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The Texas State Musical Instrument: Guitar

The Texas State Musical Instrument: Guitar

Nothing might represent the breadth of Texas popular culture more than the Legislature’s designation of the guitar ... Read More »

Texas Honky-Tonker Charley Crockett’s Journey from the Street Corner to the Marquee Lights

Texas Honky-Tonker Charley Crockett’s Journey from the Street Corner to the Marquee Lights

Charley Crockett was born in San Benito, the South Texas hometown of Freddy Fender. He came of age in Dallas, ... Read More »

Hope Floats at Photo Exhibition ‘Smithville, USA’

Hope Floats at Photo Exhibition ‘Smithville, USA’

Hope Floats at Photo Exhibition 'Smithville, USA' by Sarah ThurmondIt’s Saturday night in Smithville, and inside ... Read More »

San Angelo is a Mecca for Mexican Burgers

San Angelo is a Mecca for Mexican Burgers

I recently traveled more than 200 miles, from Austin to San Angelo, as part of my eternal search for great burgers ... Read More »

Texas Museums Explore New Ways to Make Art and Artifacts More Accessible

Texas Museums Explore New Ways to Make Art and Artifacts More Accessible

Vincent Van Gogh would be thrilled. Imagine glimpsing a painting’s true colors for the first time, just as ... Read More »

How Fort Worth’s Dickies Went from Work Wear to Fashion Trend

How Fort Worth’s Dickies Went from Work Wear to Fashion Trend

When I was growing up in and around Fort Worth, Dickies was ubiquitous. Eating biscuits and gravy on Saturdays ... Read More »

Remembering the Migration of Freed Slaves on the Emancipation Trail

Remembering the Migration of Freed Slaves on the Emancipation Trail

The Benson cabin is showing its age. Thought to be one of Galveston County’s oldest existing structures at over ... Read More »

A Runner Sets Out to Experience the Variety of Texas’ Competitive Trail Runs

A Runner Sets Out to Experience the Variety of Texas’ Competitive Trail Runs

I live within walking distance of my favorite trail in Houston, where I’d once spent hours running personal bests. ... Read More »

El Naranjo’s Iliana de la Vega Brings Traditional Flavors of Mexico to Austin

El Naranjo’s Iliana de la Vega Brings Traditional Flavors of Mexico to Austin

At El Naranjo—a bright and lively space at the bottom of an apartment complex in South Austin—diners sip on ... Read More »

You Don’t Need To Go to New York to See the Statue of Liberty

You Don’t Need To Go to New York to See the Statue of Liberty

Best French contribution to American culture? That’s a toughie: french fries or the Statue of Liberty? The ... Read More »

A Foodie Oasis Emerges in Lubbock

A Foodie Oasis Emerges in Lubbock

While Lubbock is known for being flat and dry, The Nicolett has risen out of the High Plains and is staking a ... Read More »

Get Creative in the Scenic Hill Country Town of Wimberley

Get Creative in the Scenic Hill Country Town of Wimberley

It’s a heart-pumping hike up 218 limestone steps to the knobby summit of Mount Baldy in Wimberley. But the work ... Read More »

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