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⚠️ Warning: Our profile story on actor Glen Powell contains intense charm, mild sultriness, wholesome family scenes, a cute dog, and arguably too much burnt orange.
Read all about his rise to fame here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/glen-powell-parents-austin-family-profile/
Read all about his rise to fame here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/glen-powell-parents-austin-family-profile/
"We love our isolation, we love our limitations, and we work with them. They’re part of the design process."
At Joey Benton’s West Texas design studio, it’s all about patience, attention to detail, and, above all, hospitality. https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/joey-benton-silla-design-studio/
At Joey Benton’s West Texas design studio, it’s all about patience, attention to detail, and, above all, hospitality. https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/joey-benton-silla-design-studio/
Building Community in Marfa, One Pine Chair at a Time
At Joey Benton’s West Texas design studio, it’s all about patience, attention to detail, and, above all, hospitality.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"We love our isolation, we love our limitations, and we work with them. They’re part of the design process."
At Joey Benton’s West Texas design studio, it’s all about patience, attention to detail, and, above all, hospitality. https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/joey-benton-silla-design-studio/
At Joey Benton’s West Texas design studio, it’s all about patience, attention to detail, and, above all, hospitality. https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/joey-benton-silla-design-studio/
Soup season is upon us! It's the best time of the year. 🍲
Slurp up our favorites: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/9-essential-texas-soups-to-keep-you-warm-and-full/
Slurp up our favorites: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/9-essential-texas-soups-to-keep-you-warm-and-full/
It’s Slurp Season. Here Are 9 Essential Texas Soups to Keep You Warm and Full.
Steaming stews, beefy broths, and a bonus side of cornbread.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Soup season is upon us! It's the best time of the year. 🍲
Slurp up our favorites: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/9-essential-texas-soups-to-keep-you-warm-and-full/
Slurp up our favorites: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/9-essential-texas-soups-to-keep-you-warm-and-full/
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fun fact, when elon musk asked robert rodriguez to introduce him to amber heard, he claimed it was because he was intrigued that they both read the same authors that everyone reads in tenth grade (orwell and ayn rand) www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-po...
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
fun fact, when elon musk asked robert rodriguez to introduce him to amber heard, he claimed it was because he was intrigued that they both read the same authors that everyone reads in tenth grade (orwell and ayn rand) www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-po...
Lionfish, a beautiful but terrible menace, is threatening the Gulf’s underwater ecosystem.
The only way to control the species is to spear the fish one by one. https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/invasive-lionfish-gulf-spearfishing/
The only way to control the species is to spear the fish one by one. https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/invasive-lionfish-gulf-spearfishing/
The Only Way to Control the Feral Hogs of the Sea Is to Spear Them One by One
The invasive lionfish is beautiful, but it’s a terrible menace to the Gulf’s fragile marine ecosystem.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Lionfish, a beautiful but terrible menace, is threatening the Gulf’s underwater ecosystem.
The only way to control the species is to spear the fish one by one. https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/invasive-lionfish-gulf-spearfishing/
The only way to control the species is to spear the fish one by one. https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/invasive-lionfish-gulf-spearfishing/
In today's word wrangler, search for ten parts of the iconic Texas homecoming mum. 🏵️🎀 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-november-10-2025/
Word Wrangler: November 10, 2025
Ten parts of the iconic Texas homecoming mum.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In today's word wrangler, search for ten parts of the iconic Texas homecoming mum. 🏵️🎀 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-november-10-2025/
In chapter three of serialized novel 'The Bowie Knife That Killed Dracula,' Jim Bowie’s young ward unwillingly misses the famous battle—and encounters a visitor from Transylvania.
Chapter 3: The Alamo
In this installment of William Broyles and Stephen Harrigan’s serialized novel, Jim Bowie’s young ward unwillingly misses the famous battle—and encounters a visitor from Transylvania.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In chapter three of serialized novel 'The Bowie Knife That Killed Dracula,' Jim Bowie’s young ward unwillingly misses the famous battle—and encounters a visitor from Transylvania.
We’re just going to leave this ✨special digital-only Glen Powell cover✨ here. . . https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/glen-powell-parents-austin-family-profile/
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We’re just going to leave this ✨special digital-only Glen Powell cover✨ here. . . https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/glen-powell-parents-austin-family-profile/
'Train Dreams,' which opens today and streams on Netflix this month, is a quiet masterpiece from the Oscar-nominated duo behind 'Sing Sing.'
Our review: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/train-dreams-texas-filmmakers-kwedar-bentley/
Our review: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/train-dreams-texas-filmmakers-kwedar-bentley/
One of the Year's Best Movies Is From Two Texas Filmmakers
'Train Dreams,' which opens today and streams on Netflix this month, is a quiet masterpiece from the Oscar-nominated duo behind 'Sing Sing.'
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November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
'Train Dreams,' which opens today and streams on Netflix this month, is a quiet masterpiece from the Oscar-nominated duo behind 'Sing Sing.'
Our review: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/train-dreams-texas-filmmakers-kwedar-bentley/
Our review: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/train-dreams-texas-filmmakers-kwedar-bentley/
Drum roll, please. . . 🥁🥁🥁
Willie Nelson's latest record, remarkably his 155th, has been added to our rankings. Find out where it landed: https://www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/big-list-willie-nelson-albums-ranked/
Willie Nelson's latest record, remarkably his 155th, has been added to our rankings. Find out where it landed: https://www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/big-list-willie-nelson-albums-ranked/
All 154 Willie Nelson Albums, Ranked
The recording career of country music’s greatest artist, surveyed, sized up, and sorted on the occasion of his 87th birthday.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Drum roll, please. . . 🥁🥁🥁
Willie Nelson's latest record, remarkably his 155th, has been added to our rankings. Find out where it landed: https://www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/big-list-willie-nelson-albums-ranked/
Willie Nelson's latest record, remarkably his 155th, has been added to our rankings. Find out where it landed: https://www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/big-list-willie-nelson-albums-ranked/
'Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle' is a fitting farewell to the outlaw-country legend—and the bandmates Willie lost after recording it.
Read our review here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/willie-nelson-merle-haggard-tribute/
Read our review here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/willie-nelson-merle-haggard-tribute/
Willie’s New Record Says Goodbye to His Old Friend Merle
‘Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle’ is a touching and fitting farewell.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
'Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle' is a fitting farewell to the outlaw-country legend—and the bandmates Willie lost after recording it.
Read our review here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/willie-nelson-merle-haggard-tribute/
Read our review here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/willie-nelson-merle-haggard-tribute/
Hunt for ten plants that grow well in Texas’s version of fall in today's word wrangler. 🍂 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-november-7-2025/
Word Wrangler: November 7, 2025
Ten plants that grow well in Texas’s version of fall.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hunt for ten plants that grow well in Texas’s version of fall in today's word wrangler. 🍂 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-november-7-2025/
Happy birthday, Ethan Hawke! The actor turns 55 today.
A look back on the Hawkeaissance here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/renaissance-ethan-hawke/
A look back on the Hawkeaissance here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/renaissance-ethan-hawke/
Are We Witnessing the Renaissance of Ethan Hawke?
At age 47, Ethan Hawke is finding himself with the career everyone anticipated he might have had fifteen years ago.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy birthday, Ethan Hawke! The actor turns 55 today.
A look back on the Hawkeaissance here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/renaissance-ethan-hawke/
A look back on the Hawkeaissance here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/renaissance-ethan-hawke/
Author Fernando A. Flores and Texas Book Festival official Dalia Azim discuss what's in store at this year's big celebration, happening in and around the state capitol building.
Listen by subscribing to 'TM Out Loud': https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/tm-out-loud-texas-book-festival/
Listen by subscribing to 'TM Out Loud': https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/tm-out-loud-texas-book-festival/
What to Look Forward to at This Year's Texas Book Festival
Author Fernando A. Flores and festival official Dalia Azim discuss what's in store at this year's big celebration, happening in and around the state capitol building.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Author Fernando A. Flores and Texas Book Festival official Dalia Azim discuss what's in store at this year's big celebration, happening in and around the state capitol building.
Listen by subscribing to 'TM Out Loud': https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/tm-out-loud-texas-book-festival/
Listen by subscribing to 'TM Out Loud': https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcast/tm-out-loud-texas-book-festival/
Need a lil break?
Play our daily crossword: https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/the-daily-crossword-november-6-2025/
Play our daily crossword: https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/the-daily-crossword-november-6-2025/
The Daily Crossword: November 6, 2025
Keep your word wits sharp with the daily crossword for November 6, 2025.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Need a lil break?
Play our daily crossword: https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/the-daily-crossword-november-6-2025/
Play our daily crossword: https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/the-daily-crossword-november-6-2025/
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Here's a story about Mussa Traore, a dog trainer who for two years has been working at a south Austin dog park. Nobody was a bigger part of the community or was as beloved as Traore was--by both humans and their canines. That didn’t stop ICE from taking him away.
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He Was a Beloved Dog Trainer and an Asylum Seeker. Why Was He Detained?
The humans love him, and so do the canines. What happened when ICE took Seyre Mussa Traore away.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here's a story about Mussa Traore, a dog trainer who for two years has been working at a south Austin dog park. Nobody was a bigger part of the community or was as beloved as Traore was--by both humans and their canines. That didn’t stop ICE from taking him away.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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"A lot of men who come to me want to manage their depression with something more aggressive; they’re worried that antidepressants will lower their sex drive or prevent them from owning firearms. Others worry that ketamine therapy is against their religion." www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
In the Permian Basin, This Ketamine Therapist Is a Lifesaver
Tammy Vaught treats patients who have nowhere else to turn.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"A lot of men who come to me want to manage their depression with something more aggressive; they’re worried that antidepressants will lower their sex drive or prevent them from owning firearms. Others worry that ketamine therapy is against their religion." www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
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About That Texas Monthly Cover Featuring Dick Cheney with a Shotgun
Evan Smith, then Texas Monthly’s editor in chief, gives the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Bum Steers cover came together.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Tammy is a saint embodied. In my darkest days, living in an oilfield town, I did not expect to find the love acceptance and help that I did. This woman is a gem and I’m so lucky to be one of many she’s cared for.
"Out here in West Texas, there’s not much care available for mental health. . . I worry that lives will be lost."
Tammy Vaught treats West Texas patients who have nowhere else to turn. https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/life-of-a-ketamine-therapist/
Tammy Vaught treats West Texas patients who have nowhere else to turn. https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/life-of-a-ketamine-therapist/
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November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tammy is a saint embodied. In my darkest days, living in an oilfield town, I did not expect to find the love acceptance and help that I did. This woman is a gem and I’m so lucky to be one of many she’s cared for.
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Yo! "12:15 p.m. (Book TV on C-SPAN2) — Senior writer Dan Solomon interviews whistleblower and author Reality Winner about her memoir I Am Not Your Enemy."
Join our editors this month at the 30th annual Texas Book Festival and Texas Tribune Festival’s Open Congress for panels on Texas culture, politics, true crime, and storytelling. https://www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/texas-monthly-editors-2025-texas-book-festival-and-texas-tribune-festival/
Texas Monthly Editors Take the Stage at Texas Book Festival and Texas Tribune Festival
This November, join us for a live experience featuring the engaging stories and insightful discussions that define Texas Monthly. The magazine's
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November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yo! "12:15 p.m. (Book TV on C-SPAN2) — Senior writer Dan Solomon interviews whistleblower and author Reality Winner about her memoir I Am Not Your Enemy."
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Tune in this weekend for the next Texas Monthly Presents on PBS episode. I’ll be diving into ascendant New Tejano cuisine with chefs, taqueros & Texans.
Join our taco editor José R. Ralat along the taco trail to discover the dishes that define the New Tejano culinary movement.
Watch the trailer for episode fifteen of 'Texas Monthly Presents' here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthly-presents/episode-115/
Watch the trailer for episode fifteen of 'Texas Monthly Presents' here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthly-presents/episode-115/
New Tejano: About Episode 115 of 'Texas Monthly Presents,' on PBS
Join José R. Ralat along the taco trail to discover the dishes that define the New Tejano culinary movement.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tune in this weekend for the next Texas Monthly Presents on PBS episode. I’ll be diving into ascendant New Tejano cuisine with chefs, taqueros & Texans.
No Texas city has Austin beat for its sheer volume of worthy barbecue destinations. 👀
Our barbecue editor's top choices: https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/best-bbq-joints-in-austin/
Our barbecue editor's top choices: https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/best-bbq-joints-in-austin/
Our Top Barbecue Joints in Austin
The home of Franklin Barbecue is overflowing with great smoked meats.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
No Texas city has Austin beat for its sheer volume of worthy barbecue destinations. 👀
Our barbecue editor's top choices: https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/best-bbq-joints-in-austin/
Our barbecue editor's top choices: https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/best-bbq-joints-in-austin/
In today's word wrangler, search for iconic artists who’ve earned their places in the Country Music Hall of Fame. 🤠🎸 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-november-6-2025/
Word Wrangler: November 6, 2025
Iconic artists who’ve earned their places in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In today's word wrangler, search for iconic artists who’ve earned their places in the Country Music Hall of Fame. 🤠🎸 https://www.texasmonthly.com/games/word-wrangler-november-6-2025/
Join our taco editor José R. Ralat along the taco trail to discover the dishes that define the New Tejano culinary movement.
Watch the trailer for episode fifteen of 'Texas Monthly Presents' here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthly-presents/episode-115/
Watch the trailer for episode fifteen of 'Texas Monthly Presents' here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthly-presents/episode-115/
New Tejano: About Episode 115 of 'Texas Monthly Presents,' on PBS
Join José R. Ralat along the taco trail to discover the dishes that define the New Tejano culinary movement.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Join our taco editor José R. Ralat along the taco trail to discover the dishes that define the New Tejano culinary movement.
Watch the trailer for episode fifteen of 'Texas Monthly Presents' here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthly-presents/episode-115/
Watch the trailer for episode fifteen of 'Texas Monthly Presents' here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-monthly-presents/episode-115/
Join our editors this month at the 30th annual Texas Book Festival and Texas Tribune Festival’s Open Congress for panels on Texas culture, politics, true crime, and storytelling. https://www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/texas-monthly-editors-2025-texas-book-festival-and-texas-tribune-festival/
Texas Monthly Editors Take the Stage at Texas Book Festival and Texas Tribune Festival
This November, join us for a live experience featuring the engaging stories and insightful discussions that define Texas Monthly. The magazine's
www.texasmonthly.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Join our editors this month at the 30th annual Texas Book Festival and Texas Tribune Festival’s Open Congress for panels on Texas culture, politics, true crime, and storytelling. https://www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/texas-monthly-editors-2025-texas-book-festival-and-texas-tribune-festival/
Our next book club pick is. . . Skip Hollandsworth's "She Kills." 👏 https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-desk/texas-book-club-november-pick/
Announcing the Texas Book Club’s November Pick
This month, the Texas Book Club is reading a new curated selection from 'Texas Monthly' true crime writer Skip Hollandsworth.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our next book club pick is. . . Skip Hollandsworth's "She Kills." 👏 https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-desk/texas-book-club-november-pick/