The Culture
April 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Golden Arm Trio, Texas Bound, the Tejano Conjunto Festival, and the 24-Hour Video Race . . .
Web
Books
April 30, 2011
Life Is Yours to Win
An excerpt from Chapter One.
The Culture
April 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Texas Beer Fest, Lucinda Williams and Erika Wennerstrom, the Battle of Port Jefferson, and Railfest . . .
Music
April 30, 2011
Psychedelic Summit
Fifty-eight bands from around the world play Austin Psych Fest 4 April 29–May 1. Michael Hall sits down with the Black Angels, founders of the festival (and the “Reverberation Appreciation Society”) and rejuvenated psychedelic godfather Roky Erickson.
The Culture
April 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Arcade Fire, the Texas State Surfing Championships, the Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival, and the Wiener Dog Races . . .
Music
April 30, 2011
He Lost a Good Thing
Huey P. Meaux, one of the most successful and significant record producers in Texas history, died last weekend at age 82. He leaves a legacy marked by brilliant songs and some very bad decisions.
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2011
Watergate Still Unfolding at UT’s Ransom Center
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and Robert Redford dished on All the President’s Men,contemporary journalism, and Watergate’s enduring legacy at the LBJ Library Thursday.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 2011
Night of the Living Ed: The Complete Transcript
The complete transcript of a roundtable discussion on public education hosted by TEXAS MONTHLY and published, in edited form, in the May 2011 issue.
The Culture
April 30, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Big Bend Open Road Race, Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival & Chili Cook-off, Itzhak Perlman, and the Buc Days Carnival . . .
Books
April 30, 2011
The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson
An excerpt from Volume 8.
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2011
Design for a Vulnerable Planet
An excerpt from the introduction.
Recipe
April 30, 2011
Ceviche de Hongo
From Alma, in Dallas.
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2011
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Victor Emanuel describes what he likes about these beautiful birds that can be found in Texas.
Music
April 30, 2011
A Conversation With Billy Joe Shaver
The outlaw-country legend on his recent acquittal, his songs, and his friendship with Willie Nelson.
Food & Drink
April 30, 2011
New + Noteworthy
Francesca's at Sunset, San Antonio, and Saldivia South American Grill, Houston.
Food & Drink
April 30, 2011
Alma
PICTURE YOURSELF ON A Mexican-tiled patio as sunlight filters through a rustic roof made of slender wooden latillas. A margarita stands at the ready, droplets of moisture condensing enticingly on the chilled glass. Within arm’s reach on your left is a cast-iron dish piled with chunky guacamole. On your right
The Culture
March 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit, George Saunders, the Old Settler’s Music Festival, and the Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival . . .
The Culture
March 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Ted Nugent, Fiesta San Antonio, the Texas Open, and the Prairie Chicken Festival . . .
The Culture
March 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Ennis Bluebonnet Trails, the Llano Fiddle Fest, the Poteet Strawberry Festival, and the Kilgore Rangerettes . . .
Film & TV
March 31, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor’s Summer in Marfa
One Texan’s tribute to Liz.
The Culture
March 31, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Texas Tornados, the Festival of Ideas, Becoming Kinky: The World According to Kinky Friedman, and the Texas Pinball Festival . . .
Books
March 31, 2011
An Excerpt From Trillin on Texas
IntroductionYes, I do have a Texas connection, but, as we’d say in the Midwest, where I grew up, not so’s you’d know it. I come from an immigrant family. Although my father sounded like Harry Truman and freely used phrases like “Haven’t had so much fun since the hogs ate
Books
March 31, 2011
An Excerpt From Llano Estacado: An Island in the Sky
"Readings," by Sandra Scofield with Jessica Scofield.
Books
March 31, 2011
An Excerpt From Devil Red
Chapter 1We were parked at the curb in Leonard’s car, sitting near a busted-out streetlight. We were looking at a house about a block up. It was a dark house on a dark street next to another dark house, and beyond that was an abandoned baseball field grown up with
Food & Drink
March 31, 2011
New and Noteworthy
Philippe and Haddington's.
Food & Drink
March 31, 2011
Ava Kitchen and Whiskey Bar
Houston
The Culture
March 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
SXSW Style X, the Tolbert Texas State Chili Championship, Bayou City Noir, and the Texas Ghost Show . . .
The Culture
March 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Throw your plans out the window. We scoured the state in search of the top events and offerings, from the opera in Houston and Friday night lights in Odessa to surfing along the coast and hiking in the mountains. Here’s our super select guide to the things you absolutely
The Culture
March 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Honk! TX, Luminaria, the Texas Steel Guitar Jamboree, and the Buffalo Bayou Regatta . . .
The Culture
March 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The San Antonio Living History Association, the Texas Ballet Theater, Dai Due, and SXSW . . .
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 2011
Pearl Jam
A new project in San Antonio marries urban redevelopment and local flavor with a quest for culinary greatness.
The Culture
March 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Rothko Chapel, the Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Mardi Gras! Galveston, and the North Texas Farm Toy Show . . .
The Culture
March 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Robert Duvall, the Steve Miller Band, the Whooping Crane Festival, and “The Thrill of the Chase” . . .
Texas History
March 1, 2011
Texas, My Texas
Read a Q&A with Brian D. Sweany.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2011
New and Noteworthy
Tango & Malbec and Seasons 52.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2011
Congress
Austin
Books
March 1, 2011
The Informationist
Read an excerpt from a new novel by Taylor Stevens.
Books
March 1, 2011
Pym
Read an excerpt from a new novel by Mat Johnson.
Books
March 1, 2011
Don’t Make Me Go to Town
Read an excerpt from a new book by Rhonda Lashley Lopez.
Books
March 1, 2011
The American Wall
Read an excerpt from a new book by Maurice Sherif.
Food & Drink
February 1, 2011
Street Food
At a time when trailer food is all the rage, a few Austin restaurateurs are making the shift from mobile to brick and mortar—and lovin’ it.
The Culture
February 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Blaze Foley, the Black Architecture Project, the Ennis Czech Music Festival, and Willie Nelson . . .
The Culture
February 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Texas vs. the Nation, the South Padre Island Kite Fest, Barbara Smith Conrad, and Eagle Fest . . .
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 2011
For the Birds
Birds resemble art in more ways than one, especially when they force us to address questions of ineffable provenance.
The Culture
February 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Rodney Crowell, Zestfest, the NFL Experience, and the United Nations Film Festival . . .
Recipe
February 1, 2011
Tagliatelle With Brussels Sprouts, Brown Butter, and Hazelnuts
From Chef David Uygur of Lucia, in Dallas.
The Culture
February 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
Pinetop Perkins, Red Hot Patriot, Fredericksburg Wine Road 290, and the Dallas Burlesque Festival . . .
Food & Drink
February 1, 2011
New and Noteworthy
Whiskey Cake Kitchen and Bar and Olmos Park Bistro.
Sports
January 1, 2011
Rose to the Occasion
For longtime TCU fans, the Rose Bowl was a reminder of being snubbed in the school’s heyday. With the victory over Wisconsin, the Horned Frogs have shaken off the ghosts of the past—and taken their rightful place on the national stage.
The Culture
January 1, 2011
The Drop Everything List
The Intergalactic Nemesis, the Cotton Bowl, the Magnificent Seven Ice Sculpting Competition, and the Ted Roddy Elvis Show . . .