Fires, Expansions, and TV Segments Made November a Huge Month in Texas Barbecue

Texas Monthly 12/7 5:00A Daniel Vaughn

Barbecue news posts were once a mainstay at TexasMonthly.com, but we ve just had too many other stories to tell lately. This past month seems different. November was full of barbecue triumphs, in the...

The “Longhorn Football Mom” Who Made the Lege Pay Attention

Texas Monthly 12/7 4:00A Skip Hollandsworth

On May 6, 2021, Jena Ehlinger was at a friend s wedding in Mexico when she received a phone call from an Austin police officer. He told her that her twenty-year-old son, Jake, a student at the...

How Houston Ballet Brings 1,750 ‘Nutcracker’ Costumes to Life

Texas Monthly 12/7 3:42A Molly Glentzer

Houston Ballet s costume shop, in late November, bursts at the seams with costumes for the The Nutcracker. When I visited the week before Thanksgiving, the show s 1,750 opulent costumes bulged from...

MySweetWishList: After-School All-Stars North Texas

My Sweet Charity 12/7 3:30A Jeanne Prejean

Marybeth Conlon, Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Conlon (File photos) According to After-School All-Stars North Texas advocates Marybeth and Kevin Conlon , “After-School All-Stars (ASAS) is the largest...

The Greatest Sideshow on Earth: Behind the Scenes of Ken Paxton’s Acquittal

Texas Monthly 12/7 3:00A Mimi Swartz

The free-floating anxiety in the Senate chamber at the Texas Capitol was so thick on September 16 that, from the floor to the gallery, you could almost feel the emotional electrons pinging through the...

TikTok Food Reviewer Keith Lee Made Houston Go Viral

Texas Monthly 12/7 2:00A Doyin Oyeniyi

What makes a mixed martial artist qualified to be a food critic? That s the question many have lobbed at Keith Lee, a Las Vegas based TikTok creator with 15.3 million followers who reviews takeout...

Rain Couldn’t Dampen News Arising At 2023 Sweetheart Ball New Members Tea

My Sweet Charity 12/6 11:30A Jeanne Prejean

The 2023 Sweetheart Ball new members tea was a multi-generational, family affair of support for the black-tie gala that has raised more than $42M for heart disease treatment and prevention. With 1996...

In ‘Renaissance,’ Beyoncé Finds Freedom in Control

Texas Monthly 12/6 7:48A Doyin Oyeniyi

I can t believe I was worried I would fall asleep. It had been sixteen months since the Renaissance album dropped, 67 days since I d seen Beyonc Knowles-Carter perform it on tour, and twelve hours...

2024 Family Gateway Board Has New Leadership And Eight Additional Members

My Sweet Charity 12/6 7:30A Jeanne Prejean

Family Gateway is moving into the next year with the addition of eight new board members and new board leadership. The 2024 Board Executive Committee will be led by Chair Michelle Frymire , Vice-Chair...

The Texanist’s Guide to Texas-Shaped Holiday Gifts

Texas Monthly 12/6 5:16A David Courtney

Tis once again the season to make good on the annual tradition of exchanging holiday gifts. But the Texanist knows that purchasing the perfect present sometimes requires more persistence than we can...

Why We’re Seeing More Green Jays Across South Texas

Texas Monthly 12/6 4:09A Rose Cahalan

Imagine a blue jay who comes back from a Canc n resort with a jaunty new wardrobe. That s the green jay, one of the most colorful birds in Texas. Its dramatic blue-and-black face evokes a lucha libre...

Lubbock Is For Art Lovers

Texas Monthly 12/6 4:00A Courtney Bond

On the Lubbock County Historical Commission s Facebook page is a grainy archival image that appears to have come from a bit of nineteenth-century promotional material. It depicts a group of dapper...

MySweetWishList: Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden

My Sweet Charity 12/6 3:30A Jeanne Prejean

Julie and Pierce Noble* According to Dallas Arboretum Board Member, donor and volunteer Pierce Noble , “The holidays are about giving, and our wish for the community is to give to help children have...

November Amazon Best Sellers

Brighton the Day 12/6 3:00A megan hopkins

November Amazon best sellers are here! These are the items that you purchased the most from Amazon. I get the feeling that a lot of you have already started your holiday shopping, because a lot of these make great holiday gifts. For instance, if...

The Amazing Birria of the Great Mexican City You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Texas Monthly 12/6 3:00A José R. Ralat

Mercado Ju rez isn t a traditional Mexican municipal market. The building on the outskirts of Aguascalientes doesn t display bluish-gray bulbs of huitlacoche on the cob. There aren t any chile vendors...