Sports
April 6, 2021
Texas’s Best (and Weirdest) Minor League Baseball Team Names, Ranked
We salute the Sugar Land Lightning Sloths, the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and their compatriots.
Corpus Christi
Music
March 19, 2021
Selena a los 50: celebrando la vida, el arte y la influencia de una leyenda tejana
Con su cumpleaños acercándose, los escritores que hemos reunido para celebrarla son parte de una generación de latinos que creció después de su época de oro.
Music
March 19, 2021
Selena at 50: Celebrating the Life, Art, and Influence of a Tejano Legend
As her fiftieth birthday approaches, the writers we’ve gathered to celebrate her are part of a generation of Latinos who came of age after her heyday.
Music
March 19, 2021
Por décadas, latinas jóvenes como yo hemos visto a Selena como un ícono. Tal vez es hora de que la quitemos del pedestal.
Si vamos a honrar a la verdadera Selena, necesitamos imaginar lo que pudo haber hecho si hubiera tenido una vida completa.
Music
March 19, 2021
For Decades, Countless Young Latinas Like Me Have Regarded Selena as an Icon. Maybe It’s Time We Took Her off the Pedestal.
If we’re going to honor the real Selena—and find a way to carry her with us—we need to imagine what she might have done if she had lived a full life.
Music
March 19, 2021
Selena Embraced Her Heritage and Championed Its Evolution in Style
Her ensembles, influenced by pop stars such as Janet Jackson, highlighted the sartorial choices of Texas’s Mexican American working-class communities.
Music
March 19, 2021
Selena en los números
¿Cuánto amamos a la Reina de la Música Tejana? Contemos las formas.
Music
March 19, 2021
Selena by the Numbers
How do we love the Queen of Tejano? Let us count the ways.
Music
March 19, 2021
Los tejanos queer vemos versiones de nuestras historias reflejadas en la historia de Selena
En los años desde su muerte, se ha convertido en un ícono gay, en especial en Texas.
Music
March 19, 2021
In Selena, Queer Tejanos See Themselves as Brilliantly Transfigured and Free to Love Grandly
In the years since her death, the Queen of Tejano has become a gay icon, especially in Texas.
BBQ
March 18, 2021
Mitch Davis, Beloved Waco Pitmaster and Preacher, Has Died at 64
His family plans to keep his barbecue joint-slash-convenience store open. Plus, restaurant owners reflect on a year of pandemic barbecue.
Music
March 14, 2021
Why Selena Is Still the Queen of Tejano (and Punk Rock!)
Four Latina musicians chat about code-switching, role models, Freddy Fender, and the importance of growling.
Texas History
March 9, 2021
How Polly Abarca Fought to Bring Birth Control to South Texas
The nurse and activist helped secure the country’s first federal family-planning grant, which became a national model.
TM BBQ Club
February 23, 2021
Burning Questions with Butter’s BBQ
If the key to making great barbecue is loving great barbecue, then Andrew Soto is more than qualified for the job.
The Texanist
December 18, 2020
The Texanist: How Can Whataburger Say That It’s Still “Family Owned and Operated”?
An Austin man is skeptical that a company held by a Chicago investment firm can claim that distinction.
Arts & Entertainment
December 2, 2020
The Sugar Plum Fairy Is on Zoom: Texas Ballet Companies Take ‘The Nutcracker’ Virtual
The Christmas classic is the ballet world’s biggest annual event (and a major moneymaker), so dancers and administrators have gotten creative.
Film & TV
October 30, 2020
Thomas Haden Church Will Star as the Texanist
Plus, how ‘Dallas’ brought down the Soviet Union, Netflix’s ‘Selena’ gets a real trailer, and Luke Wilson plays a fire-belching robot duck.
Tacos
October 8, 2020
Taco News Roundup: Pumpkin Spice Margaritas May Be the Scariest Thing This Halloween
Taco Cabana has gone too far.
Hunting & Fishing
April 15, 2020
The Great Texas Fishing Safari
Texas offers some of the most-diverse fishing in the country—from stalking monster sharks on Padre Island to fly-fishing from a kayak on the remote Pecos River. And for three months, I got to try it all.
Tacos
April 9, 2020
Taco News Roundup: The Tortilla Keeps on Truckin’
Updates on taqueria and Tex-Mex meal kits, mail orders, donations, and more.
Arts & Entertainment
March 25, 2020
Remembering Terrence McNally, a Theater Heavyweight in Texas and Beyond
The visionary playwright, who grew up in South Texas, passed away this week from coronavirus-related complications.
BBQ
January 23, 2020
BBQ News Roundup: Vegan Barbecue in Houston, 2020 Predictions, and Buck’s Closes in Galveston
Plus, a barbecue event at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 24, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Bexar County Inmate Flooded His Cell During an Escape Attempt
Plus, a larcenous middle school band director, and a CBD-packing grandma.
The Texanist
April 1, 2019
The Texanist: Are There Any Decent Dance Halls Left?
A Corpus Christi man pines for the days of two-stepping on those long wooden planks.
Bum Steers
January 3, 2019
2019 Bum Steer Awards: Blake Farenthold, Who Refused to Suffer Consequences for His Actions
The former congressman’s troublesome professional ethics, alleged caddish behavior, and questionable taste in adult-size onesie pajamas made him our first runner-up.
Music
December 10, 2018
Corpus Christi’s Chicas Rock Might Bring Us the Next Selena
Cecy Treviño started her girls' music school to provide a safe space for self-expression. But the bands are getting booked all over town.
Travel & Outdoors
July 30, 2018
Where to Experience the New Corpus Christi
Visit this coastal city, and you’ll find a transformation led by locals who are revitalizing old buildings with cool, modern concepts.
Music
June 1, 2018
El Dusty Is Reimagining Cumbia and Helping Reinvent Corpus Christi
On our latest podcast, Andy Langer talks to El Dusty, the mayor of Cumbia City. Plus, a “meat up” with our barbecue editor, Daniel Vaughn.
Music
October 13, 2017
Corpus Christi is Helping Reinvent Cumbia
DJ El Dusty, the unofficial mayor of the Corpus Christi music scene, is ushering in a modernized version of cumbia.
Business
August 23, 2017
The Port of Corpus Christi’s Boom
The shale boom and the end of a decades-old export ban have put the Port of Corpus Christi on the global map. Finally.
Travel & Outdoors
March 2, 2017
Music to our Ears
Austin celebrates its beloved Eklektikos deejay for his fifty years on air.
Politics & Policy
February 23, 2017
Mayor Meltdown
The rise and very quick fall of Corpus Christi's mayor.
Business
February 14, 2017
Corpus Christi’s New $740 Million Plant Brings More Industry to South Texas
But, thanks to advanced automation, the direct reduction plant will create fewer than 200 jobs.
The Daily Post
December 21, 2016
Corpus Christi’s Water Woes
This weekend’s tap water ban is the latest development in the city’s long struggle to keep its water supply safe.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 2016
The Ultimate Texas Gift Guide 2016
What to buy your favorite Texan this holiday season.
Sports
November 4, 2016
Phil Danaher Becomes Texas’s All-time Winningest High School Football Coach
The Corpus Christi Calallen High School coach just notched his 427th victory.
Travel & Outdoors
October 20, 2016
Texas Museum Guide
The state's best repositories of art, historical objects, and natural wonders.
Politics & Policy
October 19, 2016
Is the Best Offense a Good Defense Lawyer?
A look at the race for district attorney in Nueces County.
Style & Design
September 23, 2016
Cross Ways
A pastor at a Corpus Christi church is on a mission to build “the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere.”…
Art
September 14, 2016
Fame in the Abstract
Dorothy Hood was one of Texas’s greatest artists, yet her work remains largely unknown. Now, sixteen years after her death, can her fans bring her the acclaim she never received in life?…
Food & Drink
July 20, 2016
How Good Is Whataburger, Anyway?
We put Texas’s favorite burger in a blind taste test.
Travel & Outdoors
June 10, 2016
14 Coastal Vacation Rentals
Ideal seaside retreats for parties of two to twenty-two.
The Daily Post
March 31, 2016
McDonald’s Is Attempting To Create An Official Burger of Texas, Even Though We Pretty Much Have One
Get off our lawn, McDonald’s.
Travel & Outdoors
March 10, 2016
The Ultimate Texas Road Trip
And the apps to download before you go.
Travel & Outdoors
December 31, 2015
Six Must-Attend Events: January 1–7
The state's top offerings, from the colorful history of Texans' favorite footwear to a fine showcase of a certain segment of those who wear them.
Food & Drink
November 18, 2015
Best Tacos: Corpus Christi
Carne Guisada, Southside Barbacoa Type: Classic Mexican Rating: 4 Price: $2.49 On Saturdays, the carne guisada tacos, filled with cubed beef in a…
Business
August 19, 2015
Whatabattle!
How the iconic burger chain’s attempt to build a bigger, better company alienated some of the people behind its success.
Arts & Entertainment
August 13, 2015
Amor Prohibido
Twenty years after her death, who gets to love Selena (and how)?…