Shane and Sally
March 26, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 3: “An Open Investigation”
Investigators walk through their initial work after Shane and Sally went missing, and their ongoing search for clues after 35 years.
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March 26, 2024
Inside the Episode: Bonus Video for ‘Shane and Sally’ Episode 3
Hosts Karen Jacobs and Rob D’Amico discuss the challenge of assembling a story using the evidence from the crime scene.
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March 25, 2024
7 Reasons We Love Megan Thee Stallion
The Houston rapper is number one in our hearts for being Texas-proud and cool as hell.
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March 25, 2024
Has Any Celebrity Cared Less About Fame Than Tim Duncan?
The centerpiece of the San Antonio Spurs dynasty brought five NBA championships to the Alamo City and always let his game speak for itself.
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March 25, 2024
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March 25, 2024
Beer Nerds, Get Thee to the Library!
The Munday Library at St. Edward's University in Austin, that is, where the Texas Craft Brewing Collections keeps artifacts from the state's illustrious craft beer history for the public to view.
Film & TV
March 25, 2024
If Texas Has a Soul, It Lives in Matthew McConaughey
We’ve been learning from the man from Uvalde’s shirtlessly Zen approach to life for decades.
Film & TV
March 25, 2024
Texas Monthly Is Crowning a Winner in the Ultimate Texas Celebrity Bracket. Cast Your Vote!
Which of these 64 celebs is the most beloved in the Lone Star State? This March Madness, we’re asking you to tell us.
Music
March 25, 2024
How Lyle Lovett Taught This Non-Texan That Texas Wants Me Anyway
The Texas country artist long ago broke through the boundaries of the genre—all the way into my Brooklyn heart.
Sports
March 25, 2024
What Did Houston Do to Deserve a Celebrity Like C. J. Stroud?
The quarterback led the Houston Texans to the NFL playoffs in his rookie season—and his work off the field is even more impressive.
Film & TV
March 25, 2024
Dakota Johnson Doesn’t Lack Media Training. She’s Just Texan.
Born in Austin, the star didn’t spend a ton of time in the Lone Star State. But we’re claiming her anyway.
Film & TV
March 25, 2024
Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Spy Kids’ Showed Us That Kids Have Something to Say. It’s Time to Listen.
In the Spy Kids trilogy, the robots have thumbs for heads, the chewing gum is high-tech, and the kids are respected. Which scenario feels least realistic to you?
Sports
March 25, 2024
Stone Cold Steve Austin Turned “Texas Tough” Into Megacelebrity
Through his wrestling career and beyond, Austin’s renegade spirit shone through, whether he was stomping opponents or cooking lima beans.
Press Room
March 22, 2024
The 2024 National City and Regional Magazine Awards Finalists Have Been Announced
For the second year in a row, Texas Monthly received more finalist selections than any other publication.
BBQ
March 22, 2024
LeRoy and Lewis’s New Restaurant Blends Barbecue Tradition With New-School Technique
After seven years of running a successful food truck, Evan LeRoy and Sawyer Lewis now have the space to get even more creative.
Libations
March 21, 2024
Meet the Two Friends Behind One of Texas’s First Mexican Wine Shops
Arturo Flores and Eduardo Mendoza offer more than 100 labels of Mexican wine—from Valle de Guadalupe, “the Napa of Mexico,” to Zacatecas—at their Oak Cliff shop, Vinito.
Recipes
March 21, 2024
Texas Dinner Party S2.E5: A Rum-Glazed Ice Cream Dessert That Will Render Your Guests Speechless
Pineapples, bananas, and coconut caramel—oh my! We show you how to make a classic banana split with a tropical glow up.
Recipes
March 21, 2024
Texas Dinner Party S2.E4: A Side of Savory, Cheesy Cornbread
Many cornbread recipes are sweetened—not this one. We show you how to make a seriously hearty and distinctly Texan cornbread.
Recipes
March 21, 2024
Texas Dinner Party S2.E3: Classic Seafood Gumbo
We show you how to prepare a seafood gumbo made famous at Lou Lambert’s, complete with Gulf Coast shrimp, oysters, and crab.
Recipes
March 21, 2024
Texas Dinner Party S2.E2: Aged Rum Diablos for the Whole Table
Batch cocktails are perfect for parties. We show you how to put a rum twist on a classic Diablo cocktail.
Recipes
March 21, 2024
Texas Dinner Party S2.E1: Snack on Jalapeño Popper Deviled Eggs
We show you how to make creamy, spicy deviled eggs that are perfect for an Easter brunch or a springtime gathering.
Sports
March 21, 2024
Which Texas Team Will Make the Deepest March Madness Run?
A Texan college basketball fan’s ultimate guide to all eleven Texas teams competing in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.
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March 21, 2024
Prepare for Your Next Adventure at Whole Earth Provision Co.
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Recipes
March 21, 2024
Pitcher Diablos
Serving a batch of this twist on a classic cocktail with caramelly aged rum and fruity crème de cassis is sure to get the party started.
Politics & Policy
March 20, 2024
The Retiring Head of the Texas GOP Inflamed a Party Civil War That Will Outlive His Tenure
Matt Rinaldi has led the state Republican Party far to the right. His successor is likely to keep driving in that direction.
News
March 20, 2024
Confusion Reigned at an Appeals Court Hearing Over Texas’s Now-Blocked Immigration Law
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether to allow back into effect a law allowing state and local authorities to deport migrants.
Film & TV
March 20, 2024
‘Girls5eva’ Has Immortalized Fort Worth in Goofily Accurate Song
With “Tap Into Your (Fort) Worth,” Netflix’s fictional girl group has paid more (and better) attention to Cowtown than, well, some of you.
The Stand Up Desk
March 20, 2024
Meet the Writer of Our Jesse Plemons Story
Sean O’Neal explores the Texas roots of an actor increasingly in demand in Hollywood.
Music
March 20, 2024
Four Reasons April Is a Great Month in Texas Culture
Beyoncé is in the saddle, Khruangbin makes hay, Texas goes to war, and an author from Lubbock revisits a childhood tragedy.
The Stand Up Desk
March 20, 2024
Roar of the Crowd: April 2024
Reader letters published in our April 2024 issue.
BBQ
March 20, 2024
Where to Eat Barbecue in Dallas
Since this city hosts the State Fair of Texas, it’s no wonder Dallas barbecue joints go over the top with their ’cue.
One by Willie
March 20, 2024
Wade Bowen on Willie Nelson’s Road Anthem “Me and Paul” . . . From a Tour Bus Broke Down in Iowa
The Texas Country/Red Dirt star Zooms in to discuss Willie’s founding role in the singer-songwriters’ circuit, plus the gift of growing to love your dad’s music.
Music
March 19, 2024
For Rap Duo Flyana Boss, Success Is Best Worn With Elf Ears
The viral sensation on best friendship, “fairycore” style, and when they’ll know they’ve truly made it.
Politics & Policy
March 19, 2024
SCOTUS Has Ruled That Texas Police Can Arrest Migrants They Suspect of Illegal Crossings
The ruling allows Texas to start enforcing Senate Bill 4 while a lawsuit over its constitutionality remains pending before a federal appeals court.
Press Room
March 19, 2024
Texas Monthly Welcomes Three New Editorial Staff Members
Aisling Ayers and Meher Yeda joined the team last month, and this week we welcome Will Bostwick.
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March 19, 2024
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Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
‘Shane and Sally’: Podcast Episode Guide
Learn more about the case with original videos, archival photos, and documents from our reporting.
Food & Drink
March 19, 2024
Get in Line for El Paso’s Best Menudo
Good Luck Cafe is as unassuming as its most famous dish, but Sun City residents have been lining up at the door for more than fifty years.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
Share Your Thoughts on ‘Shane and Sally’
If you’d like to share thoughts about the podcast, or about the murders of Shane Stewart and Sally McNelly, let us know here.
Travel & Outdoors
March 19, 2024
How Does a Small Texas Town Prepare for a Solar Eclipse? Porta-Potties.
Allyson Cliett, Hillsboro's eclipse coordinator, has spent fourteen months getting ready for 4 minutes and 23 seconds of darkness.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 2: “Lost Horizons”
In this episode, friends and family remember Shane and Sally, and describe troubling warning signs in the weeks before their disappearance.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
Inside the Episode: Bonus Video for ‘Shane and Sally’ Episode 2
Shane Stewart and Sally McNelly went missing during the height of the nation’s “Satanic panic,” and hosts Karen Jacobs and Rob D’Amico discuss the impact of the cult obsession.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
‘Shane and Sally,’ Episode 1: “A Long, Hot Summer”
In the first episode of this Texas Monthly true crime podcast, two teenagers go missing and a father goes searching for answers.
Shane and Sally
March 19, 2024
Inside the Episode: Bonus Video for ‘Shane and Sally’ Episode 1
Podcast hosts Rob D’Amico and Karen Jacobs dive deeper into questions surrounding the abandoned car the night Shane Stewart and Sally McNelly went missing.
Film & TV
March 18, 2024
The Duplass Brothers Want to Do for TV What They Did for Movies
With a wide-ranging television showcase at SXSW, Mark Duplass shared how he plans to bring the offbeat creative freedom of independent film to the small screen.
Critters
March 18, 2024
Great White Sharks Would Like the Gulf of Mexico Back, Please
With a massive great white shark’s recent record-setting trip to South Padre Island, an overfished (and fear-inducing) species is reclaiming its historic range.
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March 18, 2024
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The Texanist
March 18, 2024
The Texanist: Do Rural Texans Still Love Local Baseball?
A Conroe man remembers the glory days of the Ballinger Cats and his hometown Rabbit Twisters.
Shane and Sally
March 18, 2024
A Victim’s Father in an Infamous Cold Case Yearns to Know—Who Killed My Son?
Marshall Stewart has been searching San Angelo for 35 years, looking for answers that might never come: Who murdered his teenage son, Shane, along with his girlfriend, Sally McNelly, in 1988? And why?
Music
March 15, 2024
This Year, There’s Also an “Anti-SXSW Fest”
Eighty-plus acts have dropped out of SXSW over the festival’s ties to the U.S. Army and defense contractors. Boycott organizers quickly stepped in to book a weekend’s worth of protest concerts.