Being Texan
May 6, 2022
Meet the Mermaids (Yes, Mermaids) at a San Antonio Aquarium
Kids from nine to ninety will get a kick out of watching the Alamo City’s most mythical sea creatures swim with sharks and pose for selfies.
Texas Monthly Recommends
Film & TV
April 22, 2022
TM Recommends: Watch Out for Lizzo’s ‘Big Grrrls’
Plus: A lyrical, blistering new memoir and a four-dollar answer to dinner.
Music
April 8, 2022
TM Recommends: A Tamale-Making Class From One of the Greats
Plus: swing by an Austin jazz festival, then listen to a record dedicated to a SpongeBob SquarePants character on your way home.
Sports
March 25, 2022
TM Recommends: Take Me Out to the Sandlot
Texas baseball is back. Plus: pickles so good they transport you back to childhood.
Film & TV
March 4, 2022
TM Recommends: A Transportive TikTok Travel Agent
Plan your next road trip, work out, and binge-watch with our staff’s help.
Music
February 18, 2022
TM Recommends: A Glorious Georgetown Hike
Plus: a Motown dance party and an existential visit to West Texas.
Music
February 4, 2022
TM Recommends: An Austin Musician and a Drag Star Walk Into a Bar . . .
Listen to the unforeseen collaboration between Shakey Graves and Trixie Mattel.
Books
January 21, 2022
Texas Monthly Recommends: A True-Crime Tale of Two Murders
‘Blood and Money’ has it all: new oil money, an equestrian heiress, a handsome plastic surgeon, River Oaks mansions, and gossip-worthy trials.
Film & TV
December 17, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Contemplative, Beautifully Shot Western
‘The Power of the Dog,’ featuring Dallas-born Jesse Plemons, is well worth your time.
Sports
December 3, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Game of Spikeball
The only limit to where it can be played is your imagination.
BBQ
November 5, 2021
TM Recommends: A Dallas Festival That Blends Blues and Barbecue
Plus: a podcast series on self-help guru Rachel Hollis and a strange new single from Teezo Touchdown.
Style & Design
October 22, 2021
TM Recommends: Browse Beautiful Handmade Pottery at Gruene’s Texas Clay Festival
It’s a chance to buy your holiday presents early, the way you always swear you will.
Music
September 27, 2021
TM Recommends: 2021 Austin City Limits Music Festival Edition
Two-step with Strait, twerk with Megan, and don’t miss these six other acts during the first two weekends in October.
Libations
September 17, 2021
Dry Creek Cafe, an Old-school Dive Bar on Lake Austin, Is Closing After 68 Years
You’ve got until October 31 to stop by for a cold one.
Music
September 3, 2021
TM Recommends: Listen to St. Vincent Covering Metallica
Plus: The simple pleasure of H-E-B’s tres leches cake and emerging Houston-raised artist Zach Person’s debut album.
Books
August 20, 2021
TM Recommends: Read a Dane’s Assessment of Texas Culture
Plus: Some yummy Mexican pastries in Austin and an early collection of Sandra Cisneros poetry.
Being Texan
August 6, 2021
These Photos of Abandoned Buildings Will Transport You to a Bygone Texas
Plus: a trip to Ruby City and a podcast that will spice up your weeknights.
Where to Stay Now
July 23, 2021
Time-Travel to 1920s El Paso at the Gardner Hotel
Plus: guitarist Cameron Knowler’s new album, Connie Britton in ‘The White Lotus,’ and a good ol’ country drive.
Music
July 2, 2021
TM Recommends: A Serene West Texas Agave Garden
Plus: a Panhandle music label, a Dallas poetry podcast, and a groovy Khruangbin remix.
Art
May 7, 2021
TM Recommends: See Modern Art (and Eat Delicious Food) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Plus: a nine-year-old Texan steals the show in ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and a podcast revisits the 2003 backlash against the Chicks.
Books
April 23, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Lesser-Known Larry McMurtry Book
‘Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen’ offers a glimpse at the author’s life in Archer City. Plus: a boxed wine club and food pop-ups in Houston and Austin.
Travel & Outdoors
April 2, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Wildflower Drive
It’s one of the great rites of spring in Texas.
Books
March 5, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: An Old-fashioned General Store in Houston
Plus: a coming-of-age novel set in El Paso and new music from Post Malone and Black Pumas.
Music
January 22, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: Nighttime Kayaking
Plus: the cult classic ‘Veronica Mars,’ Selena Gomez's new single, and a plant-based burger joint.
Art
January 8, 2021
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Funky Austin Vintage Shop
Plus: online classes at Austin Bat Cave, embroidery patterns from a Bryan designer, and the best Texas-themed Instagram accounts.
The Culture
December 18, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A West Texas Animal Shelter
Plus: the pleasures of pickling, a feminist take on the Mexican Revolution, and a Georgetown jeweler.
Film & TV
November 20, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Nuanced Documentary on Lance Armstrong
Plus, a San Marcos studio that specializes in hand-printed goods, an Austin group supporting women of color, and Richard Linklater’s new animal rescue show.
Books
October 30, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Soothing Japanese Bookstore in Houston, Austin, and North Texas
Plus, a psychedelic music festival, Fat Tony's new album, and a book that casts a critical eye on the true-crime genre.
Where to Stay Now
October 16, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Cozy, Retro Stay in Terlingua
Plus, a new art exhibit about the borderlands, a music compilation by many Texas artists, and Casa Colombia.
The Culture
September 18, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Caterpillar That Builds a Tiny House for Itself
Plus, a Netflix show featuring Tootsie Tomanetz, an Austin band’s wistful album, and a digital marketplace supporting local artisans.
Books
August 21, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: UT’s Summer Reading List
Plus: a free fridge project in Austin, novels by Jennifer duBois, and Garden Marcus’s soothing TikToks.
Film & TV
August 7, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: The New Go-Go’s Documentary
Plus, Megan Thee Stallion’s latest collaboration, a true crime podcast about a UT campus murder, and a Dallas-based online vintage shop.
Books
July 24, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Larry McMurtry’s ‘Texasville’
Plus, a podcast hosted by a UT alum and native North Texan, a restaurant with the best banh mi in Dallas, and a show about Austin’s roller derby scene.
Film & TV
July 10, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Netflix’s Adaptation of ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’
Plus, re-creating a classic Texas cookie and sampling H-E-B's drive-through barbecue.
Music
June 12, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Black Pumas’ Cover of ‘Fast Car’
Plus, Richard Linklater’s ‘Before Sunrise’ and a forgotten moment in Texas rodeo history.
Parks & Recs
May 29, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Making a Backyard Water Park
Plus, Tina Lawson's Instagram and an especially comforting cookie.
Music
May 15, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: ‘The Pushback,’ A Documentary About the State’s Rapidly Changing Political Landscape
Plus, a longread that dives to the deepest places on earth and Molly Burch’s cover of Ariana Grande’s ‘Needy.’
Food
May 1, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Changing Up the Classic King Ranch Casserole
Plus, ‘My Darling Vivian,’ a party game for social distancing, and puzzles from the San Antonio Museum of Art.
Art
April 17, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Crafting Your Way Through Quarantine
Plus, a profile of La’Darius Marshall from Netflix’s ‘Cheer,’ flour from Barton Springs Mill, and ‘Naked and Afraid.’
Books
April 3, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: E-books From Your Public Library
Plus, a debut album by Texas duo Broken Revival, the television show ’Kidding,’ and to-go margaritas.
Books
March 20, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: ‘Copper Stain: ASARCO’s Legacy in El Paso’
Plus, the cheesiest small business in Austin, a nature preserve on the outskirts of Dallas County, and a viral dance challenge.
Music
March 7, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Demi Lovato’s Comeback Song
Plus, something from the St. Vincent x Outdoor Voices collection, a Facebook group admiring Texas’s landscape, and a Fredericksburg candle company.
Art
February 21, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: Taco Night at Zavala’s Barbecue
Plus, artist Shyama Golden, a podcast connecting Texas A&M AgriLife to an underground mango trade, and plenty more.
Music
February 7, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’
Plus, a heartwarming Instagram post from Erykah Badu and the perfect anti-Valentine’s Day event.
Books
January 10, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A UNT Alum’s National Book Award-Winning Memoir ‘The Yellow House’
Plus, the best contestant on Netflix’s reality show ’The Circle’ and Megan Thee Stallion and Normani's new collaboration.
Film & TV
December 20, 2019
Texas Monthly Recommends: Our Favorite Films of 2019
This year saw the release of gripping documentaries, a drama set in space, and more.
Arts & Entertainment
December 6, 2019
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Mike Judge Production About Blaze Foley
Plus, a Dallas museum for holiday photos, a book about old Hollywood, and late-night pho in Houston.
Books
November 15, 2019
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Time Traveling Novel Based in Galveston
Plus: JM Stevens’ solo debut album, a documentary examining the border crisis through art, and an El Paso cereal bar.
Film & TV
November 1, 2019
Texas Monthly Recommends: The Nation’s Tallest Catrina Statue Is in McAllen
Plus, a Houston beer garden, a Frisco soft serve shop, and a chilling horror flick.
Food
October 18, 2019
Texas Monthly Recommends: Sarah Jaffe’s ‘This Is Better’
Plus, a clothing company that sports El Paso pride and a one-stop shop for Mexican treats in Houston.