Garland Texas has become known as a community built for making dreams come true, where the brave buck the trend of sameness in pursuit of creating a better city. There’s a can-do spirit in Garland that inspires artists, artisans, and entrepreneurs to live life to the fullest. No wonder so
The new Facebook parent company wants the beloved Texas grocer to imagine a way to shop in virtual reality.
He made the low-budget film at a low point in his career—but twenty years later, it stands the test of time.
Fourth-year head coach Dana Dimel's team has won more games this season than it did over the previous three years combined.
No county in Texas has arrested more migrants under the governor’s plan to crack down on the border, and it’s created a judicial crisis.
The wunderkind twenty-something pitmasters took us on a tour of their award-winning Central Texas–style ’cue spot.
Olivewood Cemetery is the resting ground of many Houston trailblazers and an important piece of the history of the African diaspora.
Canning did not come easily or naturally to me at first, but now I’m hooked. Here are the recipe and tips that helped me get started.
How Apollo Media won over Astros fans by embracing hometown pride and telling Houstonians there's no shame in supporting this team.
In the beginning, Greg Abbott took a hands-off approach that kept Texas ahead of other large states in mitigating cases and deaths. But when he tried to appease right-wing Republicans, the story changed.
The 1981 slasher spoof prominently features Houston and a future Texas politician, but that’s not all that’s notable about it.
But recruiters warn that the state’s abortion restrictions could prove a barrier to attracting top talent, especially among women.
With its tenth album, ‘Lucifer on the Sofa,’ the city’s signature indie-rock band has made its most Austin record yet.
Tucked somewhere between the wine list and the dessert menu, Texans are more likely than ever to find—and order—no-gronis, no-jitos, and other alcohol-free drinks.
If the Astros win the World Series, buyers win free mattresses—and Mattress Mack cashes the biggest winning ticket in sports-betting history.
Things unseen moved along the river bank, slithered or crawled or pranced between the thick growths of trees that ran for miles.
Texas will put only three inmates to death in 2021. So much for our hang-’em-high reputation.
Dylan Taylor, Lane Milne, Jalen Heard, Nupohn Inthanousay, and Jonny White—the five pitmasters behind Goldee’s Barbecue—finally opened up shop in Fort Worth just a few weeks before the statewide shutdown went into effect in March 2020. Despite a less-than-ideal first year in business, these young pitmasters climbed all the
Combine Dolly Parton with Stevie Nicks, and you get the idea.
Don’t worry: there’s not actually taco meat brewed in.
Houston is 2-0 in the MLB postseason with local furniture magnate Mattress Mack's "Rally Nuns" in attendance.
Cowritten with chef David Chang, the book encourages home cooks to hone their intuition with approachable instructions—as with this flatbread pizza that Krishna writes makes her "the most popular person in the house."
Elemi's Emiliano Marentes tweaked his restaurant's most popular mole recipe into a version for home cooks that takes advantage of fall flavors and produce.
On the hunt with TikTok star Brittany Broski and her mother Heather Long, lead investigator of the Texas Ghost Gals.
When I got pregnant in the summer of 1969, abortion wasn’t an option, and neither was keeping the baby. The trauma that followed is still with me today.
A Sugar Land store called Buky’s might be the most egregious case to catch the attention of the litigious beaver, but it’s hardly the first.
The Astros have faced every kind of taunt imaginable this year—and it has only brought the team and its city closer together.
The elusive, playful creature is even popping up in downtown Houston.
Throughout multiple surges of COVID-19, nurses’ impact on hospital operations is more important than ever.
Our attempt to explain why rodeo raffles, church services, and homestead tax exemptions for a handful of folks are on the ballot this fall.
This South Texas community has embraced the extravagant corsage. Whether a mum is DIY or professionally made, it’s all about the sparkle.
The billionaire announced the launch of Cybertruck-inspired "Giga Beer," and a Texas brewery may or may not be planning to sell it.
Decades after the Wichita County town saved its stadium from an oilman’s plan to drill at midfield, the structure has been condemned—after pipes once donated by oil companies rusted out.
It’s a chance to buy your holiday presents early, the way you always swear you will.
Bakers are leaning into their dark sides to build spooktacular creations ahead of October 31.
The outlaw-country star joins an unlikely cultural movement in the Rose Capital of Texas.
There’s something for every Texan on this list.
The Del Rio–raised law enforcement official chatted with ‘Texas Monthly’ about the situation in his hometown and immigration enforcement across the state.
Why the fluffy-tailed rodents are making Texans nutty this year.
Sandra McKee loved the sixties sitcom so much that she and her husband built—and for years, lived in—an almost exact replica of 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
The nascent industry is celebrating itself amid a series of setbacks, including having its most popular products deemed controlled substances by the state.
A few months ago, Jennifer Bridges’s refusal to abide by Houston Methodist’s vaccine mandate thrust her into the national spotlight. Now she’s become a purveyor of conspiracy theories that have fueled the pandemic’s continuation.
The Houston filmmaker’s latest is a valentine to defiantly idiosyncratic storytellers like Wes Anderson.
A recent tribute in Archer City gave Texans an overdue opportunity to pay their respects to their state’s greatest writer.
It can be lifted only with a construction crane.
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings for our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online!Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our
Take advantage of cooler weather along these picturesque jogging routes.
The Houston rapper and famed Hot Girl has brought her talents to the fast-food chain, which is now serving chicken slathered in Megan’s namesake hot sauce.
The wild times of a gentle roughneck who beat the Texas criminal-justice system.
The gay, Black social media influencer and Houston Ballet soloist is shaking up the world of classical ballet.
