November 2013

Oct 21, 2013 — By Bryan Mealer

A son of the oil patch chases the new boom in South Texas.

Oct 21, 2013 — By Katy Vine

The Tall City gets taller.

Oct 21, 2013 — By Loren Steffy

George Mitchell didn’t set out to launch one of the biggest oil and gas rushes in world history—he just wanted to coax some more gas out of an old well near Fort Worth.

Oct 21, 2013 — By Francesca Mari

When Playboy Enterprises—yes, that Playboy Enterprises—erected a forty-foot-tall sculpture near Marfa, it was convinced the town would appreciate its take on the local art scene. Instead it started a revealing debate.

Oct 23, 2013 — By Pamela Colloff

After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, scores of Americans wrote letters to the first lady to express their grief. The most heartbreaking were those with a Texas return address.

Oct 11, 2013 — By Jake Silverstein

For fifty years, journalist Hugh Aynesworth has been one of the foremost authorities on the Kennedy assassination for one simple reason: he saw it all.

Oct 11, 2013 — By Don Graham

The good, the bad, and the most self-indulgent of this year’s JFK assassination books.

Oct 14, 2013 — By Jason Sheeler

“Our bedrooms are no longer bedrooms. They are offices and living rooms and playrooms.”

Oct 14, 2013 — By Christopher Kelly

Matthew McConaughey plays a bigoted man dying of AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club—and proves once again that he should be taken seriously.

Oct 21, 2013 — By Nate Chinen

When Robert Glasper won a Grammy for Best R&B Album, no one was more surprised than the Houston-born jazz pianist himself.

Oct 21, 2013 — By Jeff Salamon

1. NASHVILLE, TEXAS Even if Kacey Musgraves wins none of the six Country Music Association awards she’ll be vying for on November 6, she’ll still be the Nashville story of the year. No female debut artist has ever before topped the CMA nominations list, and Musgraves achieved that honor with…

Oct 21, 2013 — By Michael Ennis

For half a century the world has regarded the Dallas of 1963 as a city of hate. But as JFK knew when he got there, that wasn’t the whole story.

Oct 21, 2013 — By Michael Hoinski

A lucky respite at the Marriott.

Oct 11, 2013 — By Paul Burka

Oil money’s nice, but actually funding our infrastructure needs is even better.

Oct 14, 2013 — By David Courtney

How do a husband and wife resolve backyard barbecuing duties? Illustration by Jack Unruh Q: My wife has recently taken a keen interest in my backyard barbecuing duties. In fact, last weekend she asked me if I wanted her to start cooking the beans from…

Oct 15, 2013 — By Jake Silverstein

In November 1973, Texas Monthly, which was still in its first year of existence, marked the tenth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy with a profile of Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother, Marguerite; the cover, however, went to Tom Landry. Two years later, in November 1975, the…

Oct 21, 2013 — By annette waller

Readers respond to the October issue.

Oct 14, 2013 — By Jordan Breal

You may go for the solitude, but in the stark expanses of far West Texas, you’ll still find plenty of friends.

Oct 14, 2013 — By Courtney Bond

What would the holidays be without this nutty side dish?

Oct 15, 2013 — By Kristie Ramirez

Denim has never looked or lasted better.

Oct 15, 2013 — By Michael Hoinski

November’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.