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The Relief Gang Never Stops
No one would describe Trae tha Truth as a patient man. The Houston rapper is steady, yes, like a surgeon, with measured words delivered in a low rumble that can rattle your soft tissues. But he’s not...
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The Ballad of Boots and Stumpy, the Bad Boys of the Birding Center
It can be tempting for humans to believe that we are above the laws that govern nature. We hear stories about how alligators can camouflage themselves as logs to surprise their prey, and we think,...
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Meanwhile, in Texas: A Policeman and His K-9 Officer Stopped a Carjacker in...
A policeman and his K-9 officer stopped a carjacker in San Marcos as he attempted to steal a vehicle with two girls in the back seat shortly after boosting another automobile.An 83-year-old Red Rock...
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An Austin Chef-and-Farmer Duo Bring Locavore Love to Bastrop
Sonya Cote cupped her hands around her eyes and peered into the empty building with a “For Lease” sign in the window, on Bastrop’s Main Street. It was a spring day in 2017, and among the shadows, she...
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Dining Guide: Highlights From Our April 2021 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas...
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Practice the Art of Staycationing at Three New Dallas Hotels
Ready for a change of scene? A good view isn’t hard to come by this time of year in Texas. With bluebonnets in bloom, just cruising along country roads or even along the highway is like escaping into a...
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A Fatal Error Inspired a Plan to Reduce Friendly Fire, but the Military Isn’t...
A sandstorm was blowing so fiercely across the Iraqi desert that it was hard to see or even stand upright. A Humvee driver, delivering a flight crew to a helicopter gunship, struggled to steer by...
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John S. Chase’s Extraordinary Modernist Home Helped Shape Houston’s Political...
From the sixties to the nineties, practically everyone who was anyone in the state’s Democratic politics or civil rights movement could be found, at some point, at the Houston home of architect John S....
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Celebrating Selena
Selena Quintanilla was a Texas icon—a beloved, Grammy-winning artist who touched millions in life and continues to inspire people around the world. As her fiftieth birthday approaches, the writers...
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In Selena, Queer Tejanos See Themselves as Brilliantly Transfigured and Free...
On a humid, warm night in the spring of 2008, at a party in McAllen, I met the man who would become my first boyfriend. After staring at me all evening from across the room, he finally walked up,...
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Los tejanos queer vemos versiones de nuestras historias reflejadas en la...
En una húmeda y cálida noche de la primavera de 2008, en una fiesta en McAllen, conocí al hombre que se convirtió en mi primer novio. Luego de mirarme toda la noche desde el otro lado del salón,...
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Selena by the Numbers
Today, more than a quarter century after Selena’s death, Texans continue to honor her, listening to her music, watching movies and television series about her, and purchasing Selena-themed merchandise....
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Selena en los números
Hoy en día, más de un cuarto de siglo después de la muerte de Selena, Texas continúa honrándola, escuchando su música, viendo las películas y series de televisión sobre ella, y comprando mercancía con...
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Selena sigue siendo La Reina de la música tejana (¡y punk rock!)
A pesar de que Selena nos dejó hace casi tres décadas, su música sigue más viva que nunca. Ha inspirado a imitadores casi idénticos a ella y a bandas musicales de tributo, como la Bidi Bidi Banda de...
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Selena Embraced Her Heritage and Championed Its Evolution in Style
You have to start with the right bra. If you start gluing rhinestones onto any old brassiere lying around, you’re bound to fail. “It won’t look the same,” says Monica Peralta, a 27-year-old Selena fan...
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Con su sensibilidad hacia la moda, Selena elevó la cultura tejana y la lanzó...
Tenemos que empezar con el brasier correcto. Si empiezas a pegarle pedrería a un brasier viejo que tengas por ahí, lo más seguro es que fracasarás. “No se va a ver igual,” dice Mónica Peralta, una...
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For Decades, Countless Young Latinas Like Me Have Regarded Selena as an Icon....
In the days following my grandpa’s death in 2019, I searched his house for old photographs. My family was putting together a slideshow to play at his funeral, and I wanted to find pictures that would...
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Por décadas, latinas jóvenes como yo hemos visto a Selena como un ícono. Tal...
En los días que siguieron a la muerte de mi abuelito en 2019, me puse a buscar fotografías viejas en su casa. Mi familia estaba armando un video de fotografías para ponerlo durante su funeral y yo...
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Selena at 50: Celebrating the Life, Art, and Influence of a Tejano Legend
Kacey Musgraves ascended the star-shaped stage at NRG Stadium, where the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo convenes every year. Bathed in purple light, the East Texas–bred country musician began a song...
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Selena a los 50: celebrando la vida, el arte y la influencia de una leyenda...
Kacey Musgraves subió al escenario en forma de estrella del NRG Stadium, donde el Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo tiene lugar cada año. Bañada en una luz morada, la cantante de música country criada...
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