Winning the 50th Anniversary Pillsbury Bake-Off

Austin’s Julie Holden scores big with a cookie/pancake hybrid

"...Yeah, the winner of this year’s Pillsbury Bake-Off isn’t playing it close-to-the-apron with her feelings...."

Sept. 14, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ding-dong, the Pillsbury Turd Blossom Is … Going Dove Hunting?

Karl Rove. Enough already.

Aug. 13, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Stephen King's Thinner

"...candy bars and Doritos at the ready; he's the Pillsbury Doughboy with a law degree. Returning home from a..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

"...Directed by: Sam Pillsbury. Starring: Jason James Richter, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick and..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Super Coffee Invades, Still Austin Celebrates, Trudy's Brings the THC, Bird Bird Almost, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...that Austin’s own Julie Holden has won the 2021 Pillsbury Bake-Off?..."

Sept. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fonda San Miguel Regains Face, Black Food Week Continues, Barkin’ Creek Debuts, Boozy Cauldron Quests the Parish, and More …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...The longrunning Pillsbury Bake-off, a pretty big deal for those with dough..."

Sept. 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Melancholy Play

A funny, charming, truly sweet staging of a play that's not melancholy at all

"...– Nathan Brockett, Jude Hickey, Bernadette Nason, and Corley Pillsbury – brings a palpable love to his or her..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera, the deliciously caustic musical by Brecht and Weill, has been reinterpreted by Austin Playhouse, with unfortunate results, as a kind of broad slapstick

"...state but are simply, to all appearances, buffoons. Corley Pillsbury has a lovely, clear singing voice, but the rest..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.

"...that makes her look like a cross between the Pillsbury Doughboy and Björk on Oscar night). The White Witch..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Evidence of Silence Broken: Becoming Zell

How Zell Miller III came to be an acclaimed poet-performer is revealed in 'The Evidence of Silence Broken,' his hip-hop performance piece

"...and when he presented the play's premiere at the Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis in 2003, he was able..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Rupert Holmes' adaptation of 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' has more to do with Victorian music hall entertainment than Dickensian literature – and is all the more engaging for it

"...badge of honor. He towers menacingly over young Corley Pillsbury, who is the picture of the Victorian ingenue and..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Corley Pillsbury, The Secret GardenActor, Musical..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Secret Garden

Despite its seemingly morose story, Zilker Theater Productions' The Secret Garden is most assuredly uplifting, even moving

"...dead in a dance between memory and loss. Corley Pillsbury handles the role of Mary Lennox with confidence, and..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Zoé Tong Is Making Dinner Fun

Modern Chinese restaurant brings to Zilker big flavors, sincere hospitality, and a ballsy refusal to be boxed in

"...and a crisp-yet-soft texture that reminded me instantly of Pillsbury crescent rolls. A swirl of sweet bean sauce and..."

April 5, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Local YouTube Project Proves There’s Still a Creative Community

Austin Sunset brings back the wild days of public access for filmmakers and artists

"...poetry readings, such as Bukowski, acted out by a Pillsbury Doughboy figurine. "You can find a million excuses not..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...and Marilyn Monroe, Sambo as Mickey Mouse and the Pillsbury Doughboy). With Charles appropriating the style of advertisements, circus..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Van Boven Case Goes to Court

Medical whistleblower accused of breaching settlement

"...with Cody and Van Boven's attorney, Casey Low (of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman) presenting their arguments, and Meachum asking..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Readily Apparent Media on Their Basketball Doc

Local production house goes for the fast break

"...Know You're There, a slice-of-life portrait of former NBA star-turned-Pillsbury executive Jim Tucker. Says Humphrey, who is shooting and..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Your Mouth Wants a Biscuit Like This Biscuit

Because, we suggest, the toppings are downright Pre-Raphaelite.

"...I’m talking about you go and get yourself a Pillsbury or HEB Hill Country Fare readymade tube of biscuits..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Daily Cookie

365 cookie recipes make every day a holiday

"...Ginsberg, who won the 41st Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest and many other cooking contests, delights readers..."

Jan. 2, 2013 Food Post by Amy Kritzer

Page Two: Running With the Wild Gang

Self-proclaimed patriots don't seem to have much love for their country, except on their own terms

"...Beck, the sweetest child of Captain Kangaroo and the Pillsbury Doughboy, was shocked – shocked!, mind you – because..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Corley Pillsbury, Evil Dead: The Musical..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Meet the Pillsbury family, and more

"...Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, has a wife, Poppie Fresh, and their two..."

April 16, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Symposium on Early Texas Art

Texas art isn't an oxymoron, and the members of CASETA will gladly tell you why

"...addition to presentations from scholars such as Dr. Ted Pillsbury of Heritage Auction Galleries; Ransom Center photography curator David..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...but had its critically acclaimed world premiere at the Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis. The Star Tribune called it..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Bat Boy: The Musical

Weekly World News' favorite cover boy is alive and well in Summer Stock Austin's energetic show

"...Dr. Parker. Rounding out the dysfunctional family is Corley Pillsbury's Shelley. In a brilliant piece of gender-blind and race-blind..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Holiday Magic Baking Contest

Cookie baking contest tests holiday mettle

"...at www.cookiemadness.net and Austin's own winner of the 2006 Pillsbury Bake-Off and numerous other cooking contests; Kelly Casey, executive..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Who ranks 16th among 21 industrialized nations when it comes to achievement in science?

"...you could call it the International House of Intestines.The Pillsbury Doughboy made his first appearance in 1965 in a..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Les Diables Bleus, moonquakes, and a Tunnel of Fudge Cake

"...Helfrich of Houston won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off for her Tunnel of Fudge Cake, made in..."

March 11, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Summer Reading

In Texas

"...various works on paper as the essays by Edmund Pillsbury of the Kimball Museum and art historian Elizabeth Ferrer..."

May 28, 2004 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

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