Sightseers have been marveling at Big Bend’s signature canyon for more than 100 years
When daily life gets too crazy, Texans often head to the Big Bend to commune with coyotes and dance in the ... Read More »
Four musicians sound off on the creative inspiration of the Lone Star State
Music is a mysterious force that conveys emotions and communicates with listeners in a way lost in spoken word. ... Read More »
New Documentary “Good Ol Girl” Showcases the Lives of Modern Cowgirls
Good Ol Girl, which premieres at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin on March 13, follows the stories of three modern cowgirls: Sarah Lemoine Knox, Mandy Dauses, and Martha Santos. Knox is a lawyer in Coleman who struggles with one day taking over her family’s ranch; Dauses is the general manager of a cow-calf operation in Forestburg who dreams of becoming a mother; and Santos is a young college graduate who has a difficult time finding entry-level work while her family’s Laredo land shrinks because of urbanization. Although the three are based in different parts of Texas, they ultimately find common ground in their experiences as women in a male-dominated industry. Read More »
The Alamo Bootleg Delves into Lesser-Known Stories of the Most Famous Battle of the Texas Revolution
The Alamo Bootleg, a concept album slated for July release, features country singers Charley Pride and Robert Ellis excavating Alamo stories new and old. Read More »
8 Quirky Texas Museums to Visit
Texas has dozens of world-class art, science, and history museums, from Space Center Houston to the Alamo. But sometimes it’s the smaller, lesser-known museums that stick with you. We’ve gathered eight weird-yet-wonderful museums from around the state that elicit “oohs,” “ahhs,” and giggles. Whether you’re a classic TV addict or a passionate collector, put these gems on your travel bucket list. Read More »
The Texas Basketball Museum Keeps a Hoop Dream Alive in Carmine
A tasty kolache at Weikel’s Bakery. A porcelain flower vase at an antiques shop. Bluebonnets poking through ... Read More »
A Texas Panhandle Museum Explores the Wire that Tamed the American West
Pull into the Texas Panhandle town of McLean along old Route 66, walk past the two balls of rusty barbed ... Read More »
Making Peace with the Spirit of My Father on a South Texas Ranch
Open Road | March 2020 In the Valley of Mirrors A son returns to the border and makes peace with the spirit of ... Read More »
An Exhibition in San Antonio Captures Selena Before and After Fame
Más magazine contacted San Antonio commercial photographer John Dyer in 1992 to do a shoot with a rising young ... Read More »
Texas State Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez Draws Inspiration from the Rio Grande Valley
Emmy Pérez, the Texas State Poet Laureate for 2020, creates evocative word-paintings of life along the Rio ... Read More »
Musical Savant T Bone Burnett Stakes His Claim to Fort Worth
The City of Fort Worth has bestowed upon St. Louis Avenue the honorary name T Bone Burnett Boulevard, after the iconic music producer behind the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Read More »
An April 1943 Day on the San Augustine Square
From 1935 to 1944, the Farm Security Administration dispatched photographers across the country to document ... Read More »