Blake Hackler and Alex Organ’s Final Act
Tessa sits facing the audience as her older sister, Nell, expertly pulls her hair into perfect pigtails, fastening red ribbons at the ends. Nell silenRead More…
Tag: DALLAS
Taco of the Week: El Holboxqueño at Revolver Taco Lounge
Regino Rojas took his family to Mexico this past summer and almost didn’t come back. “It’s paradise,” says the owner-chef of Revolver Taco LouRead More…
The Texas GOP Keeps on Dancing to Donald Trump’s Tune
On Thursday, President Donald Trump held a rally at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the same site as his first rally ever in Texas. That was oRead More…
Illustrator Arturo Torres Brings Basketball, Movies, and Other Things to Life on the Page
As a child growing up in Garland, the artist Arturo Torres often holed up with his two brothers in the bedroom they all shared, watching superhero moRead More…
The Transformation of Smokey Joe’s Bar-B-Que Is Stunning
In 1985, Kenneth Manning and Joe Melton converted an old gas station along Interstate 35 in southern Dallas into a barbecue joint. They built a smokerRead More…
Dallas, Houston, and Austin as Defined by Their Yelp Reviews
If you want to measure the soul of a city, browse its Yelp reviews. Yelp is where every town airs it out—the cheers and jeers, the prides and petty Read More…
If the ‘Castle Doctrine’ Can Justify Botham Jean’s Shooting, the Law Itself is the Problem
As of right now, the jury is still out on Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who shot and killed Botham Jean in his own apartment. Her criminal cRead More…
Dallas’s Newly Reopened Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Calls Visitors to Action
For 35 years, the curators and historians of Dallas’s Holocaust Museum worked to find language for unspeakable horrors. Last week, the museum reopenRead More…
Dallas Rapper Bobby Sessions Makes Music to Manifest Justice
Bobby Sessions looks like he’s suffocating. His words are rushed and increasingly incomprehensible as he drops to his knees. He’s not asking for hRead More…
The Minds Behind ‘Prada Marfa’ Bring Unconventional Art to Dallas
The artistic duo Elmgreen & Dragset have stood an ear-shaped swimming pool on its side at Rockefeller Center, blocked an excellent view of the StaRead More…
Dallas Is Bon Appétit’s Restaurant City of the Year
Bon Appétit’s infatuation with Texas has reached a delicious new level. Today the national food magazine named Dallas its 2019 “restaurant cRead More…
Shoemaker’s Barbecue Is Long Gone, But Its Legacy Carries On
A year shy of its fiftieth birthday, the original Shoemaker’s Barbecue was demolished in downtown Dallas in 1975. At the time, Texas Monthly mourneRead More…
On Her New Album, Jazzmeia Horn Wants to Embolden Listeners to “Do Something About It”
Jazzmeia Horn’s preternatural musical talents emerged early on in her hometown of Dallas, first in her grandfather’s Southern Baptist choir and laRead More…
Kimberly King Parsons’ Fiction Illuminates Intimate Texas Moments
When her family moved from Lubbock to the suburbs of Dallas, Kimberly King Parsons—the author of the newly-released short story collection Black LiRead More…
On Texas Time: Dan Lam, Drip Sculpture Artist
The visual artist Dan Lam has made a name for herself through her inimitable sculptures, often referred to as “Drips,” “Blobs,” and “SquisheRead More…
The Texanist: If You Didn’t Live in Austin, Where Would You Live?
Q: From reading your columns over the years, I know you have lived in Austin for a long time. But if you had to move to another part of Texas, where wRead More…
How Katherine Owens Transformed Dallas Theater
Dallas doesn’t always get the credit it deserves for its rich theatrical history. Today the city is flush with young actors, directors, and playwrigRead More…
How Did the Dallas Courthouse Gunman Get Radicalized?
On Monday morning, Brian Clyde, a 22-year-old who served two years in the Army, stalked outside of the Earl Cabell Federal Building in a black mask anRead More…
Summer Itinerary: A Weekend in Dallas
I am clocking my ninth year as a Dallasite, following stints in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin. Nine years in, and the sense of discovery has neverRead More…
Attacks on the Dallas DA Signal Trouble for the Criminal Justice Reform Movement
Until fairly recently, the politics of criminal justice was a simple matter. Put criminals in jail, as many as possible. Both Democrats and RepublicanRead More…