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Scottish Heritage and a Competitive Spirit Run Through Texas’ Highland Games Events

Scottish Heritage and a Competitive Spirit Run Through Texas’ Highland Games Events

Aprils in the Hill Country town of Ingram bring a surprise sight: “Guys and women tossing huge telephone ... Read More »

Seventy Years Ago, Cedar Choppers Ruled the Hill Country with Axes and Muscle

Seventy Years Ago, Cedar Choppers Ruled the Hill Country with Axes and Muscle

I had my one encounter with honest-to-goodness cedar choppers just about the time those “almost mythical, ... Read More »

Voices From Both Sides Festival Reunites Towns Along the Rio Grande

Voices From Both Sides Festival Reunites Towns Along the Rio Grande

The Voices From Both Sides festival in 2019 in Lajitas. The festival will return in May for the first time since ... 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 ... Read More »

Baytown Sculpture Trail Is Just One of Many Making Art Accessible in the Outdoors

Baytown Sculpture Trail Is Just One of Many Making Art Accessible in the Outdoors

Baytown, just 30 minutes southeast of Houston, a peaceful stroll can be had around Town Square’s lush green space ... Read More »

Six Essential San Antonio Cocktails to Try This Summer

Six Essential San Antonio Cocktails to Try This Summer

San Antonio’s culinary scene has become an undeniable force in recent years. Bolstered by the establishment of ... Read More »

On His 90th Birthday, Willie Nelson Proved It Ain’t Over Yet

On His 90th Birthday, Willie Nelson Proved It Ain’t Over Yet

I don't share a birthday with Texas legend and 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Willie Nelson, but every ... Read More »

Parties, Horse Racing, and Other Ways to Experience the Kentucky Derby in Texas

Parties, Horse Racing, and Other Ways to Experience the Kentucky Derby in Texas

Ready your fancy fascinators and savvy Southern wardrobe: The Kentucky Derby, the first of three horse races ... Read More »

Historic Spoetzl Brewery Eyes the Future with New Distillery and Barbecue Restaurant

Historic Spoetzl Brewery Eyes the Future with New Distillery and Barbecue Restaurant

Beer isn’t all that’s rolling off the production line at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner these days. The ... Read More »

Get Swept Away at Republic of Texas Brooms and 1800’s General Store in New Braunfels

Get Swept Away at Republic of Texas Brooms and 1800’s General Store in New Braunfels

It’s wet and cool outside at Heritage Village in New Braunfels, but inside the limestone cottage where John ... Read More »

Musicians Go Wild on New Album Celebrating Texas State Parks

Musicians Go Wild on New Album Celebrating Texas State Parks

A few years ago, Anne Brown had an idea. As the executive director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, she ... Read More »

Is Denton the New Old Austin?

Is Denton the New Old Austin?

Located at the northern edge of Dallas-Fort Worth, Denton manages to feel like a cozy small town while offering ... Read More »

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