More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...arsenal of artifacts and models, paintings and timelines, small-scale dioramas and large-as-life reproductions of scenes from how this part..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...This is a family affair, everyone's invited. Rudy plays guitar ("Power Chords and..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Just the Facts, Ma'am

"...four notes of music since Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Who am I to argue? For a few years in the..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

I Am Better Than You, I Am Holier Than You, I Am Without Sin, I Get to Cast the First Stone, and the Second One

"...is a truly sad situation in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and the innocent do suffer because of the guilty...."

Sept. 6, 2005 Postmarks

I Am the World Trade Organization ... Or Am I?

The WTO gets spiritualized in a carbon-copy hoax site.

"...The announcement, posted May 20, 2002, on www.gatt.org, came as something of a shock:..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

I Am: Celine Dion

Behind-the-scenes look at the Canadian superstar and her experience with stiff-person syndrome

June 21, 2024 Movie Review

Opinion: As a Transgender Person, I Am Afraid That Staying in Texas May Harm Me in the Future

Why does Texas attorney general Ken Paxton want to know about me?

"...While I wasn't called out by name, I most certainly would have been on that list...."

Jan. 6, 2023 Column by Kat Steele

Thanksgiving Dinner Distribution at the Cantu Pan-Am Center

Nov. 22, 2021 Photo Gallery

I Am Greta

New documentary on Greta Thunberg's climate activism

"...press time. New Hulu documentary about how Greta Thunberg became the face of young climate activism, and the bane..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review

Why Am I Crying? Spontaneous Tears Help the Brain Release Stress

Your body's trying to tell you something

"...series, washing the never-ending pile of dishes – and BAM. Tears, sometimes in brief spurts, sometimes hysterical sobs. I've..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Sarah Marloff

I Am a DJ

I am what I play ... On My KUTX

"...Twine Time traveler Paul Ray famously said, “There hasn’t been any good music recorded after..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: I Am the Designated Driver

Confessions from behind the wheel

"...between myself and most of my peers: I can't blame a single bit of it on alcohol...."

July 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Monica Riese

Bedside Manner: I Am Not a Scientologist!

Some light and dark reading from the City Hall Hustler

"...thing was on my desk one day when I came into the office; every now and then I leaf..."

Jan. 17, 2011 Books Post by Wells Dunbar

Dear BSG: Am I Gay?

Best Straight Girlfriend shoots straighter than you ever will (NSFW!)

May 21, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Claire Harrison

Sharp: I Am Running for Senate

Democratic former comptroller wants Hutchison's seat

"...says he isn’t messing with the usual “exploratory committee” rigamarole: “I will be a candidate whether the election is..."

Dec. 8, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

I Am 'Beowulf'!

Another bare-chested epic of mildly homoerotic proportions.

"...wait for a CGI version of the epic of Gilgamesh to come out sometime in 2010! Gilgamesh and Enkidu..."

Nov. 26, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

'I Am Sullied – No More'

Col. Ted Westhusing chose death over dishonor in Iraq

"...a month before he was to return to his family – on June 5, 2005 – Westhusing was found..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Robert Bryce

I am Grandma, Hear Me Roar

"...ditty modeled after a Bud Light commercial. The Perry campaign launched a similar Chris Bell jingle, calling the Democrat..."

Nov. 2, 2006 News Post by Amy Smith

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...the aftermath of SXSW 05, where Erickson's annual Ice Cream Social mowed down those crucial first dominoes...."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

CTRMA Responds to Strayhorn: 'I Am Rubber. You Are Glue …'

Heiligenstein answers audit, says comptroller attacks unwarranted

"...increases." (The report somehow fails to note that the same elected officials fanning the flames of "tax resistance" are..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

I Am a DJ

Austin's half-dozen hottest hip-hop DJs – out from behind steel wheels

"...were guided by the likes of Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash pushing the boundaries of disco convention..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Cine Las Américas Schedule

"...Fri, Apr 13-Sat, Apr 21 at the Alamo Drafthouse, 409 Colorado, and Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, 1154..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature

I Plan, Therefore I Am

A Downtown Planning Timeline

"...today's downtown. Envisioned by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar as "a seat of Empire," Austin features the widest..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am

Handicapping the Slam Team Poets

"...The Austin Slam Team: Clockwise are Wammo, Susan B. A. Somers-Willet, Phil..."

May 30, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Austin Theatre Refuses to Fade in 1995 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

The past 12 months saw some of Austin's

"...brightest theatrical talents leave us: meticulous director Mark Ramont, who left town after two years as Capitol City..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

The Luv Doc: A Fraud and a Charlatan

I can’t even write you a prescription, although I am probably willing to enjoy yours on a recreational basis

"...Huh? The questions you run in your column, are..."

March 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...of objects or a major-league franchise that's had five championship runs – then the tome about it should have..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The NFL Beat': Hypnosis, Murder, Tight Ends

A hypnotic look at fantasy TE production

"...Jose Canseco-era Oakleys with implanted, blinking lights. They are programmed to flash at calculated times, at precise intensity levels..."

May 28, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Monrovia, Indiana

Frederick Wiseman's passive observation gets mired in rural life

"...makes watching them such an intensely personal experience. Wiseman’s camera observes, without commentary or context or even many angle..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Farmers Market Report: Saturday, August 18, 2012

What to expect at the farmers markets this weekend

"...Farmers Market Reports: you may have noticed that I am writing them the day before the market, instead of..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

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