The McDonald Observatory, celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this year, forges ahead with groundbreaking research and crusades to keep the night skies of West Texas pristine and unadulterated.
The state's top offerings, from Pop Art cave relic paintings to awe-inspiring NASA imagery set to an out-of-this-world symphony.
The state's top offerings, from the Mack Brown's last game as the Longhorns' head football coach to a little taste of the hair of the dog.
The state's top events and offerings, from Amanda Shires channeling Leonard Cohen to a classic NBA showdown.
The state's top events and offerings, from the fifth annual Gingerbread Build-Off to a collection of stained glass masterpieces depicting angels who symbolize early Christian churches in Asia Minor.
One can not live on Auntie Anne's pretzels alone.
Even if you’re not staying the night, these five watering holes are worth a visit.
The state's top events and offerings, from the fortieth anniversary of Dickens on the Strand to a festival celebrating tamales, the pre-wrapped food that makes a great Christmas gift.
The state's top events and offerings, from the Nutcracker in Houston to a glimpse of some of Hollywood's best costumes.
Various groups and organizations around Dallas are hosting events to commemorate the memory and legacy of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in the city in 1963.
Houston’s Market Square is one of the state’s most historical spots. Lately it’s also one of the hippest places in the country to get a drink.
Houston's Market Square is one of the state's most historic spots. It's also one of the hippest places in the country to get a drink. Here's your curated guide to enjoying urban life inside the Loop.
The state's top offerings, from musical interpretations of West Texas to a screening of a full-length documentary celebrating Doug Sahm.
It's officially leaf-peeping season. Here's where to catch the spectacular spoils of fall.
The Houston rapper and racing aficionado gives his advice on getting the most out of the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix.
The state's top offerings, from Houston's "Concert Against Hate" to a night out at the Continental Gin Company in Dallas's Deep Ellum district to buy some local art.
Corn maze + Willie's braids and guitar = pure Texas.
Arro, a French restaurant in downtown Austin, opened in July with executive chef/partner Drew Curren and pastry chef Mary Catherine Curren, his wife, at the helm. Texas Monthly food editor Patricia Sharpe recently spoke with Drew Curren about why he chose to try this cuisine in
The state's top events and offerings, from the carnivore festival Meatopia to a screening of "Paris, Texas" in Houston.
Turrell, now one of the most famous artists alive, has long captivated the attention of Texas's art patrons, bringing world-class art to the state's museums and universities.
The state's top events and offerings, from a séance aboard the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa to an exhibition of paños, handkerchief art by Hispanic prisoners.
When Playboy Enterprises—yes, that Playboy Enterprises—erected a forty-foot-tall sculpture near Marfa, it was convinced the town would appreciate its take on the local art scene. Instead it started a revealing debate.
The twenty-year-old festival makes the writers the real stars of television and movies.
The state's top events and offerings, from a viewing of "Brewster McCloud" (which prominently features the Astrodome) to Oktoberfest! at Real Ale Brewing Company.
If someone handed me a flier that declared, "Get your guns & Head to San Antonio," I would probably get in my car and head for Dallas as fast as I could.
An exhibit opening next Tuesday include an aerial photograph detailing Oswald’s escape route and the 25-page Dallas Police Department inventory of items taken from Oswald after his arrest. But the centerpiece of show is something much more morbid.
You may go for the solitude, but in the stark expanses of far West Texas, you’ll still find plenty of friends.
For the first time in its history, the Austin City Limits Music Festival stretched over two weeks, a format that worked out well for some—and not so well for others.
Steve Earle plays the John T. Floore Country Store in Helotes, and the Texas Renaissance Festival, the largest of its kinds in the nation, kicks off.
DALLASZoo StoryThe filmmaker Kirby Warnock hits on three major themes — radio, records and the blues — in his new hourlong film, When Dallas Rocked. He shows how the Dallas underground radio station KZEW the Zoo, founded in 1973, turned scores of young people on to the alternative sounds
The state's top events and offerings, from Johnny Winter playing blues standards at the Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride to the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
The state's top event offerings, from the Galveston Island Shrimp Festival to the debut of the new Big Tex.
Turns out the charming town of Gonzales is just as spirited as when it launched the Texas Revolution.
The state's top event offerings, from a new James Turrell exhibition to the West Texas Book Festival.
Inside Buc-ee’s obsessive quest for the perfect rest-stop bathroom.
The state's top event offerings, from a motor-coach tour of North Texas horse country to an art fair hosted by the Art Guys.
The state's top offerings, from chuck-wagon cookouts at the 25th annual National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration to a performance by Lyle Lovett, without his big band.
The state's top event offerings, from seeing The Relatives play with Augie Meyers to a showcase of the state's best local art.
When the coffeehouse shacks up with the brewpub.
The state's top offerings, from seeing Jack Black and the School of Rock perform at the tenth-anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's film to enjoying a Maines family throw-down.
The state's top offerings, from chef Stephan Pyles's farmer's market in San Antonio to the John Wesley Hardin Secret Society's reenactment of Hardin's death in El Paso.
Remember the Alamo, but don’t forget San Antonio’s stately historic district and flourishing creative community.
Why Shymkent, a city in South Kazakhstan, proudly thinks of itself as the Lone Star State of Central Asia.
The state's top offerings, from kayaking Houston's Buffalo Bayou to judging Galveston's Seaweed Art Contest.
The state's top offerings, from singing along to "Daydream Believer" at a Monkees tribute show featuring Michael Nesmith to honoring the memory of Texas's fifth president, Sam Houston.
Jordan, Hey. I’m heading to Austin at the end of July and—having worked at Philadelphia magazine for a few years—I figured reaching out to you would be the best way to figure out what to do. A few college friends and I will be visiting a buddy
Whether man-made or natural, the charms of South Padre Island are pretty much impossible to resist (especially after a couple of turbo piña coladas).
At the Fort Griffin Fandangle, Texas’s oldest outdoor musical, an all-amateur local cast reenacts its own bloody history.
August’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
The state's top offerings, from watching Janis take the stage to the opening of a new town called Bikinis, Texas.
