Culture

How the Beloved Game of Bingo Took Over Texas

How the Beloved Game of Bingo Took Over Texas

On a hot afternoon in Lindsay, a town just south of the Texas-Oklahoma border near Denton, about 40 older adults ... Read More »

Freddy Fender Gets His Due with A Texas Historical Marker

Freddy Fender Gets His Due with A Texas Historical Marker

In the Rio Grande Valley town of San Benito, a small but lively crowd gathered in front of the former home of ... Read More »

The Real Locations That Inspired Larry McMurtry’s ‘Lonesome Dove’

The Real Locations That Inspired Larry McMurtry’s ‘Lonesome Dove’

Of all the quintessentially Texan books, Lonesome Dove ranks right up there. And while most readers are familiar ... Read More »

Embracing Tradition and Texas Politics, Cornyation Reigns Over San Antonio’s Fiesta

Embracing Tradition and Texas Politics, Cornyation Reigns Over San Antonio’s Fiesta

This spring, the infectious spirit and vibrancy of Fiesta returns to the streets, theaters, and event spaces ... Read More »

Waco’s Historic Suspension Bridge Reopens After Getting a Fix-Up

Waco’s Historic Suspension Bridge Reopens After Getting a Fix-Up

When my mother’s family would journey to the big city of Waco from their home in Mexia back in the 1920s and ... Read More »

The Cabinet Oak Project Celebrates Art, a Historic Tree, and LBJ’s Legacy

The Cabinet Oak Project Celebrates Art, a Historic Tree, and LBJ’s Legacy

If only this branch could talk. During a 2020 thunderstorm, a giant limb of a 300-year-old live oak at the Lyndon ... Read More »

Facing Cancer, a Triathlete Competes in Ironman Texas

Facing Cancer, a Triathlete Competes in Ironman Texas

Nearly two weeks before I compete in Ironman Texas—before I strain my chest swimming in a man-made lake, before I ... Read More »

A Texas Take on White Castle Sliders

A Texas Take on White Castle Sliders

It was well after midnight the last time I made a trip to White Castle, the 24-hour, century-old slider franchise. ... Read More »

Austin’s Broken Spoke Dance Hall Finally Gets Its Texas Historical Marker

Austin’s Broken Spoke Dance Hall Finally Gets Its Texas Historical Marker

On what would have been James M. White’s 83rd birthday, friends of the White family, local musicians, ... Read More »

Beauty and the Beast: The Battle of the Bluebonnet Co-Capitals of Texas

Beauty and the Beast: The Battle of the Bluebonnet Co-Capitals of Texas

When the Texas Legislature focuses on bluebonnets, it can take unprecedented action, with our State Flower ... Read More »

How to Celebrate Dallas Arts Month in April

How to Celebrate Dallas Arts Month in April

Dallas may be better known for music and football, but its art scene is nothing to slouch at. Back in 2013, the ... Read More »

Texas Native Janine Nabers Finds Inspiration for ‘Swarm’ in Her Houston Roots

Texas Native Janine Nabers Finds Inspiration for ‘Swarm’ in Her Houston Roots

The Texas connections run deep in Swarm. The satirical, psychological thriller TV series, which premiered at ... Read More »

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