Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising

The Luck of the Drawl

"...Massacre; and Abe Lincoln, Drew Barrymore's ramrod-straight Arizona cop boyfriend in Boys on the Side. In the process, he's..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...lineup of provocative special release beers and a full calendar of wait-worthy seasonals. The evidence is tangible with the..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Driftwood's Vista Brewing Offers a Peek at Tradition

Food, brews, and more on 21 acres of high-end architecture and folksy ambience

"...Killough, Vista Brewing is a 21-acre fairy tale of high-end architectural composition pressed into the folksy ambience of oak-scattered..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

SXSW Turns the Tables on Comedy Connoisseur Dick Cavett

The veteran talk-show host matters because he took the art of being funny seriously

"...at stand-up himself, playing such iconic clubs as the Bitter End and the Hungry I. Cavett knew just what..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: Guitar & Pen

Homework vs. live music ascension

"...Halen there next, no better.) The first proved a bitter precedent throughout high school, college, and grad school: Homework..."

June 22, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hornography

"...beaten South Florida and Hawaii on their path. The Bitter End..."

March 25, 2016 Sports Column by Kahron Spearman

Game of Thrones: Taking Back the Kingdom

Epic playlist for the HBO siege’s fourth season

"...that HBO’s Game of Thrones returns on Sunday. The end of the third season left us – and a..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Longhorns Let Big 12 Title Loose

Faced with chance at conference title, Longhorns lose to Baylor

"...attack of Texas quarterback Case McCoy from start to bitter end, making running back Malcolm Brown the offense’s only..."

Dec. 8, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Food-O-File

Dai Due sets up shop on Manor Rd., and thumbs up for A-OK Chinese

"...for at the Downtown and Mueller farmers' markets every weekend. At night, chef de cuisine Andrew MacArthur will present..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Austin's Third Coast Coffee Roasters Provide a Very Human Bean

Taste buds, pleased; central nervous systems, awake; all systems go

"...restaurants, too. No grease, no drunken people at the end of the night, and that’s what I like. People..."

Feb. 14, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Papi Tino’s Culinary Showdown Leaves One Cook Standing

Week Four Finals Throw Chefs a Curveball

"...competition pitting culinary students against each other reached its end Wednesday night when three locally-stuffed mystery baskets took this..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Off the Record

Mourning the loss of two Austin music giants, Stephen Bruton and Randall 'Poodie' Locke

"...Raitt was reeling from the passing of her longtime friend, peer, and collaborator Stephen Bruton, who succumbed to cancer..."

May 15, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Point Austin: We Won!

Celebrating 'the fierce urgency of now'

"...El up from Hammond and hang out around there, spend the day in the Art Institute, or just walk..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Microbrew Renaissance

It's a good time to drink beer in Texas

"...winter. I'm not much for Hefeweizen, but my wheat-loving friends swear by Shiner's version...."

July 4, 2008 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Off the Record

James White goes on location at the Broken Spoke, Marky Ramone defends his namesake and Phil Spector's innocence, and the Summer Wardrobe gives Roky Erickson a makeover

"...in '83, returned in '87, and stayed until the bitter end in 1996. "What I did was keep the..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Simple, Straightforward, and Satisfying

A legendary restaurateur's latest venture is another success

"...who has always demonstrated a knack for identifying dining trends and creating restaurants to capitalize on them. When Southwestern..."

April 14, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

In Essence, Iraq Is Vietnam

"...U.S. made was to escalate and remain. In the end, 57,363 Americans were needlessly dead. Even though well over..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...mother of slain Iraq war soldier Casey Sheehan, briefly suspended her vigil outside President Bush's Crawford Ranch to tend..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway

Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine

"...public hearings next month on proposals to reconsider and amend, or rescind, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's controversial..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege

Redistricting: the end? the feds and the courts pick up the shattered pieces of Texas

"...That's the small and bitter prayer left to Texas voters, after the Legislature approved..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Fassbinder's grimy Berliner sensibility coats the bare bones of Sirk's original tale in a slick sheen of weary cynicism and pits true love against societal mores in a battle to the bitter end.

"...love against societal mores in a battle to the bitter end. Emmi (Mira), a plain, middle-aged cleaning woman, falls..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

¡Más Comida!

Austin's newest restaurants are making 'mi casa es su casa' a way of life, one menu at a time

"...celebrated its 50th anniversary during the Fourth of July weekend, and the venerable campus-area mainstay El Patio (2938 Guadalupe,..."

July 19, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Here Comes a Regular

The dark world-view of Jeff Klein

"...nights and such. He then moved to Boston to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music, but only lasted..."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Shades of the Past

Austin's ghosts, from pioneer times to the present

"...the first, appearing in print in 1898, tells the legend of a famous Texas scout and his stolen Comanche..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature

New Kid on the Block

ASTI is the perfect addition to Hyde Park's busiest corner

"...altered from time to time, reflecting changes in shopping trends and tastes, but for many years there was a..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Broken News

Times Warner's struggling news channel lashes out at defectors

"..."News 8 cannot train another employee like it trained Defendant." (According to several current and former News 8 employees,..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...actually saw their incomes decline with rising inflation. Military spending rose with corresponding deep cuts in welfare spending. Welfare-reform..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Council Watch

City lays out new housing program, Southpark Meadows goes for world-class venue, Zilker Neighborhood Association holds council candidates forum

"...to do administrative approvals of zoning changes, instead of sending them to the council for consideration, suggesting that the..."

April 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.

"...enforced the law. In summation, Mr. Morris, I am offended by your frivolous allegations. It wouldn't matter to me..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column

The Ruling Party

Something to Crow About

"...be "like being in the wrong dugout" at the end of a big game, Crow stayed until the evening's..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature

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