Art + Music

The Steady Hand of Filmmaker Robert Benton

The Steady Hand of Filmmaker Robert Benton

Robert Benton, the Waxahachie native who died in May at 92, was one of the greatest film artists that Texas produced. ... Read More »

Roadside Oddity: Odessa’s Stonehenge Replica

Roadside Oddity: Odessa’s Stonehenge Replica

The sky was cloudy in Odessa just after the break of dawn on June 21, 2004. It was the first summer solstice since a ... Read More »

‘Rich Soil’ Makes Texas Premiere at Houston Botanic Garden

‘Rich Soil’ Makes Texas Premiere at Houston Botanic Garden

From manicured beds filled with native and exotic plants to a thriving community garden, the Houston Botanic Garden is ... Read More »

New Surls + Locke Museum Has Big Plans for East Texas’ Art Scene

New Surls + Locke Museum Has Big Plans for East Texas’ Art Scene

Art is sometimes found where you least expect it, far beyond the confines of city spaces and tourist-packed museums. ... Read More »

‘Somebody Somewhere’ Star Jeff Hiller on His San Antonio Roots

‘Somebody Somewhere’ Star Jeff Hiller on His San Antonio Roots

Like his character Joel in the Peabody Award-winning HBO series Somebody Somewhere, Jeff Hiller was raised in the ... Read More »

‘TEXAS’ Outdoor Musical Is An Enduring Panhandle Tradition

‘TEXAS’ Outdoor Musical Is An Enduring Panhandle Tradition

There’s a scene in TEXAS, near the end of the first act, where the two young protagonists, Calvin Armstrong and Elsie ... Read More »

La Cuna Center Connects Art and Nature in the Hill Country

La Cuna Center Connects Art and Nature in the Hill Country

In the rolling hills of Llano County, the town of Castell beckons with its goldfinch-yellow general store and ... Read More »

Inside Texas’ New James Turrell Skyspace Installation

Inside Texas’ New James Turrell Skyspace Installation

As dark turns to day, and day turns to dusk, visitors to Fort Worth’s Keith House turn their gazes up toward an opening ... Read More »

How ‘Red Headed Stranger’ Changed Country Music Forever

How ‘Red Headed Stranger’ Changed Country Music Forever

Fifty years ago, Willie Nelson and his band walked into a squat, beige brick building in a nondescript industrial park ... Read More »

The Hill Country Painter Who Inspired LBJ and Lady Bird

The Hill Country Painter Who Inspired LBJ and Lady Bird

The10 Hues of the Hill Country Porfirio Salinas painted the landscapes that helped inspire LBJ and Lady ... Read More »

The Great Elephant Migration Taking Over Houston

The Great Elephant Migration Taking Over Houston

It’s not every day you see a herd of elephants on the loose in Houston. But with a new art installation at Hermann ... Read More »

A New Book Looks at 100 Years of Austin Music

A New Book Looks at 100 Years of Austin Music

Austin Music is A Scene Not a Sound is one of the clunkiest book titles I’ve come across in quite a while. But after ... Read More »

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