
8 Día de los Muertos events worth traveling to across Texas
by Joey Held
| October 14, 2025
animals | austin | celebration | Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW EVENTS | diversity | El Paso | ENTERTAINMENT | EQUALITY | FAMILY | food & drink | food and drink | food trucks | FORT WORTH | fun | HARDGATE | HOLIDAYS | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | local business | MEXICAN CULTURE | recreation | SAN ANTONIO | SHOPPING | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY | THINGS TO DO | TRAVEL
Día de los Muertos—also called Day of the Dead—events are in abundance across Texas. We’re highlighting some of the best for the perfect celebration.

8 Halloween events in Houston, from family-friendly to frightening
| October 7, 2025
animals | ENTERTAINMENT | halloween | halloween events | haunted house | horror movies | HTX | LITERATURE | outdoors | recreation | TEXAS
Looking for spooky fun this October? From kid-friendly festivals to haunted houses, Houston offers Halloween events for every age and scare level.

5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
| August 27, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | FARMING | History | JOBS | LABOR | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | MEXICAN CULTURE | WORK
Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of working people to improve their lives and gain a voice in their workplaces and the larger society.

Fort Worth prioritizes literacy effort as 2 in 3 students cannot read proficiently
| April 16, 2025
Mayor Mattie Parker issued a resolution April 15 declaring literacy as one of the city’s priorities. The document emphasized Fort Worth’s promise to help the 12 school districts serving the city achieve universal grade-level reading among students.

These librarians won’t let America’s fever hit Fahrenheit 451
| March 20, 2025
bannedbooks | bookbans | books | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | Community | CULTURE | EQUALITY | History | libraries | library | LITERATURE | national politics | old texas | politcal | political | politics | public education | schools | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS
A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.