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Texas Microcinemas Rethink the Movie Experience

Texas Microcinemas Rethink the Movie Experience

Before a weeknight showing of the obscure 1995 Todd Haynes film, Safe, Hyperreal Film Club cofounder Jenni Kaye ... Read More »

The Hill Country Painter Who Inspired LBJ and Lady Bird

The Hill Country Painter Who Inspired LBJ and Lady Bird

The10 Hues of the Hill Country Porfirio Salinas painted the landscapes that helped inspire LBJ and ... Read More »

The Great Elephant Migration Taking Over Houston

The Great Elephant Migration Taking Over Houston

It’s not every day you see a herd of elephants on the loose in Houston. But with a new art installation at Hermann ... Read More »

A Jewish Convert Finds Community in Corpus Christi

A Jewish Convert Finds Community in Corpus Christi

Open Road On Little Islands jewish holidays in South Texas celebrate food, family, and inner ... Read More »

In Admiration of El Paso’s Graffiti Art

In Admiration of El Paso’s Graffiti Art

Most people who have driven from El Paso to any other point in Texas will shudder when they tell you how the road ... Read More »

A New Book Looks at 100 Years of Austin Music

A New Book Looks at 100 Years of Austin Music

Austin Music is A Scene Not a Sound is one of the clunkiest book titles I’ve come across in quite a while. But ... Read More »

Attend an Austin City Limits Taping

Attend an Austin City Limits Taping

A bronze statue of country music hero Willie Nelson with his guitar, Trigger, watches over the intersection of ... Read More »

This Houston Chef Is the City’s Biggest Cheerleader

This Houston Chef Is the City’s Biggest Cheerleader

Ask Houston-based chef Chris Shepherd what he loves most about the city’s dining scene, and he answers without ... Read More »

Project Row Houses Is an Experiment in Houstonian Creativity

Project Row Houses Is an Experiment in Houstonian Creativity

After Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston last July, local families who had lost power found an unconventional ... Read More »

Bewitched by the Bayou

Bewitched by the Bayou

Bewitched by the Bayou The swamps and marshes along the Gulf Coast are a ... Read More »

Revisiting Montrose, Houston’s Evolving Urban Paradise

Revisiting Montrose, Houston’s Evolving Urban Paradise

A storm raged as we cruised out of the suburbs along Interstate 10 toward Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. It was ... Read More »

Houston Jeweler Johnny Dang Is the King of Bling

Houston Jeweler Johnny Dang Is the King of Bling

In the opulent confines of his office in Southwest Houston, Johnny Dang reclines in a plush leather chair. Known ... Read More »

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