Texas VegFest Returns to Austin

Any time a bunch of vegans get together, you can bet it will be a party

"...no Austin festival would be complete without music. The Jetsons and One World (R)evolution are returning to the Texas..."

March 31, 2017 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

The Singularity Is Clear

Getting down to brass tacks about one of Interactive's favorite buzzwords

"...and artificial general intelligence design walk to work with Jetsons daydreams and bank accounts loaded up with DARPA dollars...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Alex Dunbar

Film News

Austin Studios lands a long-term tenant; Robert Rodriguez talks about a live-action The Jetsons; and more

"...is talking seriously about his live-action remake of The Jetsons. Rodriguez told MTV that he plans to shoot it..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Wrapping up the Austin Film Festival

"...(reliable reports say he will shoot a live-action The Jetsons before a green screen next year) outside of Texas..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Little Shop of Horrors: A Good Time Out of Joint

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's Little Shop of Horrors is a terrific staging of an endearingly weird musical.

"...a boss from the same mold that shaped The Jetsons' Mr. Spacely. And consider those Jetsons and how retro..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Have Yourself an Animated Christmas

"...then flip to Looney Tunes (noon, NICK). Alternately, The Jetsons: The Movie (noon, SF) and The Jungle Book (12:05,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation ’97

"...humor based on a stale sight gag of vaguely Jetsons-esque suburbanites sucking on bongs and blunts. A few other..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

SXSW Panel Recap: Urban Air Mobility: What's Next?

Like winter, personal air transport is coming. But for who?

"...you’ve been wanting for years now – thanks, The Jetsons; thanks, Bladerunner – but, nah, a world of flying..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...character George Jetson, the father in the show The Jetsons, was born August 22, 2022. The show was set..."

April 15, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

UT Professors Discuss the “Fourth Agricultural Revolution” at SXSW

Predicting the future of food

"...Markman questions whether we will embrace this "Jetsons-style, futuristic food model" or still idealize traditional agricultural practices...."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Gracie Awalt

Forward to the Past With Future '38

Director Jamie Greenberg on his fake period piece

"...astronauts to the moon. We really live in The Jetsons."..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...a period where we were all enamored of The Jetsons and we were pretty sure we'd never need [sidewalks]..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...been masterfully refurbished and upgraded. The units range from Jetsons-looking art deco systems to the ultra rare "Snow White's..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Red River

Hit-and-run leaves two dead

"...illustrator, who in his post-Beatles career drew for The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, and Rugrats, retired in 2008 when computers changed..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Driving on Thin Ice

Bad weather exposes bad road design

"...the result of an all-night brainstorming session between the Jetsons and the design team at Schlitterbahn. In most years,..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interactive Announces First Wave

More than 500 sessions are already on the docket

"...Intelligent Future track suggests our childhood dreams of a Jetsons reality may finally be on the horizon: Driverless Cars,..."

Oct. 14, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

A Picnik Fit for the Primal Diners of the Future

South Austin's new healthy-eating trailer

"...trailer aimed at feeding both the Flintstones and the Jetsons. Picnik Austin is the most recent example of Austin's..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Food Review by Jessi Cape

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...you liked was still a fantasy out of The Jetsons, you needed to be parked in front of the..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Right

Austin-based Students of the World strives to make it a better one

"...addressing the controversy stirred by Make It Right's mega-modern Jetsons-style home designs and builders proudly displaying the cutting-edge green..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Satellite Bistro & Bar

"...Oak Hill. The big new space still has the Jetsons-style décor but offers a comfortable patio for enjoying jazz..."

June 4, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Pecan Street Project

The Department of Energy awards 32 grants nationwide for energy research – PSP a winner

"...its promise, we'll all be living large like the Jetsons...."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Film News

'Film News' explains what the new film incentives bill means; plus news from Rick Linklater, Andrew Bujalski, and Owen Egerton

"...City 2; and a big-screen version of television's The Jetsons. Linklater Goes Maverick..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Dukes, Perry and the Other Troublemakers

Big boost for film incentives, and great news for fans of Friday Night Lights and Grindhouse

"...of smaller movies called Sin City 2 and The Jetsons."..."

April 23, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What Will Robert Do Next?

Robert Rodriguez talks about his next movie, DVDs, and his next possible collaborator.

"...rumors: Yes, he's interested in new versions of The Jetsons and Clash of the Titans, and was excited about..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Incentives (except for any production that "portrays Texas or Texans in a negative fashion")!

"...Rodriguez Fond of 'Barbarella' After flirting with remaking The Jetsons or Land of the Lost, Robert Rodriguez is instead..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Incentives in the Senate: Does Steve Ogden want to censor filmmakers shooting in Texas?

"...Warner Bros. to direct a live-action version of The Jetsons… Richard Linklater gets the star treatment in June with..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Dining Up and Down West Lynn

Venerable spaces and new faces

"...stark, informal atmosphere, noise level, bright colors, and tongue-in-cheek Jetsons' decor complement the nonthreatening menu of burgers, sandwiches, wraps,..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

New Technology, Old Bad Habits

How will students deal with the dorm of the future, and how will they afford it?

"...sponsored in part by Texas A&M, dreams of a Jetsons-esque phütür, where students will live in modular accommodations with..."

Feb. 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Slick, Furry, Lush, Line

The textures explored by artists Young-Min Kang, Candace Briceño, Jeongmee Yoon, and Miguel Cortez in Studio 107's Slick, Furry, Lush, Line go far beyond the show title

"...and at the extreme of this rethink of the Jetsons' humble abode, Cortez's sharp-lined, auto-techno-scientific-styled graphics point out an..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Y Not?

The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas

"...wouldn't be buses but "personal rapid transit" – a Jetsons-esque technology that involves individual transit pods zipping around elevated..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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