Rio Grande

SMU Basketball! Live! In Austin?

Felipe Calderón Said All the Right Things Yesterday. But ... Then What?

End of an era

After seven years and hundreds of thousands of miles, Killbilly calls it quits

Beginner's luck

Erik Ehn's new work succeeds, but it requires a leap of faith

Lost Art

Dallas' most compelling art museum is hidden away in an old East Dallas firehouse

Back to the future

Mazinga Phaser's neon glories

See your world on a small screen at the 11th Annual Dallas Video Festival

Mazinga Phaser's neon glories

Events for the week

Mazinga Phaser's neon glories

Getting dumped

Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

Holy handouts

How taxpayers -- including you, if you hit the flea market in Canton -- are subsidizing the Christian right

Children of the Storm

Hurricane Mitch left thousands homeless, jobless, and alone, forcing them to cross the border in search for new lives in America. And those were just the kids.

Letters

Muzzle the Barking Dog, Glass Houses Dept., Highway From Hell, Bitter Holiday

Border Town

New book depicts true life and history on the Mexican border

Ask A Mexican

Ice cream and swimming while clothed—is there a connection? Probably.

El Mejor de lo Mejor

We Asked a Mexican to help us pick the best Anglo covers of Mexican tunes

Ask A Mexican

There is no fool like an April Fool.

Why Exactly Does Mexico Suck?

There is no fool like an April Fool.

Fest intentions

USA Film Festival: Amargosa, Committed, The Devil's Swing, Dropping Out, Hamlet, Lush, The Natural History of the Chicken, Split Decision, The Target Shoots First, Steal This Movie

¡Ask a Mexican!

USA Film Festival: Amargosa, Committed, The Devil's Swing, Dropping Out, Hamlet, Lush, The Natural History of the Chicken, Split Decision, The Target Shoots First, Steal This Movie

Ministry

Rio Grande Blood (13th Planet/Megaforce)

The Promised Land

Rio Grande Blood (13th Planet/Megaforce)

Bubba Patrol

The Minutemen are ready to patrol Texas' border. Are we ready for them?

Kyoto Song

Gardens grow in Temporal Screens: Photographs from Kyoto

Cashed Out

Texas' only casino hit by corruption charges

Our Lady

La Virgen de Guadalupe in body and soul

Trading Upscale

Yuppie gentrification strikes the heart of old West Texas

Blue-Collar Nights

To the sound of a Latin beat, the city's working stiffs escape the daily grind at Escapade, two of the biggest nightclubs you've never heard of -- not if English is your first language

Hope in Hell

Cameron Park, Texas, is the poorest town in the U.S.A. But its residents say life has never been better.

Life of a Salesman

Jacob Kupersztoch struggles to get Mexican art the recognition it deserves

Open Season

Border authorities fear a return to the law of the Wild West as Texas homeowners take up guns against illegal Mexican immigrants

Deadman, Walking

Deadman finds the heart of Texas in Mexico

Novel Idea

A tiny publisher in the Big Bend lands a whopper—the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County

Like a Virgin

La Virgen de Guadalupe is hip for a 470-year-old

Prose and Conjunto

A new book finds the squeeze-box heart of Texas-Mexican music

Desert Blooms

Jetports and elite resorts may do what border bandits and blistering heat couldn't: rob Big Bend of its rugged beauty

Run Over

Small towns in the Big Bend area brace for an onslaught of Mexican trucks rolling their way thanks to NAFTA

Let the Chips Fall

Texas' Kickapoo Indians once lived in squalor under a bridge and worked as migrant laborers. Now things are looking up, thanks to a new Native American tradition: casino gambling.

The Angel of Juarez

Hundreds of poor Mexican girls have been abducted, raped, and murdered on the streets of Ciudad Juarez. They were forgotten and mostly ignored by authorities until Esther Chavez came along.

Ranch Hams

Matt Damon and cast tackle Cormac and give us a predictably mythic Cowboy flick. Yeehaw.

Wide awake

DTC keeps your eyes open throughout the jarring Dreamlandia

Don't Blame Mexicans for Swine Flu; They Just Work Here.

DTC keeps your eyes open throughout the jarring Dreamlandia

Houston Cries For Pudge, Claims Its Music History Beats Dallas'

​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? ... More >>

With Shifting Attitudes and a Burgeoning Medical Marijuana Movement, the Future Looks Rosy for Legalized Weed

​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? ... More >>

A Report from Juarez, the Bleeding Front Line of the War on Drugs

​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? ... More >>

Watch: Rhett Miller Shares Some Insight on The Old 97's' The Grand Theatre, Volume Two--Which Might Include A Killbilly Song?

Very much getting ahead of himself, Rhett Miller posted the above clip of him talking about The Grand Theatre, Volume Two--remember, the Old 97's new, return-to-form Volume One doesn't come out until Tuesday--to YouTube earlier this week as part of his new video diary series.There's still some inter ... More >>

It's Game Day at Big Daddy's House

Aaron McCargo Jr.​Everything about Aaron McCargo Jr. -- a.k.a. Big Daddy of Big Daddy's House -- is larger-than-life, from those dueling, glimmering earrings to the ingratiating grin as wide as the Rio Grande to that infectious laugh that serves as constant exclamation point to every brashly f ... More >>

Two Tacos from Maple Avenue That Are Good Enough to Marry

The dearth of information on most taquerías and Mexican restaurants in the Dallas area means that often this weekly series relies heavily on leaps of faith (and stomach). Call it food cartography, because, baby, there is no map. It's what barbecue expert Daniel Vaughn does at Full Custom Gospel BBQ ... More >>

Fox & The Bird's Road to Tonight's Album Release Show at Sons of Hermann Hall

Sara KerensOn the road with Fox & The Bird...​For the past few weeks, the Family Band-ers in Dallas' Fox & The Bird have been on the road, taking part in their largest tour to date, all of which is meant to promote Floating Feather, the band's long-awaited debut release, which formally com ... More >>

City's Still Struggling With Way to Keep Shopping Carts From Wandering Away

​Speaking of Quality of Life ...At the end of January, the council committee debuted a short film titled The Shopping Cart Menace!, which tallied up the number of abandoned carts in and around Vickery Meadow (spoiler alert: 40 espied during a 20-minute look-see) and demanded the council "pass an o ... More >>

Another Adventure in Meatlessness, This Time at Sundown, Velvet Taco and Buzzbrews

Whitney FilloonMeat lover Whitney Filloon is trying her hand at going meatless once a week. Here's her latest dispatch. The elotes at Velvet Taco.​"No regular potato fries? Goddamn hipsters." So spoke the quintessential Meatless Monday opponent, also known as my boyfriend. We sat across a b ... More >>