Review: Free Hamze & Peace, FREETAPE2: Peace by Piece

Lebanon-born, Austin-raised go-getter connects with Houston producer

"...by the street, by the beach/ And it ain't Beirut, but it still feels just like home." A distorted..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Top 10 Halal Lunches in Austin

Fast, diverse, and deeply satisfying

"...addition to other Uzbek lunch favorites. Shish Tawook at Beirut..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Food Feature by Yasmin Diallo Turk

Show Me Pizza Is in Your Internets, Streaming Your Food on Twitch

Up-and-coming pizzeria shares the beauty of food being made

"...'Wait, what's your address?' The guy says, 'I'm in Beirut.' And we were like, 'Ahhhh, yeah, that's not gonna..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Thirteen Lives

Ron Howard's breathtaking recounting of the Tham Luang cave rescue

"...the retired SEAL who drowned, and a second SEAL, Beirut Pakbara, who died of an infection acquired in the..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...MEXICO) Panchiko (Nottingham UK-ENGLAND) Panic Priest (Chicago IL) Papazian (Beirut LEBANON) Park Jiha (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) Pat Byrne (Borris..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him

A shared rain's a-gonna fall in The Same Storm

"...Marisa Tomei and Oscar Isaac of a one-act play, "Beirut," staged by New York's Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Young Jazz Lions Atlas Maior Double Down

Bandleader Joshua Thomson forges a pandemic soundtrack

"...a virtual fundraiser for the people affected by the Beirut, Lebanon, explosion. Of course it’s a slippery slope, and..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Review: Fractured

Workmanlike thriller is a lost opportunity

"...niche as a commercial director-for-hire on unmemorable works like Beirut. If we were better at talking about directors who..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Photos From the 100+ Best Restaurants in Austin

"...Beirut..."

June 13, 2019 Photo Gallery

SXSW Music Reveals Surpass Halfway Mark

ATX shines on list No. 7 alongside Karol Conká, Crumb & Pedro the Lion

"...Sandmoon (Beirut, Lebanon)..."

Feb. 7, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Capernaum

Lebanese drama of the destitute is tough to watch, but tougher to live

"...the audience can handle. Set in the slums of Beirut, it is an eye-opening insight into life at the..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tony Gilroy to Receive Austin Film Festival Honor

Rogue One, Bourne writer to be awarded

"...Star Wars Story. However, he still saw his long-gestating Beirut (which has been circling development hell since the early..."

May 8, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beirut

John Hamm sweats stylishly in gritty, grim spy thriller.

"...In 1972, Beirut was the Paris of the Middle East, a bohemian..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...story of loss, love, queerness, and youth on the Beirut coast...."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Insult

Lebanon's internecine crises as courtroom drama

"...Tony (Karam) is a Lebanese Christian in Beirut, whose balcony drainpipe protrudes illegally into the street. Yasser..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...D: Mazen Khaled A young man’s tragic death at Beirut's seaside causes his friends to grapple with loss and..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...He credits the organizers of Beirut's Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival for opening him up to..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lawmakers Continue Anti-Refugee Fight

Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott do all they can to block families fleeing the Syrian Civil War

"...the same kind of terror which unfolded in Paris, Beirut, and elsewhere," Rippen­kroe­ger said. "They do not bring terror..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

SXSWedu Putting Education in Innovation

Education conference announces keynote from littleBits founder

"...A graduate of the American University of Beirut, Bdeir has become a regular name on the tech..."

Jan. 13, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Shock and Awe ... Once Again

Our wars return to roost, and we blame the victims

"...represented by the ruthless fanatics who attacked Paris (and Beirut a day earlier, adding to a string of similar..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Foraging Near Zilker

"...contenders for Austin's food truck crown – including Boca, Beirut Lebanese, Unity Vegan Kitchen, Brunch Haus, and Uncle Louie..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Food Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...12mid, Lit Lounge Legend has it that stomping, Beirut swamp-blues revivalists the Wanton Bishops sprung forth when vocalist/harmonica..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Attack

When the wife of an assimilated Arab in Israel is identified a suicide bomber, the unwitting husband questions both his marriage and hiss Palestinian identity.

"...the latest film from Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut). Her spouse is moved by her feelings for him..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination

Dun-dun-dun-DUN

"...Goethe and fate, and including Coco the parrot from Beirut's Hotel Commodore. Some readers might get bogged down in..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Food Issue: Moonage Daydream

Baked goods + Austin Psych Fest = cookie monster

"...were, loitering around my desk at the then-corner of Beirut and Lebanon, when the office manager came by with..."

June 13, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

Get ready to see a lot more ukuleles

"..."The Penalty," Beirut..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Hello Caller

One last 2012 local music roundup

"...aural kitsch – meriting obvious comparison with acts like Beirut. Punchy percussion snaps opener "When the Wind Blows" to..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

I Was a Teenage Anarchist

Five highlights from MusicFestNW

"...a great festival, brimming with mass-appeal headliners (Passion Pit, Beirut, Girl Talk, and Silversun Pickups), but even as a..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...Mike had bought his mother a $700,000 house in Beirut, and the IRS is trying to crack the almost-impossible..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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