This West Texas Couple Has Gone Off the Grid—Pioneer Style
On a remote ranch south of Alpine, Bonnie and Dick Cain have carved out their ideal lifestyle, without electricity, refrigeration, or running water.
How Poet and Guggenheim Fellow Roberto Tejada Experiences the World
Video: The University of Houston professor walks us through his process and his award-winning poem "Carbonate of Copper."
Hunting Exotics at Ox Ranch
Ranch CEO Jason Molitor always loved hunting. Now he runs an 18,000-acre operation with more than 60 species on offer.
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Donkeeboy and Donkeemom Brighten Houston With Their Art
Video: The mother-son team are behind some of the city's most colorful murals.
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Dottie and Ed: A Love Story Mixed Up in Time
Our special Valentine’s Day video tells the story of two ranchers who found each other again in their eighties.
Texas Country Reporter
A La Grange Artist Creates Hyperrealistic Wildlife Art With the Flick of a Pen
Sally Maxwell’s images, made from thousands upon thousands of hairline scratches, are impressively detailed.
Guardian of the Whooping Cranes
One of our most important TCR stories involved a surprise encounter with an early advocate of whooping crane conservation efforts.
The Magic of Doug Smith
After a terrible car accident, the self-taught pianist’s reprise was nothing short of amazing.
Meet the College Station Couple Flipping Airstreams Left and Right
The waiting list is long for the husband-and-wife duo who rebuild, redesign, and reimagine the iconic, retro travel trailers.
TM Happy Hour
TM Happy Hour: How to Make the Texas Margarita
Jalapeño-infused agave is the secret to this sweet and spicy version from Danny Caffall, of Dallas’s Mansion on Turtle Creek.
TM Happy Hour: A Bourbon Twist to the Tom Collins
Pedro Ricalo, of Bullion in Dallas, shows how to make an easy, refreshing summer drink with a favorite brown spirit.
TM Happy Hour: A Seasonal Nod to the Classic Whiskey Smash
Fort Worth’s Megan McClinton shows us how to make a berry-based cocktail, a perfect segue into the sizzling summer season.
TM Happy Hour: A Take on the Manhattan
Bartender Robert Bjorn Taylor of Austin shows how to make his at-home cocktail, the Robert Royale.
Small Town Smokers: Laird’s Bar-B-Q
Meet Kenneth Laird, the man behind Laird’s Bar-B-Q in Llano.
Music
Sound Check: Nina Diaz
Nina Diaz has a message for all of the people who, as she says, “try to push you down”: stop. The former Girl in a Coma frontwoman dropped by Texas Monthly for a rendition of “Down” from her 2016 solo album The Beat is Dead.
Sound Check: Terry Allen
In this episode of Sound Check, Terry Allen, Lloyd Maines, and Bukka Allen take us to the “Bottom of the World.”
Sound Check: Third Root
Mex Step, Easy Lee, and DJ Chicken George, from San Antonio’s Third Root, stopped by Texas Monthly to perform “Third Root Radio,” a shout-out to an underground radio station from Houston.
Sound Check: Paul Cauthen
In 2016, Paul Cauthen gave us his gospel. Now, he’s asking for mercy. The East Texas troubadour stopped by ‘Texas Monthly’ to play the title track off of his EP ‘Have Mercy,’ which drops June 22.
Culture
Professor McConaughey
We got an inside look at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College “Script to Screen” class, taught by Professor Matthew McConaughey.
For the Love of the Game
In minor league football, the battle is about a lot more than moving the ball downfield.
Texas Music Now: Leon and Gary
We went behind the scenes with Texas Monthly’s November 2017 cover guys, Leon Bridges and Gary Clark Jr.
