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Texas Country Reporter
June 6, 2023
A North Texas Fashion Designer and Seamstress Helps Little Hands Stitch Together Big Ideas
Uniquka Christian hosts classes for young aspiring fashion designers through her program, Student ICONS.
Dallas
Sports
June 2, 2023
The Dallas Stars Will Win the Stanley Cup. Just Not This Year.
Yes, their Western Conference Finals loss still stings. But the future is big and bright for Texas’s lone NHL franchise.
Sports
June 1, 2023
How Dallas Baptist Became the Giant-Slayer of Texas College Baseball
No other school in the state—not UT, not A&M, not Texas Tech—has made the last nine NCAA tournaments in a row.
News & Politics
May 23, 2023
Move Over, Austin: Fort Worth Is the New Texas Boomtown
The 2022 census update, released late last week, indicates growth in Austin and Fort Worth—as well as the Texas suburbs—isn’t slowing down.
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Sports
May 16, 2023
So Much Went Wrong for the Mavericks to End Up in the NBA Draft Lottery
Luka Dončić’s war on referees, the failure to re-sign Jalen Brunson, the trade for Kyrie Irving—it was all bad for the Mavs this season.
Sports
May 12, 2023
A Postseason “Bless Your Heart” Award for Luka Dončić
The Dallas Mavericks’ superstar guard is recognized for being a Texan who gave so much only to receive very little.
Style & Design
May 3, 2023
Shattering the Glass Bong: Women Take On the Male-Dominated Weed Space
With cloud-shaped pipes and rose-infused pre-rolls, these female small-business owners are catering to femme stoners.
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Best Thing In Texas
May 2, 2023
A Dallas Cowboys Scout Got to Draft His Own Son
Chris Vaughn, the team’s assistant director of college scouting, shared the good news with sixth-round pick Deuce Vaughn.
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Sports
April 18, 2023
What the Heck Is a Peagle?
The Texas Rangers’ new uniform design takes great pains—including the creation of a new, mythical mascot—to make fans throughout the Metroplex feel seen.
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Style & Design
April 18, 2023
These Texas Makers Turn Salvaged Wood into Sustainable Showpieces
This Earth Day, shop for woodworking masterpieces made with materials such as skateboard decks and salvaged trees from the Rio Grande Valley.
Sports
April 10, 2023
Boban Marjanović Completes the NBA’s Texas Triangle
Only a handful of NBA players have suited up for all three Texas teams. One of them happens to be seven-foot-four Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanović.
Style & Design
March 31, 2023
The Longhorn Ballroom, Texas’s Most Historic Music Venue, Swings Back to Life
The storied dance hall, where the Sex Pistols and Merle Haggard once shared a marquee, has undergone a renovation with an eye toward honoring the past.
Sports
March 31, 2023
The Caitlin Clark Show Comes to Dallas for the Women’s Final Four
Eight storylines for Texan fans to follow, from Iowa's superstar guard to South Carolina's dominance to Kim Mulkey's return to Texas.
Style & Design
March 30, 2023
Terra Saunders, Skimpy-Clothes Magnate, Dresses All the Biggest Names in Boobs
The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader designs outfits that negotiate the conflicts between being professionally sexy, staying G-rated, and performing physically demanding work.
Best Thing In Texas
March 29, 2023
Let’s Just Move This Year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Induction to Texas
Mavs great Dirk Nowitzki, along with four San Antonio Spurs—Gregg Popovich, Becky Hammon, Tony Parker, and Pau Gasol—headline the 2023 class.
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BBQ
March 24, 2023
Unlike Lay’s, This Snack Brand Actually Smokes Its Barbecue Chips
Dallas-based Low and Slow specializes in corn, potato, and tortilla chips that are smoked before they're bagged, providing an unmistakable flavor and aroma.
Arts & Entertainment
March 23, 2023
“ ‘Hamilton’ With Breasts” Is a Very Dallas Musical Experience
'cleaVage: the front story' is the world’s first musical about silicone breast implants. Do we need a punny goof-fest about the saga of fake boobs? Yes.
Food & Drink
March 20, 2023
The Draw of El Fenix’s Sensory Overload
In the Tex-Mex wars of my mind, the victor was never in doubt.
Being Texan
March 20, 2023
An Ode to Mrs Baird’s, the Fluffy White Bread of My Texas Childhood
I can still smell its heavenly aroma.
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Tacos
March 20, 2023
Despite Its National Appeal, Chili’s Is a Dallas Restaurant Through and Through
Sure, the restaurant chain was founded in Dallas and is currently headquartered there—but the concept also embraces the Dallas identity.
Food & Drink
March 14, 2023
Fondue and Chicharrones, “Pear Snow,” and Wood-Grilled Prawns: What Our Restaurant Critics Ate This Month
Here’s our take on the state’s new restaurants, along with a few updates to longtime favorites.
Politics & Policy
March 6, 2023
Can a Park Stitch Oak Cliff Back Together?
It’s intended to reconnect a corner of Dallas divided long ago by a highway, but without the right policies enacted, some fear it will displace residents who've lived there for decades.
News & Politics
March 6, 2023
He Once Represented Vanilla Ice. His Radical New Idea? A Boarding Program for Underprivileged Kids.
For underprivileged kids, the biggest obstacles to success—homelessness, hunger, violence—reside outside the classroom. Dallas businessman Randy Bowman, who grew up poor himself, is betting on an unconventional fix.
Sports
March 1, 2023
Can College Sports Get More Absurd Than SMU Joining the Pac-12?
They can and they will. NCAA conference realignment is making bizarre matchups like SMU versus Oregon the norm.
Politics & Policy
February 28, 2023
Linda Coffee Argued Roe v. Wade. Now She’s Auctioning Off Her Archive.
A conversation on abortion rights with the Dallas lawyer whose argument against Texas’s abortion law changed the course of history.
Health
February 24, 2023
Why Doctors Aren’t Taught Much About Nutrition
A UT Southwestern program highlights how physicians can and should be better trained to discuss healthy eating with their patients.
Libations
February 13, 2023
How to Become a Regular at a Texas Dive Bar
Follow these tips and tricks to becoming beloved at your local watering hole from the guy who literally wrote the book.
Sports
February 11, 2023
A Dallas Ad Firm Is Rebranding Jesus at the Super Bowl. But Is It Actually Offering More of the Same?
David Morring of Dallas’s Lerma is one of the creative minds behind the “He Gets Us” campaign, which targets “spiritually open skeptics.”
Food & Drink
February 9, 2023
Texas’s Best New Restaurants in 2023
The white tablecloth may be all washed up, but the dining is as fine as ever.
Style & Design
February 9, 2023
Nine Tarot Readers for Witchy Texans (and Their Dogs)
We sent a novelist to get her cards flipped up and down the state.
Music
February 8, 2023
This Genre-Defying Dallas Singer Doesn’t Suffer Foolish Men Gladly
A deep dive into “Wild Animals,” a song from the Dallas R&B artist’s newest album, ‘Girl in the Half Pearl.’
Style & Design
February 8, 2023
These Are The Best Candles, According to Reviews by an Adorable, Two-Year-Old Candle Connoisseur
People can’t get enough of this Dallas toddler and her product reviews.
Politics & Policy
February 7, 2023
Two Texas Progressives Got Seats on the U.S. House’s Most Anti-Biden Committee
Dallas’s Jasmine Crockett and Austin’s Greg Casar talked to Texas Monthly about fighting for progressive policies in a GOP-controlled chamber.
Sports
February 6, 2023
Four Items for Kyrie Irving’s Texas Bucket List
The NBA guard can search for the Earth’s edge in Big Bend and bone up on JFK conspiracy theories when he’s not getting buckets in Dallas.
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Sports
February 2, 2023
Filipino American Jason Robertson Is the Breakout Star of the NHL Season
The Dallas Stars left winger is on pace to set new franchise scoring records—and he’s inspiring a generation of new hockey fans along the way.
Film & TV
February 1, 2023
In ‘Magazine Dreams,’ Jonathan Majors Builds Himself Up to Fall Apart
The Texas-raised actor returned to Sundance for the premiere of his latest film—a brutal, impressive character study of a troubled bodybuilder.
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Critters
January 31, 2023
What the Heck Is Going On at the Dallas Zoo?
After a leopard escape, the suspicious death of a vulture, and the theft of two monkeys, Texans are anxiously awaiting an explanation.
By Rose Cahalan![Rose Cahalan's Profile Photo]()
The Stand Up Desk
January 25, 2023
The True-Crime Classic That Inspired HBO Max’s Forthcoming ‘Love & Death’
In reporting how Candy Montgomery came to murder her lover’s wife, the authors recall trying to capture a “time and place in Texas history.”
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Sports
January 23, 2023
Another Year, Another Dallas Cowboys Playoff Disaster
After Sunday’s loss, “America’s Team” is now 0–7 in NFL Division Round games since 1996, and 0–3 with Dak Prescott as quarterback.
Critters
January 17, 2023
I Wrote a Book Called ‘The Leopard Is Loose.’ Then a Leopard Got Loose in Dallas.
An escape in 1950 inspired my novel. The wildly different public reactions show how much our relationship to animals has changed.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
The Pastor of Dallas’s First Baptist on W. A. Criswell, Donald Trump, and God Himself
Robert Jeffress resuscitated a once powerful church—and courted controversy too.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
See How Texas’s Big-city Skylines Have Changed Over the Past Half Century
Why has San Antonio fallen behind Houston, Dallas, and Austin?
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Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Southwest Used to Do Everything Right. What Happened?
Before its recent troubles, the industry giant seemed like the airline to beat.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
What Does It Mean to Be a “Texas Actor”?
Jonathan Majors and Tommy Lee Jones don’t just have their home state in common.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
When the State Fair of Texas Turned Deep-fried
Melanie Linnear recalls the origins of the unhealthiest (but most delicious) competition in all the land.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Dallas Was the Birthplace of the Microchip Revolution
If your dishwasher works properly, you probably have a long-ago Texas Instruments employee to thank.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
The Dallas Cowboys Used to Sell NFL Dynasties. Now They Sell Drama.
It’s been almost thirty years since America’s Team last played in the Super Bowl, yet fans remain hooked on Jerry Jones’s soap opera.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
For Texans, Neiman Marcus Is More Than a Department Store
Its recent troubles notwithstanding, the Dallas-based brand remains a shrine to good taste.
By Mimi Swartz![Mimi Swartz's Profile Photo]()
Tacos
January 13, 2023
In Gentrifying Oak Cliff, a New Taqueria Offers Approachable and Affordable Fare
Tacos y Chelas may be surrounded by pricey restaurants, but the humble space has tacos al pastor and birria tacos that won’t break the bank.
Business
January 6, 2023
Southwest’s Christmas Mess Has Roots in Its Long Financial Success
The Dallas-based airline has always lagged behind in technology. Its leaders saw that as a feature, not a bug.