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Yassine Clubs Seized by State
UPDATE: Comptroller seeks millions in unpaid taxes from downtown bars
"...If anyone was wondering who was going to move..."

April 25, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Money Laundering Case Continues
Detention hearings continue in case against Yassine family
"...Yesterday Green set bond or detention for seven of..."

March 28, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

From Sixth Street to Beirut
Yassine brothers detained as fed case emerges

March 27, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers
Second night SXSW handicapping
"...Srivastava was mostly quiet about his future. Shows with Beirut and a new EP put speculation to bed, replaced..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Gay Place
There may be no fireworks, but we know where the fur will fly
"...This one in Portland at the Q Center, Little Beirut's LGBTQ community hub. The exhibit in Portland is "Proud..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
The best books transport us to worlds outside our experience. Unequivocally, this is one of those books.
"...journalist, a "Polish-Greek-Scotch-Irish mutt from working-class Chicago," marries a Beirut native who's the Middle East bureau chief for Newsday?..."

May 27, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Zein Al-Jundi
"...at UT and returned to singing. Recorded in Syria, Beirut, and Egypt, Sharrafouni layers a modern pulse and world..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Last Soul Man
Bobby Womack washes up on 'Plastic Beach'
"...I hope it happens for him. When we played Beirut, he didn’t know what was going to happen. They..."

Oct. 21, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Victore, Victorious!
James Victore reveals his hot-as-shit graphics at the HRC tonight
"...book from Abrams, with an introduction by Pentagram's Michael Beirut, to show off his clever and jarring ouevre, and..."

Sept. 21, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rock & Roll Summer School
The Kids Are Alright Fest aims high
"...With the prominence of Beirut, Sufjan Stevens, and Broken Social Scene, it's safe to..."

May 10, 2010 Music Post by Aaron Miller

Fanfarlo
Wednesday
"...year. The largely acoustic quintet has been described as Beirut meets Okkervil River: There's the rollicking, rootsy melodies of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Off the Record
Round five for the Cactus Cafe and the Texas Union board: The gloves come off
"...Mother Falcon bridges the neo-classicism of Andrew Bird and Beirut's baroque pop behind the prodigious exuberance of bandleader/multi-instrumentalist Nick..."

March 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

U.S. Policy Is the Problem in the Middle East
"...as it conducted air strikes over the suburbs of Beirut in 2006. We give $6 billion a year to..."

June 5, 2009 Postmarks

Waltz With Bashir
This Israeli filmmaker creates a dreamy, animated psycho-documentary about his attempt to recall buried memories of his participation in a massacre while serving in the military.
"...children) at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982. At the time, Folman was a raw..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
This is a tale of frustration, of near-misses and cold leads after atrocities
"...than a decade of hunting ghosts, from kidnappers in Beirut to assassins in Pakistan. Currently working with Austin-based corporate..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations
The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors
"...Melissa Vogt-Patterson (Beirut)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations
The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors
"...Melissa Vogt-Patterson (Beirut)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

Off the Record
Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains
"...two years," says al-Jundi, who's recording the album in Beirut, Lebanon. "Part of why it's taken so long is..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Grading the Campaign Ads
These ads aren't exactly Super Bowl material
"...by a trio of bombed-out towers you'd call the Beirut Arms. For neighborhood lovers, it's akin to the Republicans..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Secret Lives of Girls
AFS Documentary Tour presents the six-part Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
"...independent, successful doc-maker (1999's An American Love Story, 1987's Beirut: The Last Home Movie), living in her spacious Tribeca..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Devotchka
Thursday
"...the globalization of indie pop, heard in everything from Beirut and Gogol Bordello to Vampire Weekend and M.I.A. Not..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Caramel
The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.
"...Caramel, the familiar narrative hook finds a home in Beirut, Lebanon, and offers a revealing look at the conflicts..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inevitable Influx
Asia, Africa, and everything after
"...Scrambled Eggs, Beirut, Leban, www.myspace.com/scrambledeggslebanon, Thursday, 8pm, Red 7..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Beirut
Vortex's revival confronts issues of the body – as object, as weapon, and as prison – head on
"...Beirut The Vortex, through Jan. 26 Running time: 50 min...."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

National Top 10s
"...1) Beirut, The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Critics Poll
"...Haupt Beirut..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Beirut
"...Beirut The Flying Club Cup (Ba Da Bing)..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

'Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, & Lebanon'
"...(market) and souk (spice market) alongside Roden in Fez, Beirut, and Istanbul. History and culture are thoroughly addressed as..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

Thai Air
John Burdett on Bangkok Haunts
"...the most stressful city on Earth, second only to Beirut, which was having a civil war at the time...."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Best SXSW 07 Showcase
Trolling South by Southwest 2007
"...Darcie Stevens: Beirut, Emo's Main Room, Wednesday..."

March 23, 2007 Music Review

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