Back Room Slighted

"...Editor, So, no mention of the demise of the Back Room. Except for the backhanded slap in the TCB..."

July 7, 2006 Postmarks

Back Room Bangers Vol. 69

"...before. What can people who go out to the Back Room this Friday to see his stage act expect?..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Room With a View

La Zona Rosa's Ripple Effect

"...While capacities for Direct Events' other two venues, the Backyard and Austin Music Hall, hover between 2,000 and 3,000..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...Austin’s Hidden Room theatre company is officially in cahoots with John Wilkes..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The War Room

"...cameras of husband and wife team, Pennebaker (Don't Look Back, Monterey Pop) and Hegedus (Town Bloody Hall), found their..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Green Room

Punks and Nazi skinheads meet in this tense yet lovely kick in the teeth

"...in 1998’s American History X. Having someone kick the back of your head while your open mouth rests against..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Keeping Room

Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant

"...attention of the two psychopaths, who then follow her back to the farm for a third-act showdown...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantasia Review: The Oak Room

Canadian crime labyrinth cuts deep and cold

"...to be found in chilly Canadian noir The Oak Room is of the gallows flavor...."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...as "Smitty" schmoozed with the group in the crowded back room of Scholz Garten, waited through the regular meeting..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Room To Read Fundraiser Tonight

Proceeds go to promote education scholarships for girls, local language children’s books, and library construction in India

"...This evening (10/15), from 6-10pm, Room to Read will host a fundraising dinner at the..."

Oct. 15, 2009 Books Post by Ashley Moreno

Flashback, Cash Back

The Trickle Down Economics of Eighties Music

"...from Missing Persons, Information Society, and Ratt have been standing-room-only successes. And let's not forget last month's well-documented Vanilla..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In Search of a Well-Set Table? Bring Back the Bling

Set formal holiday tables this year with thrift store finds

"...I never got to really see the dining room tables that I was continuously reminded were heirlooms because..."

Nov. 30, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Fantastic Fest 2015: Green Room

Blue Ruin team pits punks against neo-Nazis

"...as merciless neo-Nazi leader Darcy in Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room may seem shocking. But in the long arc of..."

Sept. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pink Elephant (Radio) in the Room

Local LGBTQ advocates bring queer hip-hop to the radio and SXSW

"...is ready to address the pink elephant in the room: In a world that is slowly but surely introducing..."

March 15, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

Knocking at Your Back Door

Austin's Soak: Not Sitting Around

"...Darth Vader outfits. See you coolsters in the emergency room...."

Aug. 22, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...move in 2009 to Brooklyn to begin a rising backstage career. Now she gets to give that same thrill..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chinatown Is Back in Westlake

Chef Ronald Cheng re-opens original outlet

"...right, longtime Austin chef and restaurateur Ronald Cheng is back in the first building where he established a local..."

May 18, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Untold Verve Rules Empire Control Room

Londoner sifts decades of UK bass culture for Chaos in Tejas

"...Dunning, aka Untold, took the stage at Empire Control Room Friday and nervously cleared away the beer bottles left..."

June 2, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

Hot Night in the Lounge Room

Kasey Chambers leads the Australian invasion

"...they turned the already intimate Cactus into their "lounge room." That’s Australian for living room...."

June 24, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dont Look Back Turns 50

AFS screens D.A. Pennebaker’s early Bob Dylan doc at the Paramount

"...Dont Look Back, D.A. Pennebaker’s black-and-white film of Bob Dylan’s 1965 concert..."

Jan. 17, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Internet Back to School Supplies

You've filled out the apps to get here – now it's time to download some

"...You’ve decked out your dorm room, put bumper stickers on your car, but will people..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katarina Brown

Comin' Back at Ya!

Tony Anthony resurrects his 3D Western for Drafthouse Films

"...3D minirevival, Tony Anthony and Drafthouse Films saddled it back up, in all its snake-striking, bottle-swinging, rootin' tootin' glory...."

March 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'When There's No More Room in Hell …'

Dead again

"...is we're ticked off they didn't do this way back when we actually lived in the area. Of course,..."

June 2, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

A Room With a View

Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.

"...Continental. The only real difference in the Houston main room, besides its vintage terrazzo floors, will be an elevated..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...booth of black leather inside their dimly lit Roosevelt Room, June's sun blaring outside, Lavenue and Gobis tell us..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

Back to the puzzles in this teen-friendly Saw-alike

"...Back in 2019, Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan)..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

In the Room

First-place winner

"...shining through majestic windows – girl's hair is pulled back. She looks at a painting, then spots the same..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Raul Garza

Looks Back... and Forward

Documentary Film Pioneer D.A. Pennebaker

"...Best known for his enormously influential film Don't Look Back, which followed a young folksinger by the name of..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Velveeta Room's Head Cheese

Pat Dean takes over the venue that’s redefining what a “comedy club” can be

"...for his first night in charge, is the Velveeta Room, Austin's sliver of a Downtown comedy room that has..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...part of an experiment and the decisions about going back into school buildings are being made by people who..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

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