Texas Book Festival Announces First Confirmed Authors for October Fest

Acclaimed An American Marriage novelist leads pack of 15

"...We’re six months away from October’s Texas Book Festival, and two months shy of the traditional..."

June 19, 2018 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...two men square off on a ranch in West Texas. One of the men is tall and strong with..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Texas DOGE Committee Looks to Form $88M State Cybersecurity Agency

Cyber Command would dramatically expand spending on cybersecurity

"...Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott declared creating a Texas cybersecurity agency an emergency item this legislative session...."

March 28, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy

Day Trips on the best barbecue and swimming holes in Central Texas

"...Summertime in Texas goes better with the cooling effects of dipping your..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Travel

A trip planner for the month of March

"...With the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s updated Great Texas Wildlife Trail..."

March 9, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...many involving thousands of high school football players in Texas...."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Day Trips & Beyond: Water Park Updates From Around the State

Daytripping in the age of a pandemic

"...It wouldn’t be summer without water parks. Around the state, parks with a water theme like SeaWorld in San..."

June 19, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: DuPont State Forest

How a Texas governor tried to help save a forest in North Carolina

"...North Carolina, about an hour south of Asheville, DuPont State Recreational Forest is an island of public land with..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas' Latest Pro-Gun Laws Kick In

Never let it be said that Texas lawmakers have done nothing to respond to mass shootings

"...Never let it be said that Texas lawmakers have done nothing to respond to increasingly frequent..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Tacos of Texas Takes Cultural Exploration to the Screen

Episodes feature one taco and one Texas city

"...a seven-episode trek through the iconic tacos of the state – Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Brownsville, Houston, Corpus..."

July 27, 2018 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin Film Festival: The Texas Promise

Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth finds the lie and the hope in Texas schools

"...There's a few billion dollars missing from the Texas education budget, and every capitol and education reporter was..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Day Trips & Beyond: New Year’s Eve 2017 Around Texas

Ringing in the new year across the Lone Star State

"...city’s yearlong 300th anniversary celebration. Other big cities around Texas are forgoing large community-wide fireworks displays this year, but..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

An Archive of Reelings

Reflections on a town hall meeting: A love letter to "community"

"...– and definitely when questioned or contradicted or simply ill-stated by non-POC – would gain the audible ire of..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Archive of the Moving Image

Fall down a rabbit hole with this incredible resource

"...Enter the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Since 2002, the non-profit..."

March 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Preserving History’s First Draft in Central Texas

From treasure legends to backyard graves, news archives fill gaps

"...land. According to legend, in the early 1800s, when Texas was still a part of Mexico, silver was discovered..."

Oct. 25, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Texas Jukebox Project Preserves the State’s Musical Legacy, One Record at a Time

Jonathon Kimbrell unpacks his historic record archive

"...It’s this mentality that has helped him build the Texas Jukebox Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to archiving, preserving,..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Post by Caroline Drew

A Sampling of Summer Attractions Around Texas

"Day Trips" columnist Gerald E. McLeod picks some of his favorite things to do and see around Texas

"...The Saga tells Texas history on the façade of an 18th century cathedral..."

May 17, 2019 Features Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Goliad State Park & Historic Site, Goliad

Spanish colonial mission site offers a historical outdoor experience

"...Goliad State Park and Historic Site mixes Texas history with the..."

March 7, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

One Helluva Queer Adventure: 50-State Story Tour

I'm From Driftwood celebrates 10th anniversary with local exhibit

"...decade later, the folks behind the online LGBTQ story archive are putting on a four-city exhibit of their travels..."

May 21, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas Platters

"...on my bad side") add up to a West Texas spiritedness that's all too rare in an era of..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Waltz Across Texas

San Antonio rock & roll posters and Central Texas dance halls – preserve them.

"...past? That's one goal of our sister city's South Texas Popular Culture Center, which itself was a gamble. Would..."

April 6, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...The "someone" was Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Festival working in partnership, and..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Unit is dispatched to the scene. Staffed with two state-certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Aid Units respond to all..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Support Texas Women’s Rights With Tacos and Beer

Eat tacos, drink beers, donate to an abortion fund

"...Texas is already one of the most difficult states to..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Today's Texas History Lesson

Land office buys more Confederate artefacts.

"...of Confederate Army private Dudley Ward of the 2nd Texas Infantry. The 34 handwritten letters, costing $11,000 and paid..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Made in Texas

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: Should Texas have seen this coming?

"...and local note: San Antonio native Gonzales was a Texas Supreme Court justice, Texas secretary of state, and senior..."

May 18, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Sam Shepard

The late writer-actor left lots of himself in Central Texas

"...enduring stage plays, screenplays, and film performances. But Central Texas will be central to keeping his flame alive in..."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

From Baby Beef to Beyond

Rodeo Austin mooooves into the history books with its own history book.

"...Southwest. To commemorate their place in the pantheon of Texas state/county fair culture, the group has released a book...."

April 19, 2012 Books Post by Kate X Messer

Climbing the Family Tree

Virginia Wood finds that with the help of U.S. census records, finding the roots of her family is possible.

"...1920, for instance, are currently available on microfilm in state archive libraries around the country; the 1930 records should..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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