A Beeville Exhibit Features the Old West Paintings of San Antonio Artist Raul Gutierrez
Raul Gutierrez's Western art reflects his experience in the borderlands. Read More »
Mo Amer Extracts Humor from the Hardships of Growing up a Refugee in Texas
Mo Amer has a hard time remembering when he last traveled purely for fun. Sure, he’s seen plenty of places in ... Read More »
Meet Tammie Jo Shults, American Hero Twice Over
Meet Tammie Jo Shults, American Hero Twice Over This is how the pioneering pilot guided Southwest Flight 1380 to ... Read More »
Finding a Home on the Range in the Panhandle Town of Channing
Retired rancher Bob Cates has been chasing the cowboy lifestyle since he was a boy. Born in the Oklahoma ... Read More »
Stephen Harrigan on His Big and Wonderful Chronicle of Texas
Stephen Harrigan has written about Texas for most of his life. He was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Abilene ... Read More »
Artist “Cimi” Alvarado Teaches History Through the Murals of El Segundo Barrio
It’s sprinkling rain and the surrounding desert smells of wet dirt as Jesus “Cimi” Alvarado, an artist and an arts ... Read More »
My Hometown: Bay City, agricultural town on the Bay Prairie
Bay City sprouted from the fertile bottomlands that stretch between the Colorado River and Caney Creek, just ... Read More »
In Defense of J. Frank Dobie—the Father of Texas Literature
On a soft autumn evening last year, I stood in a South Texas ghost town, ready to climb up onto the bed of a ... Read More »
Exhibit at George W. Bush Center in Dallas Explores Texas Presidential Escapes
As visitors this summer to the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas will discover, presidents seize opportunities to depart Washington, D.C. The Center’s exhibit on presidential retreats, which runs through Oct. 6, highlights Camp David and three Texas-related venues: LBJ Ranch in the Hill Country, George and Laura Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford and the Bush family compound, Walker’s Point, in Kennebunkport, Maine, as well as identifying other getaways, including Harry Truman’s Florida White House in Key West, Herbert Hoover’s rugged Rapidan Camp in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains or a succession of presidential yachts. Read More »
My Hometown: A Weslaco Native on the Bicultural Beauty of His Rio Grande Valley Burg
A stroll through downtown Weslaco feels like a visit to a bygone era, when department stores and hardware shops in Spanish colonial buildings lined the streets. Founded in 1919, Weslaco grew into a farming hub, famous as the home of the ruby red grapefruit and 1015 onion. The same mild climate that attracted farmers makes Weslaco a hotspot today for winter Texans—typically retirees from cold climates—and birders, who come to see Rio Grande Valley specialties like the green jay. When the town slows down in the summer, locals refresh with icy raspas and beach trips to nearby South Padre Island. Read More »
How Sweden-born Artist Kent Ullberg Found His Muse Along the Texas Gulf Coast
Kent Ullberg’s bronze sculptures dot the landscape across Texas—a giant bison in Corpus Christi, a cougar on the hunt in San Antonio, and eagles with outspread wings in Houston and College Station. Read More »
My Hometown: Luther Hotel Innkeeper Jack Findley Talks History and Having Fun on Tres Palacios Bay
At the historic Luther Hotel in Palacios, proprietor Jack Findley often mingles with guests on the front porch overlooking Matagorda Bay. Findley’s path to Palacios was circuitous. Read More »
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