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"...with sugar plantation workers in Haiti. But of the 1943 movie’s script, more influence was taken from gothic romance..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 24 - January 4

"...LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) felt an extraordinary closeness with sparrows, finches, pigeons, and..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

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Your weekly horoscope, December 22-28

"...illegal, immoral, or fattening," quipped Capricorn author Alexander Woollcott (1887–1943). Since he was never arrested, I conclude he didn't..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Solomon Islands. John F. Kennedy did so in August 1943 after his crew's PT boat was sunk. Daughter Caroline..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Boy and the Heron

Miyazaki's gorgeous but oddly obtuse return to animation

"...as anything he’s put on film. The setting is 1943 Tokyo, and the hospital where the mother of 12-year-old..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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Your weekly horoscope, September 8-14

"...CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Alexander Woollcott (1187–1943) could be rude and vulgar. He sometimes greeted cohorts..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...returned the flag to surviving family members. Commissioned in 1943, the USS Lexington saw extensive combat in the Pacific...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Best of Austin Originals

Winners from our first BOA issue, 33 years ago, that are still kicking today

"...and grounds to the city as a museum in 1943, and since then it's been the Laguna Gloria Art..."

June 16, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...After Nikola Tesla's death in 1943, the federal government seized hundreds of his documents that..."

June 9, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...which culminated in the Zoot Suit Riots of June 1943...."

May 26, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...In December 1943, the U.S. Army announced it was removing paint from..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips: Doris Miller Memorial, Waco

Memorial honors African American war hero

"...attendant. He perished with the ship on Nov. 24, 1943...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Austin Filmmakers at the Lake Travis Film Festival

Get out of the city and enjoy a big weekend of movies

"...15, 6:15pm. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham, 1943 Medical Dr., Lakeway. How to Write a Kickass Screenplay..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Slaton Bakery, Slaton

The pies sell like hot cakes and don’t cost a lot of dough

"...Barney and Ollie Mae Wilson purchased the bakery in 1943. They were the first bakery in Texas to offer..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Fake Disease That Saved Real Lives in Syndrome K

New documentary reveals a secret history of Italian resistance

"...the Italians surrendered to the Allies on Sept. 8, 1943, they immediately began purging Jews, and within little over..."

Aug. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Peggy Perkins, christened Peggy Jean Murrow on April 17, 1943, owns her wildness...."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Charlotte

Calmly heartrending animated biography of artist Charlotte Salomon

"...was butchered by Nazis in Auschwitz on Oct. 10, 1943, she was a double enemy of the Reich: She..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 31 - January 6

"...enough to become a widespread medicine. It wasn't until 1943 that a different strain of penicillin was found –..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

We Got Gators in Austin. Now What?

Fearsome invaders or frightened longtime residents facing displacement?

"...far from what had been, at its founding in 1943, the Del Valle Army Air Base. The city owned..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Into the Darkness

Danish World War II drama sketches and stretches out its own moral complexities

"...that the Danish resistance movement didn’t fully materialize until 1943. It’s a puzzling finish that invites you to speculate..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 19-25

"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) ultimately became one of the 20th century's most renowned..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Shadow in the Cloud

WWII creature feature is a Frankenstein’s mess

"...the Atlantic, starting with Roald Dahl’s first kids book, 1943’s The Gremlins, which almost became a Disney animated feature...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: SHSU Natural Science and Art Research Center, Huntsville

The bug stops here

"...the interstate highway south of Huntsville, Adickes was a 1943 graduate of the high school. In 2007 he saved..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Survival, and Hope in How Austin Handles Sexual Assault

As their legal battle continues, women look forward to political change

"...10 dismissal invoked a "Burford abstention," referring to a 1943 Supreme Court ruling, which allows a federal court to..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Let's Play the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series at Home Game

The shelter-in-place game when you're ready for your close-up

"...though, as Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea learned in 1943, the more the merrier. (Watch the movie.) Start by..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Archive of the Moving Image

Fall down a rabbit hole with this incredible resource

"...and documentaries. For Austin, the library really starts in 1943 with "Austin, Texas ... the Friendly City." Produced by..."

March 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Suffragettes of White Supremacy

Ashley Cheng, co-host of the Rabble podcast, looks at the history of racism in Austin’s suffrage movement

"...until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943, and even then only if you were one of..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Ashley Cheng

Austin Polish Film Festival Breaks New Ground and Keeps Up With Tradition

The 14th fest focuses on the media's responsibility and the perspectives of women

"...is the forceful pacification of the Sochy village in 1943 and the mass murder of civilians, for me, its..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism

Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music

"...born Janis Lyn Joplin in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1943. There was a direct connection from her heart to..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

The More the Merrier Finds Fun in Creative Sleeping Arrangements

Room for one more at AFS Cinema

"...Released in 1943, this was director George Stevens' last film before he..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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