This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left it as it was originally published, without updating, to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. From 1983 to 1986, Texas Monthly’s regular feature, “Western Art,” highlighted artists’ takes on the
Okay, so photos of cute kids in fields of bluebonnets aren’t great art. That’s not the point at all.
We’ve gone from one end of the state to the other to bring you the best-ever list of Texas Bests.
An old hand at Pickens-watching reveals the key to the Amarillo oilman’s corporate-takeover antics.
San Antonio city councilman Bernardo Eureste took a paltry arts budget and built it into a $3 million power base. Then he got mad and tore it all apart.
Can there be too much of a good thing? Five of Texas’ favorite restaurants have duplicated themselves in other cities, and now they’re finding out.
He left his parents’ house in search of a world where things were black and white, where there were heroes and villains. What he found in the slums of Port Arthur was a world that would tolerate people like him-and take advantage of them.
After extensive taste tests, our reporter concludes that the best lamb is to be found in our own back yard.
The octogenarian whom many believe to be the greatest living composer pays a long-awaited visit to Texas.
Now young, adventuresses can do more than just read about excitement. A new computer game for girls requires them to use their wits for survival.
The computer industry in Texas has a new lobby organized by three lobbyists who were in the right place at the right time—and knew it.
Into the Night leaves you in the dark; The Breakfast Club’s teenagers are out to lunch, Witness is a solemn eyeful.
John Hardee and Budd Johnson were two legendary Texas tenors who had their own ways of making peace with the rigors of the jazz life.
If Lubbock gets a riverwalk, can a river be far behind?; previewing the mayors’ races; can Texas consultants make PAN dulce?; the Chronicle kills a story.
The Max factor of Dallas; the tacos of Paris; the tales of Urrutia; the Hemingway of Texas; the good word from Houston; the mysteries of the Hueco Tanks.
