Energy
December 21, 2017
Odessa Stinks! (Literally.)
In recent months the West Texas oil town has smelled, in one resident’s words, like ”a dog’s anal gland.” And no one is 100 percent sure why.
Reporter
Music
December 21, 2017
Kalu James Introduces Psych Rock to Nigerian Funk
The debut album from Austin's Kalu & the Electric Joint brings some international flavor to the Live Music Capital of the World.
Meanwhile in Texas
December 21, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
The craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Sports
December 21, 2017
A Mesquite Woman Wants to Represent Nigeria in the Winter Olympics
Nigeria has never participated in the Winter Olympics. University of Houston grad Ngozi Onwumere may soon change all that.
Books
December 21, 2017
Stefan Merrill Block on His New Book, ‘Oliver Loving’
The celebrated Plano novelist on how the Columbine massacre and growing up in ”The Suicide Capital of America” influenced his new book, 'Oliver Loving.'
Art
December 21, 2017
Revisiting Mexico’s Microcuentos
A Houston exhibition delves into the history of an obscure corner of Mexican popular culture.
News & Politics
December 14, 2017
For Lagordiloca, Live-Streaming Crime Scenes is Just a Night’s Work
Priscilla Villarreal doesn’t work for the local news in Laredo—but for her 80,000 Facebook followers, that doesn’t matter.
Music
November 27, 2017
Review of Montopolis’s ‘Music for Enchanted Rock’
'Music for Enchanted Rock,' is structured as a song cycle celebrating the massive pink-granite batholith north of Fredericksburg that’s much beloved by Central Texas hikers and day-trippers.
Books
November 27, 2017
Jeffrey Cranor Welcomes You to Night Vale
The co-creator of the popular ”Welcome to Night Vale” podcast talks about existential weirdness, eerie similarities to Sean Spicer, and the KEOM radio tower.
Meanwhile in Texas
November 22, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Politics & Policy
November 22, 2017
Inside a Lifelong Obsession With the Kennedy Assassination
The recent release of JFK files is probably the last significant injection of new information into the psychic landscape in which assassination theorists like Mark North have resided for the past 54 years.
Politics & Policy
November 22, 2017
Joe Straus on Giving Up the Gavel
After five terms as House Speaker, Joe Straus calls it quits.
Film & TV
November 13, 2017
Remembering Magnum P.I.’s John Hillerman, the World’s Best Phony Englishman
How did the North Texas native convince a generation of TV fans that he was a dyed-in-the-wool Brit?
Sports
November 3, 2017
How the World Series Finally Vindicated Astros Fans
There’s been years of heartbreak. That’s what makes the Astros' World Series win so sweet.
Sports
October 26, 2017
Texas High School Students Are Moving Away From Football
Friday night, lights out.
October 24, 2017
A Look Inside Austin’s New Central Library
Austin's bibliophiles get a slicked up new playpen.
October 19, 2017
A North Texas Poultry Empire, Immortalized in Fiberglass
Getting a head in Pittsburg.
October 18, 2017
The Search for a Saint in San Angelo
San Angelo makes its case for María de Jesús de Ágreda to the Vatican.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 18, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Books
October 18, 2017
The One-Question Interview: Nate Blakeslee
We sat down with our former staffer to talk about his new book, 'American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West'.
Food & Drink
October 18, 2017
Chatting With Aaron Franklin After the Fire
Franklin Barbecue—arguably the most famous barbecue joint in the world—was hit by a major fire that destroyed its pit room and damaged other parts of the building. We chatted with co-owner Aaron Franklin about life after the fire.
Music
October 18, 2017
St. Vincent ‘Masseduction’ Review
Dallas's Annie Clark—known as St. Vincent to the faithful—darts between styles on fifth album ‘Masseduction.’
Art
October 18, 2017
The Rascuache Work of Alejandro Diaz
David Shelton Gallery presents new works by Alejandro Diaz in November.
Energy
October 17, 2017
The Battle Between Small-Town Churches and Sharyland
Moving electricity through West Texas comes at a steep price.
The Culture
September 25, 2017
The Texas Card Shark Behind New Documentary ‘Dealt’
'Dealt' tells the story of Richard Turner, one of the world's greatest card sharks.
Meanwhile in Texas
September 22, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas …
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
The Culture
September 20, 2017
Jim Parsons Returns With ‘Young Sheldon’
'Young Sheldon' imagines the childhood of Sheldon Cooper, the lovably supercilious physicist played so brilliantly by Houston’s Jim Parsons on the long-running hit 'The Big Bang Theory.'
Books
September 20, 2017
Roger D. Hodge’s Texas Blood
In his new book, Robert D. Hodge explores the Texas borderlands through the seven generations of his ranching family.
Chat
September 20, 2017
Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks About His New Book and What He Missed in Space
Scott Kelly on what freaked him out—and what drove him crazy—during his record-setting year on the International Space Station.
Texas History
September 20, 2017
The Battle For El Paso’s South Side
With the south side of El Paso up for grabs, everyone seems to have an idea about what the city’s future should look like.
Music
September 20, 2017
Album Review: A. Savage’s ‘Thawing Dawn’
Parquet Courts' A. Savage makes his solo debut with 'Thawing Dawn.'
Meanwhile in Texas
August 23, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas …
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Business
August 23, 2017
The Port of Corpus Christi’s Boom
The shale boom and the end of a decades-old export ban have put the Port of Corpus Christi on the global map. Finally.
Music
August 23, 2017
Meet the Texas Gentlemen
The Texas Gentlemen, a Dallas-based collective of young studio musicians and sidemen, are the best backing group you've probably never heard of.
The Culture
August 23, 2017
Inside the World-famous Toilet Seat Art Museum
It’s time to go or get off the pot.
Chat
August 23, 2017
Baylor’s New President Turns to Faith
Returning to the place where she began her career, Linda Livingstone looks to repair the university’s reputation.
Books
August 23, 2017
Attica Locke’s Life is a Highway
Texas writer Attica Locke rolls out the first of a series of books set along Highway 59.
Music
August 15, 2017
Country Round-up
Three albums out in the next month bring country rock, story-songs, and swampy blues.
Politics & Policy
July 26, 2017
Changing the Conversation
San Antonio’s new mayor isn’t interested in the old battles between left and right.
Music
July 24, 2017
Hitting Hard
Hitting Subset seems humble and meek on camera, but the Austin band's debut is anything but.
Politics & Policy
July 24, 2017
The Monument Men
After activists threatened a statue of Sam Houston, protesters showed up to defend it. But against whom, exactly, wasn’t clear.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 24, 2017
Meanwhile in Texas …
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Film & TV
July 24, 2017
The Wonderful World of Bluth
Animator Don Bluth returns to his birthplace of El Paso.
The Culture
July 24, 2017
The Seven Question Interview: Adam Sternbergh
Author Adam Sternbergh tells us how a Canadian-raised Brooklynite wrote a book set in West Texas.
Film & TV
July 20, 2017
Which Matthew McConaughey Movie Should I Watch?
The McConaughey flowchart to end all flowcharts.
June 26, 2017
Saving the Cabinet Oak
Lyndon B. Johnson conducted the nation's affairs under the Cabinet Oak. But is the three-hundred-year-old tree a goner?
Art
June 21, 2017
Candid Cameraman
Jason Lee explains why he left Los Angeles for Denton and why, right now, he prefers taking photographs to acting.
Music
June 21, 2017
The Five Question Interview: Will Beeley and Billy Stoner
Willie Beeley and Billy Stoner have never met. But from a distance, the two musicians might be the same person.