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Emily Gimble, 2020’s Texas State Musician, Grew Up On Western Swing

The granddaughter of Texas Fiddle Legend Johnny Gimble, Emily Gimble Makes Original Music Steeped In Tradition

By Joe Nick Patoski
July 13, 2020
The filmmaking crew pose in front of the Star Film Ranch

Texas’ First Film Studio Stood in San Antonio’s Padre Park

By Sabrina LeBoeuf
July 9, 2020
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

Open Road

On Lake Sam Rayburn, a Mother Teaches Her Daughter How to Persevere

By Suzy Spencer
June 25, 2020

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History

The Galveston Legend of the Infamous Pirate Jean Lafitte

By Pam LeBlanc
June 25, 2020
An illustration of a boat on a postcard reading "Greetings from Rockport+Fulton"

Resilient Rockport-Fulton Restaurants Put Community First During COVID-19 Pandemic

By Julia Jones
June 25, 2020
Three people paddle a canoe in the Guadalupe River near Kerville Texas

History

A Peaceful Day on the Guadalupe River in Kerrville in 1910

By Traces of Texas
June 25, 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
screen cap, pageant, miss juneteenth, movie

Q&A: Writer-Director Channing Godfrey Peoples Talks Her Debut Film, “Miss Juneteenth”

By Kimya Kavehkar
June 18, 2020
An illustrated postcard of Goliad Texas showing Presidio La Bahía

Remembering Goliad, Beyond the Texas Revolution

By Clayton Maxwell
May 28, 2020

Open Road

George Getschow Attempts to Escape the Noise

By George Getschow
May 28, 2020

Music

Yellowstone Star Ryan Bingham Keeps the Wolves at Bay With Songs and Family

By Michael Corcoran
May 28, 2020
Men fish off of a rock jetty in Corpus Christi Texas

History

A 1939 Photograph Captures Fishermen on a Corpus Christi Pier

By Traces of Texas
May 28, 2020
2019 Juneteenth parade in San Antonio

History

How Juneteenth Brought Emancipation to Enslaved People in Texas

By Michael Hurd
May 28, 2020
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