Travel & Outdoors
January 17, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: January 17-23
The state's top offerings, from Leon Russell holding court in Dallas to remembering the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King at the Rothko Chapel in Houston.
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January 9, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: January 10-12
The state's top offerings, from the Austin premiere of a film about the dangers facing the Colorado River to the exaltation of black gold in Texas.
Travel & Outdoors
January 2, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: January 3–5
The state's top offerings, from Pop Art cave relic paintings to awe-inspiring NASA imagery set to an out-of-this-world symphony.
Travel & Outdoors
December 27, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Dec. 27-Jan. 5
The state's top offerings, from the Mack Brown's last game as the Longhorns' head football coach to a little taste of the hair of the dog.
Travel & Outdoors
December 19, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: December 20–22
The state's top events and offerings, from Amanda Shires channeling Leonard Cohen to a classic NBA showdown.
Travel & Outdoors
December 13, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Dec 13-15
The state's top events and offerings, from the fifth annual Gingerbread Build-Off to a collection of stained glass masterpieces depicting angels who symbolize early Christian churches in Asia Minor.
Travel & Outdoors
December 5, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Dec. 6-14
The state's top events and offerings, from the fortieth anniversary of Dickens on the Strand to a festival celebrating tamales, the pre-wrapped food that makes a great Christmas gift.
Travel & Outdoors
November 29, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Nov. 29-Dec. 5
The state's top events and offerings, from the Nutcracker in Houston to a glimpse of some of Hollywood's best costumes.
Travel & Outdoors
November 22, 2013
Six JFK Events: November 22
Various groups and organizations around Dallas are hosting events to commemorate the memory and legacy of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in the city in 1963.
Travel & Outdoors
November 15, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Nov. 15-24
The state's top offerings, from musical interpretations of West Texas to a screening of a full-length documentary celebrating Doug Sahm.
Travel & Outdoors
November 8, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: November 8-14
The state's top offerings, from Houston's "Concert Against Hate" to a night out at the Continental Gin Company in Dallas's Deep Ellum district to buy some local art.
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Nov. 1-7
The state's top events and offerings, from the carnivore festival Meatopia to a screening of "Paris, Texas" in Houston.
Travel & Outdoors
October 25, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Oct. 25-31
The state's top events and offerings, from a séance aboard the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa to an exhibition of paños, handkerchief art by Hispanic prisoners.
Travel & Outdoors
October 18, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: October 18-23
The state's top events and offerings, from a viewing of "Brewster McCloud" (which prominently features the Astrodome) to Oktoberfest! at Real Ale Brewing Company.
Travel & Outdoors
October 11, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Oct. 12-17
Steve Earle plays the John T. Floore Country Store in Helotes, and the Texas Renaissance Festival, the largest of its kinds in the nation, kicks off.
Travel & Outdoors
October 11, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events:
DALLASZoo StoryThe filmmaker Kirby Warnock hits on three major themes — radio, records and the blues — in his new hourlong film, When Dallas Rocked. He shows how the Dallas underground radio station KZEW the Zoo, founded in 1973, turned scores of young people on to the alternative sounds
Travel & Outdoors
October 4, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Oct. 4-13
The state's top events and offerings, from Johnny Winter playing blues standards at the Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembrance Ride to the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Travel & Outdoors
September 12, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Sept. 13-20
The state's top event offerings, from a motor-coach tour of North Texas horse country to an art fair hosted by the Art Guys.
Travel & Outdoors
September 6, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: September 5-12
The state's top offerings, from chuck-wagon cookouts at the 25th annual National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration to a performance by Lyle Lovett, without his big band.
Travel & Outdoors
August 30, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: August 30-September 5
The state's top event offerings, from seeing The Relatives play with Augie Meyers to a showcase of the state's best local art.
Travel & Outdoors
August 23, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: August 23-29
The state's top offerings, from seeing Jack Black and the School of Rock perform at the tenth-anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's film to enjoying a Maines family throw-down.
Travel & Outdoors
August 15, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: August 16-August 18
The state's top offerings, from chef Stephan Pyles's farmer's market in San Antonio to the John Wesley Hardin Secret Society's reenactment of Hardin's death in El Paso.
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August 9, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: August 9-11
The state's top offerings, from the Polyphonic Spree's hometown CD-release show in Dallas to a celebration of the Astrodome at an exhibit in Houston.
Travel & Outdoors
August 2, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: August 2-August 4
The state's top offerings, from kayaking Houston's Buffalo Bayou to judging Galveston's Seaweed Art Contest.
Travel & Outdoors
July 26, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: July 26-August 1
The state's top offerings, from singing along to "Daydream Believer" at a Monkees tribute show featuring Michael Nesmith to honoring the memory of Texas's fifth president, Sam Houston.
Food & Drink
July 19, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: July 19-28
The state's top offerings from a screening of a John Wayne classic in Dallas's historic Texas Theatre to getting your fill at the Texas Cheeseburger Festival in Friona.
Travel & Outdoors
July 12, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: July 12-19
The state's top offerings, from watching Janis take the stage to the opening of a new town called Bikinis, Texas.
Travel & Outdoors
July 5, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: July 5-July 11
The state's top offerings, from Beyoncé's world tour to listening to symphonic renditions of the Rolling Stones' songs.
Food & Drink
June 28, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: June 29-July 4
The state's top events and offerings, from Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic to Luling's Watermelon Thump.
The Culture
June 21, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: June 21-30
The state's top offerings, from seeing the stars at the Marfa Film Festival to drinking cheap beers at Gruene Hall in memory of the town's favorite local son, Frank Schlather.
Travel & Outdoors
June 14, 2013
6 Must-Attend Events: June 14-19
The state's top offerings, from a chance to study how bullfighting inspired Ernest Hemingway's work to celebrating Juneteenth in Galveston.
Travel & Outdoors
June 7, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: June 7–June 15
The state's top offerings, from a tailgate viewing of "Friday Night Lights" in Austin to the Chisolm Trail Roundup barbecue cookoff in Lockhart.
Travel & Outdoors
May 31, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: May 31-June 2
The state's top offerings, from the Sandcastle Competition in Galveston to the Accordion Kings & Queens festival in Houston.
Travel & Outdoors
May 24, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: May 24-29
The state's top offerings from seeing some of the top street artists' work to hearing the Sixth Floor Museum's founders talk about the importance of the institution to Dallas and JFK's memory.
Travel & Outdoors
May 17, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: May 17-22
The state's top offerings, from watching the final installment of the "Before Sunrise" trilogy with Richard Linklater to seeing fourteen-year-old Guan Tianlang try to become the first male amateur to win a PGA tournament since Phil Mickelson.
Travel & Outdoors
May 10, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: May 10-19
The state's top offerings from hearing Philip Glass perform his score for "Dracula" at Jones Hall in Houston to hearing Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks at their only American tour date currently on their calendar.
Travel & Outdoors
May 3, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: May 3-10
Some of the state's top offerings, from the Art Car Parade in Houston to Ray Price performing George Jones hits at Gruene Hall.
Travel & Outdoors
April 26, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: April 26-29
The state's top offering's, from hearing powerful poetry in Round Top to celebrating Willie's eightieth birthday and helping the citizens of West at a benefit concert in Austin.
Travel & Outdoors
April 19, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: April 19-28
Some of the state's top offerings, from getting retro at the Texas VW Classic in Fredericksburg to eating mudbugs at the Texas Crawfish & Music Festival in Old Town Spring.
Travel & Outdoors
April 12, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events April 12-21
The state's top offerings, from a sneak peek at horse racing's finest thoroughbreds at Grand Prairie's Lone Star Park to the Old Settlers Music Festival in Austin.
Travel & Outdoors
April 5, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: April 5-April 11
The state's top events and offerings from the Deep Ellum Art Festival (complete with pet parade) to a collection of Dr. Seuss's unusual hats.
Travel & Outdoors
March 29, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: March 29-April 6
The state's top events and offerings, from the Houston Astros taking on the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball's opening day game to the Texas Dance Hall Preservation concert at Anhalt Hall.
Travel & Outdoors
March 22, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Mar. 22-26
The state's top events and offerings, from Houston artists Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen exploring issues of excess and false comforts and Gary Clark Jr.'s new Maverick Music Festival.
Travel & Outdoors
March 15, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Mar. 15-21
The state's top events and offerings, from the Buffalo Bayou Regatta, in Houston, to Antone's Farewell to Fifth, in Austin.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: March 1-
The state's top events and offerings, like the twentieth anniversary celebration of "Dazed and Confused," Kelly Clarkson in Grand Prairie, and the Dallas Blooms festival.
Travel & Outdoors
February 22, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events Feb. 23-28
The state's top events and offerings, from the last showing of "A Ride With Bob" in Austin to seeing four contestants vie to be the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist.
The Culture
February 15, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events Feb. 15-24
The state's top events and offerings, from the last showing of "A Ride With Bob" in Austin to seeing Mike Tyson perform onstage in his one-man show in Grand Prairie.
Travel & Outdoors
February 8, 2013
Six Must-Attend Events: Feb. 8-15
The state's top events and offerings, from parking at a drive-in theater with your sweetheart to channeling your inner cowboy at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 2013
Six Events During February 1–8
Throw your plans out the window. We scoured the state in search of the top events and offerings, from the honoring the death of rock legend Buddy Holly to Mardi Gras in Galveston and Fredericksburg. Here’s our super select guide to the things you absolutely can’t afford to miss.[February 1–12]
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
Charlie Rose interviews the Kennedys, the Rules of Basketball, BB King, and Grupo Fantasmo . . .