Roadside Oddity: The Giant Uvalde Cut-outs
February 15, 2024 | By Sarah Thurmond
Our state is full of novelties, many of which have a peculiar story of how they came to be on their particular bend of the road—and we’re on a quest to tell them all.
Art + Music
A Transformative Weekend Getaway in Historic Laredo
February 14, 2024 | By Luis G. Rendon
The Elisabet Ney Museum Is a Historic Austin ‘Hidden Gem’
February 13, 2024 | By Mary Huber
At the corner of East 44th Street and Avenue H in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin stands a three-story stone structure that looks like a small medieval castle, with a keep (or fortified tower) and a colonnaded portico at the entrance.
It’s a New Season for Fort Worth’s Abraham Alexander
February 2, 2024 | By Joe Nick Patoski
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Abraham Alexander’s love song “Tears Run Dry” is filling the airwaves.” The track, which comes from his debut album, SEA/SONS, was inspired by the story of family friends celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
The Crescent Hotel in Fort Worth Is a Work of Art
January 16, 2024 | By John Lumpkin
Bathed in ambient light, an imposing 3D relief greets visitors behind the front desk as they enter the new Crescent Hotel on Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth’s Cultural District.
Singing Cowboy Tex Ritter’s Legacy Lives On
January 11, 2024 | By Joe Nick Patoski
Of all the actors, musicians, sports figures, and entertainers known as Tex, the most famous is practically unknown to younger generations today.
Roadside Oddity: The ‘Marfa Payphone’
January 10, 2024 | By Sarah Vasquez
Pay phones are a relic of the past. With the emergence of cellphones, the public phones that let you make a call for a quarter became obsolete starting in the early 2000s.
Museum of the Big Bend’s Expansion Enters the World of Art
November 17, 2023 | By Pam LeBlanc
Step onto the patio that juts from the recently opened expansion of the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, and the spiny ridgeline of the Davis Mountains rises in the distance.
A New Exhibit Goes Inside the Making of ‘¡Viva Terlingua!’
November 8, 2023 | By Michael Corcoran
When Craig Hillis visited ¡Viva Terlingua! The Big Bang of Texas Music in September, he was more amazed by what he heard than what he saw.
Remembering Fort Worth’s Caravan of Dreams
October 27, 2023 | By Joe Nick Patoski
Forty years ago, a most unusual performance and arts space opened its doors in downtown Fort Worth.
A Look Back at El Cosmico’s Trans-Pecos Festival in Marfa
September 25, 2023 | By Sarah Vasquez
Last September was the first time Cody Caddell traveled from Kerrville to attend El Cosmico’s Trans-Pecos Festival of Music + Love, a weekend-long festival with camping, music, and baseball in Marfa.
