Adriene Mishler: Making her 'Assumption'

For this active Austin actress, there was something special about Refraction Arts' hillbilly/kung fu/rock & roll 'Hamlet'

"...Just over a year ago, The Assumption opened at the somewhat hidden and more than a..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Is It an 'Assumption' or a 'Reality'?

"...I question, however, her being "appalled" at the so-called assumption that minority parents are not involved enough. Perhaps the..."

Oct. 20, 2005 Postmarks

First Assumption, Worst Assumption

"...P’s. [“Trojan Rain,” Luv Doc, April 22] My first assumption (no P intended) was that they weren’t Washing their..."

April 26, 2022 Postmarks

I'm Still Here

Is Joaquin Phoenix having a meltdown, or is he putting us on? Only his brother-in-the-law, the film's director, knows for sure.

"...time Phoenix announced his retirement from acting and the assumption of a career as a hip-hop artist. During this..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Borrowers

"...treatment. Which is to say, the film makes the assumption that it can't possibly be entertaining unless somebody is..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Assumption, Refraction Arts Project..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Assumption

Part Southern rock opera and part 'Hamlet,' Refraction Arts' comedy is totally captivating and hilarious

"...The Assumption..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...were evenly distributed among shows and exhibitions, with The Assumption, Refraction Arts' twisted adaptation of Hamlet, the only other..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...approach 150 bucks. So even agreeing with your erroneous assumptions, the only vehicles spending that much money per tank..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Column

Grave Matters

The Cost of the Longest Vacation You'll Ever Take

"...Easter/Palm Sunday decorations at the Assumption Cemetery in South Austinphotograph by Jana Birchum..."

March 28, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

The Assumption

'The Assumption' is Refraction Arts Project's very modern and entertaining take on 'Hamlet' – a Shakespearean satire of all things hillbilly and all things Eastern, set to a rock & roll beat

"...The Assumption..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Sea Change

At 7, the customer has much more control, but at what cost?

"...on South Congress – and then made some dangerous assumptions. Assumption No. 1 dictates that Austin diners are picky..."

July 30, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Sea Change

At 7, the customer has much more control, but at what cost?

"...on South Congress – and then made some dangerous assumptions. Assumption No. 1 dictates that Austin diners are picky..."

July 23, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

SXQ&A: TMS Ruge

Project Diaspora co-founder and SXSW speaker talks African tech

"...TR: Well the assumption usually is that there isn't innovation on the ground,..."

March 13, 2010 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...he hadn't done any investigation to discover whether his assumption was sound. He didn't drive by the house --..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Apparently, the mere mention of drugs justifies suppressing student speech

"...This conclusion, however, relies on the court's assumption that Frederick's "Bong Hits" message was neither political nor..."

July 6, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

In Black and White

Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker

"...into rough numerical equality with non-Hispanic whites." A key assumption embedded in this assessment is that blacks and ethnic..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature

Experts at SXSW Ponder AI and the “Future of Truth”

Will the tech go the same destructive route as social media?

"...among us, have, through the years, shared in the assumption of an objective reality. Then came the first of..."

March 12, 2024 SXSW Post by Brant Bingamon

How Much of the Colorado Should We Leave Up to Elon Musk’s Discretion?

Tesla uses a massive amount of water while the Boring Co. attempts to dump its wastewater into the river

"...people working here and living around it. There's the assumption that a high-tech business is going to do everything..."

Aug. 11, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...disgusted Gray. He insisted he was innocent. But the assumption of his guilt was the same in the jail...."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

We Have an Issue: Struggling to Find the Words

In this week's issue, we explore Austin's response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade

"...about bothsidesism. This newspaper has always operated from the assumption that all humans deserve the right to bodily autonomy,..."

July 1, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Q&A Hole: How Does Something Get "Overrated"?

With Lauren Weinstein, Tim Doyle, Pat Dean, Mark Finn, and more

"...become overrated? When a person, group, media makes an assumption about how I will feel instead of allowing me..."

Sept. 20, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

War Dogs

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in this true tale about gun smuggling

"...but his ever-bleakening Hangover trilogy was built around the assumption of an essential meanness in the human spirit. Ugly..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After Words

Marcia Gay Harden stars as a lonely woman on vacation in an exotic locale

"...to stay at an upscale seaside resort on the assumption he has only a few weeks to live? (Forget..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Get Hard

Send this one directly to comedy jail

"...being a rich white guy, has erred in his assumption that Darnell, being a person of color, is intimately..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A la Mala

Mexican comedy about a woman who makes her livelihood flirting with other women's men.

"...the men’s faithfulness. Hired by the women (whose bottom-line assumption is that all men are creeps), Mala grows in..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...It is perhaps an unfair assumption to believe that wealthier, whiter neighborhoods have the financial..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"...medicine, must have particular knowledge of injury mechanisms. This assumption is wrong," John Plunkett, a veteran pathologist and expert..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

In a World …

Lake Bell wrote, directed, and stars in this ambitious comedy about about a female voiceover artist trying to make it in Hollywood.

"...unchallenging movie heroines are assembled according to Hollywood’s cynical assumption that Jane Q. Public is a flaming idiot, Bell’s..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lee Daniels' The Butler

The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.

"...plantation in the Twenties and ending with President Obama’s assumption to the White House, the film provides a living..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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