Get Your Mind in the Gutter
Depending on what decade you grew up in, bowling can conjure some basic stereotypes – a group of men, who might ... Read More »
Silly Cars, Serious Art
Long gone are the days where art could be seen only in formal museums. Now it comes parading through downtown ... Read More »
Light of the Moon at SXSW
The 2017 SXSW Film Festival screened 258 films, including 130 features, that were selected out of 7,651 ... Read More »
A Cornucopia of Country Charm and Wildflowers in Washington County
Without car horns, emergency sirens, or other urban sounds, I felt swathed in silence and didn’t even notice the mooing and clucking. That’s the bucolic beauty of Washington County, where the Blackland Prairie’s rolling hills are rich in Texas history, picturesque cattle and horse pastures, and fields of colorful wildflowers during springtime. I expected the rural flavor. What I didn’t expect was that Washington County would offer such a wide array of lodging, dining, and activities, from antiques shops to wineries, historical sites, and theaters. Read More »
The Heart of Country Music
Tracy Pitcox still remembers the first record he ever bought. “It was a cassette of Ernest Tubb’s album Thanks A ... Read More »
Pearl Jam
The town of Pearl, in Coryell County in Central Texas, has an estimated population of 125, but on the first ... Read More »
Beyond the Border
While drinking coffee in my room in El Paso’s hip new Hotel El Indigo, I can feel the pull of Mexico. From my ... Read More »
Trabajo Rústico
Dionicio Rodriguez’s cement sculptures look so much like tree trunks and branches, they even fool wily ... Read More »
Bilingual Dreams
Austin musician Carrie Rodriguez bridges two worlds with her most recent album, Lola, which made both Rolling ... Read More »
Mapping Texas Music
There are more than 2,000 bands from all over the world performing at SXSW Music in Austin this year, and there’s ... Read More »
Bullock exhibit honors Stevie Ray Vaughan
A one-of-a-kind Stevie Ray Vaughan exhibit, curated by The Grammy Museum at L.A. LIVE, opens Friday, March 10, at ... Read More »
Ballast of the Beat
The Old Austin crowd loves to reminisce about all-night jam sessions with Stevie Ray Vaughan and the lost ... Read More »