Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...Bands across Texas and around the region, from Louisiana to Georgia, come..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Texas State Makes the Leap to Big-Time Football

Bobcats enter FBS

"...The stadium has been expanded to 30,000 seats. The Texas State Bobcats will compete at the Football Bowl Subdivision..."

Aug. 30, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...trucks from the highway department block the streets around Texas Southern University and seal off Debate Land, an alien..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Braces Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...Maybe it comes from his father. Maybe it's a Southern thing...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

De Novo Comes to Texas

Jeffrey Solomon's play brings the violence of Central America to life

"...at several law schools, including Columbia, NYU, and the University of Colorado. The play gets its first Texas staging..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

A Southern White in the Social-Justice Trenches

AFS Doc Nights screens 'Anne Braden: Southern Patriot'

"...veteran Appalshop docmaker Anne Lewis telling the story of Southern civil rights activist and writer Anne Braden. The latter,..."

July 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Acting With Character: Margo Martindale at the Texas Film Awards

At 71, the Texan is a bigger star than ever ... and just getting started

"...The Texas Film Awards can sometimes be about a body of..."

March 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...has maybe one of the most enviable jobs in Texas – Taco Editor of Texas Monthly. Further bolstering his..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Three Years After the January 6 Insurrection, What’s Changed in Central Texas?

Locals have pleaded guilty, but conspiracy theories still reign

"...A poll this week from The Washington Post and University of Maryland found that one in three U.S. adults..."

Jan. 6, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Day Trips: Statues of Texas Women

A list of Texas women who stand tall

"...Statues of Texas women are in short supply compared to likenesses of..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All-Woman Western Swing Trio Tells Texas Republicans It’s OK to Vote for Beto

O sister, where art thou?

"...old-fashioned whistle-stop tour to bust through political barriers in Texas and get out the vote for Beto O'Rourke...."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Feature by Jen Hamilton Hernandez

The Texas Gamut

Titles From Texas

"...in Road Kill. Swearing is a folk art in Texas and The Kinkster is a formidable practitioner...."

May 15, 1998 Books Feature

Bullock Museum Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas

“Sister Suffragist” tackles the timeline of women’s rights

"...of Liberty statue, the latest exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum marks the centennial anniversary of women’s..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

Local Advocates Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

A handful of Texas counties continue to resist SCOTUS

"...recent historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling, some counties across Texas haven’t been as eager or willing to do the..."

July 8, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

UTSA Looms as Texas State’s New Rival

Hide the orange paint immediately and warn the horses

"...Back in the day, the boys from Texas Lutheran College would load ice chests with longnecks, cram..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her resignation, effective..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...Cherry picks up where The Liar's Club, the bestselling Texas book of the Nineties, left off, in that awful..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Tackling Texas Truisms

Filmmaker Don Howard and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...PBS in September) took preconceived notions of one of Texas' more notorious cities and peeled them away to reveal..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas-Based Restaurant Chains Worth Your Money

If you're going to eat at a chain, it might as well be a Texas chain

"...a state this large, there are plenty of special Texas-based options. Last year marked the sale of one of..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Touchdowns That Changed Texas

Civil rights and sports mix in Breaking Down Barriers: The C.R. Roberts Story

"...athletes to take the field against white players in Texas. As segregation entered the rearview, the University of Southern..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

University High

Community colleges are pushing "college credit" courses for high school students -- but the education is in doubt.

"...community college. She'll be a freshman at a state university next fall, and wants to get some of the..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Former Fine Southern Gentlemen's Expansive Rebrand to Feels So Good

A more inclusive name for the rising screenprinters/record label/music venue

"...After 15 years operating under the name Fine Southern Gentlemen, the local screenprinting company announced its rebrand to..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Barbecue Crossroads: Notes & Recipes From A Southern Odyssey

Robb Walsh seeks enlightenment on his own barbecue spirit quest

"...Barbecue Crossroads: Notes and Recipes From a Southern Odyssey..."

April 4, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Rev. Larry Bethune Retires From University Baptist Church

Pioneering pastor steps down after three decades with influential church

"...controversial) pastors, retired Aug. 20 after 30 years at University Baptist Church, leaving his congregation in the hands of..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Texas, Big 12 Are Together Forever (At Least For Now)

The Big 12 and UT kiss and make up

"...As our University of Texas President William Powers Jr. said so well..."

June 15, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...artists which included Gilbert Shelton, who worked at the University of Texas humor magazine, Texas Ranger. In 1964 Jackson..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...Last year, as Texas grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, local abortion assistance group..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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