Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2017

Bold takes on history and art that moved around the city spoke to a growing, changing Austin this year

"...1) PANCHO VILLA FROM A SAFE DISTANCE (Ballroom Marfa/Golden Hornet Project/Fusebox Festival)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Death Penalty Is About Us'

'Dead Man Walking' scribe Sister Helen Prejean speaks in town tonight

"...The year Sister Helen Prejean published her bestselling book Dead Man Walking..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

How <i>Divergei> Came Together

Director James Morrison on films and filmmakers that influenced him

"...Some films come from research. Some come from workshops. When James..."

Aug. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

Timbuk 3's Barbara Kooyman looks to a brighter future with Texamericana.org

"...On a warm May day in 2001, Barbara Kooyman folded a Timbuk 3 T-shirt and..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

2019 Women’s World Cup: Everything You Need to Know

Group breakdown, game schedule, new rules, and more

"...All 52 games are being shown on Fox, FS1, or FS2,..."

June 4, 2019 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

<i>Pet Semataryi> Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...Bob Nicks' phone lit up with call after call as he..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of <i>Slackeri>

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...Richard Linklater: Teresa Taylor, ICON. It was amazing to see..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

The <i>Chroniclei>'s 2018 Primary Election Coverage

Tracking the returns for the county, courthouse, and state

"...Election results should continue to trickle in through the evening,..."

March 6, 2018 News Post by the News Staff

Spoon's <i>Hot Thoughtsi> Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"..."You don't understand," declaims Britt Daniel urgently. "We told people we're on at..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Think Giftily, Shop Locally: Five Things & More

Do the best presents come from right here in Austin? Check this list!

"...Doesn't matter what particular holiday you subscribe to at this time of year,..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tweet This Mess Around: Fred Schneider Tells It Like It T-I-Is! Part 1

What's that on your head? An interview with the B-52's lead man?

"...Fred Schneider, the iconic yelp-yap-yowl of the B-52's and all-'round great..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...underrated – and understated – decade-plus rap veteran, Blakchyl's Austin roots date back to her formative years in a..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Scott McCloud in Austin with <i>The Sculptori> this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics fame has a new book out from First..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wes Anderson Brings <i>Isle of Dogsi> to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place is this year's opening night..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Finding the heart in Syfy's The Magicians

"...Syfy Network’s The Magicians, which ends its first season this Monday,..."

April 8, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

The Oscars may be so white, but TV is all Grey's

"...At the end of March 2005, I'd been writing about TV for a while and..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

DVDanger: <i>Springi>

Benson and Moorhead on Drafthouse Film's genre bender

"...There are some films that, the less you know going..."

June 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

<i>Roari>: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...John Marshall carries a stack of family photos: his dad, his brother,..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Finally, <i>You're Nexti> Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...Two years ago, a packed Alamo Drafthouse was ripping the roof off at the U.S. premiere of You're..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...With threats of lightning storms having already relocated Luck Reunion..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

How Robert Rodriguez Saved <i>Alita: Battle Angeli> From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...Robert Rodriguez had touched down in Austin. It was less a..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...An opportunity arose to go to New Orleans. But I couldn't..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Emerald Fennell and the Hideous Allure of <i>Saltburni>

Director’s aristocratic follow-up to Promising Young Woman opens Austin Film Festival

"...Don't let the fancy mansion fool you. While Emerald Fennell's aristocratic erotic thriller Saltburn..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Sweet Spirit Alights to <i>Trinidadi>

Austin glam rockers’ third LP casts a deep digi/Tropi spell

"...“Instead of doing interviews from the road, we get to..."

May 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Interview: <i>Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiroi>

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

"...Don't call Vampiro a wrestler. It doesn't matter that his career in..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: <i>Mohawki>

Ted Geoghegan on blood and lessons in his historical drama

"...Stephen King and arcane New England. Mario Bava and bloody Catholic..."

April 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: <i>The Hallowi>

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Every Northern European culture knows that Robert Frost was wrong. The..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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