Meet the Winners of the 2021 State Fair of Texas’ Big Tex Choice Awards
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At the African American Museum in Dallas, an Exhibit Honors Black Men who Shaped the World
Cary Fagan says he was shocked to receive an email from the Smithsonian Institution in 2018 inviting him to participate in its exhibit, Men of Change: Power.
60 Years of Six Flags Over Texas: How the Amusement Park Transformed Arlington and Its Young Employees
The first job I ever had was at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.
Bass Anglers Go Big on Lake Fork in Northeast Texas
Texas history buffs have the Alamo. Peak baggers have Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in the state.
EXCLUSIVE: Willie Nelson Shares “Dear Texas” Letter From His New Book
To Preserve a West Dallas Neighborhood’s History, Artstillery Performs in Its Shotgun Houses
The “Gayborhoods” of Texas
Texas’ “gayborhoods” aren’t just neighborhoods with rainbow-painted crosswalks at their intersections; they’re historic communities where Texas pride and gay pride intersect in ever-fascinating unison.
Get Away From Distractions by Taking a Solo Retreat in the Texas Hill Country
Surrounded by windows and white pillows while in bed at my tiny cabin, I think of the liner notes to Bob Dylan’s album Desire: “These notes are being written in a bathtub in Maine under ideal conditions…” Here at Getaway Hill Country, I am also writing under ideal conditions: quiet, simplicity, good coffee.
Texas Peach Growers See a Bountiful Crop Despite the February Freeze
The Roots of Music Concert Series Kicks Off This Week in Fort Worth
While Fort Worth is famous for its country music, New Orleans-based jazz drummer Adonis Rose is determined to bring different genres of music to Cowtown.
Got Land? The Making of Palo Pinto Mountains and Other New Texas State Parks
Seventy-five miles west of Fort Worth, a hilly parcel of ranchland is making the transformation into the first new state park since the birding hotspot of Resaca de la Palma swung open its gates near Brownsville in 2008.
A Reader’s Maiden Voyage Into the World of Lonesome Dove
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How To Be a Boss Like Barbara Jordan
Big power can come in small packages. The brightly colored board book Boss Texas Women, by coauthors Kristen Gunn and Casey Chapman Ross, may be for children, but it packs a wallop of inspiration for all ages about the women who’ve changed Texas.
Tulipalooza Blooms With Opportunity for Waxahachie Visitors and Residents Alike
A Mesquite Artist Sets Out to Capture Every Courthouse Square in Texas
When Mesquite artist Tony Delane is not behind the wheel of a truck hauling glass for Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions, driving from DFW to deep East Texas to the Cross Timbers and the northern edge of the Hill Country, he most likely can be found with a paintbrush or a pen in the hand.
The Host of Spring Baking Championship Reveals His Five Favorite Texas Bakeries
The Big G in the Big D
Zac Crain, an editor for D Magazine, doesn’t remember choosing to become a fan of the Dallas Mavericks.
PGA Champion Lee “Super Mex” Trevino Explains the Secret Behind Texas’ Great Golfers
Most stories about Lee Trevino start the same way because the tale is so compelling: Raised in a Dallas shack without plumbing or electricity, he dropped out of school at 14 to work at a nearby golf course.
Austin’s Weird Homes Tour Goes Virtual This Weekend
Growing up in Brownsville, Autumn Circé loved animals. She loved animals so much, she was invited to shadow zookeepers at Gladys Porter Zoo when she was in middle school.
Meet the “Palm Tree Loraxes” of North Texas
Mickey Mantle Made a Name for Himself in New York, but He’s Forever a Texan
One of the greatest baseball players who’s ever lived lies in rest inside Dallas’ Sparkman/Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Weatherford Shifts Annual Parker County Peach Festival to Parker County Peach Week
This year’s festival was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, but that doesn’t mean the city will stop celebrating its summer bounty. Instead of a one-day affair, Weatherford is hosting an entire week of smaller celebrations from July 11 to 18.
The Wild Detectives Bookstore in Dallas Takes Readers on a Journey for the Pages
The Wild Detectives bookstore in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas has reinvented itself as a literary travel agency during COVID-19 for readers who want to take a journey for the pages.
Small-Town Dispatches: Two Brownwood Restaurants—One Classic and One New—Overwhelmed by Support
Two Brownwood restaurants—one the city’s oldest and one of its newest—have received overwhelming customer support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two establishments, Underwood’s Cafeteria and Teddy’s Brewhaus, each face unique challenges at the moment, but have risen to them to provide care and comfort for their community of nearly 20,000 located about 70 miles southeast of Abilene.
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Tune in to your local public radio station around lunchtime on a weekday and you’re likely to hear the dulcet voice—and sharp questions—of Krys Boyd. The host and managing editor of Dallas-based KERA’s Think delivers a one-two punch of mellow curiosity and deeply considered topics in her two-hour interview show. While she’s hosted big-name guests like actor Bryan Cranston and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the most fascinating episodes often cover topics outside of the 24-hour news cycle. Boyd has tackled everything from spelling bees to failed spy techniques.
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Dallas’ African American Museum Presents Acclaimed Survey of Black Arts, History, and Culture
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth Reopens with New Exhibits After a Yearlong Renovation
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