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

Day Trips: The Giant Legs of Amarillo

Mock tribute to Ozymandias adds quirky character to the Panhandle

"...The "Giant Legs of Amarillo" (aka Ozymandias) sometimes wear striped athletic socks, sometimes are..."

July 16, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Amarillo Too Much for the Wranglers

"...Austin Wranglers’ struggles continue as they lost to the Amarillo Dusters 65-40 on the road last Saturday. Austin has..."

April 16, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Casino el Camino: The Amarillo burger

Casino el Camino - the Amarillo burger!

May 20, 2009 Food Post

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

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

Bomb City

Infamous 1997 Amarillo punk murder exposes social division.

"...parking lot across the street from an IHOP in Amarillo, Texas (nicknamed Bomb City for being the only place..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Day Trips

RV Museum in Amarillo shows how Americans take the edge off of roughing it

"...Jack Sisemore's RV Muse­um in Amarillo is a timeline of America on the move. The..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Waking Up in Reno

"...note: Along the way, the gang stops off at Amarillo's the Big Texan for one of the restaurant's legendary..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

SXSW Film Review: Kid Candidate

How one young prankster upended Amarillo politics

"...released a bizarre 58-second video announcing his candidacy for Amarillo city council. At the time, Pedigo had no intention..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

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

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

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

"...pals. Thirty years later, in the parking lot of Amarillo's now-demolished Western Plaza, 19-year-old punk rocker and artist Brian..."

Feb. 9, 2018 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.

"...halfway up the hot, dusty highway from Lubbock to Amarillo, in a Panhandle county with more cows than people...."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...former Ector Co. prosecutor, a former bishop of the Amarillo Catholic Diocese (once Father Ryan's superior), a retired police..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

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

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

Reefer Madness

Medi-pot patient acquitted after 11-minute deliberation

"...Amarillo resident Tim Stevens knew he was going to get..."

April 4, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Fall into fun!

"...Good Times Celebration Barbecue Cook-off Sept. 12, Amarillo, www.amarillo-chamber.org..."

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

Dead Man's Curse

Simon Rumley mines horror from a real-life death row case

"...Benz was stabbed, raped, and left for dead in Amarillo, Texas. Johnny Frank Garrett, a 17-year-old, mentally handicapped resident..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Panhandle Rambler

Walkabout with Joe Ely

"...wanted to mow the side of the highway between Amarillo and Lubbock."..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips

Tyler's Barbecue in Amarillo ain't fooling around

"...Tyler's Barbeque in Amarillo is the real deal. When you step through the..."

April 4, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Cadillac Ranch is the most popular art installation in the Texas Panhandle

"...Cadillac Ranch off I-40 west of Amarillo is the most democratic art installation in the nation...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Texas Panhandle has many treasures to behold

"...While you're in the neighborhood of Amarillo, don't miss Cadillac Ranch off I-40 west of town...."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column 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

Texas Towns & Places

"...hunt for drugs after the band's San Antonio debut.8 "Amarillo by Morning," George Strait Songwriters: Terry Stafford, Paul Fraser..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

Get your kicks on -- that's right -- Route 66.

"...In Amarillo, the old highway wound through town with the course..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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

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