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How Curandero Don Pedro Jaramillo Became a South Texas Legend

The sick and desperate flocked to Falfurrias to visit the folk healer in the late 1800s

By Wes Ferguson
August 27, 2020

Singer-Songwriter Walker Lukens Turns Your Confessions into Original Songs

By Jason Stanford
August 27, 2020
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Houstonian Adán Medrano Doesn’t Want Your Greasy Tex-Mex

By John Nova Lomax
August 27, 2020

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

By Traces of Texas
August 27, 2020

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My Favorite Texas Trip: A Retreat at St. Benedict Monastery

By Ramona Reeves
August 26, 2020
Annette Bernhard Nevins photographs her three children in front of Mission San José's famed Rose Window.

Reflecting on Mission San José’s 300 Years in San Antonio

By Annette Bernhard Nevins
August 21, 2020

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

By Joe Nick Patoski
August 21, 2020
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Let the Transformation of Bartlett Begin

By Jac Darsnek
August 19, 2020
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Mickey Mantle Made a Name for Himself in New York, but He’s Forever a Texan

By Roberto José Andrade Franco
August 18, 2020
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Shakespeare at Winedale Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Via YouTube

By Robyn Ross
August 15, 2020

Dr. James Ayres Reflects on 50 Years of the University of Texas at Austin’s Shakespeare at Winedale Program

By Clayton Maxwell
August 13, 2020
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Texas-Based 7-Eleven Mastered the Art of Curbside Service a Century Ago

By Joe Nick Patoski
August 10, 2020

Music

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

By Clayton Maxwell
July 30, 2020

Wenzel’s LoneStar Meat Co. in Hamilton Beckons You to Bite its (Pork) Butt

By John Lumpkin
July 30, 2020
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