Fogo de Chão Reopens This Weekend, Ember Kitchen Is Opening Soon, Ezov Is Opening Later, Batch Is Open Now, and Would You Believe We Have a Sweet Array of NYE Recommendations for You, O Holiday-Harried Citizen?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Right now, though, we’re still digesting the excellent ham-and-swiss-and-cheddar kolache we had for breakfast at Batch Craft Beer..."

Dec. 21, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...The Hammond organ – it's heavy, it's hard to move, you..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...beyond the end of this third(!) special session. Senate Bill 13, passed in the second special, allows for postponing..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

State Races Make for Critical Choices in the Middle of the Ballot

Taking a look at the state slate

"...the first Democrats to win a statewide election since Bill Clinton was president? After decades in the doldrums, the..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski

Lost tapes of a drunken night with the dissolute apostle

"...Much like The Times of Bill Cunningham, the recent biography of the New York Times..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut

Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut

"...concert Clarence James ever attended included him on the bill at Empire Control Room. The 20-year-old developed a smooth..."

June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

I Found Clint Black’s Demo Tape in the Goodwill Bins

On unheard cassette, C&W star covers Jim Croce, Neil Young, Bob Seger

"...management based out of Austin in the personage of Bill Ham...."

May 29, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin At Large: Chronicles of Deaths, Foretold

The coronavirus works for free and cares not about its approval rating

"...straight without respite, we are naturally afraid that the bill won't come due until it's too late to banish..."

May 22, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...of town as a live rehearsal site for Messrs. Billy Gibbons, 70; Dusty Hill, 70; and Austinite Frank Beard,..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Where to Buy Your Thanksgiving Bird

7 ways to put a turkey (or non-turkey) on the table in Austin

"...to cook a turkey is to roast it. Hoover's, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q, Lee's Meat Market, Fresa's, and Swedish Hill..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth

CBD Companies Find Practical Uses for Marijuana Compounds

Canvas 1839’s scientist and Willie’s Remedy explain cannabis molecules

"...at you – you're not alone. The federal Farm Bill legalizing hemp production was signed into law in January..."

June 7, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Lege Lines: “Born Alive” Bills Filed

National right-wing moral panic over “infanticide” hits Texas

"...7, Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Bren­ham, introduced their "Texas Born-Alive Infant Protection Act" in a..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Senate Delivers First Blow to Paid Sick Leave

SB 15, the boy who cried "voter fraud!" advance, and other Lege news

"...28, the Senate Committee on State Affairs advanced Senate Bill 15, which would prohibit cities from mandating that employers..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...government. By 1958, Austinites such as trumpet great Kenny Dorham and Motown arranger Gil Askey drove their respective scenes...."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...as mech-assisted Peni Parker, Mulaney as the Looney Tunes-esque Spider-Ham, and Cage continuing his hot streak as Thirties throwback..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Texas Snacker's Guide to the Holidays

Put your gifts where your mouth is

"...delightful, with notes of pear and rose. It’s like champagne and craft beer had a lovechild, which obviously means..."

Dec. 5, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...Kenny Dorham was once 10 feet tall, lean and healthy...."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Deep Divisions in Texas' Powerful Anti-Choice Movement

Battle reflects Lege’s growing extremism

"...law tucked away in the 2017 legislative session's Senate Bill 8 that requires women to bury or cremate fetal..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...turned to coyotes, with Texas congressman and ag industry champion James Paul Buchanan asking it to "wipe them out"..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...says she didn't question her safety, until the bathroom bill battle began. "It didn't hit home, though, before my..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Songs for the Deaf

Hearing aid concert streams debut in Austin

"...friend and protégé of late, local ZZ Top manager Bill Ham, explains that Styx became interested in the live..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Remnants of their rule remains with the suffix of ‐ham (as in Birmingham), which meant homestead; ‐ton (as in..."

June 9, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...As teenagers in Houston, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and I worshipped the 13th Floor Elevators. When..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

HOF Hopefuls

"...Hoots & a Holler, Pressure, the Lotions, Jim Mings, Bill Campbell, Houston White, the Storm, Lewis Cowdrey, Jimmy Day,..."

March 13, 2017 Postmarks

SXSW Film Review: Bill Nye: Science Guy

TV science-maker is called into battle against willed ignorance

"...become also an embattled defender of basic human knowledge. Bill Nye defies our public ignorance...."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"..."Miami Vice Theme," Jan Hammer Michael Mann's 1985-89 network television smash rode New Wave's..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Critics Poll

"...Fawcett: RAS Day, Kenny Dorham's Backyard..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Cheap Eats: Quickie Pickie

Convenience dating at a convenience store

"...going out to dinner but very pointedly splitting the bill. You might think that getting dinner is obviously a..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Food Feature by Mary Bryce

Save the World With Bill Nye

SXSW Eco closing speaker thinks we're not a lost cause

"...If there was one takeaway from Bill Nye's closing keynote speech at SXSW Eco, it's that..."

Oct. 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Rock-Solid Friend

Any wedding planner who claims to actually know the difference between shrimp and flamingo is blowing puce up your rosebud

"...So, it kind of goes without saying that this..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

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