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A New Biography Portrays Lady Bird Johnson as Much More Than Just a Flower Girl

Author Julia Sweig’s Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight and accompanying podcast draw on 123 hours of audio diaries by the first lady from Texas

By S. Kirk Walsh
March 23, 2021
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A Lucha Libre Movie at SXSW Calls Attention To Femicide in Juárez

By Roberto José Andrade Franco
March 16, 2021
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From Hurricane Katrina to COVID-19, an Englishman’s Love of Music Prevails in Small-Town Texas

By Kahron Spearman
March 11, 2021
A bronze bust of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne rests on a stone pedestal in a garden. Photo by Michael Corcoran.

Roadside Oddities

Roadside Oddity: Bronze Bust of Knute Rockne in Rockne, Texas

By Michael Corcoran
March 4, 2021

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A black and white photo shows an old stone building, known as the "Old Rock Store" building, sits along a highway.

The Historic Austin Pizza Garden Building Seeks a New Lease on Its Long Life

By Gene Fowler
March 3, 2021
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Janell Kleberg’s View From a Moving Horse

By Clayton Maxwell
March 2, 2021
The Blue Barn at Arnosky Family Farms is a full-time, self-serve flower market.

From H-E-B to Self-Service: How Arnosky Family Farms Pivoted their Flower Business

By Allison McNearney
February 25, 2021
Debra Wolcott stands in front of the Historic Rocksprings Hotel, which she owns and operates.

On Top of the World—or at Least the Edwards Plateau—in Rocksprings

By Sarah Thurmond
February 25, 2021
Julian Onderdonk's painting called "Bluebonnet Field"

Art

‘The Father of Texas Painting’ Lives on Via Twitter

By Austin Kleon
February 25, 2021
Women enjoy a spring day and pick wildflowers in Breckenridge, Texas in 1935.

History

Reveling in the Beauty of a Field of Wildflowers near Breckenridge in 1935

By Traces of Texas
February 25, 2021
Herbalist Tony Ramirez uses herbal and natural medicine to combat injury and illness.

A Traditional Healer Searches the Texas Brush Country for Medicinal Plants

By Joe Nick Patoski
February 25, 2021
An illustration of film director Tamara Saviano and the subject of her latest film, Guy Clark.

Film & TV

Songwriter Guy Clark Takes Center Stage in Filmmaker Tamara Saviano’s New Documentary

By John Nova Lomax
February 25, 2021

Sports

How Lucha Libre’s Mexican Style of Wrestling Unites Two Countries

By Roberto José Andrade Franco
February 25, 2021
People dance at New Braunfels' Wurstfest

History

German Immigrants Bucked Texas Conventions to Create Their Own Communities

By James L. Haley
February 25, 2021
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