Bigger Than the Sky

Despite some bright spots in this woefully earnest modern romance, Bigger Than the Sky is awash in the obvious and sports a cloying adulation of theatre folk.

"...Patty Duke, Allan Corduner, J.W. Crawford and Victor Morris. Bigger Than the Sky tells us in no uncertain terms..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Review: “If the Sky Were Orange”

Journalist Jeff Goodell curates the Blanton’s call to action on climate change

"...The title of the Blanton Museum of Art's ongoing exhibition..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Lina Fisher

Cinematexas Heads for That Big Screening in the Sky...

But festival season soldiers on

"...of programming everyone from Werner Herzog to Jim Jarmusch, the semivenerable UT-sponsored international avant-garde and short-film showcase, which would..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...With perfect poise, Sky Saxon sits cross-legged atop a bed of brown and..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Faster Than Sound: Austin Imprint Keeled Scales Partners With Polyvinyl Records

New joint office expands the local label landscape

"...Over the past year, Keeled Scales label owner Tony Presley trekked..."

June 4, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...Recording studios represent more than finely tuned rooms filled with expensive microphones, racks of..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Reverse Crossover of La Mafia

The Empire Builders

"...Perez was slain last spring, few people outside of the Latin music industry really knew who the young artist..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

Deep in the Art

Bob 'Daddy-O' Wade's 40-year road trip through all that is Texas

"...Picture yourself in the cab of a pickup, windows rolled down on account..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...Striding across the full parking lot of Central Market near Ben White..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman

From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune

"...Kinky Friedman can't hear very well these days...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Breaking out of the Film Fest Box

After a festival run, indie movies used to die on the vine. Video-on-demand is changing that.

"...South by Southwest Film Festival, Brian Knappenberger was living the dream of the struggling independent filmmaker. His documentary feature,..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Making the Flowers Bloom in Encanto

Austinite Jay Jackson talks about Disney's latest animated blossom

"...In Encanto, the latest animated musical from Disney, flowers bloom everywhere Isabela,..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Opera Races Back Into Live Performance With Tosca at Circuit of the Americas

The company brings grand opera to the Grand Prix with an outdoor staging of Puccini's powerhouse

"...By the summer of 2020, Austin Opera knew that the first..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tumble 22 Brings the Chickens and the Heat to Lake Austin Boulevard

Former Magnolia Cafe waiter noms his way through meat and memories

"...They’re tumbling chickens, now, in the place where I worked..."

Nov. 9, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Every Northern European culture knows that Robert Frost was wrong. The..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Bavu Blakes Carpes the Diem

Bavu Blakes seizes his own day, Shakey Graves lands an Austin City Limits taping, and the Saxon Pub turns 25

"...conglomeration of rappers and junior high students amassed in the lobby of City Hall...."

May 1, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The 'Banner Saga' Saga

The game that launched a thousand headlines has its roots right here

"...The Banner SagaStoic $24.99, PC & Mac..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Q&A Hole: How Is Humanity Most Likely to Destroy Itself?

The Earth will abide, but not necessarily old Homo Sap.

"..."We're destroying the planet!" shriek the more histrionic environmentalists among us...."

Feb. 25, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Turkey Chronicles: Deep Fried

Deep-frying your holiday bird

"...The practice of deep frying turkeys started in Louisiana near..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

God Save the Screen

Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly spent seven years hunting Mohawks for their mad, mammoth compendium, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film

"...small town, graduating high school (if you could be bothered) between '80 and '84, chances are you spent a..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...was a pivotal year for America, for Austin, for the embattled world-at-large, but most of all for the Mighty..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Angel in the Dark

The last release from pop noir princess Laura Nyro.

"...In Monterey Pop, renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captured the 1967 pre-Woodstock rock festival oozing good vibrations and California..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Night of the Living BCCP, Part 37

Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: Half a Loaf?

"...yet last week, after nearly seven years of wrangling, the City of Austin and Travis County finally agreed on..."

May 19, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Real Sound

Don Walser's Legacy

"...photograph by John Carrico It's the Tuesday night after South by Southwest '98 and one..."

April 24, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...A sunny Saturday set the scene for a packed day of live music at..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside – my mother is mad and sweeping..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

Off the Record

The good, the bad, and the ugly: a look back at the year in Austin music

"...More people bemoaned the state of Austin radio in 2009 than actually listened..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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