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May 23, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: May 23-May 29
The state's top offerings, from iconic pop art in San Antonio to a fiddling extravaganza in Athens.
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May 16, 2014
Untroubled Waters
Drifting down the river—and through the shops and restaurants—in quiet but quirky Bastrop.
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May 16, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: May 15-May 19
Hear Neil deGrasse Tyson wax philosophical about our bizarre solar system or take a bite from a world-record-setting strawberry shortcake.
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May 8, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: May 9-May 15
The state's top offerings, from seeing celebrity softball in Round Rock to hearing the harrowing tale of a Navy SEAL in Houston.
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May 1, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: May 2-May 8
The state's top offerings, from a camping-concert experience near Austin to a sure-to-be spirited discussion with Larry McMurty in Dallas.
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May 1, 2014
Trip Guide: New Orleans
There is something wonderfully anachronistic about traveling by train in this modern age. And I’m not talking about workaday back-and-forth commuting on some dreary regional transit full of pallid stiffs. Quite the opposite: I mean real rail travel, travel the old-fashioned way—a weekend summer sojourn by way of a
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April 24, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: April 25-May 1
The state's top offerings, from crazy cardboard watercrafts in Arlington to the imaginative talent of Trenton Doyle Hancock in Houston.
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April 23, 2014
Damn This Traffic Jam
Infographic illustration by Luke Shuman. Click to enlarge.When the INRIX company released its annual list of America’s most congested cities, the big news for Texans was that for the second year in a row, Austin was ranked the fourth-most-congested city in America—up from sixth two
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April 17, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: April 18-April 24
The state's top offerings, from a bevy of food and drink in Sugar Land to a John Wayne bonanza in Dallas.
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April 17, 2014
13 Summer Weekend Getaways
That's what summer boils down to: Thirteen opportunities to rip up your Friday-to-Sunday routine and go in search of adventure on the high plains. Or utter Relaxation along a languid East Texas river. Or cooler climes inthe historic heart of santa fe. Or the tastiest red enchiladas in El Paso.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Austin
Recovering at a luxurious (and kid-free!) adult summer camp.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Galveston
A carefully designed, kid-friendly romp through a historic city by the sea.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Oaxaca
Unwinding in Mexico’s fertile crescent of arts and crafts (and moles).
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend at Baffin Bay
Fishing for solitude—and trophy trout—in a coastal idyll.
Music
April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Houston
A tour of the city’s rich musical legacy (and some two-stepping).
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Dallas
Glitzing it up around Big D (as in, “Downtown”).
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in the Angelina National Forest
Finding peace and quiet behind the pine curtain.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend: San Antonio to New Orleans
An extended Big Easy debauch by way of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Santa Fe
Strolling for hours through the Southwestern city that got away.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Rockport
Tracking down that elusive beach weekend of your dreams.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend at Palo Duro Canyon
A father-daughter duo chase history in Texas’s grand Canyon.
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April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Wimberley
Hill Country glamping in the ultimate tent for two.
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April 10, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: April 11-April 17
The state's top offerings, from buzzed-about art exhibits in Dallas to a carnivore's dream in Driftwood.
Sports
April 9, 2014
Diamonds Are Forever
Catch a day game, snag a foul ball, and yes, go for that third hot dog.
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April 3, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: April 4-April 10
The state's top offerings, from pushing the boundaries in Houston to contemplating the border in Richardson.
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March 27, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: March 28–April 3
The state's top offerings, from taking a peek behind the scenes of "King of the Hill" to harkening back to the pinball wizards of one's childhood.
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March 20, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: March 21–March 27
The state's top offerings, from celebrating the mud dauber in Luckenbach to cheering on obstacle course contestants in Smithville.
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March 14, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: March 14–March 20
The state's top offerings, from going hog wild in Bandera to foot-stompin' blues in Austin.
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March 7, 2014
¿Viva Terlingua?
A frontier town copes with a murder’s aftermath.
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March 6, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: March 7–March 13
The state's top offerings, from Edward Snowden's speech at SXSW to the Texas artists you need to know about now.
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March 6, 2014
Greener Pastures
With its craft beers, kale smoothies, and vintage LPs, Dallas’s Lower Greenville stakes its claim as one of the state’s newest hip neighborhoods.
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February 27, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: February 28–March 6
The state's top offerings, from another British invasion (sort of) to an education revolution.
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February 20, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: February 21–February 23
The state's top offerings, from Shearwater's latest tour stop to the next great film and music fest you've probably never heard of.
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February 14, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: February 14–February 23
The state's top offerings, from seeing Sam Shepherd's manuscripts up close and personal to saving the world's whooping cranes.
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February 11, 2014
Can You Dig It?
Reading about old bones can be boring. Seeing them with your own eyes is a whole other story.
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February 6, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: February 7–February 16
The state's top offerings, from a photographic essay on mental illness to musings on God and the prospect of nuclear war.
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January 30, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: January 31–February 8
The state's top offerings, from Malcolm Gladwell's latest fascinating theory to all the world's birds in a single Texas locale (well, maybe not all of them).
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January 23, 2014
Six Must-Attend Events: January 24–27
The state's top offerings, from short-story readings set to Edward Hopper's works of art in Dallas to a concert by eighties queen Molly Ringwald in Lake Jackson.
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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.
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January 9, 2014
French Connection
Paris, Texas, has a lot more to offer than just jokes about its famous namesake. (But those are fun too.)
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January 9, 2014
Afraid of Losing the Dark
The McDonald Observatory, celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this year, forges ahead with groundbreaking research and crusades to keep the night skies of West Texas pristine and unadulterated.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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November 16, 2013
Bar None
Houston’s Market Square is one of the state’s most historical spots. Lately it’s also one of the hippest places in the country to get a drink.