Learning from the Dead
The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.
Culture
A Houston Opera About the Unhoused, Inspired by the Streets
Drawing on 60 hours of interviews with homeless residents, the production transmutes daily life and hardship into art.
The Life, Death, and Life of San Antonio’s Symphony
A decades-long fight for high art is also a fight for organized labor in the state’s second-largest city.
Haunting the Border
"Deadland," which premiered at SXSW, is a surreal father-son migration movie that will linger with you.
Michael Urie Just Can’t Resist Texas
The Shrinking actor talks mental health, being queer, and why the Lone Star State is the perfect home for his new play Silver Foxes.
Loon Star State: Nasty Eddie
Our new endorsement for Texas Attorney General.
A ‘Fairy Tale’ Trip to 1980s Houston
In between a trip to Scotland, Local Hero lets viewers glimpse a bygone Bayou City of 40 years ago.
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Photo Essay: The Dignity of Work
Across four generations, one family of photographers has captured the history of Texas workers.
Before ‘Lawrence’: From Sodomy to Queer Liberation
Wesley G. Phelps’ new history book reveals how gay persecution in the Lone Star State spurred the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights nationwide.
A Tree Grows in Texas
Huizache, the premier Chicanx literary magazine, was born in Texas but had to flee the state to find a home.