Behind the Curtain

The Texas Documentary Tour: Amy Grappell's 'Light From the East'

"...Talk about life imitating art. Or, a doc taking on a life of its..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Your weekend soundtrack to new fall beginnings.

"...Seismic Dance event escapes the Carson Creek curse, the Jesus Lizard wiggles at ACL..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Dark Streets

A collection of blues originals by the likes of Aaron Neville, B.B. King, and Etta James lightens this otherwise dreary exercise in modern film noir.

"...Toledo Diamond. Let no one ever say that Dark Streets doesn’t have the perfect title. It may not be..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...On the April morning of the funeral for slain Austin Police..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

DVDanger: Streets of Fire

A rock & roll fable hits Blu-ray, plus more new releases

"...Streets of Fire is the Velvet Underground & Nico of..."

June 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

"...long before we get a national touring production of the O. J. Saga, complete with a white Blazer and..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

H. R. Giger, the Dark Star

Full Q&A with documentarian Belinda Sallin

"...In The Third Man, Harry Lyme infamously said the only thing..."

May 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Girl

"...Directed by: Sande Zeig. Starring: Claire Keim, Agathe De La Boulaye, Cyril Lecomte, Sandra N'Kake and Ronald..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Three for the Road

Dream team scions Warren Hood and Emily Gimble add up 58 years of Austin roots

"...Warren Hood grins as bright as the summer sun. The bounce in his step carries him..."

July 12, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hope 4 Hip Hop Preserves and Reanimates History for the Next Generation

“Hip-hop is a melting pot, a mestizo of the arts.”

"...Euro-stepping, a flurry of children dashing gleefully across the polished hardwood floor of the South Austin Recreation Center..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Arts Feature by Adam Wood

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...in his backyard when he heard someone walking up the gravel path toward his neighbor's house. Sherman lives on..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...On the Sunday morning after Donald Trump won the presidential election,..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

The Land

Teen skaters get caught up in the drug world

"...Rafi Gavron, Ezri Walker, Kim Coates, Linda Emond, Natalie Martinez, Erykah Badu, Michael Kenneth Williams and Colson Baker...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mike Osborne: Man of the Moment

Photographer Mike Osborne is looking for the bigger picture in the world we share

"...Few fully grown adults spend years studying Monopoly, the landmark Parker Brothers (now Hasbro-owned) board game, for its..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program

The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall

"...That's not a concept exclusive to magic. It's increasingly part of our public art scene. Time was, a work..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...he died, Kevin Alexander Brown got a phone call from his friend Wesley Smith. Smith, who wanted information about..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

"The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb"

"...John Schofield and Mike Gifford. Like a cross between the Brothers Quay, Jan Svankmajer, and David Lynch, Tom Thumb..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bayonne's Cathartic Return and Five More Songs from Austin Artists

New music picks from Superfónicos, Holy Water, and more

"...solitary, searching – but knowing clarity and serenity await. The single arrived alongside the announcement of the singer/composer's first..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Which Came First: The Twitter or the Twegg???

Mobile Loaves & Fishes feeds the mind, body, spirit, and the egg lobby!

"...Mobile Loaves and Fishes, the amazing Austin-based homeless service ministry just held a really..."

March 15, 2009 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Making the Scene

Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world

"...Anyone who's ever taken a 19th or 20th century art-history class has probably felt a little inundated by the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

The Fisher King

"...Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl and Michael Jeter. Seems like the rule in Hollywood is that if you're searching for..."

Sept. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kendrick Lamar, Ethel Cain, and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Homegrown acts Font, We Don’t Ride Llamas debut on big stages

"...The addition of rising alt-pop star Ethel Cain made quite..."

Oct. 14, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Top Nine in Visual Art of 2020, Plus One Exceptional Other

Wayne Alan Brenner chooses outstanding visual artistry that made this year a feast, save for one performative and culinary experience that was the cherry on top

"...for one item, is a tenner of outstanding visual artistry from among what impressed me this year. I'm saving..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...It’s both illuminating and sublimely comical to learn that the international literary treasure that is Morrison, alongside her older..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Getting a second chance at a home

"...First! Village, a self-sustaining development in East Austin where the formerly homeless live in RVs and tiny homes, everyone..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Nina Hernandez

Wendell Pierce's The Wind in the Reeds

In Wendell Pierce's memoir The Wind in the Reeds, Godot and Treme help transform post-Katrina New Orleans

"...Maybe you thought of Treme as just another HBO show – the thing David Simon did after..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Second Chance for Drug Dealers on 'The Corner'

The Drug Market Intervention project in action

"...Sarah* didn't even know that the cops had tagged her, dealing dope near the corner..."

May 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Liked Art Show, Didn't Like Review

"...Dear Editor, Re: "Tag - You're It!" [Arts, Sept. 1]: I was at the show Saturday. The..."

Sept. 5, 2006 Postmarks

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