The Culture
January 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Ruby Jane Smith, Return of the Herd of Harpsichords, Sarah Jarosz, and the Texas A&M Singing Cadets . . .
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Music
January 1, 2012
Norah Jones’s Country Music Playlist
To celebrate For the Good Times, the new album by the Little Willies, Norah Jones's country cover band, the singer shares five of her favorite tracks by Texas songwriters.
The Culture
January 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Willie Nelson and Friends, Cowgirl Round-up and Showdeo, Black Eyed Pea and Cornbread Cookoff, and a New Year's Eve show in Emo's new digs . . .
Web Exclusive
January 1, 2012
Peggy Railey
The wife of a prominent Dallas minister, who was left for dead some 24 years ago in her garage, finally dies after spending years in a nursing home in Tyler.
The Culture
January 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Sara Hickman, Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsyth, a TubaMeisters Christmas, and the von Trapp family sings . . .
News & Politics
January 1, 2012
Why We Chose Rick Perry as Our 2012 Bum Steer of the Year
We only need 53 seconds to explain.
Food & Drink
January 1, 2012
New + Noteworthy
The Bird & the Bear and Bistro 31.
Food & Drink
January 1, 2012
Campo
BY THE TIME MATT McCallister opens his own restaurant—sometime this year—the thirty-year-old wunderchef will have had more local media coverage than most cooks get in a lifetime. Self-taught, he started as a lowly pantry cook at Stephan Pyles’s eponymous Dallas restaurant in 2006. He then became executive chef and master
Art
December 1, 2011
Six Must-See Museums and Collections
Six members from Women for the Arts share which museums, collections, and venues travelers should not miss.
The Culture
December 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Mavs vs. the Heat, Lavelle White in Austin, RG3 takes on the Alamo Bowl, and Hayes Carll plays the John T. Floore Country Store . . .
Sports
December 1, 2011
The Texas Quarterback Boom Continues
Robert Griffin III, who led Baylor to its best season in decades and won the Heisman Trophy, is the latest stick of dynamite in the Texas quarterback boom.
Web Exclusive
December 1, 2011
From Screening Movies to Releasing Them
Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League starts an independent film distribution company, but can he make it work?
The Culture
December 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Polyphonic Spree, Breakfast with the Cranes, YouTube tournament, and O. Henry's Gifts of the Magi . . .
Web Exclusive
December 1, 2011
Unsolved Mystery
It has been twenty years since four teenage girls were murdered in a north Austin yogurt shop—and still no answers.
Music
December 1, 2011
Need Some Gift Ideas?
We got you covered. Representatives from three independent record stores in Texas recommend recent releases from local artists to give as gifts to music fans.
The Culture
December 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Tamales! Holiday Festival, the Nutcracker, Holiday Wine Trail, and the Charlie Daniels Band . . .
Border & Immigration
December 1, 2011
Living With the Border Fence
The border fence cuts through a Valley farmer's property, upending his family's life.
The Culture
December 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Kinky Friedman's Hanukkah Tour, Mariachi Mass, Renegade Craft Fair, and Jamie Foxx . . .
Music
December 1, 2011
A Dallas Church Preserves Robert Johnson’s Legacy
First Presbyterian Church's plan to renovate 508 Park Ave., the building where the legendary bluesman recorded almost half of his famous discography, has music lovers and historians cheering.
The Culture
December 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Brittney Griner, East Austin Studio Tour, the Trains at NorthPark, and the World Gaming Championship . . .
Food & Drink
December 1, 2011
New + Noteworthy
One Art and Private Social.
Food & Drink
December 1, 2011
Velvet Taco
I ORDERED AT THE COUNTER and took a seat on a metal stool at a big varnished wood table near wall-to-wall windows. My dinner arrived in a paper wrapper, and I ate it with my hands and a spork. Distraction consisted of watching a motley crew of fellow diners
Web Exclusive
December 1, 2011
A Q&A With Nate Blakeslee
The senior editor on why Texas has taken the lead in fighting new EPA air pollution regulations and what will become the fuel of choice for the next generation of power plants in Texas and around the country.
Food & Drink
December 1, 2011
I Say Burrito, You Say Taco
Our top-notch team of anonymous reviewers have some strong words on what to call those delicious tortillas filled with things like eggs, beans, or chorizo. Regardless of semantics, though, they all like to eat them.
The Culture
October 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Big Sing, the Texas Conference for Women, Billy Joe Shaver, and Wurstfest in New Braunfels . . .
Music
October 31, 2011
Rocky Ascent
Dusty Hill's older brother, Rocky Hill, has been called the "best guitarist you've never heard of," but the recent release of Texas Guitar Legend aims to change that.
The Culture
October 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Jimmie Vaughan returns to Oak Cliff, UFOs in Laredo, the Cinema Arts Festival, and Stephen King on the JFK Assassination . . .
Food & Drink
October 31, 2011
Diffee Does the Texas Monthly BBQ Fest
What one man overheard at this year’s celebration of the best pitmasters in the state, righteous smoked meats, and passionate ’cue lovers.
Sports
October 31, 2011
Strike Two
With two chances to win the World Series with a single strike, the championship slipped away from the Rangers for the second year in a row.
Web Exclusive
October 31, 2011
Narrating the Night Sky
San Antonio's Sandy Wood has been the voice of StarDate for twenty years.
The Culture
October 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Texas Country Reporter Festival, Guy Clark, Dude of the Dead Music Festival, and Girl in a Coma . . .
Sports
October 31, 2011
Cowboys 52, Texans 10
After ten seasons as a major NFL franchise, the Houston Texans are picking up some fans, but the blood of Texas still pumps Cowboy blue.
Recipe
October 31, 2011
Green Asparagus Risotto With Jumbo Lump Crab
From Executive Chef Maurizio Ferrarese of Quattro at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Houston.
Web Exclusive
October 31, 2011
A Q&A With Rick Bass
The author on hunting deer, knowing the land, and writing about his family.
Recipe
October 31, 2011
Cebiche
From Felix 55, in Houston.
Food & Drink
October 31, 2011
New + Noteworthy
Le Chat Noir Eatery and Dough Pizzeria Napoletana.
Food & Drink
October 31, 2011
Felix 55
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS. Making assumptions. Forming snap judgments. Call it what you will, we all do it, me included. So when I found myself at the address for Felix 55, staring at what looked like an upscale bar with a restaurant attached, my first reaction was, Michael Kramer is cooking
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 2011
Bed, Breakfast, and Beyond
From tranquil lodging in the middle of bustling Houston to candle-lit breakfasts near the beach, these five B&Bs are guaranteed to please.
The Culture
September 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Fire Relief benefit concert, Poncho Sanchez, Lone Star Gourd Festival, and a screening of Some Girls Live in Texas 78 . . .
The Culture
September 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The World Series, ZZ Top, Costume Art Ball, and the Texas Mushroom Festival . . .
Music
September 30, 2011
Putting the Band Back Together
Thunder Soul, a documentary about the Kashmere High School Stage Band's return to the stage after 35 years, makes a powerful argument for the necessity of arts education.
The Culture
September 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Dolly Parton, 85 years at the Witte Museum, Red River Rivalry, and the Texas Rose Festival . . .
Sports
September 30, 2011
Peter Gent, 1942-2011
The author and former Cowboys wide receiver died in his hometown of Bangor, Michigan, on Friday at the age of 69. Our coverage of North Dallas Forty (both the novel and the movie) through the years.
Music
September 30, 2011
The Big Bend Theory
Tiny and remote Marfa is poised to be a rock-star magnet.
The Culture
September 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Roky Erickson, the Orchid Festival, Texas Literary Life with Sarah Bird and Stephen Harrigan, and SXSW Eco . . .
Sports
September 30, 2011
Winning Halftime
When the Rice MOB marches, stodginess scatters.
Food & Drink
September 30, 2011
New + Noteworthy
Kushi Yama and El Alma.
Food & Drink
September 30, 2011
BC Tavern
HOW PAINFUL MUST IT BE for a restaurant’s owners to admit that the place is kaput? That a once celebrated destination has come to the end of the road and needs to be—gasp—put down? But after cozy Austin restaurant Zoot departed the neighborhood where it had been for eighteen
Web Exclusive
September 30, 2011
Incriminating Documents
A peek at the internal FLDS documents that the state used to convict Warren Jeffs.
Travel & Outdoors
August 31, 2011
Head for the Hills
With its artisanal wares, fine dining, and rich history, Kerrville offers a dose of Hill Country charm without the crowds.