Appalachia

The Hunger Games Rages Against Our Stupid Culture and Becomes Part of the Problem

Postcard from Texas Meth Country

In one East Texas town, a new brand of meth lab has business -- and the occasional house -- booming.

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Tuesday, July 26, at Dada

Brackets: Dining Here is Up the Creek If You're Without a Paddle.

Tuesday, July 26, at Dada

NASCAR Legend Brings Moonshine to Modern Drinkers

If only grandma's apple preserves came bathed in moonshine​Unless your grandpa is fermenting batches of white lightning in his backyard, you're going to be hard pressed to find authentic moonshine in this neck of the woods. The moonshining, bootlegging culture of Appalachia and the South has ... More >>

Remembrance of Blizzard Meals Past

Snowy, sleety weather calls for cassoulets and shepherd's pies. But unless you've already stocked your pantry, it's unlikely you'll be able to throw together an impromptu blizzard menu: Risking the streets to buy a duck leg seems silly, which is why perfectly good stay-at-home, cooking days end up w ... More >>

Observer Hires New Food Critic and It's Not Dude Food's Noah Bailey

Not Hanna Raskin​It's no easy thing, hiring a food critic. There's the slogging through countless resumes and writing samples, the wining and dining of potential candidates, the follow-up phone calls and e-mails to find that one voice among the many whose writing pops off the page and knows what ... More >>

Gig Alert: Charlie Parr, AM Ramblers, Burntsierra Trio Tonight at The Hydrant Café

Charlie Parr​Sad to say I've never had the pleasure of attending a gig at Denton's Hydrant Café, but tonight's bill at the little eatery just off the square might warrant the trip northward.Headlining country bluesman Charlie Parr has a story almost as good as his music: The 40-year-old from Dulu ... More >>

Old Crow Medicine Show Hits The Road...Again

Charlie Parr​Sad to say I've never had the pleasure of attending a gig at Denton's Hydrant Café, but tonight's bill at the little eatery just off the square might warrant the trip northward.Headlining country bluesman Charlie Parr has a story almost as good as his music: The 40-year-old from Dulu ... More >>

Marlo's House is a Dutch Treat

Charlie Parr​Sad to say I've never had the pleasure of attending a gig at Denton's Hydrant Café, but tonight's bill at the little eatery just off the square might warrant the trip northward.Headlining country bluesman Charlie Parr has a story almost as good as his music: The 40-year-old from Dulu ... More >>

Rural Funders, Not Rural Jurors

Charlie Parr​Sad to say I've never had the pleasure of attending a gig at Denton's Hydrant Café, but tonight's bill at the little eatery just off the square might warrant the trip northward.Headlining country bluesman Charlie Parr has a story almost as good as his music: The 40-year-old from Dulu ... More >>

A Pack of Mutts

Need a little alt in your country? These ten don't.

Say Amen, Somebody

In Crowns, glory in the gospel of Sunday hats; Handler rattles different religious prey

Green Achers

Undertow relishes in the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family

Chris Knight

September 24 and 25

Year of the Coma

Blending emotion and wackiness, Pedro Almodvar's latest looks at sleeping beauties

Best Gallery Show

Shelby Lee Adams' Modern Appalachia, Photographs Do Not Bend

Mountain View

Photographer Shelby Lee Adams captures a vanishing way of life in Appalachia

The Grass is Blue

In Songcatcher, the music of Appalachia comes alive

Low Flame

Burning Patience needs a touch more heat

Ride 'Em, Surferboy

As coastal Texans head inland to escape heavy weather, landlocked beach boys are catching waves and sitting on top of the world

The Handsome Family

As coastal Texans head inland to escape heavy weather, landlocked beach boys are catching waves and sitting on top of the world

The Dixie Chicks

What's Not To Like?

Out There

What's Not To Like?

Out Here

What's Not To Like?

Letters

What's Not To Like?

The holler dwellers

The photographs of Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia are so honest, they make you wince

Caught in the Webb

Outsider artist Ida Kingsbury didn't have any friends. So she made 500 of them with her hands.

Bleeding arts

When an alcoholic, a schizophrenic, and a homeless man get together and draw, the Stewpot calls it group therapy. Christina Rees calls it art.

Bewitched, bothered, bewildered

What to make of Erykah Badu's latest album

Forever, my beloved

Julie Miller makes music for--and of--the ages

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Lost souls

11th Street's hillbilly soap opera Heathen Valley is beyond redemption

Channel surfing

The 1994 Dallas Video Festival mixes equal parts ineptitude and brilliance