Texas Highways logo Texas Highways logo
Newsletters

Arts & Entertainment

With a Gift and a Grin, Amos Milburn Helped Invent Rock ‘n’ Roll

The Houston piano player drew on the sounds of his city in his 1950s hits

By Traces of Texas
August 27, 2020

Ray Benson Reflects on 50 Years of Seminal Western Swing Band Asleep at the Wheel

By Joe Nick Patoski
August 21, 2020

Music

Grammy-Winner Sarah Jarosz Reflects on the Influence of Texas Music and her Hill Country Upbringing

By Clayton Maxwell
July 30, 2020
A post office mural showing a rural Texas ranch scene with cows and windmills

How Post Office Murals Lifted Spirits During the Great Depression

By Robyn Ross
July 30, 2020

More

A Fluorescent Smogg record on a stereo-specific transfer turntable

Doo-Wop Along to San Antonio’s Forgotten Golden Oldies on the Nonprofit Radio Station 97.9 KCJV

By Joe Gross
July 7, 2020
An illustration of Texas Preservationist J.P. Bryan

Preservationist J.P. Bryan Has Amassed a Lifetime’s Worth of Texas History

By June Naylor
June 25, 2020
mark dion, artist, beach, galveston, documentary

Artist Mark Dion Travels and Discovers Texas in a New Documentary on Amazon Prime

By June Naylor
May 27, 2020
Dinosaurs casts from Paleo Hall are some of the things you can view virtually at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Photo courtesy of the Houston Museum of Natural Science/Mike Rathke

Take a Virtual Tour of These 5 Texas Museums

By Gabrielle Pharms
March 26, 2020

San Antonio Artist Kathleen Trenchard Creates Memorable Papel Picado Art

By Sallie Lewis
March 26, 2020
Two people smiling at a table as they look at books

A new exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum celebrates the avian works of the Gentling brothers

By Amanda Eyre Ward
March 26, 2020

Four musicians sound off on the creative inspiration of the Lone Star State

By Joe Nick Patoski
March 17, 2020

The Alamo Bootleg Delves into Lesser-Known Stories of the Most Famous Battle of the Texas Revolution

By E. Ryan Ellis
March 2, 2020

An Exhibition in San Antonio Captures Selena Before and After Fame

By Joe Nick Patoski
February 27, 2020

Musical Savant T Bone Burnett Stakes His Claim to Fort Worth

February 16, 2020
See all >

Get more Texas in your inbox

Sign up for our newsletters and never miss a moment of what's happening around the state.