from her 2016 debut album.
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The Culture
April 9, 2018
On May 4, Come See ‘Texas Monthly’ Like Never Before
You're invited to an entirely new way to experience the National Magazine of Texas: live!
The Culture
April 3, 2018
Life After ‘Fixer Upper’
On saying goodbye to a cultural phenomenon.
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The Culture
March 30, 2018
What We Lost in Austin Bombing Victim Draylen Mason
He was a highlight of Austin’s creative community and, in death, a spotlight on the city’s problems with race.
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Film & TV
March 27, 2018
Getting Together to Say ‘Wow’ Like Owen Wilson Is the New Flash Mob
All around the world, people are gathering in public spaces to say "wow" in their best impression of the North Texas native.
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Art
March 23, 2018
The Best Thing in Texas: The Oldest Man in America Smiling
Richard Overton, 111-year-old Austin resident, is still loving life.
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Arts & Entertainment
March 20, 2018
The Last Stand at Alamo Village
Remembering "The Alamo" through souvenir shot glasses, John Wayne toilet paper, and the family that brought the 1960 classic to Texas.
The Culture
March 10, 2018
Lawrence Wright Talks About a Purple Texas and Matthew McConaughey’s Bongos
At his SXSW panel, the journalist discussed how Texas has changed—and how he sees its future.
Texas History
March 8, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: To Chunk, or to Chuck?
Welcome to chunking territory.
Being Texan
February 27, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: The Story Behind the Houstonian “Feeder Road”
One of the last markers of the Houstonian dialect dates back to the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Film & TV
February 21, 2018
Happy Birthday, Paula Prentiss
On a pilgrimage to Beverly Hills, a lifelong fan learns that his favorite actress is every bit as charming at eighty as she was half a century ago.
Texas History
February 16, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: What Do We Mean By “Fair to Middlin’ ”?
It's better than good—at least if you're talking about cotton quality.
The National Podcast of Texas
February 9, 2018
The ‘National Podcast of Texas,’ Episode 6
The engine that might get us to Mars and the unexpected pressures of taking a break in the music industry.
The Culture
February 7, 2018
A Deep Dive Into How Dallas Got Its Name
Prepare for a tale of blackface minstrelsy and swashbuckling high seas adventures, a whodunit with the last page maddeningly ripped out.
Texas History
February 6, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: How Texans Use “Down,” “Out,” “Over,” and “Up”
Prepositionally, you can go over or out to Abilene—depending on where you're coming from.
The National Podcast of Texas
February 3, 2018
The ‘National Podcast of Texas,’ Episode 5
The 'National Podcast of Texas' celebrates its one month anniversary.
The Culture
February 1, 2018
‘Waco’ Reveals the Dangers of Devotion
The second episode of the miniseries reveals that the true danger of the Branch Davidians was their faith—not in their religion, but their leader.
Business
January 31, 2018
Does Amazon’s Super Bowl Ad Prove That HQ2 Is Coming To Austin?
Probably not! But let’s read way too much into it anyway.
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The Culture
January 29, 2018
Learn How to Speak Like a Texan from YouTube Star “Korean Billy”
The viral sensation, who explained British accents in 2016, is fixin’ to help an international audience understand Texas English.
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The National Podcast of Texas
January 29, 2018
The ‘National Podcast of Texas,’ Episode Four
The next great Texas oil film, Taylor Kitsch on playing Branch Davidian leader David Koresh, and a check in on Port Aransas after Hurricane Harvey.
January 12, 2018
People We’ll Miss 2017
From our forty-third governor to the unofficial fishing guide for Caddo Lake, we lost a lot of great Texans this year. Here are the people we’ll miss.