Smithville Archives

August 8, 2023

The Best Little Film Town in Texas

Texas quadrupled its annual film incentives. Hollywood’s favorite Texas small town, Smithville, shows the opportunities—and hazards—ahead.

July 5, 2023

Here’s how to get a peek inside the glitziest, most charming homes in the state, all while helping raise money for preservation efforts.

July 24, 2020

With the traditional supply chain in crisis, here’s a radical plan for a new way forward. (With one big catch).

November 21, 2019

Yet with disappointing business at his small-town restaurant, Tom Micklethwait hatches plans for a taco trailer in Austin.

June 10, 2016

The best events across Texas this week.

April 30, 1998

I thought it would be hard to make movies in this macho state, but we’ve come a long way, baby.

November 1, 1997

After years in New York’s jazz trenches, trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe has come home to Smithville in search of the simple life.