A West Texas Photographer Chases Nature’s Constant Change Through Art and Photography
Above: hailstones A photo mosaic of hailstones, calcite crystals, fluorite crystals, and optical squares in ... Read More »
Football Coach Gary Gaines, Famously Depicted in ‘Friday Night Lights,’ Has Died at 73
Gary Gaines, who led the Odessa Permian Panthers to multiple 5A championship games and was the inspiration behind ... Read More »
9 Can’t-Miss Sport Movies Set in Texas
It’s a well-known fact that Texans are passionate about sports. From larger-than-life personalities to ... Read More »
Evolving with the Times, Stanton’s In Alvin Celebrates 100 Years
Not many mom-and-pop shops are able to stand the test of time, but Stanton’s Shopping Center in Alvin, about 30 ... Read More »
A Native East Texan Remembers the Teacher Who Taught Him to Love the Detour
At the funeral in January for my high school journalism adviser Suzanne Bardwell, a minister read letters written ... Read More »
San Antonio Rock Climber Bree Jameson Talks Inclusion in Climbing Upon Release of New Documentary
Bree Jameson has disproved the stereotypes of the Texan rock climber identity. It’s more common to see men ... Read More »
Ancient Mosasaur Discovery Has Us Wondering Where Texas Ranks for Fossils
This spring, an amateur fossil hunter prospecting around the North Sulphur River happened upon a skeleton ... Read More »
In ‘The Last Karankawas,’ Kimberley Garza Highlights South Texas Communities Often Overlooked
Like many Texans, Kimberly Garza first heard about the Karankawa tribe during her seventh-grade Texas history ... Read More »
Bobby Byrd of Cinco Puntos Press Is a Poet and Everyone Should Know It
Bobby Byrd of El Paso was many things to many people. But first and foremost, Bobby was a poet. That’s what his ... Read More »
50 Years Ago, Willie Nelson United Cowboys and Hippies at the Armadillo World Headquarters
With the Vietnam War still raging in the summer of 1972, there was a cultural chasm that seemed too wide to ... Read More »
New Lubbock Attractions Bring an Artsy Flair to the Ranching Town
If you think you know Lubbock, you clearly haven’t been in a while. Gone are the days when Texas Tech was the ... Read More »
Marfa Film Shop Revives the Art of Film Photography in West Texas
For lifelong film enthusiast Sara Button, photos taken on a phone just don’t do a memory justice. So in 2019 ... Read More »