The Culture
January 21, 2013
FLDS Church Dealt Another Blow
A Texas appeals court upheld the child sexual assault conviction of sixty-year-old Allan Keate, an FLDS member and follower of Warren Jeffs.
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January 21, 2013
SXSW Film: The “Bernie” Screening
Richard Linklater's newest movie received a rollicking hometown reception.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Matthew McConaughey: GTT
Matthew McConaughey reveals that he has moved back to Austin.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
A Blow to Weird Austin
Leslie, homeless icon and local celebrity, passed away early Thursday morning.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Texas Forever for Taylor Kitsch
The Friday Night Lights heartthrob tells GQ he's building a house on the lake in Austin.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Richard Linklater’s New Movie Trailer
Bernie, which is set in Carthage, opens nationwide on April 27 and stars Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Would You Pay $15,000 For a Case of Dublin Dr Pepper?
The director of Bottled Up, a documentary about the now-deceased iconic Texas beverage, is offering a case (and executive producer credit) to anyone who donates $15,000 to help him complete his film.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
More East Texas Towns are Going Wet
Two stories explore what is happening in East Texas as more and more towns vote to sell alcohol.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Cormac McCarthy Rewrites Science
The formerly reclusive author moonlights as a copy editor, taking his red pen to Quantum Man, a biography of a physicist.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Parodied on ‘SNL’
Maya Rudolph stars as the singer in a nearly seven-minute long Saturday Night Live skit that also features Prince, Brangelina, and Nicki Minaj.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Bill O’Reilly Calls Willie Nelson a “Creep”
Bill O'Reilly called Willie Nelson a “creep” on Fox and Friends Thursday morning for glamorizing drug use.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Conan Stars in Live-Action Graphic Novel Written by Austinites
The Intergalactic Nemesis, a nationally acclaimed "live-action graphic novel" show, appeared on Conan, with the talk show host playing the lead.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
“Friday Night Lights” Kicks Off Again
A possible fourth iteration of Friday Night Lights would focus on “Mad Pirate” Mike Leach.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Own Stars: What Are Your Favorite Texas Celebs Up To?
Mariah carey punches leann rimes
The Culture
January 21, 2013
“Cormac McCarthy” Twitter Account Debunked in Record Time
But “@cormaccmccarthy” still has more than 3,200 followers.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Own Stars: What Are Your Favorite Texas Celebs Up To?
Dennis Rodman starts a topless women's basketball team, Jamie Foxx fights another scandal, and Deion Sanders gets a dose of "real talk."
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Own Stars: What Are Your Favorite Texas Celebs Up To?
Drew Brees learns how to get to Sesame Street, Candy Spelling hoards Beanie Babies, and Sandra Bullock smuggles sausage.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Should U of H Professors Worry About Giving James Franco a Bad Grade?
A former professor at NYU claims he lost his job after giving the actor a "D" for skipping nearly every class.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Boys of the Dipper Ranch
On 50,000 acres that they have mostly to themselves (not including their hounds, mules, horses, cattle, chickens, piglets, and parents), Jasper, Trevor, and Tanner Klein live a life almost untouched by the modern world.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Exile’s Lament
Even after I moved to Los Angeles, there was no question that I’d always be a Texan at heart. But what about my daughter?
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Mother Knows Least
I was thrilled when my daughter began learning a second language at day care. But what was I supposed to do when my three-year-old started engaging in conversations I couldn’t understand?
The Culture
January 21, 2013
The Education of Mi Hijita
My daughter is only two, but I’m already planning to teach her what it means to be a Texan—and a Tejana.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
I Shall Never Surrender or Retreat . . .
. . . from teaching my fifteen-year-old daughter about her Texas roots. So when I realized I was failing to accomplish this most sacred of duties, I did what any well-meaning parent would do: loaded her (and her friends, of course) into the car and hit the road.
The Texanist
January 21, 2013
The Texanist’s Parenting Quiz
How are you doing as a raiser of authentic Texan offspring? Take this handy quiz and find out.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz
The executive editor on witnessing the rise and fall of John Friend, creator of Anusara yoga.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Downward Dog
Over the past fifteen years, John Friend turned his Woodlands–based Anusara style of yoga into an internationally popular brand. Then, in the space of a few weeks, it became hopelessly twisted amid a wild series of accusations of sexual and financial improprieties.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With John Spong
The senior editor on why the Alamo is so important, how Fess Parker and Davy Crockett sparked a phenomenon in the fifties, and what Phil Collins is really like.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Come and Take a Look at Me Now
Against all odds, Phil Collins has turned himself into a world-class Alamo buff who will happily talk your ear off about Santa Anna and Davy Crockett. Can you feel it coming in the Bexar tonight?
Texas History
January 20, 2013
Ring of Fire
On November 18, 1999, at 2:42 a.m., the most passionately observed collegiate tradition in Texas—if not the world—came crashing down. Nearly sixty people were on top of the Texas A&M Bonfire when the million-pound structure collapsed, killing twelve, wounding dozens more, and eventually leading to the suspension of the ninety-year-old
The Culture
January 20, 2013
151–175
From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin
The Culture
January 20, 2013
126–150
From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station
The Culture
January 20, 2013
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
The Culture
January 20, 2013
51–75
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
The Culture
January 20, 2013
26–50
From Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore beginning their affair in Richardson to Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Johnson graduating from high school in Port Arthur
The Culture
January 20, 2013
1–25
From dinosaurs roaming the Paluxy in Glen Rose to Lance Armstrong joining his first cycling team in Richardson
The Culture
January 20, 2013
151–175
From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin
The Culture
January 20, 2013
126–150
From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station
The Culture
January 20, 2013
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
The Culture
January 20, 2013
51–75
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
The Culture
January 20, 2013
26–50
From Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore beginning their affair in Richardson to Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Johnson graduating from high school in Port Arthur
The Culture
January 20, 2013
1–25
From dinosaurs roaming the Paluxy in Glen Rose to Lance Armstrong joining his first cycling team in Richardson
The Culture
January 20, 2013
The Last Pageant Show
Faced with stiff competition from reality shows, is the decades-long tradition of Miss Texas in decline? Not if a few determined queens can help it.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
The Belle Curve
Sexist, shmexist: For pure viewing enjoyment, my feminist friends and I know that nothing can match the Miss America Pageant.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
Time Will Tell
I saw my first historical marker as a Cub Scout in Pack 291. Nearly thirty years later, I’m still hooked on the story of Texas.
The Texanist
January 20, 2013
The Texanist: Are Gulf Oysters Really an Aphrodisiac?
Oyster aphrodisiacs, hat manners, drill team attire, and why a man needs a weekender.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
Everything We Could Tell You About . . . A Happy Marriage
NAMES: Melvin and Minnie Lou Scott | AGES: 101 and 100 | HOMETOWN: Frankston | QUALIFICATIONS: Married eighty years ago on November 11, 1927 / The first of five living generations (one son, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren)• We married at a traveling marvel show. It was like
The Culture
January 20, 2013
How to Shoot a .22
Rites of passage dot the path to becoming a true Texan—riding a horse, having your picture taken with Big Tex—but few are as iconic as learning to fire a rifle. Although there are a variety of types, beginners often train with a .22-caliber. “That’s because there’s minimal recoil, and the
The Culture
January 20, 2013
Here Comes the Neighborhood
Preston Hollow gets its Bush back.