Arts & Entertainment
February 22, 2023
The Cross-dressing, Bank-Robbing, Outlaw Tale of Cowboy Bob Is Now a Musical
An all-female creative team set Peggy Jo Tallas’s story to a score of country, folk, and riot grrrl punk.
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Art
November 1, 2022
A Massive Aquarium Has Popped Up in the Strangest—and Most Stressful—of Places
Artist Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee has installed a soothing, glittering exhibit at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Arts & Entertainment
October 5, 2022
You Will Know Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton’s Voice
Houston’s poet laureate emeritus started out at competitive slams. Now she’s expanding her work into theater, opera, and books.
Art
July 18, 2022
A Houston Artist Packs Justice, Humor, and Insight Into This “Neocolonial” Tarot Deck
Patrick McGrath Muñiz has crafted a beautiful deck that provokes questions about social justice, climate change, and your own way forward.
Art
July 13, 2022
JooYoung Choi and the Multiverse of Gladness
As her latest works vividly demonstrate, the Houston visual artist is the perfect balm for our era of polarization and bullying.
Music
June 16, 2022
Why the Best Musicians in the Country Descend on an 81-Person Texas Town
Pianist James Dick has spent half a century crafting the Round Top Festival Institute into a world-class destination for classical musicians, where architecture, fine arts, green space, and history meet.
Art
April 8, 2022
Texas’s Newest Master Sculptor Is a Parrot Named Hannah
Houston sculptor John Havel discovered he was living with a genius. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, my parrot can make Giacomettis.’ ”
Art
March 31, 2022
‘Immersive Frida Kahlo’ Is an Uncanny Misreading of the Artist. She’d Love It.
Fridamania for the Instagram age takes hold in digital exhibits in Houston and Dallas.
Art
February 8, 2022
Build a Life-size Bison or Die Trying
When artist Cindee Klement designed an eight-hundred-pound sculpture to connect us with the soil under our feet, she got more than she bargained for.
Art
January 26, 2022
An Awe-inspiring Space Odyssey Lifts Off in Houston
A new virtual reality experience launches you to the International Space Station, where you join the crew and see Earth like you’ve never seen it before.
Art
January 5, 2022
Fred Baldwin’s Life Was Worth 1,000 Pictures
Baldwin, who died in December, fought in Korea, met Picasso, traveled the world, and, with his wife, Wendy Watriss, made Houston a photography capital.
Art
December 27, 2021
How Georgia O’Keeffe’s Texas Years Shaped Her Art
While teaching in the Panhandle, the painter fell in love with the “wonderfully big” plains—and acquired an eye for light that would make her one of the all-time greats.
Art
December 21, 2021
2021 Was . . . ? These Works of Art Help Make Sense of It.
‘Texas Monthly’ contributors share which works best captured a year that seems to defy categorization—and which shows they’re looking forward to in 2022.
Art
December 6, 2021
Black Southern Music and Art Merge in “The Dirty South”
This revelatory show at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston finds the beat between gospel, blues, jazz, and visual art.
Style & Design
November 23, 2021
Houston’s Lush, Welcoming Ismaili Center Will Be a Spiritual Retreat for All
Offering respite to seekers of any faith, the cultural center on Allen Parkway will also have a cafe, black box theater, and social halls.
Art
October 12, 2021
In Houston, a Pioneering Feminist Artist Finally Gets the Spotlight
Niki de Saint Phalle fired rifles at her canvases, creating dazzling explosions of color.
Art
September 20, 2021
A Riveting Houston Art Exhibit Explores Race, Class, and Immigration
A dozen Texas artists tackle subjects both famous (Selena) and personal (family migration, motherhood) in this Texas Biennial show.
Art
July 15, 2021
Houston Artist Jamal Cyrus’s Playful, Subversive Vision of Black History
His works incorporate redacted FBI documents, vintage records, and a saxophone deep-fried like a chicken wing.
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 2021
Meet a Texas Plant Hunter Who’s Combing Forests and Fields to Save Rare Flowers
Conservationist Adam Black roams the state looking for endangered flora, which he shares with researchers around the world.
Feature
April 30, 2008
Natural Beauties
Dozens of roses—and not just yellow ones—have flourished in Texas for more than a century, planted by immigrants who cherished them as sentimental reminders of home. Here are a few of our favorites.
Health
July 1, 1994
Loved to Death
Married for 32 years, my parents both died of AIDS, and we, their children, may never know why.