Culture

Texas Native Janine Nabers’ Finds Inspiration in Her Houston Roots for ‘Swarm’

March 31, 2023 | By Greg Wakeman

The Texas connections run deep in Swarm.
The satirical, psychological thriller TV series, which premiered at South by Southwest in March, revolves around Dre (played by Dominique Fishback), a young woman whose obsession with Ni-Jah, a pop star who was heavily inspired by Beyoncé, leads her down a grisly path.

Warstic Baseball Bats Are in a League of Their Own

March 30, 2023 | By Matt Adams

The poet Lord Tennyson said spring is the time when “a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” In a way, he was right.

What the Heck Is Cattalo?

March 28, 2023 | By Mary Beth Gahan

A Decade After the Tragic Explosion, the Central Texas Town of West Rebuilds Community

March 28, 2023 | By Kathleen Kaska

HGTV’s Grace Mitchell Shows and Tells How Fort Worth Is One of a Kind

March 28, 2023 | By June Naylor

Storytelling has always fueled Grace Mitchell’s creativity. Before she became an HGTV star, the Fort Worth interior designer was a teacher and language therapist for deaf children.

The Rio Grande Valley Is a Land of Infinite Zest

March 28, 2023 | By Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

Snake Farms Were Big Business in the 1940s Rio Grande Valley

March 28, 2023 | By Traces of Texas

Nobody knows what compelled Joe Guerrero to make his living handling rattlesnakes. But as this circa 1908 photo shows, that’s exactly what he did while working for Frank B.

A Texas College Student Gets in Tune With the Open Road

March 28, 2023 | By Ricardo J. Rivera

The Return of Dallas’ Legendary Longhorn Ballroom

March 23, 2023 | By Michael Corcoran

Asleep at the Wheel was getting ready to play the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas on May 13, 1975, when a reporter knocked on the bus door to tell them that their hero, Bob Wills, had just passed away.

A Monarch Butterfly Takes Flight in a Time of Grief

March 22, 2023 | By Shannon Perri

How Brownsville Became the ‘Chess Capital of Texas’

March 17, 2023 | By Sarah Thurmond

“Once you’re a champion, you’ll be a champion for the rest of your life,” Jose J.

At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, It’s the Student Artists Time to Shine

March 9, 2023 | By Layne Van Vranken

Since the age of 4, Joshua Washington, a freshman at Pasadena Memorial High School, has created art with colored pencils, watercolors, and oil paints.

Czech Stop Is Going To Be Okay, Y’all

March 8, 2023 | By Alex Veeneman

Pop Culture and History Converge on Fort Worth’s Stars of the Stockyards Tour

March 6, 2023 | By Amanda Ogle

When drovers headed cattle north up the Chisholm Trail in the late 19th century, Fort Worth was the last stop for supplies before crossing the Red River and entering Native American territories.

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