Art + Music

Lockhart’s Library Is the Oldest in Texas Still in Its Original Building

Lockhart’s Library Is the Oldest in Texas Still in Its Original Building

Step inside the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart and you’re immediately met by an “old library” scent—woody, almost ... Read More »

Houston Artist JooYoung Choi Takes Audiences on a Fantastical Trip to the Cosmic Womb at the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas

Houston Artist JooYoung Choi Takes Audiences on a Fantastical Trip to the Cosmic Womb at the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas

Contemplative art that explores important themes of race, culture, and identity need not be somber in tone. ... Read More »

Wildflowers Serve as Inspiration for These 6 Texas Artists

Wildflowers Serve as Inspiration for These 6 Texas Artists

From bougainvillea in the Rio Grande Valley to false foxglove in Central Texas, these colorful blooms are the muse for paintings and mixed media art Read More »

Fort Worth’s I.M. Terrell High School Has a Legacy of Inspiring Jazz Standouts

Fort Worth’s I.M. Terrell High School Has a Legacy of Inspiring Jazz Standouts

While saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s pioneering style won him a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2007, the early ... Read More »

Artist Sedrick Huckaby’s New ‘Museum’ Aims to Bring Art to Fort Worth’s Polytechnic Heights

Artist Sedrick Huckaby’s New ‘Museum’ Aims to Bring Art to Fort Worth’s Polytechnic Heights

Artist Sedrick Huckaby has been hard at work transforming the 120-year-old Fort Worth house of his late ... Read More »

Actor Jason Lee Seeks Beauty in the Mundane in New Galveston Photo Book

Actor Jason Lee Seeks Beauty in the Mundane in New Galveston Photo Book

Jason Lee may be most widely known as the titular affable redemption-seeking redneck from NBC’s late 2000s comedy My ... Read More »

Musician Terry Allen Explores the Origins of His Work

Musician Terry Allen Explores the Origins of His Work

Terry Allen has always been curious about where his songs come from. “There’s still such a mystery to how they just ... Read More »

Baylor University Spreads the Gospel With New Music Archive and Listening Center

Baylor University Spreads the Gospel With New Music Archive and Listening Center

When Memphis record producer Jim Dickinson (Big Star, the Replacements) was a lonely freshman at Baylor University ... Read More »

21 Texas Albums That Defined 2021

21 Texas Albums That Defined 2021

This year, somewhere along the way, life became a little lighter. Music certainly helped. The sensation of hearing ... Read More »

Robert Bruno’s Steel House in Lubbock Keeps People Guessing

Robert Bruno’s Steel House in Lubbock Keeps People Guessing

About three weeks ago, a flurry of reports came out from the Lubbock area about the wacky and wild Robert Bruno ... Read More »

The Legacy of Blind Lemon Jefferson in Deep Ellum

The Legacy of Blind Lemon Jefferson in Deep Ellum

The 1920s were a time of exuberant reinvention. Jazz pioneers in Harlem revolutionized music. Flappers unleashed new ... Read More »

Why Alamo Drafthouse’s Publicity Stunt Is the Perfect Tribute to Wes Anderson

Why Alamo Drafthouse’s Publicity Stunt Is the Perfect Tribute to Wes Anderson

Beginning in 1996 with his debut film Bottle Rocket, it was clear Houston native Wes Anderson had tapped into ... Read More »

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