ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"..."Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight forward,..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Review: Broadway in Austin’s My Fair Lady

Sharp-tongued classic musical still needs to fix its modern ending

"...always the way that, no matter how the rest of a show is, you're always left with the strongest..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Wise Guy Theater Co.’s Dead. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the End

Theater becomes theatre as Fallout comedy club experiments with drama

"...Taking creative risks is the name of the game for Fallout Theater, the improv/sketch comedy/stand-up venue..."

July 12, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...Thursday in a South Austin hospice at the age of 89, qualified for legendary status, even if much of..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Willie’s Picnic Brings the Fireworks, and Beto O’Rourke, to Q2

Old Austin meets new Austin with Fourth of July Concert

"...The 49th anniversary of Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic also marked the..."

July 5, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, San Felipe

Reconstruction of the colonial capital of Texas is a step back in time

"...San Felipe de Austin has arisen from the ashes 185 years after it was destroyed during the "Runaway..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...Live Song Series: Some of That, Please..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: LDC Developments

Suit set; ZAP zinger; ashes for ASH?

"...to protest rezonings – thus requiring a three-fourths vote of the Council to rezone their property – even as..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Playhouse's Summer and Bird

This world premiere production gives audiences of all ages the chance to travel to a mythical land of wonders

"...be figured out. Like a good poem, these tales offer a space to ponder and dream...."

May 10, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Jamaica Dancehall Legend General Smiley on Pioneering the Art Form and Settling in Central Texas

Austin Reggae Fest standout might as well call Austin home

"...East African spices line the shelves and a picture of Ethiopian emperor and Rastafarian messiah Haile Selassie I hangs..."

April 19, 2019 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Are Kids These Days Bringing OOB the Laughter for Love’s Sake?

What dire agenda, we wonder, lurks beneath their odd & infectious joy?

"...So much talent coming to Austin's Out of Bounds Comedy Festival from all over the country this..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence’s banned art finds a home in Taos hotel

"...The nine paintings of nudes hang behind a curtain in a conference room..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

WTF1? The Aftermath

Checkered flags aren't only for Cheap Trick & Aerosmith

"...As F1 weekend approached, talk of nightmare crowds overtook Austin. Personally, I was worried about..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Playback

Storm (Thorgerson), Chaos (in Tejas), and gender dysphoria: Welcome to summer music!

"...Business Time..."

June 1, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology?

"...Moody's second novel, The Ice Storm, a biting tragedy of Seventies malaise, was translated onscreen with an all-star cast..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Expiation Day

If apologies are in order, the line forms here

"...Council Rude Remarks in E-mails Scandal. We're not done, of course – County Attorney David Escamilla has expanded his..."

March 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Don't Take Me for a Loser

Tracking Irish firebrand guitarist Gary Moore (1952-2011).

"...been about Gary Moore, who died in his sleep of a suspected heart attack Sunday, Feb. 6, in Spain...."

Feb. 9, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

No appetizers – we're going straight to the entrées

"...Boy, was there ever plenty of news as August steamed to a close here in..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hot Smoke & Sasafrass

'Hot Smoke & Sasafrass' (and its backstory) returns via the reissue of A Gathering of Promises

"...Riverside Farms Road is an unassuming dead-end street just off busy Riverside Drive in Southeast Austin. Despite the apartment..."

May 7, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood has news from across the land.

"...in a drafty, funky, old rental house, it was time to move on. The house was for sale, and..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report

George W. puffs out his chest over Cuba, and Dick Cheney invites Jim to dinner.

"...Sometimes I think that the Bush Administration is conspiring to..."

May 31, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Round Up the Usual Suspects

Cap Metro tries to re-make its image, Beverly Griffith considers her options, and the budget strains

"...voted on (and down) light-rail transit for the last time. In this town, once-around-the-track is never enough for a..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

Meet the grill of your dreams at the New Braunfels Smoker Company.

"...Few topics elicit the same amount of heated opinions from Texans than when they're talking about..."

June 29, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Articulations

A busy summer for Austin artists.

"...Summer has become a busy time for Austin artists, not just in terms of the..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Patti Smith Gung Ho (Arista)

SXSW Records

"...Patti SmithGung Ho (Arista) Blazing out of a foxhole of loss and dour contemplation, Patti Smith..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Music to Wallow By

Wayne Alan Brenner's list for maudlin millennium-toasting listening displeasure is sure to send you flinging yourself off of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song."

"...to a close around me in this cut-rate Fortress of Solitude. A whole new millennium is swinging in like..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tower of Power What Is Hip? The Tower of Power Anthology (Rhino/Warner)

Reissues

"...Tower of Power What Is Hip? The Tower of Power Anthology..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

Ignored, and Underappreciated

Ten Albums You Probably Missed

"...How that the time has come when we're supposed to take stock of..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut

Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat

"...on the humongous Honda headliner stage, a half-dozen men of color dressed in authentic Americas garb fired up the..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...It’s time to get out and try some international food, dance..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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