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

"...multimedia sum of this bilingual bio-opera created by composer Graham Reynolds and director Shawn Sides with Mexico City's Lagartijas..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Destination Unknown

Kate's trip to the coast with Mobile Loaves & Fishes continues.

"...the point of having to make a choice," said Alan Graham, the leader of the MLF caravan of trucks..."

Sept. 16, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Mobile Loaves & Fishes Community First! Groundbreaking

"...crews set up to cover the festivities. MLF President Alan Graham (to the left, in green) prepares to speak...."

Aug. 27, 2014 Photo Gallery

Broken

Heather Graham is an L.A. transplant whose dreams of a music career become soiled by her relationship with her junkie boyfriend, played by Jeremy Sisto.

"...Directed by: Alan White. Starring: Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto, Jake Busey, Michael..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Road to Redemption

"...Longo, Pat Hingle and Julie Condra. Produced by Billy Graham's World Wide Pictures, this breezy, earnest dramedy takes the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Formerly Homeless Find Good Neighbors at Community First! Village

A week’s stay at Austin’s most talked about neighborhood

"...In 1981, Alan Graham walked up to a popular taco joint in..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

From Hell

"...Joanna Page, Paul Rhys, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Holm, Heather Graham and Johnny Depp. If you're like me you've been..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Community First! Unveils Microhomes for the Chronically Homeless

Village is designed to be a community of 250 homes

"...Founded by Alan Graham, CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, Community First!..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Makeda Easter

The Post

Hanks, Spielberg, and Streep unite for the Washington Post's version of the Pentagon Papers

"...is not as focused on a single storyline as Alan J. Pakula’s masterpiece, which is both a plus in..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hands That Feed

The groups that care for Austin's hungry could sure use a few more helping hands

"...crunch of tires on gravel are usually enough. Sometimes, Alan honks the horn, just to let everyone know it's..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Homeless RV Park Seeks Good Neighbors

Eastside residents balk at proposed mobile-home park for the homeless

"...hours after a Thursday night meeting where he and Alan Graham, founder of Mobile Loaves, often seemed under siege..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Lydia Crafts

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...Austin's homeless, I hooked up with advocate and activist Alan Graham, who in 1998 founded the highly respected Austin-based..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Community First! Expansion to Create 1,400 Additional Homes for Austin's Formerly Homeless Neighbors

A neighborhood to call home

"...Alan Graham, founder and CEO of Mobile Loaves & Fishes,..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Homeless Campground: South Austin Dilemma

Larger issue still unaddressed

"...Graham Cohen, who lives on Heartwood Lane, said the squatters..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Innovating an End to Austin Street Life in Community First, A Home for the Homeless

Getting a second chance at a home

"...has a story. All bound together by what founder Alan Graham calls a "catastrophic loss of family," the villagers..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Imitation Game

The heartbreaking life of Alan Turing, the engineer who changed World War II

"...it both times I watched the movie. Its subject, Alan Turing, was a pioneering figure in computer science who..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

"...last week's homeless education forum was a proposal by Alan Graham to create a homeless encampment on the outskirts..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Wasota Vegan Paradise Is Simple, Savory, Life-Sustaining

Two local vegans, Lawrence Eguakun and Graham Reynolds, talk meatless meals and The Movement

"...Lawrence Eguakun of Wasota Vegan Paradise was conducted by Graham Reynolds – the composer and bandleader of Golden Arm..."

July 31, 2020 Food Feature by Graham Reynolds

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...for independent musicians to do full film scores," explains Graham Reynolds, composer for Richard Linklater films Bernie, Before Midnight,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...frustrations of making art on film? Shapter looks to Alan Graham, founder of Austin-based homeless outreach group Mobile Loaves..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Then There's This: Sunshine for the Homeless

A proposed RV park would provide more than just shelter

"...Alan Graham, founder and president of Mobile Loaves & Fishes,..."

July 26, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Mobile Loaves & Fishes

"...Founded in 1998 by Alan Graham, a former local real estate agent, Mobile Loaves..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hangover

The Hangover is deliciously darker than Todd Phillips' previous comedies, Old School and Road Trip, but it isn't as thick with malice or drenched in the "bromance" creed of the present.

"...Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps, Sasha Barrese, Rachael..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"...same way it began: facing off Givens/Olyphant and Crowder/Goggins. Graham Yost, who developed the series for TV, appears eager..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fantasia Review: What Josiah Saw

Southern Gothic horror-noir binds and dooms a shattered family

"...the impenetrable darkness that swallows what's left of the Graham family in the What Josiah Saw...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Homeless Help

Homeless-backed trucks deliver food, clothing, and blankets to their own community

"...the paradigm of how we treat the homeless," says Alan Graham, founder and CEO of the organization. "Having people..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Boxtrolls

The third time isn't the charm for this animated film from the studio that gave us the magical Coraline and ParaNorman.

"...Directed by: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hangover: Part III

The hard-R comedy trilogy concludes with more mortal peril and questionable taste.

"...Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Graham and Mike Epps...."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beside the Point

Council OKs permanent housing for homeless you need a car to access

"...Mobile Loaves & Fishes founder and President Alan Graham says the trek to the nearest bus stop..."

April 11, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Steal This Movie!

"...Directed by: Robert Greenwald. Starring: Alan Van Sprang, Kevin Pollak, Donal Logue, Kevin Corrigan, Jeanne..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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