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"...Jazmyne Moreno’s programming for Austin Film Society’s Lates series truly thrills me. How else..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

At Threshold of Stage Five COVID Precautions, ICU Bed Capacity Is Critically Low

Health Authority Desmar Walkes: "We are running out of time"

"...Tonight Austin Public Health issued a dire message to the people..."

July 30, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Show Some Love for Emancipet

Fundraising kits offer treats for a Valentine’s Sit Stay Day at home

"...best parts of life. The eighth annual fundraiser for Austin’s low-cost veterinary clinic, Emancipet, is going strong, but there’s..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

12 Days of Christmas Bazaars

A merry miscellany of local art markets and fairs to visit over a dozen days

"...a guest pop-up maker. Gift wrapping and sips by Austin Eastciders. Wed., Dec. 13, 3-9pm. Free. Art & Soul..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Feature

Dangerous Toys This Holiday Season

Is that fidget spinner really a killing machine?

"...U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett was in Austin last week, on a brief information tour of his..."

Nov. 27, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Experimental Response Cinema Rises to the Surface

Avant-gardians of Austin’s underground films

"...Daniel, to Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin; but while Austin has supported many of these artists, their underground films..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Eminent Domain

Rock Rose takes over North Austin

"...From the way some Central Austinites talk about it, North Austin might as well be..."

June 24, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

ACL Fest 2016 Lineup

Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, LCD Soundsystem

"...On Wednesday, the Austin City Limits Music Festival teased its 2016 lineup with..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Review: El Tule

Austin’s cumbia rockeros stage a second gospel tent dance-off

"...local acts otherwise accustomed to broom closets. By design, Austin eightpiece El Tule crowds most stages, but the so-called..."

Oct. 10, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What the New Fair Market is All About

Restaurateur Jesse Herman talks about new Eastside event venue

"...The debut of the new East Austin event facility, Fair Market, was announced just in time..."

March 12, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1,..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deep Eddy Rising

Citizens and city come together to restore an Austin landmark

"...since 2003, in the National Register of Historic Places. Austinites owe the historic registration and the rebuilding of the..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: Scratching the Surface

Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

"...about the recent history of women's Roller Derby in Austin. It is one of those films in which the..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Breaking: Libertarians Are Cheap-Asses

"...announced today his party opposes all seven City of Austin bond propositions. (On an unrelated note, WTF's up with..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...of Redneck Rock in the first issue of the Austin Sun 30 years ago described the affliction in connection..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...a prodigious, monumental 7-CD box set put out by Austin's Revenant Records. Housed in a hardback book styled to..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

By Any Other Name

The history of Austin's cherished landmarks reveals the extent to which chance plays a part in who among their namesakes we remember and which fade with time.

"...So who's the more important figure in Austin history: Tom Miller or Robert Mueller?..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Redd Light Special

One right fine Tele-pickin' dude

"...in turn, Watson was pivotal in Volkaert's moving to Austin. Actually, it was always just a matter of time..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Room at the Inn

Case Marianella homeless shelter provides a badly needed haven for homeless Spanish-speaking immigrants.

"...Workers, a day-labor cooperative run by the city of Austin. Rollin needs to work, because when he was 10..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Anna Hanks

Tamaladas y Posadas

Mexican Christmas Traditions Alive and Well in Austin

"...and las posadas are alive and well in the Austin community. Hundreds of families and local groups as diverse..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Looking More Closely When Others Look Away

On directors examining structure, storytelling, and how pictures can move us

"...of us were standing in the middle of the flea market, which – as we had learned just a..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...room of the Knitting Factory complex. When Frusciante's bandmate Flea materializes stageside, the room lurches to the left to..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Flea in Her Ear

This Feydeau farce is like an apple pie: familiar, and it tastes good going down

"...A Flea in Her Ear..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Gobotrick Theatre Company: Keeping the Soul Happy

Naomi Wallace's drama One Flea Spare is the latest venture from Gobotrick Theatre Company

"...Perhaps you've heard of One Flea Spare, Naomi Wallace's play about four disparate Londoners trapped..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

One Flea Spare

Newcomers Vernacurious Performance Group create some potent moments in One Flea Spare, but overall, their staging of Naomi Wallace's highly poetic drama misses its emotional mark.

"...One Flea Spare..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...says Beno, who spent most of the summer in Austin recording Genitallica's next album. "We were like, 'This is..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californian Genius or Affront to ACL-goers?

Writers go pro/con on RHCP's third ACL Fest in a decade

"...that's there," shrugged Frusciante in 2004 about Anthony Kiedis, Flea, and alt-rock Bonham Chad Smith. "Playing with them every..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Red Hot Chili Peppers

"...attack in Las Vegas and all things Trump, bassist Flea told Austin that we live in a "great big..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

ACL Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Flea and company kill it

"...attack in Las Vegas and all things Trump, bassist Flea told Austin that we live in a “great big..."

Oct. 8, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

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