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The Power of Richard Linklater’s Nostalgia

The Power of Richard Linklater’s Nostalgia

After a few seconds, Linklater stops the boys, walks in front of the cameras, and points at various markers on the ... Read More »

Houstonian Adán Medrano Doesn’t Want Your Greasy Tex-Mex

Houstonian Adán Medrano Doesn’t Want Your Greasy Tex-Mex

At first, the concept of “Texas Mexican food” espoused by Houston-based chef and food writer Adán Medrano is a ... Read More »

Grammy-Winner Sarah Jarosz Reflects on the Influence of Texas Music and her Hill Country Upbringing

Grammy-Winner Sarah Jarosz Reflects on the Influence of Texas Music and her Hill Country Upbringing

  When she was a student at Wimberley High School, bluegrass prodigy Sarah Jarosz was already ... Read More »

Wenzel’s LoneStar Meat Co. in Hamilton Beckons You to Bite its (Pork) Butt

Wenzel’s LoneStar Meat Co. in Hamilton Beckons You to Bite its (Pork) Butt

For the unhurried, US 281 is a popular north-south alternative to Interstate 35. Like pearls on a string, small ... Read More »

A Down-on-His-Luck Wanderer Stumbles Upon the Port Arthur Moby Dick

A Down-on-His-Luck Wanderer Stumbles Upon the Port Arthur Moby Dick

Open Road  | August 2020 In the Belly of the Whale A down-on-his-luck wanderer searches for answers on the ... Read More »

On Lake Sam Rayburn, a Mother Teaches Her Daughter How to Persevere

On Lake Sam Rayburn, a Mother Teaches Her Daughter How to Persevere

Open Road  | July 2020 Slaloming to Freedom On Lake Sam Rayburn, ... Read More »

Resilient Rockport-Fulton Restaurants Put Community First During COVID-19 Pandemic

Resilient Rockport-Fulton Restaurants Put Community First During COVID-19 Pandemic

For Laura Brown, running a restaurant in the Gulf Coast community of Rockport-Fulton is all about building and ... Read More »

Preservationist J.P. Bryan Has Amassed a Lifetime’s Worth of Texas History

Preservationist J.P. Bryan Has Amassed a Lifetime’s Worth of Texas History

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone more fully connected to Texas history than J.P. Bryan. A relative of ... Read More »

Remembering Goliad, Beyond the Texas Revolution

Remembering Goliad, Beyond the Texas Revolution

Back before there was Texas or Mexico, there was Goliad. In 1749, Spanish missionaries moved Mission Espíritu ... Read More »

George Getschow Attempts to Escape the Noise

George Getschow Attempts to Escape the Noise

I have just set up camp on a rock ledge when all hell breaks loose. A violent windstorm suddenly sweeps out of ... Read More »

Yellowstone Star Ryan Bingham Keeps the Wolves at Bay With Songs and Family

Yellowstone Star Ryan Bingham Keeps the Wolves at Bay With Songs and Family

Singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham won an Oscar, a Grammy, and an Americana Artist of the Year award all before he ... Read More »

Henderson Holds Tightly to Its History

Henderson Holds Tightly to Its History

Joan Smith is immersed in Henderson’s past. As chairwoman of the Rusk County Historical Commission, Smith works in ... Read More »

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