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Texas Country Reporter
May 26, 2023
The Niche Czech Radio Show That Still Reaches Listeners After Fifty Years
Radio DJ David Kolar hosts The American Czech Hour, which broadcasts from Hillsboro across a 25-mile radius.
Czech
Style & Design
August 30, 2019
The Traditional Czech Gowns Capable of Withstanding Texas Heat
Kroj dresses have a significant role in WestFest, a yearly Texas Czech festival.
Recipes
March 4, 2014
Kolaches
You should really Czech out this recipe for the delicious pastry.
Food & Drink
December 11, 2013
Kolaches for Christmas, Anyone? Your Gift Guide to Mail Orders From West, Texas
What's a better gift than Christmas-morning kolaches? Christmas kolaches ordered from West, Texas.
West, TX
August 13, 2013
The Line of Fire
When flames erupted at the West Fertilizer Company plant, the members of the local volunteer fire department pulled on their bunker gear and jumped in their trucks, just like they always do.
Politics & Policy
April 24, 2013
West, Texas: The Czech Republic Has Your Back
The Eastern European country intends to offer assistance to the West community—three quarters of which is of Czech descent—following the explosion of a fertilizer plant last week.
Books
January 20, 2013
Bohemian Rhapsody
An ambitious, sometimes bewildering, debut novel about Czech Texas.
Web Exclusive
March 1, 2012
A Q&A With Stephen Harrigan
The author and contributing editor on making kolaches, tracing roots, and writing personal stories.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Where Is My Home?
A culinary obsession that began decades ago in my grandmother’s kitchen sent me on a quest through Central Texas (and way beyond) for kolaches—not the best ones but the ones that would lead me to myself.
Music
June 30, 1977
They’re Playing Their Song
It takes all kinds of ethnic music to make the world go round.
Texas History
May 31, 1976
Our Town
Every small town is different; every small town is the same.