Best Thing in Texas
July 1, 2024
Two Texas Pitmasters Will Compete on the Third Season of Netflix’s ‘Barbecue Showdown’
Kareem El-Ghayesh and Sloan Rinaldi represent different takes on Texas barbecue as they cook their way to winning $50,000.
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Music
June 27, 2024
Megan Thee Stallion’s Self-reflective Era Arrives With an Album She Named After Herself
Five years after “Hot Girl Summer,” the Houston rapper is processing success, strife, and celebrity.
Politics & Policy
June 26, 2024
Texas Has Basically Legalized Marijuana. We Have the Proof.
Testing of smokable hemp at eight dispensaries around the state found that all were selling cannabis with potent levels of the psychoactive compound THC.
Music
June 21, 2024
Artifacts From Hip-hop History Are on Display in Houston
The “Straight Flexin’, No Plexin” exhibit demonstrates how the city and the culture became inextricably linked.
Best Thing in Texas
June 21, 2024
A Deadly Virus Was Killing Elephants, So Texas Scientists Created a Vaccine
Tess, a forty-year-old elephant at the Houston Zoo, just received the first dose.
Meanwhile, in Texas
June 14, 2024
Meanwhile, in Texas: Emus Get the Bum’s Rush, and a Kilt-Clad Shopper Gets, Well . . .
A brief selection of recent events in our unpredictable state.
Film & TV
June 13, 2024
A Houston Artist’s Career Took Off While She Was Imprisoned. Now Free, She’s Learning to Paint Again.
Jamie Diaz’s work depicts her experience as a Christian trans woman behind bars in a men’s prison.
Art
June 7, 2024
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Texas Years Have Been Transformed Into Dance—With Audience Participation
A foray into one of O’Keeffe’s meditative pastel flowers this is not.
Parks & Recs
June 6, 2024
Lake Somerville Is the Disneyland of Texas State Parks
This big, bustling park offers a dizzying array of activities, from cooking and fishing classes to horseback riding and night hikes.
Outdoors
May 24, 2024
The Texas Mosquito Apocalypse Is Upon Us
Our state belongs to the bloodsuckers. Humans just live here.
True Crime
May 22, 2024
The Story: A Houston Man’s Double Life That Became the Film ‘Hit Man’
Executive editor Skip Hollandsworth revisits his 2001 feature about a Houston investigator who posed as a killer for hire.
Sports
May 22, 2024
The Lost World of 1970s Black Rodeo
Nearly half a century after they were first taken, a cache of photos of an unsung subculture are finally coming to light. And they're thrilling.
News & Politics
May 21, 2024
What the Heck Is a Derecho? And Why Didn’t Houston See It Coming?
Space City just got walloped by a deadly windstorm that seemed to come from nowhere. We asked a meteorologist to explain what happened.
Tacos
May 21, 2024
A Houston Taco Shop Stands Out in the New Wave of Tijuana-Style Joints
Tacos Frontera serves great tacos, from carne asada to nopales, wrapped in paper cones—a growing trend across the country.
Sports
May 16, 2024
A Houston Breakdancer Shoots for Olympic Glory
Breaking will make its debut as a medal event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and Texas B-boy Jeffro intends to be there with Team USA.
News & Politics
May 14, 2024
Remembering the Reverend William Lawson, Civil Rights Icon and “Houston’s Pastor”
Sixties-era student activism on the campus of Texas State University “snatched” the beloved preacher into the civil rights movement.
Being Texan
May 8, 2024
Texas Parents Are Terrified for Another Triple-Digit Summer
But we’re finding ways to cope, from Colorado vacations to indoor camps and museums, and, of course, lots of time at the pool.
Sports
May 6, 2024
Meet the Houston Power Couple Spurring a Pinball Renaissance
Christine and Tim Hood, owners of perhaps the largest private pinball collection in Texas, are planning a new museum devoted to the game.
Business
May 2, 2024
Robo Truckers Will Soon Roam Free on Texas Highways
Will driverless semis boost the economy and reduce the state’s traffic fatality rate—or cost jobs and lives?
Critters
April 25, 2024
Why So Many Fuzzy Black Caterpillars Are Crawling Across Texas
A mild winter has unleashed zillions of hungry woolly bear caterpillars this spring. (And no, they can't predict the weather.)
Pat’s Pick
April 23, 2024
Auden Hits the Ball Out of Autry Park
Kirthan and Kripa Shenoy honor Houston's famous internationalism in the best kind of way.
Health
April 23, 2024
Fighting a Syphilis Surge in Houston
Cases of the once rare disease are on the rise, crippling and killing infants. A new program hopes to prevent and treat the condition among those who are most vulnerable.
Travel & Outdoors
April 18, 2024
How to Get Lost at the Galleria
Getting lost at the Galleria, for the very first time.
Best Thing in Texas
April 15, 2024
Boban Marjanović, Hero, Missed a Free Throw So NBA Fans Could Have Free Chicken
The Houston Rockets backup center waved to the crowd and said “Chicken’s on me!” before clanking the shot that guaranteed fans Chick-fil-A.
Recipes
April 12, 2024
Smoked and Fried Chicken Wings With Curry Lime Sauce
I can’t stop eating this sauce from Feges BBQ, which tastes good on everything from chicken to noodles.
Politics & Policy
April 8, 2024
John Whitmire Is a 20th-Century Mayor in 21st-Century Houston. You Got a Problem With That?
The tough-talking former state senator loves cars, firefighters, and police. Critics say he’s taking the city backward.
Food & Drink
April 3, 2024
How Muslim Chefs Handle Fasting During Ramadan
From sunup to sundown, observant Muslims fast during the holy month of Ramadan—but that can create an extra challenge if your job revolves around food.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 2024
To Expand Houston’s I-45, TxDOT Made a ‘Mafia Pitch’
An exclusive excerpt from ‘City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.’
Sports
March 26, 2024
Brittney Griner Makes Us Proud to Be Texan
From her greatness on the court to the hardships she has overcome away from basketball, Brittney Griner has earned every bit of her fame.
Sports
March 25, 2024
What Did Houston Do to Deserve a Celebrity Like C. J. Stroud?
The quarterback led the Houston Texans to the NFL playoffs in his rookie season—and his work off the field is even more impressive.
Sports
March 21, 2024
Which Texas Team Will Make the Deepest March Madness Run?
A Texan college basketball fan’s ultimate guide to all eleven Texas teams competing in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.
Music
March 20, 2024
Four Reasons April Is a Great Month in Texas Culture
Beyoncé is in the saddle, Khruangbin makes hay, Texas goes to war, and an author from Lubbock revisits a childhood tragedy.
Music
March 14, 2024
The New Billy Preston Documentary Will Take You to Church—When It Sticks to Music
The film on the Houston piano prodigy and so-called “fifth Beatle” honors Preston’s career but strays when it depicts his personal life.
Style & Design
March 12, 2024
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Dressing Like a Cowgirl
Before Beth Dutton and Beyoncé, “rodeo wear” was just a style I had been taught all my life to avoid.
BBQ
March 6, 2024
Where to Eat Barbecue in Houston
Here are 28 barbecue joints worth visiting in and around America's fourth-largest city.
Politics & Policy
February 29, 2024
Why Many Democrats Are Turning Against One of the Most Powerful Prosecutors in Texas
Kim Ogg ran on a platform of bail reform to become district attorney of Harris County, home of Houston. Now those who championed her rise are trying to unseat her.
Style & Design
February 28, 2024
The Best Looks From the Houston Rodeo’s Opening Day
A mix of traditional and more . . . avant-garde . . . cowboys turned out for H-Town’s biggest Western event of the year.
Business
February 22, 2024
Texas Finally Reclaims the Moon
A Houston company’s vessel returns America to the most remote portion of our state for the first time since 1972.
Music
February 22, 2024
Can Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ Save Lives? A Texas Monthly Investigation
According to medical experts, the beat of Beyoncé’s new single is just right for performing CPR (and perhaps dancing).
Critters
February 21, 2024
Hard Freezes Are Killing Texas Bats
Tens of thousands of Texas bats have died from freezes since 2021. It could take decades for the population to recover.
Food & Drink
February 20, 2024
Texas’s Best New Restaurants in 2024
Our twenty-third edition of Where to Eat Now finds that dining out can be loud, pricey—and as worthwhile as ever.
Critters
February 15, 2024
Nutria Deserve Their Reputation as Giant, Nasty Swamp Rats
Found in waterways across Texas, the invasive rodents destroy an estimated $1 million worth of U.S. crops per year.
Travel & Outdoors
February 15, 2024
This Park Boasts the Best Views of Houston’s Skyline
Up on the roof of the old Barbara Jordan Post Office, the five-acre Post Skylawn offers an outdoor respite that’s literally above it all.
Film & TV
February 14, 2024
‘Reality Bites’ Is Thirty Years Old. Is It Dated, or More Relevant Than Ever?
The concept of “selling out” at the heart of the film feels like an artifact from another time. But it may be that we’ve just stopped talking about it.
Food & Drink
February 13, 2024
This Year’s No Good, Very Bad Crawfish Season
Mudbugs are going to be more expensive and harder to find this year due to extreme weather in Louisiana, which supplies 90 percent of crawfish in the U.S.
Arts & Entertainment
February 13, 2024
Under Kelvin Sampson the Glory Days of Phi Slama Jama Are Back
The coaching legend has lifted the University of Houston men’s basketball team from irrelevance to greatness. Now all he wants is a national championship.
The Texanist
February 12, 2024
The Texanist: Why Were My Public Schools Named After People I’ve Never Heard Of?
Q: I went to two schools named after presumably notable Texans: James S. Deady Middle School and Charles H. Milby High School. Who were these people?Rick, via emailA: The Lone Star State brims with institutions of public education whose facades are emblazoned with names that are instantly familiar to anyone
Style & Design
February 9, 2024
Bun B and Queenie, the First Couple of Houston, Share Their Valentine’s Day Shopping List
After twenty years of marriage, the legendary duo has their holiday plans on lock.
Politics & Policy
February 7, 2024
Sheila Jackson Lee Has Been in Congress for Three Decades. Challenger Amanda Edwards Thinks That’s Long Enough.
The longtime representative recently lost her bid for Houston mayor by a two-to-one margin. Can she retain control of her congressional seat?
Art
February 7, 2024
The Houston Artist Helping Her Neighbors Send Nudes
An initiative by Art League Houston and artist Nyssa Juneau aims to make the historic art form of naked portraiture safe for the digital age.