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Monica Aldama is a glass-half-full kind of person. With the pandemic limiting the ability to connect with loved ones and cancelling cheer competitions, the Texas native and coach of Cheer fame is always looking for a fix or a silver lining. That boundless positivity (what she calls “an attitude of…
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Support your local museum this holiday season with gifts like an artistic face mask or bluebonnet pie dish.
With 60,000 white lights sparkling in the night, it draws hundreds of people each year in the tiny town of Bartonville, near Dallas.
A longtime patron remembers the intimate Austin venue—where one could eat pecan pie and see world-class musicians—ahead of its demolition.
When my Austin lessons went virtual, I discovered the joy—and distraction—in thinking about unfamiliar pronunciation, irregular verbs, and past tenses in these challenging times.
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With Trump ramping up efforts to construct the border wall, South Texans say the effort has been stripped to its essence: “It’s basically just big government taking Texas land.”
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An Oregon transplant is hoping he can find a few places to cast a line in his adopted state.
Plus, a trip to the garden store and a cozy Christmas album from Austin musician Molly Burch.
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Mechanic turned pitmaster Randy Estrada and his wife Tessa created a menu of uniquely flavored meats and sides at the Creedmoor truck.
Austin’s mayor, already a punching bag for his state’s powerful right wing, lectured his city’s residents to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19—while on a beach vacation.
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Rural Texans have long accepted that strips of their land might be acquired to build oil pipelines and highways. But the prospect of a high-speed rail line has sparked a whole different level of outrage.
Plus: the only thing better than an ugly Christmas sweater is a taco-themed ugly Christmas sweater.
Escaping an unprecedented health crisis will require an unprecedented effort for the state’s chronically underfunded public health system.
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Three new indie coffee businesses have opened in Laredo this year, all building on the city’s vibrant Mexican American coffee traditions.
The Christmas classic is the ballet world’s biggest annual event (and a major moneymaker), so dancers and administrators have gotten creative.
Robert Rodriguez tended to patients in the Rio Grande Valley as cases surged last summer, and he’s taken that experience to serving on the president-elect’s pandemic task force.
The initial installment of the two-part television show details the first 20 years of Selena’s life—yet it feels like we’ve hardly gotten to know the person the series is about.
Three questions with the Houston chef, whose “gambling man” pal David Chang took a big risk to raise money for the Southern Smoke Foundation.
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Nothing says Texas like the smoky aroma of meat cooking low and slow for hours on end. From glistening slices of fatty brisket to fall-off-the-bone beef ribs, Texas is home to some of the best barbecue in the world. With a history as rich and complex…
Quy Hoang, Robin Wong, and Terry Wong of Blood Bros. BBQ, in Houston, teach us how to make the perfect barbecue sandwich in this video series for TM BBQ Club.
Across Texas, Santa is staying jolly this year with contact-free visits, drive-through light displays, and more pandemic-proof festivities.
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In a nondescript space outside Austin, the team behind these world-renowned guitars carry on the exacting legacy of their founder.
Jordan Jackson once ran the pits at one of the best joints in the state—Bodacious Bar-B-Q, in Longview—but he says the drinking and the pressure were too much. Now he’s working for Aaron Franklin as he starts to rebuild his life.
The San Antonio native's debut book, about a woman known for riding her burro along remote roads, recently won two major poetry awards.
The Del Valle truck serves a well-executed barbecue menu, and its owners are hoping this is just the start.
She spent decades feeding our family and bringing us together. Making her favorite treat was a small, sweet way for me to celebrate her and reconnect with my culture.
The Lumineers lead singer and cofounder on the power of lonesome songs during the holidays, and an apples-to-apples comparison between Willie and Bruce Springsteen.
The smoky, citrusy soup is the perfect way to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey, and it includes a stock recipe you'll be using all year long.
How Texas grandfamilies navigated the school reopening process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every other retailer has made this holiday season’s hottest item an online exclusive during the pandemic—except the Grapevine-based chain.
Plus, pork processing plant managers behaving badly and $2,000 brisket.
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Sour pickles, Thin Mint cookies, buffalo wings, deep-fried Oreos: no flavor is off-limits.
The Grammy-nominated Houston rapper’s confrontational, irreverent debut album feels like an apt fit for the year we’ve had.
Let people have some joy for once in their lives.
Are possums ugly? Not when they’re wearing tiny purple sweaters, they’re not!