A Houston exhibit of images scavenged from junk shops and flea markets offers a view of the past that anticipates the present.
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Plus, a horse cloned from an endangered Mongolian breed was born at a Canyon veterinary hospital.
What to order for takeout (plus pro tips) at restaurants around the state.
Texas GOP chairman Allen West is at war with the governor and in love with the camera.
After her four decades of dining across Texas came to a halt in the pandemic, Pat Sharpe realizes that what makes a meal special goes way beyond the food.
After contracting COVID-19 earlier this year, the musician had spent most of this past summer in isolation—where he was still writing songs.
What to order for takeout (plus pro tips) at restaurants around the state.
An ambitious politics cover package ahead of the 2020 election wouldn't have been possible without these key players.
Two new Dallas concepts expertly combine Asian and Mexican flavors and methods, and a new concept from the chefs at Mixtli, in San Antonio, will soon do the same.
Venny Etienne's newest Levenity line is based on the floral military jacket the Houston icon dons in ‘Black Is King.'
Mason, one of the most sought-after young composers in the country, has a new work set to premiere in November.
These five new grain-to-glass releases are proof that the state’s still-young whiskey industry is developing a bold regional profile.
The ofrenda we build to honor loved ones will include not only our distant past but also the very sorrow that we’re living through now.
At Lost Maples State Natural Area, the trees put on a spectacular show every autumn.
Plus, fifty thousand purple martins descended on a parking lot in McAllen.
This year’s festival is all-virtual, but its lineup is still all-star, as demonstrated by this trio of recent books from Texas authors.
A Houston mom has had it with Minecraft.
After years of playing ex-cons and bodyguards, the prolific actor became an iconic leading man in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete series.
The kids’ television program, helmed by a crop of Texan theatrical talents, landed on PBS 25 years ago.
The funny and brutal ‘Hollywood Mad Dogs’ was inspired by the Texas writer's experience working in Hollywood with the legendary—and very demanding—Steve McQueen.
Instead of wasting time on tiresome culture wars, Texas’s political leaders ought to be thinking big. They could start by saving Houston from disaster.
Where cyclists can pedal past some stunning views and historic sites.
Why many are exchanging paved roads and traffic for rural routes and breathtaking scenery.
A resident of “The Texas of Canada” is having second thoughts about retiring to the Lone Star State.
Affordable private places to pitch your tent when public parks aren’t an option.
Social distancing on a ranch in South Texas, one writer finds a diversion—and a sort of community—in studying the fragments of English dinnerware her predecessors left behind.
These distinct initiatives embody something I long wished for while studying at a predominantly white Texas university: a community of color connected through creativity.
The actor, who grew up in the Dallas area, takes a leading role in the horror series adapted from the book of the same name.
The butcher shop and barbecue joint, more than a century old, is finally shutting down (but not before giving us its mop sauce recipe).
The former city manager talks about a dead rat in a gift basket, a poop sandwich, and her timely new memoir, ‘Greedy Bastards.’
A Sugar Land man wants to know if his friend from out of state could be the official greeter at the State Fair of Texas.
The northeast Texas oasis among the pines reminds us of happier summers while providing needed respite now.
It's not just the pandemic. Texas's beloved grocery chain has been developing its disaster response for more than a decade.
Behind the scenes, two staffers with the same first name keep Texas Monthly running smoothly.
Goldee's and Hurtado, which both opened just weeks before the pandemic closures in March, could be game-changers for the North Texas scene.
Despite the popular sunscreen brand's success and New York expansion, its founder says Texas is home.
A Texan deployed overseas wants to know if there’s any foodstuff weirder than armadillo tail with gravy. (There is.)
The COVID-19 crisis is the predictable result of the governor muddling through things.
Locals are hopeful that change can come to the Northeast Texas town that invented the spectacle lynching.
Senior editor John Spong is the brains behind our special thirteenth issue of Texas Monthly devoted to the life and music of Willie Nelson. The issue publishes in August.