Art + Music

San Antonio Museum of Art Taps Into the Alamo City’s Brewery History

San Antonio Museum of Art Taps Into the Alamo City’s Brewery History

When visiting the San Antonio Museum of Art, you may notice architectural details that hearken back to a buzzy period ... Read More »

Mexia’s Cindy Walker Days Celebrates a Trailblazing Country Music Hall of Fame Songwriter

Mexia’s Cindy Walker Days Celebrates a Trailblazing Country Music Hall of Fame Songwriter

“I’m just a Texan at heart,” drawled the “Queen of Western Song Writers” to a live audience at Fort Worth’s Amon ... Read More »

Inside the Neon World of Meow Wolf Grapevine

Inside the Neon World of Meow Wolf Grapevine

Nothing is as it seems under the multicolored neon lights at Meow Wolf Grapevine, the long-awaited immersive art ... Read More »

Laredo’s International Sister Cities Festival Has Got the Goods

Laredo’s International Sister Cities Festival Has Got the Goods

Laredo, the bustling border city in South Texas (and my hometown) has for decades had a strong sister cities culture. ... Read More »

A Tour of Texas’ Two Remaining Lesbian Bars

A Tour of Texas’ Two Remaining Lesbian Bars

  On most June weekend nights, I find myself parading the roads of Austin’s 4th Street gay district, bouncing from ... Read More »

A Road Trip Through Cormac McCarthy’s Texas

A Road Trip Through Cormac McCarthy’s Texas

With the sad news of the passing of a literary giant Tuesday, the question was begged, “Has there ever been a ... Read More »

Larry McMurtry’s Last Auction Sale

Larry McMurtry’s Last Auction Sale

Larry McMurtry pulled off U.S. 84 outside of Waco 30 years ago and circled into the parking lot of the Egg Roll House ... Read More »

In Appreciation of Echo Bridge, the Coolest Music Venue in Texas

In Appreciation of Echo Bridge, the Coolest Music Venue in Texas

Set on the San Antonio River, where live oak, pecan, mesquite, and willow trees line the banks and create a shady, ... Read More »

Pretty as a Picture in Van Horn

Pretty as a Picture in Van Horn

On a March morning while waiting to shoot photos of the Clark Hotel Museum in Van Horn for “Weekend Wayfinder,” ... Read More »

Country Singer Kelly Willis Returns with Trio, Performing at Kerrville Folk Festival This Weekend

Country Singer Kelly Willis Returns with Trio, Performing at Kerrville Folk Festival This Weekend

Kelly Willis is feeling liberated. After decades being a wife, mother, and singer always on the verge of mainstream ... Read More »

A Musical About El Camino Real de las Tejas Cranks Out a Colorful History

A Musical About El Camino Real de las Tejas Cranks Out a Colorful History

There are two great stories of Texas, as far as Brian Beattie is concerned. One is the Alamo, about which much has ... Read More »

Austin’s Waterloo Park Is Abuzz with Dan Winters’ ‘Seeing Bees’ Photo Installation

Austin’s Waterloo Park Is Abuzz with Dan Winters’ ‘Seeing Bees’ Photo Installation

A path winds down the hillside in the Luci and Ian’s Family Hill Country Garden at the south end of Waterloo Park, ... Read More »

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