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Rio Grande Valley Birder Tiffany Kersten Set a ‘Big Year’ Record

Rio Grande Valley Birder Tiffany Kersten Set a ‘Big Year’ Record

A warm breeze rustled the fronds of sabal palm trees as Tiffany Kersten pulled into the parking lot of Estero ... Read More »

A Livingston Craftsman Turns Native Longleaf Pine Into Handmade Baskets

A Livingston Craftsman Turns Native Longleaf Pine Into Handmade Baskets

Woven Through Time Elliott Abbey crafts traditional baskets out of pine needles By Julia JonesSometimes while ... Read More »

Acclaimed Artist Jesse Lott Sculpts the Houston Art Scene and Beyond

Acclaimed Artist Jesse Lott Sculpts the Houston Art Scene and Beyond

Jesse Lott’s art studio, on the west side of Houston’s Fifth Ward, ... Read More »

San Antonio Rock Climber Bree Jameson Talks Inclusion in Climbing Upon Release of New Documentary

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 »

In ‘The Last Karankawas,’ Kimberley Garza Highlights South Texas Communities Often Overlooked

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 »

50 Years Ago, Willie Nelson United Cowboys and Hippies at the Armadillo World Headquarters

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 »

Roadside Oddity: How a Champion Baton Twirler Inspired Benavides’ Welcome Sign

Roadside Oddity: How a Champion Baton Twirler Inspired Benavides’ Welcome Sign

If you meet Yvonne “Bonnie” Palacios today, you’d be hard-pressed to learn she’s a six-time world champion baton ... Read More »

A Family Works to Overcome Tragedy on Possum Kingdom Lake

A Family Works to Overcome Tragedy on Possum Kingdom Lake

Open Road  | August 2022 Thicker Than Water A family overcomes ... Read More »

Comedian William Lee Martin Takes His Texas-Bred Jokes to the World

Comedian William Lee Martin Takes His Texas-Bred Jokes to the World

Sporting a cowboy hat, creased blue jeans, a shiny belt buckle, and a confident strut, comedian William Lee ... Read More »

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Offers Interactive and Educational Experiences

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Offers Interactive and Educational Experiences

On a Saturday in January, at a free traditional performance in the sunny courtyard of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo ... Read More »

Texas Singer-Songwriter Robert Earl Keen is Retiring After a 40-Year Wild Ride

Texas Singer-Songwriter Robert Earl Keen is Retiring After a 40-Year Wild Ride

When Robert Earl Keen hits the guitar chords that open his classic anthem “The Road Goes on Forever,” live ... Read More »

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