High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...Amarillo is in that part of Texas that gets overlooked...."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...Set in the Texas Panhandle town of Amarillo, The Plutonium Circus focuses on the gargantuan Department of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...as it ever was. Two mutually antagonistic groups of high school kids from wildly divergent social backgrounds collide in..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Plutonium Circus

"...plant located in the Texas Panhandle just outside of Amarillo. In fact, much of this 73-minute documentary has a..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...a dream of a Texas honky-tonk plunked down on Highway 95 in Coupland, between Taylor and Elgin, 30 or..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Cadillac Ranch

"...racing a fearsome bad guy (Lloyd) to the titular Amarillo tourist shrine, where their jailbird father has stashed money..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Lege Lines: Yes, Dan Patrick Is Really That Petty

Committee assignments spawn high-school drama in the Senate

"...between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, a more moderate voice in the upper chamber. Last..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...Born in Detroit, raised in Amarillo, today he lives on a farm outside Nashville. He's..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

There They Go ... Here They Come Again

A no-drama session ends – will a high-drama special follow?

"...down on dark money in elections, Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, authored Senate Bill 346, which would require 501(c)4 nonprofits..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Friday Headliner Face-Off: Miley Cyrus vs. George Strait

"Amarillo by Morning" or "Midnight Sky"? Here's a guide to decide

"...Genre: High octane pop..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

We Have Liftoff

The Austin Wranglers are off to a slow start on their '08 campaign

"...games so far this season. Americans tend to like high scores, fast-paced action, and physicality, and arena-style football provides..."

April 8, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Remembrance of Things Weird

Nancy Higgins' 'Viva Les Amis'

"...to attend UT just one week after graduating from Amarillo High School. My parents moved me down and set..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...most talked-about drug bust didn't take place in the high-volume inner-city cocaine rings of Houston or Dallas, or in..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Naked City

Amarillo ISD Superintendent warns Forgione: Greater accuracy in dropout reporting doesn't necessarily mean better ratings under the TEA's accountability system.

"...An Amarillo school official has words of warning for Austin school..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...Both sides of Crow's family spread out between Amarillo and Oklahoma City, a situation that allowed them to..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Amarillo," Big House..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...packed like, well, livestock, into a conference room at Amarillo College...."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

Austin Elders: Meet Donald Mace Williams, the 95-Year-Old Ph.D. and Poet

He’s an expert on Beowulf, and he hasn’t stopped writing

"...years ago when he was introduced to Beowulf in high school. Fascinated by the Old English words, he eventually..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Mattea Gallaway

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"...was born in Kansas and moved almost immediately to Amarillo, where I lived the first two years of my..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Fall into fun!

"...he was an art instructor at Austin’s L.C. Anderson High School and Austin Community College, Peña showed his work..."

Aug. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Amarillo held its own smoking-ban referendum on May 7, and..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

The geologic magnificence of Palo Duro Canyon.

"...compete with its uniquely spectacular beauty. Traveling south from Amarillo, the Great Plains are almost billiard-table flat until you..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM

The stakes were suddenly higher. There was more possibility in the night and in their lives than they'd yet considered. The work of art itself gave them the energy to fulfill its expectations...

"...-- we'll call her Jane -- was living in Amarillo. The city had three, maybe four, single-screen movie theatres..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Terry Allen Revisits His Definitive Albums

Lubbock musician on Juarez and Lubbock (On Everything)

"...Allen's songs for country star Bobby Bare, who recorded "Amarillo Highway" and "High Plains Jamboree" on 1975's Cowboys and..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down

Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit

"...underwent selective line item veto, including $5.25 million in higher education construction cash (arguably now a much bigger issue..."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...life, Blue in the Face never quite hits the highs of Spike Lee's best work. It seems cobbled together..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...life, Blue in the Face never quite hits the highs of Spike Lee's best work. It seems cobbled together..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...plant located in the Texas Panhandle just outside of Amarillo. In fact, much of this 73-minute documentary has a..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

AFF Short and Sweet: “Titty Boy”

Austin-made funny and compassionate look at body image in boys

"...story: what was the oddest thing you did in high school to earn money?..."

Oct. 31, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

It's a great time to get out and explore

"...and above 100 degrees along the Rio Grande. Dangerously high temperatures on average continue through mid-September. Big Bend National..."

May 5, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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