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The city’s resourceful artists are connecting with audiences everywhere but on stage. Read Story

Six questions to ponder about the Longhorns' coaching switcheroo, while we wait for Sarkisian to arrive in Austin. Read Story

Louise Raggio fought to pass a landmark law that gave equal rights to Texas women. Read Story
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Plus: Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Love and Hip-Hop’ audition is eerily prophetic, Nick Jonas stars in ‘Jersey Boys,’ and Selena Gomez drops a new Spanish single.

The Austin artist has been creating distinctive, large-scale collages for years.

The curse of Houston is a curse of management, which makes it the saddest of all.

The podcaster on her affinity for scammers and her Texas roots.
Music

This spring, I learned more about Willie Nelson than I ever wanted to know. Over the 22 years I’ve lived in Texas, four of them spent working at Texas Monthly, I’ve only heard snatches of song titles and lyrics. It’s not that I don’t think Nelson is a good musician; I just didn’t think about him, mostly because country music wasn’t my thing. But it wasn’t until I helped fact-check… Read Story
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We rank the most memorable protagonists in the Texas director’s film catalog, from ‘El Mariachi’ to ‘Machete’.

The HBO Max docuseries, which centers on a wealthy Vietnamese American family in Houston, balances new-money sensibility with the unglamorous truths of being stuck between two cultures.

The new docuseries follows tiny Strawn High School's six-player football team in its quest for a three-peat.

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.

Melissa Maerz’s new book is a raucous reunion for the cast and crew of the film, whose depiction of the insecurities and thrills of teenage life have made it timeless.

Bassam Tariq's first feature film, which he cowrote with the British-Pakistani rapper and actor Riz Ahmed, makes its Texas debut this week.

The owner of the now-shuttered Austin mainstay I Luv Video hopes to ensure the collection remains publicly accessible.

The film follows Texans who are waiting, hoping, and fighting for news of their missing sons.
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For nearly a quarter century, this bohemian venue and ”social sculpture” has been a gathering place for poets, performance artists, and even a rooster or two. Read Story
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The curse of Houston is a curse of management, which makes it the saddest of all.

Maybe Deshaun Watson has had enough of the Houston Texans. Enough losing, enough playoff meltdowns, enough dumb trades, enough physical beatdowns. Maybe it’s as simple as that. He may see J.J. Watt as a cautionary tale, a great player who wasted his best years on losing teams, and Watson doesn’t…

"We can sell. And we need to be respected."

Six questions to ponder about the Longhorns' coaching switcheroo, while we wait for Sarkisian to arrive in Austin.

The superstar defensive end has probably played his last game for the Houston Texans. They should remember him properly.