Culture

What Is Diez y Seis and Why Do We Celebrate It In Texas?

What Is Diez y Seis and Why Do We Celebrate It In Texas?

Situated so close to Mexico, Texas feels its southern neighbor’s cultural influence in almost every aspect. From ... Read More »

The Gourdgeous Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival Breaks the Mold for the Fall Season

The Gourdgeous Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival Breaks the Mold for the Fall Season

Pumpkin spice cocktails, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin-scented candles, multi-hued decorative ... Read More »

Texas Producer Lloyd Maines Steps Out on His Own

Texas Producer Lloyd Maines Steps Out on His Own

The call came at the exact minute he said it would. “When you’ve been working in the studio for 50 years, you ... Read More »

Learn Some Spooky Texas History on These Small Town Haunted Ghost Tours

Learn Some Spooky Texas History on These Small Town Haunted Ghost Tours

Fall is just around the corner, and what better time than Halloween season to dive into the spooky and ... Read More »

‘Field of Light’ Shines Bright at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

‘Field of Light’ Shines Bright at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

This September, London-born large-scale light artist Bruce Munro illuminates the Central Texas landscape. Field ... Read More »

Annual Mermaid Festival Makes A Splash in San Marcos

Annual Mermaid Festival Makes A Splash in San Marcos

The refreshingly dark, cool interior of LaniKai Lounge & Tiki Room in San Marcos features paintings of beach ... Read More »

Kingwood’s In a Pickle Festival Is Kind of a Big Dill

Kingwood’s In a Pickle Festival Is Kind of a Big Dill

This Saturday, if you stroll through Town Center Park in Kingwood, a community located about 30 miles north of ... Read More »

The Trailblazing Story of Legendary Rancher Charles Goodnight Comes to Life at Houston Exhibition

The Trailblazing Story of Legendary Rancher Charles Goodnight Comes to Life at Houston Exhibition

Legendary Texas rancher Charles Goodnight was born in Illinois on March 5, 1836. One day later, in San Antonio ... Read More »

Organized by El Paso Students, Texas’ First Bordalo II Mural Made of Recycled Trash Pops with Hope

Organized by El Paso Students, Texas’ First Bordalo II Mural Made of Recycled Trash Pops with Hope

Instead of waiting for politicians to take action, members of a high school art club in El Paso decided it was ... Read More »

Discover Don Meredith’s Legacy at Mount Vernon’s Old Fire Station Museum

Discover Don Meredith’s Legacy at Mount Vernon’s Old Fire Station Museum

Fans of the early days of Monday Night Football will fondly recall Don Meredith’s twangy baritone voice ... Read More »

New Discovery of Dinosaur Tracks Adds to Glen Rose’s Dino-mite Collection

New Discovery of Dinosaur Tracks Adds to Glen Rose’s Dino-mite Collection

Millions of years ago–113 million years ago to be more exact—before the Paluxy River flowed through limestone ... Read More »

Surrounded by Change in Austin, South Congress Avenue Shop Owners Find Ways to Endure

Surrounded by Change in Austin, South Congress Avenue Shop Owners Find Ways to Endure

Once upon a time, Austin’s South Congress Avenue was a scrappy, motley assortment of shops, low-cost eateries, ... Read More »

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