Art + Music

A new exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum celebrates the avian works of the Gentling brothers

A new exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum celebrates the avian works of the Gentling brothers

Consider the flammulated owl, a diminutive bird measuring only 6 inches tall, with a wingspan of 14 inches. Its fluffy ... Read More »

Four musicians sound off on the creative inspiration of the Lone Star State

Four musicians sound off on the creative inspiration of the Lone Star State

Music is a mysterious force that conveys emotions and communicates with listeners in a way lost in spoken word. Musical ... Read More »

The <i>Alamo Bootleg</i> Delves into Lesser-Known Stories of the Most Famous Battle of the Texas Revolution

The Alamo Bootleg Delves into Lesser-Known Stories of the Most Famous Battle of the Texas Revolution

The Alamo Bootleg, a concept album slated for July release, features country singers Charley Pride and Robert Ellis excavating Alamo stories new and old. Read More »

An Exhibition in San Antonio Captures Selena Before and After Fame

An Exhibition in San Antonio Captures Selena Before and After Fame

Más magazine contacted San Antonio commercial photographer John Dyer in 1992 to do a shoot with a rising young ... Read More »

Musical Savant T Bone Burnett Stakes His Claim to Fort Worth

Musical Savant T Bone Burnett Stakes His Claim to Fort Worth

The City of Fort Worth has bestowed upon St. Louis Avenue the honorary name T Bone Burnett Boulevard, after the iconic music producer behind the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Read More »

How Growing Up in Paris, Texas Kindled the Creative Fire of Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock

How Growing Up in Paris, Texas Kindled the Creative Fire of Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock

The mixed-media artist Trenton Doyle Hancock stands inside his cluttered warehouse studio, in the Acres Homes ... Read More »

Mo Amer Extracts Humor from the Hardships of Growing up a Refugee in Texas

Mo Amer Extracts Humor from the Hardships of Growing up a Refugee in Texas

Mo Amer has a hard time remembering when he last traveled purely for fun. Sure, he’s seen plenty of places in his ... Read More »

Prospecting for Musical Ghosts Along Lost Highways and Byways

Prospecting for Musical Ghosts Along Lost Highways and Byways

Rats and the middle seats of full flights. Those are my biggest fears besides death. So when I entered the abandoned ... Read More »

String Theories Prevail at the Festival of Texas Fiddling

String Theories Prevail at the Festival of Texas Fiddling

The 5th annual Festival of Texas Fiddling in Blanco will demonstrate the instrument’s versatility and how it unifies cultures and ethnicities. Read More »

Artist “Cimi” Alvarado Teaches History Through the Murals of El Segundo Barrio

Artist “Cimi” Alvarado Teaches History Through the Murals of El Segundo Barrio

It’s sprinkling rain and the surrounding desert smells of wet dirt as Jesus “Cimi” Alvarado, an artist and an arts and ... Read More »

Experience “Amarillo Ramp”, a Seminal Work of Art, Before It Disappears

Experience “Amarillo Ramp”, a Seminal Work of Art, Before It Disappears

In 1973, when it was completed, Amarillo Ramp was a spiral pathway jutting into Tecovas Lake, an artificial body of water outside of Amarillo. It was comprised of sandstone found in the area, compacted to an ascending height of 15 feet, and measured 140 feet in diameter. Now, with the lake long since dried up, Amarillo Ramp amounts to a quirky, failing rock formation. Read More »

Ruby City, a Contemporary Art Museum 12 Years in the Making, is Now Open in San Antonio

Ruby City, a Contemporary Art Museum 12 Years in the Making, is Now Open in San Antonio

Late artist and philanthropist Linda Pace’s vision puts the Alamo City on the modern art map Read More »

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