Travel

May 1, 2014

Trip Guide: Travaasa Austin

Plan a summertime weekend at this luxurious (and kid-free!) adult summer camp.

By Pamela Colloff and Jordan Breal

May 1, 2014

A Red Enchilada Tour of El Paso

Plan a summer weekend in enchanted enchilada land using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.

By Sterry Butcher

May 1, 2014

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.

May 1, 2014

Trip Guide: Santa Fe

Plan a summertime weekend strolling through the streets of Santa Fe using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.

May 1, 2014

Trip Guide: Rockport

Plan a summertime weekend surveying the coastal art scene using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.

By Andrea Valdez

May 1, 2014

Trip Guide: Oaxaca

Plan a summertime weekend exploring Mexican markets and moles using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.

By Francesca Mari

May 1, 2014

Trip Guide: Palo Duro Canyon

Plan a summertime weekend of hiking and horseback riding using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.

By Brian D. Sweany

May 1, 2014

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

By Texas Monthly and David Courtney

April 24, 2014

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.

April 23, 2014

Damn This Traffic Jam

Infographic illustration by Luke Shuman. Click to enlarge.When the INRIX company released its annual list of America’s most congested cities, the big news for Texans was that for the second year in a row, Austin was ranked the fourth-most-congested city in America—up from sixth two

By Jeff Salamon

April 17, 2014

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.

April 17, 2014

13 Summer Weekend Getaways

That's what summer boils down to: Thirteen opportunities to rip up your Friday-to-Sunday routine and go in search of adventure on the high plains. Or utter Relaxation along a languid East Texas river. Or cooler climes inthe historic heart of santa fe. Or the tastiest red enchiladas in El Paso.

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Austin

Recovering at a luxurious (and kid-free!) adult summer camp.

By Pamela Colloff

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Galveston

A carefully designed, kid-friendly romp through a historic city by the sea.

By Katy Vine

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Oaxaca

Unwinding in Mexico’s fertile crescent of arts and crafts (and moles).

By Francesca Mari

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend at Baffin Bay

Fishing for solitude—and trophy trout—in a coastal idyll.

By Paul Knight

Music|

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Houston

A tour of the city’s rich musical legacy (and some two-stepping).

By Michael Hall

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Dallas

Glitzing it up around Big D (as in, “Downtown”).

By Sonia Smith

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in the Angelina National Forest

Finding peace and quiet behind the pine curtain.

By Courtney Bond

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend: San Antonio to New Orleans

An extended Big Easy debauch by way of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited.

By David Courtney

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Santa Fe

Strolling for hours through the Southwestern city that got away.

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Rockport

Tracking down that elusive beach weekend of your dreams.

By Annette Waller

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend at Palo Duro Canyon

A father-daughter duo chase history in Texas’s grand Canyon.

By Brian D. Sweany

Food & Drink|

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in El Paso

One family’s journey into enchanted enchilada land.

By Sterry Butcher

April 16, 2014

A Summer Weekend in Wimberley

Hill Country glamping in the ultimate tent for two.

By Sonia Smith

Politics & Policy|

April 11, 2014

The Battle of Boca Chica

With support from the Legislature, SpaceX may soon be launching rockets from Texas’ southernmost beach. That doesn’t mean a few nature lovers aren’t still ready to fight.

By Dan Oko

April 10, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: April 11-April 17

The state's top offerings, from buzzed-about art exhibits in Dallas to a carnivore's dream in Driftwood.

Sports|

April 9, 2014

Diamonds Are Forever

Catch a day game, snag a foul ball, and yes, go for that third hot dog.

April 3, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: April 4-April 10

The state's top offerings, from pushing the boundaries in Houston to contemplating the border in Richardson.

March 27, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: March 28–April 3

The state's top offerings, from taking a peek behind the scenes of "King of the Hill" to harkening back to the pinball wizards of one's childhood.

March 20, 2014

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.

March 14, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: March 14–March 20

The state's top offerings, from going hog wild in Bandera to foot-stompin' blues in Austin.

March 10, 2014

Trip Guide: Dallas’s Lower Greenville

Meet one of the state's newest hip neighborhoods.

Sports|

March 7, 2014

The Tire Blowout Will Be Televised

A Jumbotron Arms Race.

By Christopher Kelly

March 7, 2014

¿Viva Terlingua?

A frontier town copes with a murder’s aftermath.

By Christopher Hooks

March 6, 2014

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.

March 6, 2014

Greener Pastures

With its craft beers, kale smoothies, and vintage LPs, Dallas’s Lower Greenville stakes its claim as one of the state’s newest hip neighborhoods.

February 27, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: February 28–March 6

The state's top offerings, from another British invasion (sort of) to an education revolution.

February 20, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: February 21–February 23

The state's top offerings, from Shearwater's latest tour stop to the next great film and music fest you've probably never heard of.

February 14, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: February 14–February 23

The state's top offerings, from seeing Sam Shepherd's manuscripts up close and personal to saving the world's whooping cranes.

Food & Drink|

February 13, 2014

Grub Streets

Twenty dishes that represent the most dynamic food city in Texas.

By J.C. Reid

February 11, 2014

Can You Dig It?

Reading about old bones can be boring. Seeing them with your own eyes is a whole other story.

February 6, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: February 7–February 16

The state's top offerings, from a photographic essay on mental illness to musings on God and the prospect of nuclear war.

January 30, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: January 31–February 8

The state's top offerings, from Malcolm Gladwell's latest fascinating theory to all the world's birds in a single Texas locale (well, maybe not all of them).

January 23, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: January 24–27

The state's top offerings, from short-story readings set to Edward Hopper's works of art in Dallas to a concert by eighties queen Molly Ringwald in Lake Jackson.

By Texas Monthly and Michael Hoinski

January 17, 2014

Six Must-Attend Events: January 17-23

The state's top offerings, from Leon Russell holding court in Dallas to remembering the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King at the Rothko Chapel in Houston.