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What Texans need to know to stay in the know. No Images? [Click here]( [Texas Optimism Project: Lukas and Micah Nelson]( [Texas Monthly]( [This Week in Texas] What Texans need to know to stay in the know The week of Monday, January 21, 2019 [See 3,822 Miles of Texas Borders From Above Through Aerial Photographs]( CHARLEY LOCKE In ”Texas From Above,” photographer Jay B. Sauceda captured the varied edges of Texas, from South Padre Island to the Panhandle. [Read More]( OUR TOP STORIES [Balmorhea State Park Will Reopen, Thanks to $2 Million in Donations]( TPWD’s fundraising from Apache Corporation and hundreds of Texans will support repairs at the park. [Read More]( [The Best Thing in Texas: A Cancer Patient Found Out He Won $100,000 While He Was in the Hospital]( Cancer sucks, but the timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous. [Read More]( [James Harden is Unbelievably Hot Right Now]( The beard is on fire. Well, not literally. [Read More]( [Sheila Jackson Lee Resigns from Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Amid Sexual Assault Lawsuit]( The powerful Houston congresswoman is alleged to have fired an aide who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a CBCF supervisor. [Read More]( [Texas Optimism Project: Lukas and Micah Nelson]( [What the Writer Notes for ‘Urban Cowboy’ Teach Us About The Making of the Film]( Journalist Aaron Latham donated his daily journals he kept on the set of ’Urban Cowboy,’ among other papers, to UT’s Harry Ransom Center. [Read More]( [Dan Patrick Strips Senator of Committee Chairmanship, Saying He Made Lewd Comment About Staffer]( The move by the lieutenant governor comes amid escalating tensions with Amarillo Republican senator Kel Seliger. [Read More]( [Joe Nick Patoski: “Austin’s Always Been Where Outsiders Come to Work Out Their Ideas”]( On the latest National Podcast of Texas, we talk to the author about his new book, ‘Austin to ATX,’ which attempts to demystify Austin’s dramatic transition from small town to global city. [Listen Now]( [‘The Good Place’ Actor William Jackson Harper on Playing Chidi, the Dallas Civil Rights Movement, and Ted Danson]( And no, he has has no idea what will happen in season four, either. [Read More]( [The Bull x The Horns: A New Advice Column]( [The Bull x The Horns: A New Advice Column]( What's standing between you and your best self? The Texas Optimism Project, sponsored by Frost Bank, is partnering with KUTX 98.9's Two Guys on Your Head podcasters Art Markman and Bob Duke to launch an advice column about taking control over the stress in our lives. Send us your questions about life, career, and everything in between and we'll spotlight how the power of perspective can change everything. [Read More]( EAT LIKE A TEXAN [Flores BBQ Is Moving from Whitney to Fort Worth]( DANIEL VAUGHN The year 2019 is shaping up to be a breakout one for barbecue in Cowtown. [Read More]( WEEKEND READS [The Texas Film Showcase Presents: ‘Night at the Dance’]( CHARLEY LOCKE In this 2011 documentary, filmmaker Annie Silverstein chronicles the scene at Sefcik Dance Hall in Seaton, one of the last small-town Texas dance halls remaining. [Read More]( FROM THE ARCHIVES [The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob]( SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought they’d never hear from her again— but she had other plans. [Read More]( [Subscribe to Texas Monthly and save!]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Texas Monthly PO Box 1569 Austin, TX 78767 Texas Monthly has sent you this alert because you signed up to receive it either online at texasmonthly.com, at the website of one of our business partners, or when you filled out a reader response card. You may opt-out from Texas Monthly newsletters at any time. Please see our Privacy Policy. If you would like to manage which Texas Monthly Editorial newsletters you are receiving, click Preferences, below. To unsubscribe from our Editorial newsletters, click Unsubscribe. [Like]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](