Arts & Entertainment

Cars are parked in front of brick stores along a grey road

Larry McMurtry’s Famous Bookstore Reopens as a Literary Center

The author’s famous Archer City bookstore reopened as a dedicated literary center earlier this year

By Alice Scott

August 12, 2025

A black dinosaur with orange and yellow markings around its eyes and mouth stands in a green grassy field

The Allen Company That Brings Prehistoric Creatures to Life

By Alice Scott

August 8, 2025

A chicken glares with one eye through the chicken wire surrounding the bingo board

Try Your Cluck at Chicken S— Bingo

By Molly Tompkins

July 31, 2025

Ray Benson Is a Titan of Country Music

By Bryan C. Parker

July 31, 2025

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Several rows of white cowboy hats on a rack.

Pick the Perfect Cowboy Hat

By Wendi Aarons

July 28, 2025

A black and white image of a man in a bucket hat and white shirt looking off to the side and smiling. He's next to a film camera and there is a barn in the background.

The Steady Hand of Filmmaker Robert Benton

By Matt Zoller Seitz

July 3, 2025

Faded pieces of white limestone are arranged in a circle on brown grass behind a light blue sky

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Odessa’s Stonehenge Replica

By Alice Scott

June 19, 2025

Five sculptures, resembling dancing human forms made of red wires, are placed several feet from each other in a grassy area with tall leafy green trees in background.

‘Rich Soil’ Makes Texas Premiere at Houston Botanic Garden

By Caleb Bell

June 18, 2025

A path cuts through a lush green forest

New Surls + Locke Museum Has Big Plans for East Texas’ Art Scene

By Layne Van Vranken

June 17, 2025

‘Somebody Somewhere’ Star Jeff Hiller on His San Antonio Roots

By Dina Gachman

June 10, 2025

Actors dressed in colorful pink, orange, green and blue Western wear costumes pose on the beige stage surrounded by greenery and brown cliffs.

‘TEXAS’ Outdoor Musical Is An Enduring Panhandle Tradition

By Alice Scott

June 6, 2025

A large, winding arrangement of hay, sticks, and seed sit in the center of a large white shiplap room filled with sunlight.

La Cuna Center Connects Art and Nature in the Hill Country

By Sallie Lewis

June 3, 2025

Inside Texas’ New James Turrell Skyspace Installation

By Courtney Thomas

May 15, 2025

How ‘Red Headed Stranger’ Changed Country Music Forever

By Cat Cardenas

May 13, 2025

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