Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...Santiago Baca on Saturday morning at the Texas Book Festival, but his was hardly the only storm system. It..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Faster Than Sound: Unpacking Harry Styles' Austin Run With the Professor Teaching a Class on Him

Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia offers a crash course in the Harry-verse

"...turns to the world's first-ever professor of Styles, Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia. Though the associate professor of..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may have had to go online for 2020,..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Highland Games, Wurstfest, and more

"...while the weather’s beautiful. Find a chili cook-off, film festival, or musical show that meets your tastes this November...."

Nov. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Brain Teaser

Author and legendary 'Jeopardy!' champ Ken Jennings comes to the Texas Book Festival

"...Dollars on Jeopardy!, is coming to the Texas Book Festival this weekend to promote his newest book: Because I..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...Frank Mills and Onion contributor Jill Morris bring the festival a sketch show about sex, drugs, friendship, and how..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Napoleon Dynamite

Indie film about teenage dork celebrates the youthful underdog.

"...heyday in 1982. Like its mumbling, monotonous protagonist, this festival charmer takes its time making a point. It luxuriates..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...when the Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival kicks off today, Thursday, April 1, and runs through..."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature

I Wanna Be a Paperback Writer

Perusing the Texas Book Festival Panels

"...Over a two-day period last weekend, the Texas Book Festival sponsored some 21 panels whose topics spanned from the..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature

Rocky Mountain High

Austin Brewers at the Great American Beer Festival

"...to Denver, Colorado, for the annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF)...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Shakespeare, sandcastles, and celebrations all over Texas

"...a historic merry-go-round to the reopening of a popular state park...."

June 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Design for Living

Fusebox Festival creates a pop-up village as part of its thinkEAST Living Charrette

"...Fusebox Festival has always been great at making use of space..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015 festival...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Festival fever, plus a big renewal and a bigger loss

"...Film festivals are endeavoring to dominate your social calendar. Here's the..."

March 27, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

From Łódź With Love

Previewing the Austin Polish Film Festival

"...might expect of films produced during postwar Communist years: state-sanctioned and underwritten social realism...."

Nov. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The 'Tease That Binds

The Texas Burlesque Festival builds community among those who are hip to the strip

"...performer at and co-organizer of the 2011 Texas Burlesque Festival, it's not just about shoulder rolls and corsetry for..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spontaneous Convergence

Chris Cogburn's No Idea Festival risks improvisation

"...percussionist Chris Cogburn cause to start the No Idea Festival in 2003 as a way to connect a number..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Laboratory of Playmaking

Artists from different realms join forces to concoct new strains of performance in UT's New Works Festival

"...it comes to the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival. This biennial event, organized by the UT Department of..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...is this more evident than at the Sundance Film Festival, where for 10 days every January these intersecting interests..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home Improvement

Live Oak Theatre and the Overhaul of the State

"...September, the jolly old elf left Live Oak a big bundle: a $1.9 million bundle, to be exact. Actually,..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Directors' Festival 1997: One-act Wonders

"...Which is why this one-act directors' festival, hosted by Different Stages, is such a wonderful proving..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Review

Eat Your Heart Out: A Three-Day Meal Plan for ACL Eats 2022

Paramore, Lil Nas X, and SZA aren't the only acts to watch for

"...Another year, another Austin City Limits Music Festival in the Texas capital. While the weather patterns of..."

Oct. 6, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...aGLIFF – the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival – has announced its full lineup for 2019, and..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Evan Smith on the Secret of Texas Tribune’s Success

Founder and CEO on the present and future of nonprofit journalism

"...A pitch meeting with Evan Smith resides somewhere between..."

March 13, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...will be this year's opening night movie, today the festival confirmed it will close with the new adaptation of..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Music Soundtrack for Your Weekend

Austin Reggae Festival, and more if you're not too high

"...Jane. Twerk out some riddim at the Austin Reggae Festival, get that hipster-rock on with the Breeders, and witness..."

April 20, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Playback: Greetings From Euphoria

Austin’s best spring festival – correction, “experience” – faces competition after idyllic sixth year

"...camping gathering with a term parroted by attendees: "transformational festival." A spiritual awakening amongst empirical adventurers? Judging from the..."

April 14, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Toast

Drinking up the Austin Food and Wine Festival

"...of starting). This weekend, the Austin Food and Wine Festival will deliciously unfold at various locations around Town Lake...."

April 24, 2015 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Rock & Roll Summer School

The Kids Are Alright Fest aims high

"...attempts his most ambitious undertaking, The Kids Are Alright Festival, June 4 and 5...."

May 10, 2010 Music Post by Aaron Miller

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