July 2017

Jun 14, 2017 — By Tom Foster

Whole Foods' eccentric founder changed the way Americans consume food. Can he survive the Wall Street forces that now want to consume him?

Jun 15, 2017 — By Dan Solomon

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.

Jun 15, 2017 — By Texas Monthly

The Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema.

Jun 20, 2017 — By R.G. Ratcliffe

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.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Emily McCullar

A look at Richard Linklater and the Austin Film Society’s new two-screen arthouse theater.

Jun 26, 2017 — By Jason Stanford

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.

Jun 12, 2017 — By Jordan Breal

Neither shifting sands nor fluctuating fortunes can erode this island town’s indomitable spirit.

Jun 19, 2017 — By Patricia Sharpe

San Antonio’s Battalion serves primo Italian, including some of the best pasta in the state.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Lauren Smith Ford

Soaps, oils, and scrubs from the Rose Capital of Texas.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon

It was the best of covers, it was the worst of covers.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Tim Taliaferro

Growing up in a Whole Foods family.

Jun 21, 2017 — By David Courtney

Getting to the bottom of the baffling backstory of Lubbock’s legendary lemony libation—one refreshing sip at a time.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Sterry Butcher

Pronghorn were almost perfectly fitted to the West Texas landscape. And then people started building fences.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Christopher Hooks

When Texas’s film incentives program comes up for renewal, politicians and movie bizzers give performances that Matthew McConaughey would envy.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Max Marshall

Denton native Sarah Jaffe's transformation hasn't been as radical as it seems.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Leif Reigstad

Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.

Jun 21, 2017 — By John Nova Lomax

Discovering the Mosheim school.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon

Willie Beeley and Billy Stoner have never met. But from a distance, the two musicians might be the same person.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Michael J. Mooney

Jason Lee explains why he left Los Angeles for Denton and why, right now, he prefers taking photographs to acting.

Jun 21, 2017 — By Jeff Salamon

Summer reading—Texas style.

Jun 26, 2017 — By Wes Ferguson

Lyndon B. Johnson conducted the nation's affairs under the Cabinet Oak. But is the three-hundred-year-old tree a goner?