Style & Design
May 8, 2020
How to Make Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé-Themed Stained Glass Window Art
This week, we try our hand at window art—with a few stops and starts.
168 Articles
Film & TV
May 5, 2020
A Power Ranking of the Texans on ‘The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,’ Round Four
Don’t worry: there are only two Texans left.
Music
April 30, 2020
Caleb Landry Jones on His Demented, Lysergic Musical Debut
Out this week, the actor's first album, ‘The Mother Stone,' is not unlike background music at a haunted circus.
Film & TV
April 28, 2020
A Power Ranking of the Texans on ‘The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,’ Round Three
In week three, the rules of the game change dramatically—and half the Texans left on the show go home.
Art
April 23, 2020
Pins and Needles: Clay Sculptures of Emma Tenayuca and a Pecan Tree
Play with clay and learn about an important figure from Texas history.
Film & TV
April 21, 2020
A Power Ranking of the Texans on ‘The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart,’ Round Two
In its second week, the spin-off reality show introduced new Texan musicians vying for love and fame.
Hunting & Fishing
April 15, 2020
Fishing Lures We Love
These Lone Star lures catch the eye as much as they catch fish.
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Film & TV
April 14, 2020
A Power Ranking of the Texans on ‘The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart’
The spinoff reality show features plenty of musicians from the Lone Star State who are intent on finding love.
Books
April 14, 2020
I Love Paulette Jiles’s Novels. So Why Won’t She Talk to Me?
My up and down encounters with the brilliant, beloved, and very grouchy western novelist.
Film & TV
April 13, 2020
Matthew McConaughey Is the Best Celebrity for These Times
The actor's sincerity and tendency to ramble on about “livin’” brings joy during a trying moment.
Art
April 9, 2020
Pins and Needles: Crepe Paper Wildflowers
Brighten up your living room with a homemade Texas floral arrangement.
Style & Design
March 27, 2020
Pins and Needles: How To Crochet a Whataburger-Themed Koozie
During these strange and difficult times, crafting can perhaps help assuage anxiety.
Music
March 5, 2020
Breaking Down the Dixie Chicks’ First New Single in 14 Years, ‘Gaslighter’
The beloved band released a song and an accompanying video this week.
Politics & Policy
February 14, 2020
20 Other Texas Sayings According to Mike Bloomberg
The presidential candidate thinks ”as scared as a cat at a dog pound” is a thing that Texans say. So we’ve got a few more for him.
Film & TV
February 10, 2020
In Defense of Renée Zellweger’s Drawl
The internet was once again confounded by the Katy native’s Texas accent, with some thinking it wasn’t sincere. The internet is wrong.
Books
January 22, 2020
A Ross Thomas Adaptation Rethinks the Border Noir
'Briarpatch,' a new show on USA Network, portrays a West Texas rarely seen on TV.
Travel & Outdoors
December 17, 2019
Austin’s Roadside Christmas Trees, Ranked From Most to Least Rage-Inducing
I spent some quality time with those decorated cedar trees along Loop 360 to see if I could get in the holiday spirit.
Film & TV
November 27, 2019
Kacey Musgraves Joins a Lineage of Texan Celebrities Who Have Starred in Christmas Specials
The country star's Christmas show premieres later this week.
Film & TV
November 25, 2019
The Story Behind the Long Lost Alamo Movie of 1911
’The Immortal Alamo’ says much about the silent film era, and how San Antonio could have been Hollywood.
Politics & Policy
November 25, 2019
The Book of Rick
Rick Perry says Trump is ”chosen by God.” But what if Perry were chosen to write the newest book of the Bible?
Film & TV
November 22, 2019
Is Taylor Kitsch of ‘Friday Night Lights’ Ever Going to Be a Movie Star?
’21 Bridges’ won’t be the film to get him there.
Style & Design
November 20, 2019
Texans and Their Boots: Reflections From a Few of Our Favorite People
The stories, the traditions, and the deeper meanings of the boots in their lives.
Politics & Policy
November 5, 2019
The (Fake) Beto Diaries, Vol. 5: Journey’s End
Our hero’s odyssey ends where it started: with him.
Best Thing in Texas
October 31, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: Megan Thee Stallion’s Web Crime Series ‘Hottieween’
Vampires and private investigators loom large in the Houston rapper's spooky new show.
Books
October 24, 2019
Karen Olsson: Novelist, Journalist, and . . . Math Nerd?
In her third book, ‘The Weil Conjectures,’ the Austin author revisits the equations of her youth.
Music
October 10, 2019
How Big Thief’s New Album Brought Guitarist Buck Meek Back Home to Texas
The band’s guitarist discusses how his Wimberley roots informed the band’s latest release ’Two Hands.’
Food & Drink
October 2, 2019
All of the Texas Treats You Could Eat For the Price of That $1,600 Burger
Hundreds of Whataburger meals, tons of tacos, and other staples to consider before this astronomically expensive meal.
Film & TV
September 26, 2019
Is ‘Judy’ as Good as Everybody Says It Is?
Katy native Renée Zellweger is getting rave reviews for her portrayal of Judy Garland, but biopics are tricky to nail.
Arts & Entertainment
July 29, 2019
Ten Things to Watch That Aren’t the Armie Hammer Toe-Sucking Video
Featuring Selena, a Golden Girls gospel remix, and more.
Film & TV
July 24, 2019
In Defense of the Explosive ‘Veronica Mars’ Finale (Spoilers Ahead)
A debate about the last episode of the newly-revived series, which left many fans unhappy.
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Politics & Policy
June 27, 2019
The (Fake) Beto Diaries, Vol. 4 — Post-Debate
Bienvenidos de Miami.
Film & TV
March 22, 2019
‘Becoming Leslie’ Pays Homage to Austin’s Beloved—and Complicated—Leslie Cochran
The film, which premiered at SXSW, shares a nuanced perspective of the man behind the leopard-print thong.
Film & TV
March 12, 2019
Tye Sheridan and Rick Alverson on ‘The Mountain’, a Dark, Resonant Case Study in American Ambition
The actor (and Elkhart native) and the director discuss physicality, small-town masculinity, and how a lobotomy is a metaphor for going to the movies.
Film & TV
March 11, 2019
‘The Highwaymen’ Is a Take on Bonnie and Clyde That Feels Truly Texan
The film, directed by Longview native John Lee Hancock, focuses on the legend of Texas’s most famous bank robbers—and our collective fascination with them.
Film & TV
March 10, 2019
‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Examines Toxic Masculinity—and Features Jesse Eisenberg Doing Karate
Director Riley Stearns, a Pflugerville native, talks about pairing silliness with a violent vision of what it means to be a man.
Politics & Policy
February 5, 2019
The (Fake) Beto Diaries, Vol. 3: Williamsburg to the Wilds of Times Square
Our hero returns to his old stomping grounds in anticipation of the big Oprah interview.
Film & TV
January 24, 2019
‘The Good Place’ Actor William Jackson Harper on Playing Chidi, the Dallas Civil Rights Movement, and Ted Danson
And no, he has has no idea what will happen in season four, either.
Politics & Policy
January 18, 2019
The (Fake) Beto Diaries, Vol. 2: Kismet, Kansas
Plus reflections on the world's largest hairball, in Garden City.
Politics & Policy
January 17, 2019
The (Fake) Beto Diaries, Vol. 1: Piggly Wiggly in Muldrow, Oklahoma
Our hero reflects on hot dogs, ‘The Odyssey,’ and a killer Replacements track.
Outdoors
September 21, 2018
How to Talk Like a Hunter
A brief primer so the next time you get an invite to your buddy’s deer stand, you won’t booger things up.
Outdoors
September 21, 2018
Notes on Life, Death, and Family From a Hill Country Deer Blind
"We both watch the blood and steam spill out into the winter air. At this point, it is not unusual for at least one of us to cry."
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.
Film & TV
March 23, 2018
Roundtable: The Stop-Motion, Twee Charm, and Uncomfortable Moments in ‘Isle of Dogs’
To some of our writers, Wes Anderson is in the doghouse.
Music
March 19, 2018
We Love Caleb Landry Jones Enough to Request a Song About It
In this exclusive premiere, Jackie Venson agreed to indulge us.
Film & TV
March 15, 2018
‘Friday’s Child’ Offers a Gorgeous, Bleak View of Killeen and Waco
Tye Sheridan's emotional vulnerability anchors the film, which premiered at SXSW.
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.
The Daily Post
December 23, 2017
Why Austinites Should Stop Decorating Cedar Trees for the Holidays
A beloved tradition? Please. It’s just littering.
Sports
September 30, 2017
“Friday Night Writes”: We’re Over Julie Taylor
Plus: Does Coach really deserve Tami Taylor?
Film & TV
September 22, 2017
“Friday Night Writes”: Who’s Landry?
Going to Gatling, meeting Landry, and discovering the cruelty of teenage girls.
Sports
September 8, 2017
“Friday Night Writes”: Can Coach Taylor Make Boys into Men?
Yeah, we love Coach Taylor. But we're skeptical that his big hearted speeches are doing much for his team off of the field.