Heavyweights

"...be the theme song for Steven Brill's directorial debut Heavyweights, a film about a camp for overweight (weight-challenged?) boys...."

Feb. 24, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Love and Other Catastrophes

"...love and art. Her self-penned screenplay obsessively quotes intellectual heavyweights such as Nietzsche and Kundera, but these references come..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Five Established Music Acts Headed to SXSW

From Bootsy Collins to Faye Webster

"...Alongside our interviews with incoming heavyweights Sunny Day Real Estate and Dry Cleaning (at right),..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Mr. Soul!

Putting spotlight on the TV host who brought Black celebrities into white homes

"...the same historical weight and significance as such cultural heavyweights like James Baldwin and Patti LaBelle. Too often the..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Celebration

Long-suppressed documentary of Yves Saint Laurent is style and substance

"...French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent, one of the heavyweights of fashion, along with Dior, Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier,..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Planet 51

In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst.

"...minds. A co-production of Madrid-based Ilion Animation, UK indie heavyweights HandMade Films (founded, no less, by former Beatle George..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...to start, let's set aside the uncommon group of heavyweights (Linklater, Rodriguez, Judge) who regularly produce work here and..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

You don't have to be a Metallica fan to enjoy this candid documentary that in essence is a complex chronicle of people just trying to get along.

"...there was. (A subsequent montage captures a series of heavyweights – from Eric Avery and Pepper Keenan to Nine..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Last Dance

"...interest of not only one but three certifiable thespian heavyweights: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and James Woods. Stone..."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ways to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Austin Based on Your Sun Sign

Beer, BBQ, raves, rooftop parties, and calming yoga, to name a few

"...latest counterintuitive machinations you’ve cooked up with some intellectual heavyweights at the Texas Star Party, the “premier astronomer event”..."

March 26, 2024 Events Post by Christina Garcia

Mike Melinoe’s Playfully Sinister “Casper” and Four More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Loveme, sayang, Shaz, and more

"...boasting production from John Ho, whose résumé includes pop heavyweights Chlöe (Bailey) and Demi Lovato, the silky, bedroom-eyed jaunt..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...celebrating the October annular. Topped with performances from Texas heavyweights Ghostland Observatory, David Ramirez, and The Texas Gentlemen, as..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...debut earth sounds live from the floor. With local heavyweights Brian Donohue (Progger, Snarky Puppy), Michael Longoria (Patty Griffin),..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Seeking Divinity With the DJs of Bitches Play Music

At the collective's pre-sabbatical, post-freeze Club Eternal party

"...Coconut Club complex, the BYOB hideout has hosted international heavyweights as well as local electronic tastemakers like Saliyah. (Confirmed..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jackie Venson, Curtis Roush, Tim Kasher, and more local shows to see this week

"...With 2021's Muerte en Paraíso, heavyweights Mujeres Podridas released one of the most head-banging Austin..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crosstalk: Black Fret Rebrands As Sonic Guild, and Superstition Nightclub Announces Grand Opening

Austin music news headlines of the week

"...native Sines ensure Texas holds its own alongside international heavyweights.  – Genevieve Wood..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Column by Mars Salazar

World Cup Watch: And Then There Were Eight

As the knockout round started, the traditional powers put the hammer down

"...– France, England, Argentina, Brazil – all the pre-tournament heavyweights imposed their will on the upstarts...."

Dec. 9, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

What We're Listening To: Moody Bank$

FEELING COLORS

"...talent to watch, FEELING COLORS equally spotlights the production heavyweights flowing from Central Texas' watering hole...."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Fest, Borzoi, International Jazz Day, Ladyfang, Juan Wauters, and more

"...Jazz Band. The Austin Jazz Society breaks out the heavyweights with the Austin Jazz Royals, led by saxophonist Elias..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Spaceflight Records' Nonprofit Clears for Takeoff

An ambitious vision for debt-free record deals attracts notable music industry interest

"...Onstage, the show assembled all-locally sourced heavyweights like …Trail of Dead, Heartless Bastards, and Golden Dawn..."

April 22, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...us would design our own fantasy breweries. Perhaps the heavyweights over at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport thought that, too, as..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Faster Than Sound: Girls Like Us Occupy Hotel Free TV

P1nkstar celebrates trans Texan artists on Hotel Vegas' virtual platform and Music Lab closes final location to make way for Tesla

"...own path." Jan. 27 promises an all-Austin episode featuring heavyweights Peelander-Z, Missio, Mobley, Pleasure Venom, Blxpltn, and Mr. Kitty...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

"Premember" Drawings Capture Austin Shops Before They're Gone

Northern-Southern gallery is showing Drew Liverman's art series focused on quirky local businesses that are still here, but maybe not for long

"...surreal nuance of very familiar domestic interiors – historical heavyweights like Vuillard and [Pierre] Bonnard. And also Rosie Lee..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Rep. Eddie Rodriguez Kicks Off Run for State Senate

Lege veteran aims to claim Watson's seat in special election

"...yet-to-be-called special election contest against two other all-but-declared local heavyweights, Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and Austin City Council..."

March 7, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music

Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues

"...returns to Circuit of the Americas June 21 with heavyweights Bassnectar, Rezz, and Jai Wolf. The touring party quickly..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Jesus Christ Superstar 50 Years On

New North American tour of JCSS launches in Austin Oct. 9

"...album topped the Billboard Pop charts, beating out such heavyweights as Carole King’s Tapestry and Janis Joplin’s Pearl. Mary..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

And Then There Were Eight

Previewing the World Cup Quarterfinals

"...No such surprises down in South America, where the heavyweights all came through unscathed. Semifinals for all three tournaments..."

June 28, 2019 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

"...about Texas is that we have a lot of heavyweights in our history who left their imprint on America...."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Ethan Hawke

A Two-Horse Race for Mayor

Can Laura Morrison hope to edge out Steve Adler?

"...shorter host list and not quite as many Democratic heavyweights: Constable Maria Canchola, former Council Member Beverly Griffith, Rep...."

July 6, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Lights, Camera, Camping!

Alamo heads to the great outdoors for Sleepaway Camp

"...Hot American Summer to Ernest Goes to Camp to Heavyweights...."

May 11, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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