DVD Watch: Barbara

Morality takes center stage in this quiet marvel of 2012

"...the year-end releases of 2013, consider making time for Barbara, one of the best foreign-language films of 2012, which..."

Nov. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barbara's Fire

Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students

"...Barbara Hines has spent a lifetime fighting the good fight...."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Thanks Barbara Lynn

Empress of Gulf Coast soul graces the North Door Saturday

"...Barbara Lynn’s debut single, 1962’s “You’ll Lose A Good Thing,”..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Two Bios of Barbara

"...Barbara Jordan: The Biography by Austin Teutsch Golden Touch Press,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Review

In Memoriam: Barbara Irwin

"...2020 wrenched another jewel from Austin’s violet crown when Barbara Irwin died at 78 on May 12. If she..."

June 20, 2020 Postmarks

Barbara Smith Conrad

A week of celebration for the great mezzo where her career was launched against all odds

"...things were like for them a half-century ago, ask Barbara Smith Conrad. She lived it. And right here in..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Barbara Jordan Statue at UT

The statue honoring the former congresswoman and UT professor is unveiled

"...over the University of Texas. On Friday, April 24, Barbara Jordan will take up permanent residence under West Campus'..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spotlight: Barbara Lynn

Beaumont's southpaw R&B queen, oh yeah

"...excited seeing a black girl play left-handed guitar," reminisces Barbara Lynn about her early days touring with the likes..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Barbara Jordan Statue: Standing like she stood up for the Constitution

After a second national search, a design for UT's proposed statue of Barbara Jordan has been chosen, this one by California sculptor Bruce Wolfe

"...A design for UT's proposed statue of Barbara Jordan has been chosen … again...."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Barbara K Reviewed

"...Barbara KReady (Fire Sister) It should come as no surprise..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy

This year's Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy tackled the digital divide.

"...mend it, was the topic of the Sixth Annual Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy at the University..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Barbara Bush Cover in Bad Taste

"...Dear sir, Your cover comparing Barbara Bush to Marie Antoinette and the "instructions" related to..."

Nov. 2, 2005 Postmarks

Barbara Ellen's

"...Barbara Ellen's..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Food Column

Barbara Purcell's Top 10 Only-in-Austin Arts Highlights of 2019

The year seen through a lens of the city, upending the expected and lifting up the unusual

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Margaret Moser Tribute: Barbara K

The power of music for fixing things and opening hearts

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

They're Coming To Get You, Barbara...

Fantastic Fest Round Two

Aug. 12, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Barbara Chisholm on the Top 10 Things to Top It Off

Jan. 5, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Still a Good Thing

Lady sings the blues

"...Barbara Lynn Ozen hasn't lost her good thing. She lives..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Future's Still Bright

Barbara K, the woman who turned down $900,000

"...Barbara K is certifiably insane. That's the conclusion she's guessing..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Megan McGinnis is Full of Life in Beetlejuice, the Show About Death

The Broadway star on the magic of bringing a movie to the stage

"...fear dying on stage. Not Megan McGinnis: because as Barbara Maitland in the Broadway in Austin production of Beetlejuice,..."

Feb. 6, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Don Jon

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a guy who prefers porn to his girlfriend Scarlet Johansson in this film which also he wrote and directed.

"...when Jon suddenly falls hard for 10+ Jersey girl Barbara (Johannson), there seems to be a chance that real..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best Beloveds

Molly Ivins' kickass boots are an ideal fit for prized actor Barbara Chisholm

"...that he had the actor to fill Ivins' boots: Barbara Chisholm, a towering figure in her own right, having..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Feature by Amy Smith

Better All the Time

Cabaret and musical legend Barbara Cook is still learning

"...You may think Barbara Cook hit the heights musically on Broadway in the..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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A Chicago art group brings Austin punk and the mighty congresswoman together

"...To my knowledge, Barbara Jordan never opened for the Dicks. In fact, I'd..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Savage Grace

You can almost smell the desperation in the twisted psychosexuality of Savage Grace, the film purportedly based on the true story of a mother-son relationship that went tragically wrong.

"...wrong. Equal parts socialite and sociopath, the one-time middle-class Barbara Daly (Moore) loves living the life of the idle..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wild Man Blues

"...Directed by: Barbara Kopple. Two-time documentary feature Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (American..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

Timbuk 3's Barbara Kooyman looks to a brighter future with Texamericana.org

"...On a warm May day in 2001, Barbara Kooyman folded a Timbuk 3 T-shirt and laid it..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

She Believes

Barbara Taft Devotes Her Life to Convicted Teen

"...Birchumn On a warm July morning two years ago, Barbara Taft was on the Leander express bus headed to..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Steal Big, Steal Little

"...Fortuna, her 40,000 acre ranch and estate in Santa Barbara, to the families who work the land. Having grown..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Transit

A contemporary retelling of life in occupied France has chilling modern resonances

"...various complexities of his homeland of Germany (after 2012’s Barbara and 2014’s Phoenix). And while based on Anna Seghers'..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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