Kathy Blackwell
@kathyblackwell.bsky.social
Editor at Texas Monthly. Board member, American Short Fiction and Austin Film Society
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So good to hear that Crider's has seen neither its last dance nor its last rodeo.
“It’s just a magical place. . . we’re going to keep it that way.”
Crider's, a Hill Country rodeo and dance hall, will open again, but not this summer.
Crider's, a Hill Country rodeo and dance hall, will open again, but not this summer.
On Its Hundredth Anniversary, Crider’s Reckons With a Hundred-Year Flood
The Hill Country rodeo and dance hall will open again, but not this summer.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So good to hear that Crider's has seen neither its last dance nor its last rodeo.
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“I don’t know how long it took—ten seconds, maybe fifteen—for the house to come apart."
During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:
During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
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July 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“I don’t know how long it took—ten seconds, maybe fifteen—for the house to come apart."
During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:
During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:
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If only there was a film on this subject @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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June 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If only there was a film on this subject @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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really, really cool piece from Texas Monthly on the world’s last dreadnought (with a cameo from A&M’s greatest alum!)
“What you’re looking at today is an irreplaceable artifact." 🚢
The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link to the Normandy invasion.
The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link to the Normandy invasion.
The U.S.S. Texas Played a Crucial Role on D-Day. A Special Tour Tells All.
The last surviving dreadnought, which reopens as a museum in its new Galveston home next year, reminds visitors of its link to the Normandy invasion.
www.texasmonthly.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
really, really cool piece from Texas Monthly on the world’s last dreadnought (with a cameo from A&M’s greatest alum!)
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EXCLUSIVE: Culinary star April Bloomfield will join an Austin restaurant empire in June.
Her first big project: reopening the historic Driskill Grill. 🍽️
Her first big project: reopening the historic Driskill Grill. 🍽️
One of the Country’s Most Lauded Chefs Is Moving to Texas
April Bloomfield is leaving New York to join an Austin restaurant empire, which has big plans for its new star.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Culinary star April Bloomfield will join an Austin restaurant empire in June.
Her first big project: reopening the historic Driskill Grill. 🍽️
Her first big project: reopening the historic Driskill Grill. 🍽️
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The job title is mundane, but the job description borders on extraordinary.
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, a tour guides' mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.🚶1/ www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, a tour guides' mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.🚶1/ www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
Meet the Texperts! The State's Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, their mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The job title is mundane, but the job description borders on extraordinary.
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, a tour guides' mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.🚶1/ www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, a tour guides' mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.🚶1/ www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
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Welcome to Texas's Loo-vre. ✨
Have you noticed Buc-ee's has expertly curated collections of art for every location. . . in their bathrooms?
Have you noticed Buc-ee's has expertly curated collections of art for every location. . . in their bathrooms?
Behold, the Splendors of the Loo-vre
Buc-ee's curated restroom art galleries serve as a springboard for photographers and painters.
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April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Welcome to Texas's Loo-vre. ✨
Have you noticed Buc-ee's has expertly curated collections of art for every location. . . in their bathrooms?
Have you noticed Buc-ee's has expertly curated collections of art for every location. . . in their bathrooms?
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Oh this is such a cool idea for a story and gave me a bunch of ideas for places to visit
Here's to our park rangers, museum docents, and tour guides! We profile more than 20 of the state's finest in this wildly fun package.
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
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Meet the Texperts! The State's Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, their mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.
www.texasmonthly.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Oh this is such a cool idea for a story and gave me a bunch of ideas for places to visit
Here's to our park rangers, museum docents, and tour guides! We profile more than 20 of the state's finest in this wildly fun package.
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
Meet the Texperts! The State's Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around
Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, their mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.
www.texasmonthly.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here's to our park rangers, museum docents, and tour guides! We profile more than 20 of the state's finest in this wildly fun package.
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...
The birding world suffered a huge loss with the death of ecotourism pioneer Victor Emanuel in March. S. Kirk Walsh remembers what she learned from her time with him: "Becoming aware of the daily presence—and movements—of birds can give you 'a different life.'"
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The First Birding Season Without the Birdman of Texas
The renowned Victor Emanuel, who founded one of the first ecotourism companies almost fifty years ago, taught me and countless others about the ephemeral beauty of the spring migration and the wonders...
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April 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The birding world suffered a huge loss with the death of ecotourism pioneer Victor Emanuel in March. S. Kirk Walsh remembers what she learned from her time with him: "Becoming aware of the daily presence—and movements—of birds can give you 'a different life.'"
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I am really going to miss Kate. (Good thing I live in Austin.) The trio’s scenes tonight were friendship perfection. #thewhitelotus
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Everyone Knows Kate From ‘The White Lotus’
Leslie Bibb has perfected the role of an Austin transplant from California on the HBO series, down to the last hair on her invincible blond bob.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I am really going to miss Kate. (Good thing I live in Austin.) The trio’s scenes tonight were friendship perfection. #thewhitelotus
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The love you take is equal to the love you make?
February 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The love you take is equal to the love you make?
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Come for the nuns, stay for the accidental undertaker.
A Lauren Larson special—
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A Lauren Larson special—
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When the Catholic Church Ran a Public School in Small-Town Texas
In a bizarre precedent to today’s debates over faith in the classroom, a local ISD let nuns run its school for twelve years. It went about as you’d expect.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Come for the nuns, stay for the accidental undertaker.
A Lauren Larson special—
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A Lauren Larson special—
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A celebration of Cecile Richards, from the inimitable @mimiswartz.bsky.social
"She possessed an almost preternatural calm and good humor that must have frustrated her opponents to no end. "
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"She possessed an almost preternatural calm and good humor that must have frustrated her opponents to no end. "
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Remembering Cecile Richards, a "Troublemaker" Who Never Lost Her Nerve
The former president of Planned Parenthood brought a family legacy of grit, grace, and good humor to the battle for abortion rights and more.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A celebration of Cecile Richards, from the inimitable @mimiswartz.bsky.social
"She possessed an almost preternatural calm and good humor that must have frustrated her opponents to no end. "
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"She possessed an almost preternatural calm and good humor that must have frustrated her opponents to no end. "
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
"If you’re not a Texan, you can view from afar one of the most important engines of conservative policy generation in the country. If you call Texas home, the Legislature is also the political body that most touches and shapes your daily life."
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The Texas Legislature Is a Mess. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Look Away.
A guide to making sense of the most nonsensical body in the nation.
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January 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"If you’re not a Texan, you can view from afar one of the most important engines of conservative policy generation in the country. If you call Texas home, the Legislature is also the political body that most touches and shapes your daily life."
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Another job: @texasmonthly.bsky.social is hiring a features editor!! Come help us create incredible longform storytelling! www.texasmonthly.com/about/jobs-a...
Jobs and Internships
Since 1973, Texas Monthly has chronicled life in contemporary Texas, reporting on vital issues such as politics, criminal justice, the environment,
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November 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Another job: @texasmonthly.bsky.social is hiring a features editor!! Come help us create incredible longform storytelling! www.texasmonthly.com/about/jobs-a...
Happy y’allidays! My annual Texas gift guide is ready to open. 🎁🤶
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The Top 25 Texas Gifts of 2024
American Dirt coffee, Waco Surf lessons, and other holiday offerings from our state’s artisans, designers, and small retailers.
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November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Happy y’allidays! My annual Texas gift guide is ready to open. 🎁🤶
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Everett appeared at Huston-Tillotson last month and instead of reading, he told a (hysterical) true story from his past that he’s been unable to write about successfully, and I think about it all the time.
Breaking News: Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction for “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”
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November 21, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Everett appeared at Huston-Tillotson last month and instead of reading, he told a (hysterical) true story from his past that he’s been unable to write about successfully, and I think about it all the time.
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Now that I've made the switch, feels appropriate to share this story I wrote last year for @texasmonthly.bsky.social about how Elon Musk unceremoniously killed a Twitter app created by two software developers in the North Texas suburbs.
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Two Texas Indie Developers Made It Big on Twitter a Decade Ago. Now They’re Fighting It.
After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
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November 15, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Now that I've made the switch, feels appropriate to share this story I wrote last year for @texasmonthly.bsky.social about how Elon Musk unceremoniously killed a Twitter app created by two software developers in the North Texas suburbs.
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So looking forward to moderating this conversation tomorrow at the Texas Book Festival. Come on out! So much great FREE programming all weekend.
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How Women & Academics Transformed the Espionage of War – Texas Book Festival
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November 15, 2024 at 9:23 PM
So looking forward to moderating this conversation tomorrow at the Texas Book Festival. Come on out! So much great FREE programming all weekend.
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texasbookfestival.org/schedule/how...
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November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
All of our journalists, editors, copy editors, and more, in one place. 🤠
Give our starter pack a follow: go.bsky.app/6aWUdXw
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Host JB Sauceda chats with legendary tejano music artists and fans in this ten-episode series to explore and celebrate how the música mexicana genre shaped their lives.
The first episode is available now! www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/v...
The first episode is available now! www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/v...
‘Viva Tejano,’ a New Texas Monthly Podcast, Launches Today
Host J. B. Sauceda chats with legendary tejano music artists and fans in this ten-episode series to explore and celebrate how the música mexicana genre shaped their lives.
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November 12, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Host JB Sauceda chats with legendary tejano music artists and fans in this ten-episode series to explore and celebrate how the música mexicana genre shaped their lives.
The first episode is available now! www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/v...
The first episode is available now! www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/v...