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WILD AT HEART • With a renewed sense of self and a recent cowboy boot collaboration, actress Beth Behrs is joyfully embracing her horse-girl era.

100 YEARS OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY • A weighty new hardcover book documents and details everything about the treasured Nashville stage of the Opry, and the stories from behind the scenes, from Day1back on November 28, 1925.

The Big Book of Opry • If there’s an era of country music you love the most and want to discover its backstory, it’s in here. After a foreword lovingly penned by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, every chapter goes deep into eras of country music and the stars who have been making it — and bringing it to the Opry stage — since 1925.

Eat, Drink, and Be Opry • If you decide to take yourself to Nashville to see what all the fuss is about, don’t go alone. Take our Eat, Drink, and Be Opry Guide with you to make sure you’re hitting these must-see spots for steak and bourbon. We narrowed it down to 10 each, in various neighborhoods and with prices ranging from dirt cheap to downright extravagant. Some are old haunts, while some are still dusting off from their grand openings. If you go, tell ’em C&I sent you.

Beyond the Big Opry Book

JIM KRANTZ’S WILD FRONTIER • What happens when a top commercial photographer with deep experimental chops and cowboy culture fascination has free rein to artistically roam with a lens for 43 years? A seminal photography book of the West like you’ve never seen.

GOING ELECTRIC: BOB DYLAN ’65 • America’s biggest jolt from folk to rock happened during a single electrifying set at a park in Newport, Rhode Island, 60 years ago. If you missed it, the concert’s most illuminating recap ever is now surging at a remarkable exhibition in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

ART CALENDAR

CHARLEY CROCKETT IN THE AGE OF THE RAM • Two albums into “The Sagebrush Trilogy,” the traveling Texas musician is following his own path to artistic freedom and writing his best songs ever.

Charley Crockett On The Red Headed Stranger

Dollar A Day Playlist • Dollar A Day is filled with great songs. It’s really at its best when the album is played in its entirety. But if you want to check out a few tracks, these standouts are a great place to start.

OF Mental Health AND HORSES • IN EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY, THE HEALING POWER OF A 1,200-POUND PARTNER IS HELPING VETERANS, ADDICTS, TRAUMA SURVIVORS, STRUGGLING YOUTH, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER GROUPS ADDRESS CHALLENGES.

GIFT GUIDE 2025 • A merry and bright holiday sight for contemporary country celebrations.

HOW TO FIGHT A BULL • We go inside the brutal, beautiful, and breakneck world of bullfighting—and find out what it takes to get between beast and bullrider.

Bullfighters Only • Want to see these brave bullbusters in action? If you’re heading to Vegas, they’re putting on a championship show during NFR.

STETSON: AMERICAN ICON • America’s legendary hat brand marks its 160th anniversary with a handsome tome chronicling every angle of Stetson’s heady rise—from humble Philly roots to becoming the chosen crown of the American West and beyond.

Speaking of Stetsons

Storied Stetson Milestones • Just how far can a hat company soar in 160 years? Stetson is the yardstick for that ponderable. The following timeline of crowning milestones for the iconic brand has been...