Main Street Remake
With its spreading oak trees and architecture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the scene is what you might expect to see in a cinematic depiction of Texas small-town life before interstate highways, strip malls, and big cities wrested rural downtowns of their vitality. But this is no time warp. Thanks to public and private restoration efforts, a strong local economy, and a convenient location between Houston and Austin, La Grange’s downtown square thrives with a charm that feels both vital and vintage. Read More »
Little Joe’s Big Life
At age 76, “Little Joe” Hernández has spent more than half a century performing his personal brand of Tejano ... Read More »
For the love of life, land and cowdogs
You’d be hard-pressed to find a Texas schoolkid from the mid-1980s forward who doesn’t crack a smile at the ... Read More »
Big, Bold, and Boffo
Houston-based artist David Adickes estimates he’s created about 5,000 paintings, drawings, and three-dimensional ... Read More »
Fostering the blues
It was in Austin that Foster released her first album, Full Circle, in 1997, followed by eight more albums over ... Read More »
All aboard the Ryan Express
Nolan Ryan doesn’t pitch much these days, unless you count the occasional honorary first toss, bits of sage advice ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans – ’16
What does it take to be extraordinary? The Texans in these pages have each made their marks in vastly varied ... Read More »
Keeper of the Flame
In the 1960s at his Soho building in New York City, “minimalism” icon Donald Judd would take his phone off the ... Read More »
Dance-Hall Dude
Kevin Fowler goes for a good love song as much as the next red-blooded country music singer-songwriter, but you ... Read More »
Extraordinary Texans
This year’s lineup of Extraordinary Texans possesses the brio and gratitude of Texans who love what they do. ... Read More »
In the Face of History
Journey through 100 million years through Texas' past, where dinosaurs (and mammoth) roamed. The facial ... Read More »
A Conversation with Salado Artist Ronnie Wells
Ronnie Wells’ reputation in the genre of wildlife sculpture and painting is unchallenged. He switched from a job ... Read More »
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