The Carrasco Sisters Teenage Musical Duo of 1920s Canutillo
The Carrasco Sisters—Carlotta, left, and Esther—gained regional fame as a teenage musical duo in the 1920s in ... Read More »
An El Pasoan Returns Home a Year After the Tragedy
Open Road | November 2020 The Desert Reclaims Everything A son of El Paso returns home a year after the ... Read More »
Meet the First African American to Walk in Space
Two hundred-thirteen nautical miles above the earth, Bernard Harris Jr. had an unobstructed celestial view as he ... Read More »
A Depression-Era Photo Captures A Slice of Rural Texas Life
Photographer George W. Ackerman took this picture of a Coryell County farmer taking a break from the fields in ... Read More »
The Forgotten Stories of Pro-Union Texans Recall a Tumultuous Time
In March 1861, as the United States hurtled toward the Civil War, Texas Governor Sam Houston assembled his closest ... Read More »
The Houston Center for Photography Captures Pandemic Times with a New Exhibit
When we all went indoors in March, Suzanne Koett went outside. A canceled vacation meant the Austin-based ... Read More »
Houston Dancer Lauren Anderson Reflects on the Progress of Ballet in Texas
For ballet fans, the arrival of fall means Nutcracker season. It’s a tradition Lauren Anderson holds dear. The ... Read More »
San Augustine’s Architectural Gems Celebrate the Town’s History
Known as the “Cradle of Texas,” San Augustine has a rich history predating the Texas Revolution. The Spanish built ... Read More »
The Untold Stories of 3 Mighty Women in Texas History
Although Patricia de la Garza de León was the co-founder of Victoria, the town where I grew up, I only recently ... Read More »
Making Music with Birds in Marfa
Some of the world’s best musicians are small and feathered, and many regularly perform in Texas. We mean ... Read More »
From a Bank to a Bed-and-Breakfast in Small-Town Bartlett
Bucolic is the first word that comes to mind as I step out of my car and onto a radiant, sun-warmed street in ... Read More »
Through Donations and Technology, Kerrville Folk Festival Adjusts to Survive the Pandemic
The Kerrville Folk Festival (simply known as “Kerrville” to the devout) has been a Central Texas fixture since ... Read More »