Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...One and Only Ivan)** Gustavo Arellano (Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America) Jami Attenberg (The Middlesteins) Avi (Sophia’s..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...distills down to a categorical animus against all things American. In Mahajan's blinkered, Manichean world-view, America can do no..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...singular passion to be the editor of a great American magazine, and then to be the editor of this..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Art

Art Openings

"...on view through May 4. This year's show explores American art and culture through contemporary art patterns, focusing on..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage

The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins

"...Ramirez. "Latinx identity in dialogue with, say, indigenous, African American, trans, or queer identity." Considering their affinity for inclusive..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Who Is Cast in the Story of Austin Food?

Eight underrepresented views from the local food scene

"...Austin food community doesn't want to know the real heritage behind those perfectly edited snapshots. "[It's like] 'Give me..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Food Events

Lagunita's and Breckenridge Brewery host beer pairings, and Austin Restaurant Week

"...• American Decades Night w/ Cheeseburgers on the Menu The final..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Fall Film Previews

September

"...This Asian-American dark comedy of pop culture features a frigid wife,..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: Stay Trips

Daytripping in the age of stay-at-home orders

"...colony of bats. When the more than 15 million Mexican free-tail bats emerge from the cave around sunset, the..."

April 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...at BA; more is shown in the biennial New American Talent/Dance competition and work commissioned for apprentice company Ballet..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...madman brilliance on the accordion, an inspired fusion of Mexican heritage and Texas rebel rock, on display most Friday..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

In Person

At the LBJ Library Auditorium, the second of Fuentes' stops on his sweep through Austin last week, he pined: "I wish I could be ubiquitous today so that I could be here and in the Mexican Congress to see the events that occurred today."

"...so that I could be here and in the Mexican Congress to see the events that occurred today." It..."

April 6, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Kerlin Prioritizes Kerlaches, Farmhouse Offers Intoxicants, Sawyer & Co. Cajuns Into the Night, SBK’s Downtown Again, and WTF Is Andy Baraghani Doing on SoCo?

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

"...permanent space for unleashing the marvels of a modern American menu as cheffed up by Gerard Kenny, is in..."

Sept. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Brief History of Holiday Tamales

And where to acquire these little bundles of iconic Texan year-end tradition

"...lecturer at UT's Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, whose research "focuses on how food and nutrition..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"...were offered in English and Spanish with a decidedly Mexican flair. At first, episodes consisted of unrelated skits and..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

End of the Line

The Passing of Grey Ghost

"...Ghost passed away quietly July 17 at Heritage Park, a nursing home in East Austin where he..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...he devoured bowls of Vietnamese pho and plates of Mexican migas with the owners...."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hungry at Trib Fest? Here Are 14 of Our Favorite Restaurants.

A sampling of interior Mexican cuisine to dim sum in Downtown Austin

"...51 Rainey #110 If heritage grains, fermentation, and seasonal ingredients are your jam, you’ve..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Events Post

Run by Families, Run for Families

It's a Friday evening at the Santa Cruz Center for Culture, and as the Aztlan Dance Company rehearses its production of Reflexiones '02, the company shows how after 30 years it's still not only an exhilarating dance company, but very much a family affair.

"..."Las Antiguas de Tejas" dramatizes the story of early Mexican immigrants, caught between countries, nearly beaten by the land,..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Day Trips

Georgetown's Palace Theatre Guild's You Can't Do That, Dan Moody! is staged in the actual courtroom in which the play's events first took place.

"...says Tom Swift. "It was a galvanizing moment in American history." Swift co-wrote and directs the play based on..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Tons of Texas travel news for the dog days of summer

"...Following the Texans' victory at San Jacinto, two other Mexican armies could have attacked Sam Houston’s smaller force, but..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Sotol: The New White Lightning

Three military vets find purpose, identity, and craft in Desert Door distillery

"...to today, while also maintaining the integrity of its heritage."..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Chow Times

This week: Down, set, Hatch; barbecue; bourbon; and books

"...• In honor of Bourbon Heritage Month, the Austin chapter of the U.S. Bartender's Guild..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

American Home Cooking: Over 300 Spirited Recipes Celebrating Our Rich Tradition of Home Cooking

"...American Home Cooking: Over 300 Spirited Recipes Celebrating Our Rich..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Ki ho`alu

Dancing Cat's Slack Key Guitar Series

"...and interestingly, its roots lie with the Spanish/Portugese and Mexican/Californian immigrants who came to the Islands in the 1880s...."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

We're Still Here

Assessing the continuing black Austin experience

"...The first recorded African-American in Austin, Texas, was, somewhat predictably, a slave. Arriving..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...and Back and St. Germain's Tourist (though, really, South American electronica on the order of Suba's Sao Paulo Confessions..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Six Great Breweries Off the Beaten Path

In tumultuous times for Austin beer, these undersung gems are worth seeking out

"...Back in the 1990s, microbreweries wanted to consolidate the American palate for beers like Newcastle Nut Brown Ale, Sam..."

March 1, 2024 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Point Austin: Welcome the Stranger, Protect the Refugee

Vote in memory of those who gave their lives for others

"...by a heavily armed coward who objected to their heritage, their religion, and explicitly to their willingness to help..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...of 2013. The Montreal trio's triumphant Wait to Pleasure (Mexican Summer) added clarity and widescreen expanse to Jasamine White-Gluz..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

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