No Cause Found for Pond Fish-Kill

People Newspapers News 7/26 8:45A Sarah Hodges

The reason behind a fish-kill in the ponds at Caruth and Curtis Park remains a mystery after tests of pond water failed to pinpoint a cause.

Preservation Park Cities Awards Two Scholarships to 2024 Grads

People Newspapers News 7/26 8:19A Sarah Hodges

Preservation Park Cities has presented 2024 Highland Park High School graduates Elizabeth Irvine and Sadie Smythe each with $2,000 scholarships gifted through the Highland Park Education Foundation Tartan Fund/Preservation Park Cities Endowment...

Don’t Blink During ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ or You’ll Miss Matthew McConaughey’s Marvel Debut

Texas Monthly 7/26 7:33A Dan Solomon

Matthew McConaughey, like pretty much every star in Hollywood, has long been linked to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He was reportedly in talks to play Doctor Strange in the 2016 film of the same...

Texas Monthly Welcomes New Chief Revenue Officer Joe Weir

Texas Monthly 7/26 6:22A Texas Monthly

Media veteran Joe Weir has joined Texas Monthly as our new chief revenue officer, overseeing the company s sales operations. Through the rest of the year, he ll work alongside our CRO emeritus,...

I Remember the Last Time Simone Biles Was an Underdog—More Than a Decade Ago

Texas Monthly 7/26 5:49A Dvora Meyers

The first time I saw Simone Biles in competition, she didn t win. This, it would turn out, was an exceedingly rare experience, because winning has become synonymous with the Texan it s something she s...

University Park to Fog for Mosquitos from July 26 to 29

People Newspapers News 7/26 5:03A Sarah Hodges

University Park plans to fog for mosquitos between July 26 and 29.

Simone Biles, Sha’Carri Richardson, and 11 Other Texans to Watch at the Paris Olympics

Texas Monthly 7/26 4:07A Maria Probert Hermosillo, Isabel

When the members of Team USA float down the Seine at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, only California and Florida will have more athletes representing the red, white, and blue than...

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Meets the Waco Siege: Bret Anthony Johnston’s New Novel Can Only Be Set in Texas

Texas Monthly 7/26 4:00A Scott Ray

Bret Anthony Johnston wanted to go skateboarding, something he was once paid to do but that I haven t done since the George W. Bush administration. I was willing to give it a try, but the best time...

Sandlot Baseball Teams Are a Treasure Trove of Merch. Here’s What We’d Buy.

Texas Monthly 7/26 3:40A Aisling Ayers

The bats are wooden, the beer is cold, and the merch is a home run. Sandlot baseball clubs in Texas run on an everyone s welcome, just grab a bat ethos once you score a coveted spot on a team, that...

Will Assigned Seats Clip Southwest Airlines’ Wings?

Texas Monthly 7/26 3:18A Joseph Guinto

Hailed by some as egalitarian but decried by others as a cattle call, the open boarding process at Southwest Airlines is on the way out. The Dallas-based carrier on Thursday said that it will soon...

How a Historic Honky-tonk Gave Me Something to Fight For

Texas Monthly 7/25 4:00A Jill Krause

My hands trembled a little as I locked my car in the parking lot of a small, blue, windowless building off Burnet Road with an image of John Wayne spray-painted on a boarded-up side door. There was...

A Texas Congressman Wrote the Culture War Playbook When He Killed a 1930s Theater Program

Texas Monthly 7/25 3:41A Courtney Thomas

For four years in the thirties, the U.S. government invested in theater to an extent that seems impossible, even shocking, today. The Federal Theatre Project, one of a slew of New Deal programs...

Power-Thirsty Bitcoin Miners Are Flooding the Energy Center of Texas

Texas Monthly 7/25 3:00A Sasha von Oldershausen

Sporting work boots, cargo pants, a camo tee, and a bottom lip packed with dip, Jason Wilson looks like the sort of guy who wouldn t be caught dead in a Prius. And yet that s what he pulls up in when...

A New Artificial Heart in Houston Might Save Millions

Texas Monthly 7/25 1:00A Mimi Swartz

Sometimes, when I was watching various artificial heart experiments in the basement of the Texas Heart Institute, I wondered if I was experiencing something akin to Thomas Edison s housekeeper. That...

Oscar Cásares Is an Author Reared on Oral Storytelling

Texas Monthly 7/24 9:50A Dan Goodgame

He grew up in a working-class neighborhood of Brownsville, in a home with few books. But Oscar C sares was surrounded by avid storytellers, including his parents and the aunts, uncles, and neighbors...