Soak Up History and Good Vibes at Camp Hot Wells in San Antonio
On a rainy day in March, I drive to the Southside of San Antonio to Hot Wells of Bexar County park. As I tour the ... Read More »
The Return of Dallas’ Legendary Longhorn Ballroom
Asleep at the Wheel was getting ready to play the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas on May 13, 1975, when a reporter ... Read More »
At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, It’s the Student Artists Time to Shine
Mia Huckman’s 2023 Grand Champion piece 'Our Last Roundup.' Her entry last year, 'Partners in Time,' sold for a record ... Read More »
Latinx Artists Explore What It Means to Be from Texas in San Antonio Exhibition ‘Soy de Tejas’
In 1985, South Texas musician Steve Jordan sang “Soy de Tejas,” a love letter he wrote to the state and to his ... Read More »
Bobbie Nelson’s Grand Piano Finds a Home at the Bullock Texas State History Museum
After Bobbie Nelson passed away in March 2022 at age 91, her son Freddy Fletcher inherited the grand piano she had ... Read More »
‘Top Gun’ Actor Glen Powell Channels His Adventurous Texas Spirit on Screen
If you search TikTok, you’ll find more than a few posts by women who are beside themselves over actor Glen Powell’s ... Read More »
Radney Foster Reflects on Del Rio, Mentoring Kacey Musgraves, and Induction Into the THSA Hall of Fame
Even as he’s lived two-thirds of his life in Tennessee, Radney Foster has always considered himself a Texas ... Read More »
Waco’s Dr Pepper Museum Reopens Historic Bottling Room with New Exhibition
Just a three-block walk from the crowds at Magnolia Market in Waco is the Dr Pepper Museum, where visitors can learn ... Read More »
From Soap Creek Saloon to Willie Nelson’s Picnic, 1973 Was the Year Austin Music Peaked
Back in 1986, while Stevie Ray Vaughan was becoming an MTV guitar hero, three Austin acts—Charlie Sexton, the ... Read More »
The Historic Lancaster Hotel in Houston Makes Hospitality a Fine Art
When Jay Shinn and his Dallas company Magnolia Lodging purchased the historic Lancaster Hotel in Houston’s downtown ... Read More »
Houston’s 1940 Air Terminal Museum Preserves the Culture of Flight
From a frieze over the entryway of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, Mercury, the Roman god of messengers, reaches out ... Read More »
On ‘Roll On, Cowboys,’ Lubbock’s Andy Hedges Captures Western Music Traditions
When I spoke to Andy Hedges for a 2006 Texas Highways feature on the cowboy music revival, his initial response was, ... Read More »
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