Day Trips: San Antonio Botanical Garden

Public garden adds a culinary component to its flowering beds

"...The San Antonio Botanical Garden is growing a delicious new trend in public gardens...."

Oct. 20, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Secret Garden

Neither talking down to children nor pandering to their parents, The Secret Garden functions something like a fairy tale in which the primordial and psychosexual concerns are made palpable and socially acceptable.

"...Maggie Smith. The land mapped out in The Secret Garden is, indeed, a special place. This film adaptation of..."

Aug. 20, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hanging Garden

"...-- in Thom Fitzgerald's florid family drama, The Hanging Garden. The Canadian film is a homecoming story in which..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qui and Saukam Cook Up a Garden Party

Culinary couple host annual Umlauf fundraiser

"...The annual Garden Party at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum is..."

April 21, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Umlauf Garden Party Turns 15

Sip and stroll through sculpture garden raises funds for facility

"...The fifteenth annual Garden Party had a special purpose – to raise funds..."

April 28, 2013 Food Post by Rachel Feit

Garden of Delights

Korea Garden's tempting menu is best tested one dish at a time, and most pass with flying colors

"...listen? We had been studying the menu at Korea Garden for a good 15 minutes, trying to decide what..."

April 28, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Cement Garden

"...upon himself to remake the backyard into the titular garden. He doesn't get far, though, succumbing to a heart..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Elsewhere Garden Bar and Kitchen, San Antonio

When in the Alamo City, go Elsewhere to find the city’s best beer garden

"...Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen is no saint, but it's a..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Fireflies in the Garden

This long-delayed drama about family dysfunction stars Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, and Julia Roberts.

"...of one of its key members, Fireflies in the Garden draws some questionable parallels between the once-upon-a-time deeds of..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...by Iron and Wine in Zach Braff’s debut feature, Garden State, a zealously dreamy tale of love, loss, and..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

WTF Is Happening at Johnson's Backyard Garden?

The collective ex-employees release a statement

"...heard rumors, you know? Of trouble at Johnson's Backyard Garden. Of the sort of antics that would give even..."

Aug. 23, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Releasing 'Fireflies in the Garden'

Julia Roberts pic filmed 3 years ago in Austin area has U.S. release date

"...while he was in town shooting Fireflies in the Garden. Also starring in the picture are Julia Roberts and..."

Aug. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing 'House' (and 'Garden')

At Austin Playhouse, running Alan Ayckbourn's paired comedies side-by-side is double the pleasure, double the fun

"...who's currently producing Alan Ayckbourn's twin comedies House and Garden side by side in his Austin Playhouse theatres and..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Eastside Neighborhood Garden Uprooted

A more-than-25-year tradition of community gardening in Central East Austin's McKinley Heights neighborhood has come to an end, some fear for good.

"...A more-than-25-year tradition of community gardening in Central East Austin's McKinley Heights neighborhood has come..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

School's Garden Bulldozed

AISD contractors mowed down Martin Middle School's wildlife habitat

"...from Austin ISD. So when contractors bulldoze a wildlife garden built by staff and students, just so they can..."

July 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hoover Alexander and the Soular Food Garden

A whole new take on soul food

"...new energies, and a new venue: the Soular Food Garden at 12th & Waller. "The divine stirring of the..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Food Feature by MM Pack

Day Trips: Mrs. Lee’s Daffodil Garden, Gladewater

East Texas flowers have a rich history rooted in love

"...Mrs. Lee's Daffodil Garden between Tyler and Gladewater explodes with yellow flowers once..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden

The exhibition "Charles Umlauf: A Retrospective, 1933-1992" at the gallery Spazio by Lytle Pressley, is a fresh reminder that Umlauf was an artistic virtuoso in many ways and not simply an artist who lived in Austin, but an artist who was Austin, who embodied something of the character of the city and revealed it in his artwork.

"...Jerusalem, among so many works at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum -- why not assume this?..."

June 1, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Now Streaming in Austin: Fireflies in the Garden

Ryan Reynolds, Julia Roberts, and Willem Dafoe get weepy

"...a dramatic actor in domestic drama Fireflies in the Garden...."

March 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Garden Left Behind Bears Witness to Anti-Trans Violence

A new paradise lost from filmmaker Flavio Alves

"...Lovell made an impact on his script for The Garden Left Behind...."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Sonya Coté Debuts A Table in the Garden

Community cookbook pays tribute to District 5

"...matched with District 5 and the Cherry Creek Community Garden, a tract of land where 25 homes once stood..."

March 9, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Creeping Garden

Weird Science: Documentary about slime trudges along

"...Despite its foreboding title, The Creeping Garden isn't a slime-mold horror film, but rather a documentary..."

Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Dan Gentile

From Garden State to the Final Moments in Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and his new film

"...evolution from his debut movie, 2004's surprise cult smash Garden State. It's almost the "after" of its "happily ever..."

July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Common Law: Community Garden Squatter

Community garden squatter – can I adversely possess the abandoned lot next door?

"...dream is to turn the lot into a community garden. I've heard that if we use the property long..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Column by Luke Ellis

The East First Garden Theatre

"...Austin, a new live music venue, the East First Garden Theatre, has recently been born into the heart of..."

April 24, 1998 Music Feature

Day Trips: Johnson’s Backyard Garden, Garfield

Gardeners, start your planting

"...Johnson's Backyard Garden is selling vegetable and herb transplants at their farm..."

March 12, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Umlauf Sculpture Garden Reopening

Especially when it's rich with art, the outside is in again

"...all art collections are inside: Hello there, Umlauf Sculpture Garden!..."

June 5, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

For the Time Being, Eastside Cafe Garden Has Some Suerte

Pastrami shop set to open in former Elaine’s Pork and Pie space

"...of Eastside developments is the fate of the beloved garden. For now...."

March 27, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

Snapshot: Austin Discovery School’s Garden Work Day

Teaching kids empathy, one plant at a time

"...other fruit trees frame thousands of square feet of garden beds sprouting produce ranging from carrots to radishes, parsley,..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

The Hightower Report: Police Destroy the 'Garden of Eden'

Police destroy the 'Garden of Eden'

"...The Bible tells us that the Garden of Eden was heaven on Earth – until Adam..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

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