July 2017
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Features
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The Shelf Life of John Mackey
Whole Foods’ eccentric founder changed the way Americans consume food. Can he survive the Wall Street forces that now want to consume him?
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Showtime at the Alamo
In a dark, uncertain time for the film industry, one man decided he’d had enough. His name is Tim League. His creation is the Alamo Drafthouse. And together, they’re on a mission to make moviegoing fun again.
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10 Filmmakers on the Rise
The Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema.
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The Best and Worst Legislators 2017
It just wouldn’t be an odd-numbered year without a crazy legislative session—and our picks of the ten lawmakers who made us proud and the ten who made us pull our hair out.
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Richard Linklater Builds His Dream House
A look at Richard Linklater and the Austin Film Society’s new two-screen arthouse theater.
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Bad Girls Get Old
Thirty years ago, Jo Carol Pierce turned her Lubbock upbringing into a sublime musical about sex, suicide, and Jesus. Now 72, she’s ready for her third act.
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Columns
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Calling Dr. Chilton
Getting to the bottom of the baffling backstory of Lubbock’s legendary lemony libation—one refreshing sip at a time.
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The Purest Type
Pronghorn were almost perfectly fitted to the West Texas landscape. And then people started building fences.
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Reporter
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Final Cut
When Texas’s film incentives program comes up for renewal, politicians and movie bizzers give performances that Matthew McConaughey would envy.
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Jaffe Goes Electro
Denton native Sarah Jaffe’s transformation hasn’t been as radical as it seems.
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Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
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And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Discovering the Mosheim school.
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The Five Question Interview: Will Beeley and Billy Stoner
Willie Beeley and Billy Stoner have never met. But from a distance, the two musicians might be the same person.
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Candid Cameraman
Jason Lee explains why he left Los Angeles for Denton and why, right now, he prefers taking photographs to acting.
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What to Read This Month
Summer reading—Texas style.
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Saving the Cabinet Oak
Lyndon B. Johnson conducted the nation’s affairs under the Cabinet Oak. But is the three-hundred-year-old tree a goner?
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Touts
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Trip Guide: Galveston
Neither shifting sands nor fluctuating fortunes can erode this island town’s indomitable spirit.
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Use Your Noodle
San Antonio’s Battalion serves primo Italian, including some of the best pasta in the state.
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Moon Rivers Naturals
Soaps, oils, and scrubs from the Rose Capital of Texas.
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Miscellany
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Best and Worst
It was the best of covers, it was the worst of covers.
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The Whole (Foods) Story
Growing up in a Whole Foods family.
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