West Coast Meets South of Texas

"...At the most basic level,Los Super Seven is a Mexican-American all-star band made up of Tex-Mex legends Freddy Fender..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Specialty Bookstores

Miles of Aisles or One-on-One?

"...It's hard to develop a personal relationship with a three-story building, as lovely and well-stocked as it may be...."

Feb. 23, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

SXSW 2019 Announces Art Programs

Seven installations and conference sessions on art scheduled

"...from Nokia Bell Labs and collaboration with NEW INC., Korean-American artist Lisa Park has created a 13-ft. tall, three-dimensional..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...world premiere of her feature directorial debut Booksmart, while Americana legend David Crosby (who will be in town for..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Suburbicon

The dark side of Fifties middle America

"...advertisement that opens the eponymous film touts the development’s American postwar vision of diversity in which new residents flock..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Telling' the Truth

Austin veterans perform their pasts to bridge the civilian-military divide

"...a rehearsal for the Austin debut of the Telling Project. Telling: Austin, TX is a theatrical performance based on..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...ABOVE ALL ELSE
John Fiege
The story of the Keystone XL pipeline project and of the..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Witty, Pretty People

The real deal on Austin as a reality TV casting mecca

"...appeared in 1968, the precursor to Craig Gilbert's An American Family, which is typically cited by media historians as..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...Sheiks tribute record, but eventually decided to expand the project into a celebration of traditional American music."..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...Brendan Nash – his mother told the television show American Justice – said the Kellers had held a gun..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...film explores the congruities of daily life in an American town Sidney, Ohio. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...120-plus feature-length and short films is a roster of non-American-made masterpieces from every corner of the planet: Iceland to..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...and regional partnering. Both are bigger than the streetcar project itself. As Central Texas slouches toward a regional vision..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Site Unseen

"America Starts Here" shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible

"...of Ericson and Ziegler's gallery work and public art projects, and it announces several themes that run throughout the..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

An Opera for Wartime

Philip Glass' Waiting for the Barbarians arrives when its message is urgently needed

"...month in Austin, when Austin Lyric Opera opens the American premiere – an extraordinary achievement for the 20-year-old regional..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...Guardian called it "fictionally gripping and politically stimulating." The story: A radical Australian professor faces career- and life-threatening danger..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...the company's plans to build a major real estate project on the banks of Barton Creek, about a dozen..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...memo – and blown off its own regional planning project – as it barrels ahead with pipeline plans on..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...hearing, saying that he testified that the human genome project supports evolutionary theory. Although Dr. Hillis never mentioned the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Money for Nothing

Millions of Williamson County taxpayer dollars pour into a contractor's pocket, and no one seems to know why.

"...This is a story about the practice of government in Williamson County: about..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...to mind when describing your work is the word "American," whether you're telling such distinctly American stories as Melvin..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...planning we have done" ["Postmarks: More to the Villas Story," Feb. 8]. Mike McHone, the developer's agent, happens to..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...through April 2001. Participating critics this year include Austin American-Statesman staff reporters Michael Barnes and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...thaw out some verse from chilly Minnesota; New England's Project Kids spin yarns about the hard-knock Roxbury life; and..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Double Take

Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice

"...novel based on the screenplay, Wright will escape a story that has occupied him for more than a decade,..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

The Art of Conversation

Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication

"...Friday night is Movie Night at the Austin Men's Project, a "community building project" that aims to foster a..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Clay Smith

Postmarks

CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...these types of changes often add to the colorful history of the Austin music scene. J'net Ward, the owner..."

April 2, 1999 Column

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...with no regrets and a hell of a recording history. He also lights up a stage like whiskey on..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...less than a month after the publication of that story, Eways had resigned her position as executive director and..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Big Crapshoot

Tracking South by Southwest

"...have been widely credited as SXSW's first real signing story. In what was the conference's second year, the Toys..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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