Travel & Outdoors
December 8, 2021
Survivalist and YouTube Star Bob Hansler’s Wild Life
The Texan found online fame by testing his skills in the wilderness. His biggest challenge was yet to come.
The State
Music
November 18, 2021
How a Band of Hippies and Potheads Kept Western Swing Alive
The beloved western swing band celebrates fifty years of championing a genre once considered all but dead.
The Stand Up Desk
November 17, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: December 2021
Reader letters published in our December 2021 issue.
Pat's Pick
November 16, 2021
Superstar Chef Hugo Ortega’s New Restaurant Is His Most Personal Venture Yet
At his latest restaurant, Texas’s most celebrated Mexican chef teams up with close relations to revisit the street food of his youth.
Business
November 16, 2021
In Praise of . . . Enron?
Twenty years have passed since the notoriously corrupt energy-trading company collapsed. Maybe it’s time to acknowledge that it wasn’t all bad for Texas.
Meanwhile in Texas
November 14, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: Deputies Wrangled a Kangaroo on the Lam
Plus, a Lubbock couple found their chihuahua hidden in their suitcase at the airport, and other head-turning stories.
Hunting & Fishing
November 13, 2021
Duck Duck Duck: Where to Hunt Three Popular Breeds in Texas
Ready to commit murder most fowl?
Dining Guide
November 12, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our December 2021 Issue
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new.
Made in Texas
November 12, 2021
This Dallas-Area Handbag Designer Puts Her Engineering Background to Creative Use
Jenny Nemlekar, who makes custom leather bags from her suburban home studio, learned to knit as a way to communicate with her Vietnamese grandmother.
Film & TV
November 11, 2021
How the Pandemic Showed Me a Different Way to Watch Movies
Over one hundred movies later, a virtual movie club learned some surprising things about classic movies—and about friendship in dark times.
Where To Stay Now
November 9, 2021
Art Is Everywhere in Amarillo
With a creative scene that includes the classic Cadillac Ranch and vibrant downtown murals, this Panhandle city, home to a new boutique hotel, invites you to stay and enjoy the scenery.
Dining Guide
October 20, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our November 2021 Issue
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
The Stand Up Desk
October 20, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: November 2021
Reader letters published in our November 2021 issue.
Pat's Pick
October 19, 2021
San Antonio’s Lauded Mixtli Offers Even More to Love in Its New Home
This exceptional Mexican restaurant has expanded into a larger space without shrinking any of its ambitions.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 17, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Tyler Man Placed in the USA Mullet Championships
Plus, a man sued a restaurant for allowing him to get “too drunk.”
Hunting & Fishing
October 15, 2021
Eat, Prey, Love: A Day with the Squirrel Hawkers of East Texas
The ancient art of falconry is alive and well.
Style & Design
October 14, 2021
These Quilters Mean Business
After a year of solitary pandemic quilting, devotees of East Texas fabric mothership Stitchin’ Heaven take over Fort Worth, ready to bond—and spend.
Politics & Policy
October 14, 2021
Critical Race Fury: The School Board Wars Are Getting Nasty in Texas
A loud minority of parents is making life miserable for Texas school officials—and shouting down the kids who speak in favor of lessons about the history and persistence of racial discrimination.
Health
October 13, 2021
A Dallas Startup Aims to Build a Big Business—and Transform Lives—by Curing Rare Diseases
Taysha hopes to commercialize UT Southwestern’s groundbreaking gene therapies to benefit its shareholders—and desperately ill children.
The Stand Up Desk
September 15, 2021
From the Editor: An Energetic New Colleague
As Texas Monthly’s new energy editor, Russell Gold will dig deep into one of our state’s most crucial industries.
The Stand Up Desk
September 15, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: October 2021
Reader letters published in our October 2021 issue.
Books
September 15, 2021
Brutally Suppressed in Her Lifetime, Gertrude Beasley Is Finally on Our Bookshelves
A searingly feminist 1925 memoir of life in small-town Texas rises from the dustbin of patriarchy.
Pat's Pick
September 14, 2021
Le Jardinier Is the Best Museum Restaurant in Texas—and One of the Best in the U.S.
Rarely does a museum’s restaurant rival its galleries, but this addition to Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts is poised to take its place among the masters.
Food & Drink
September 14, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our October Issue
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Style & Design
September 14, 2021
These Texas Homes Designed by Lake Flato Blend Dreamily Into Their Surroundings
A new book explores the recent work and landscape-driven philosophy of the esteemed San Antonio architecture firm.
Energy
September 12, 2021
Fracking Has a Bad Rep, but Its Tech Is Powering a Clean Energy Shift
Texas start-ups are harnessing know-how born of the shale boom in pursuit of a greener future.
Being Texan
September 12, 2021
The Great Corny Dog Feud
For almost eighty years, the name “Fletcher’s” has drawn state fair visitors. After a dramatic feud—and a pandemic—the family’s banner will fly again.
Meanwhile in Texas
September 10, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Cobra Escaped in Grand Prairie
Plus, home security footage captured a deer hoof-fight over corn feed.
Where To Stay Now
September 9, 2021
El Paso’s Hotel Renaissance Beckons Visitors Downtown
Where to stay, eat, shop, and play in this borderland city that’s rich in architectural wonders and divine dining.
Politics & Policy
September 7, 2021
Who Killed Criminal Justice Reform in Texas?
Texas was once a model of how to safely and economically move away from mass incarceration. Now the old politics of “law and order” are back.
Made in Texas
August 18, 2021
Photos: Her Hatbands Add That Personal Touch
She now runs her family business, but Joella Gammage Torres of Texas Hatters still enjoys the craft she learned as a teen.
The Stand Up Desk
August 18, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: September 2021
Reader letters published in our September 2021 issue.
Pat's Pick
August 17, 2021
Dallas Chef Junior Borges Comes Full Circle With Meridian, a Celebration of His Native Brazil
And he got there with help from family, some encouragement from Anthony Bourdain, and a fortuitous ride on the New York subway.
Meanwhile in Texas
August 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Dalmatian Gave Birth to Sixteen Puppies
Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
Music
August 15, 2021
Twenty Years Ago, William Basinski Witnessed 9/11—and Memorialized It in Music
How Dallas-raised Basinski’s life of trauma and creation prepared him to compose ‘The Disintegration Loops’ and console a grieving nation.
Books
August 12, 2021
The Flood That Changed San Antonio, for Better and Worse
One hundred years ago this month, a natural disaster devastated the city's poorest neighborhoods—and then transformed its politics.
Books
August 11, 2021
Are Some People Born Lucky? A UT Psychologist Argues Inequality’s Genetic Roots
Kathryn Paige Harden’s new book says social scientists must acknowledge how DNA shapes our lives. Critics call that dangerous.
Sports
July 23, 2021
Eleven Texans to Watch in Tokyo
These Olympians are worth the midnight coffee.
The Stand Up Desk
July 21, 2021
From the Editor: Powerful Storytellers
Mike Hall was recently honored for his incisive coverage of the Texas legal system, while Casey Gerald brought a singular voice to our cover story on Fort Worth singer-songwriter Leon Bridges.
Music
July 21, 2021
Mary McCoy Keeps Texas Country Radio’s Golden Age Alive
After seven decades behind the mic, the Conroe deejay still spins the sort of country records they just don’t make anymore—for a town that barely resembles the one she grew up in.
The Stand Up Desk
July 21, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: August 2021
Reader letters published in our August 2021 issue.
Being Texan
July 20, 2021
In Mobile City, Everybody Knows Your Name
Mobile City was incorporated in the early nineties to facilitate alcohol sales in a dry county. Now residents—especially its devoted mayor—fear for the fate of their accidental utopia.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: An Alligator Traveled 400 Miles to Padre Island
Plus, a thirty-year-old woman in El Paso County posed as her thirteen-year-old daughter to attend middle school.
Hunting & Fishing
July 16, 2021
For Crowd-Free Fly-fishing, Go East . . . to East Texas, That Is
The Hill Country offers fast-flowing streams and some nice bass. But for solitude and diversity of species, the creeks and bayous east of I-45 can’t be beat.
Food & Drink
July 15, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our August 2021 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to 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
Pat's Pick
July 13, 2021
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait for a Reservation at Lutie’s
With a lush setting and a vegetable-forward menu, the showcase restaurant of the Commodore Perry Estate, Texas’s only Auberge Resort, has Austinites crashing the garden gates.
News & Politics
June 28, 2021
Dear Austinites, You Have Permission to Move to an Affordable, Weird City: Houston
If you’re trying to buy a home, then you’re probably a grown-up. You deserve a grown-up city—the city of Houston.
Texas History
June 24, 2021
The Strange, Soggy Saga of Glurpo, San Marcos’s Underwater Clown
Apparently, children did not find him creepy in the 1950s.
Film & TV
June 24, 2021
The Year Woody Harrelson Finally Became a Movie Star
Early in his career, Woody Harrelson couldn’t shake his reputation as the country rube from ‘Cheers.’ Here’s how that changed, starting 25 years ago.
Libations
June 23, 2021
9 Texas Gins to Drink Now
These standout bottles make the most of what Texas has to offer, including local ingredients like pecan and lavender.