Texas White House at LBJ Ranch closed for now >
The National Park Service announced Friday that it will close the “Texas White House,” once the ranch home of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his family in Stonewall, as…
The height of camp, ‘Valley of the Dolls,’ returns to Austin >
Just 21 years ago, we wrote the following ode to one of our favorite movies, “Valley of the Dolls,“ when it appeared at the Paramount Theatre.…
Best Texas books: ‘The Cedar Choppers’ by Ken Roberts >
The best Texas book I’ve read of late was “The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing” by Ken Roberts (Texas A&M Press). It doubles as one…
Austin learns a lot from Larry Wright, Evan Smith and Amy Mills >
The Library was the place to be. Not the Central Public Library. But the blue-and-red rectangular meeting room at Hotel Van Zandt. It was the location for…
Best Austin coffee shops near Airport Boulevard >
Airport Boulevard is fast changing into a cultural magnet. Austin Community College anchors a remake of Highland Mall and numerous new hot spots pop up on…
Grasping Manos de Cristo and Ballet Austin >
The invocation at the Manos de Cristo gala snuck up on me. My mind wandered a bit — in a good way — during a biblical…
Best Texas books: Lead off with this John Graves literary memoir >
These new Texas books — plus one minor classic — reminds us how much is worth reading about our state in early 2018. “Myself and Strangers:…
Five things to know about the Texas Film Awards >
Preposterously charming Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet — greeted by squeals of joy on the red carpet — were the big draws at the split-screen 2018 Texas Film Awards. Yet there…
At age 10, the Long Center opens its doors wider >
If you lived in Austin during the 1960s and ’70s, you called the oddly shaped domed structure on the shores of Town Lake the Municipal Auditorium.…
Glimpse inside Austin parties for history and the arts >
Two subjects galvanized this year’s Angelina Eberly Luncheon, which benefits the Austin History Center Association, the nonprofit ally of the Austin History Center. One hot topic was the Driskill…
