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The Spirit of Musician Rick Nelson Lives on in De Kalb

The Spirit of Musician Rick Nelson Lives on in De Kalb

De Kalb, population 1,421, is a tiny town tucked away in the northeast corner of the state. But 40 years ago this New ... Read More »

The Friendly Yarn Bollards of Port Aransas

The Friendly Yarn Bollards of Port Aransas

Winter months can be dreary, but residents and visitors of Port Aransas have more to look forward to than Christmas ... Read More »

Selena Transcends Generations at The Wittliff Collections’ New Exhibit

Selena Transcends Generations at The Wittliff Collections’ New Exhibit

During a photography exhibit at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos three years ago, Texas ... Read More »

Brené Brown On Staying Grounded in Trying Times

Brené Brown On Staying Grounded in Trying Times

To hear research professor, podcaster, and bestselling author Brené Brown describe her home state of Texas, she could ... Read More »

Flying Island Picks Up Where Trans-Pecos Festival Left Off

Flying Island Picks Up Where Trans-Pecos Festival Left Off

Before Matthew Bolick moved to Marfa over three years ago, he was organizing hardcore and punk rock shows and other ... Read More »

Looking Back at the 1979 Film ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ with Jane Seymour

Looking Back at the 1979 Film ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ with Jane Seymour

If you were a kid growing up in Texas in the late 1970s, you were probably a Dallas Cowboys fan. But they weren’t just ... Read More »

A Pit Stop at ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Gas Station in Bastrop

A Pit Stop at ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Gas Station in Bastrop

Scott Jensen remembers the first time he discovered the 1974 movie that launched the slasher film genre. He was 12 ... Read More »

A World of Wonder Awaits at Julie Speed’s Marfa Studio

A World of Wonder Awaits at Julie Speed’s Marfa Studio

Inside Julie Speed’s Marfa studio, sunlight streams through the large picture windows, casting golden rays onto tubes ... Read More »

Meet the Texas Tailgaters, Banana Ball’s New Lone Star State Team

Meet the Texas Tailgaters, Banana Ball’s New Lone Star State Team

A baseball revolution is coming for Texas, and you won’t find it inside the MLB. Maybe you’ve sensed it in clips on ... Read More »

Noah Hawley on Turning ‘Alien’ Into a Hit TV Show

Noah Hawley on Turning ‘Alien’ Into a Hit TV Show

Speaking of texasSpace CowboyAlien: Earth creator Noah Hawley is a master at adapting beloved movies into hit TV ... Read More »

Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum Is a Place for Mourning—and Hope

Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum Is a Place for Mourning—and Hope

Six weeks after my mother passed away, I made a pilgrimage from my home in Austin to the museum dedicated to the memory ... Read More »

Texas Music By the Numbers

Texas Music By the Numbers

In Tune Texas’ landscape and lore have inspired its music since before it was a state By Marisa ... Read More »

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