When her former student was found wandering the streets a decade after she’d last seen him, Michell Girard immediately agreed to take him in. Then she decided to do far more, including give him the Christmas he’d never had.
Hip-hop mainstay Lil Keke tells the story of how he earned his musical chops driving around Houston.
The Corpus Christi DJ, producer, and nu cumbia pioneer El Dusty talks about the music that shaped his trajectory.
Austin singer-songwriter Walker Lukens often writes songs based on readers’ confessions. This is what he’d own up to.
Shawn Colvin on her early days in Texas, and thinking ahead to her final days.
But for decades the town where it was created had no idea.
Charley Crockett grew up watching Freddy Fender perform. He tells us how his life in music took a similar path.
The bandleader and composer Carrie Rodriguez, who grew up in Austin, changed her course after reconnecting with Texas music.
The Suffers’ front woman, Kam Franklin, on quitting her job to do music full time.
Texas musical luminaries reveal the family histories, powerful influences, and big breaks that made them the artists they are today.
Who invented San Antonio’s signature Tex-Mex dish? And why hasn’t it blown up (sorry) around the world?…
In 1978, an eighth grader killed his teacher. After 20 months in a psychiatric facility, he was freed. His classmates still wonder: What really happened?…
Remembering my grandpa, who soothed wild beasts—and played poker with the devil.
After the Civil War, a group of politicians fought—and failed—to empower everyday Texans. But we can see their influence in the New Deal, the Great Society, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders.
A squirrel went postal in a Houston suburb, and Waco finds something new to feel some civic pride about.
Surprising statements by oil industry leaders have grabbed headlines. But the bigger change is underway more quietly, among young Republicans.
From the team behind Emmer & Rye, this new Austin restaurant is a work of hearth.
Robert Draper, like the people he interviewed for this month's cover story, is driven by a need to understand the past.
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online! Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our April 2020…
Add these places to the list of stylish lodging options for travelers, with enticing restaurants and bars.
