SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...on her third CD, I Am. As leader of New Jersey-based Christian avant-popsters the Danielson Famile, Br. Danielson helps..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...inconsistent. On "Showdown," the vocals sound forced, while "Missing Key," with its Wes Montgomery bits, would fare better as..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...typical open mike will have 20-30 performers. If you're new, you'll be put at the end of the show...."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

12 Breakthrough Austin Bands at SXSW Music

After backing all kinds of rap/R&B/soul luminaries, Kydd Jones is putting his own sound on the front burner

"...rap/R&B/soul luminaries, the prolific 29-year-old multi-hyphenate plays it incredibly low-key about his accomplishments, even his latest upticks...."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Interactive: Kerry Washington and Social Stardom

The Scandal star talks Twitter and activism through beauty

"...Authenticity. Scandal’s leading lady, social media star, and Neutrogena/O.P.I brand ambassador, Kerry Washington says that's the key to building..."

March 13, 2016 SXSW Post by Sarah Marloff

Lights! Camera! Cooking!

Design of the new Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane kitchen is one key to the success of the entertainment brand

"...of pizzas, burgers, fries, and popcorn. As the local brand expanded, the Leagues went on to recondition three existing..."

March 23, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

'Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers'

Marrit Ingman's new memoir: an excerpt

"...anecdotes. Some have been included elsewhere, and others are new and grew out of necessity: in other words, a..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...down recently with Scott Swearingen to talk about his new book, Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...jazz, and British and American neo-soul into a lively brand of contemporary fusion. Their smooth, spacey debut EP Blue..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...cab driver who believes it’s his duty to rid New York City of riff-raff. Though a certain quote steals..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sunday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...collective expands the guitar-and-synth formula exponentially, surging with multiple keys, guitars, and vocals and layering bursts of horns, electronic..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...hot, hot chicas and sizzling acts. Consider it your new home at the Expo. 7311 Decker, 854-4900. www.rotrally.com. Coyote..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

AISD Goes Global

Johnston High School welcomes immigrant students and makes waves in the neighborhood

"...in Mexico, along with gifts of music and hip, new clothes – "all the things I wished I had..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...EASTMOUNTAIN SOUTH: Not only is Robbie Robertson bringing a keynote speech and pre-The Last Waltz DVD/box set hype, he's..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Six Degrees of Ron Berry

With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?

"...Berry laughs. "That's what really gets me going. Especially new stuff, new work. Or newer takes on revivals. I..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

No Law & Order

"...ENDURO: Enduro's keening keyboards, caterwauling guitars, heavy-equipment percussion, and the brilliant ruckus they..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...This is a big trend, and not really a brand new one. Austin is not exempt from it...."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Record Reviews

"...The Soul of a New Machine (Touch and Go)..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Review

Recommended

"...Major, who are self-assured, self-titled, and come-hither on their brand-new CD. Also representin' are the jovial Adults in full..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...Hollowbody's 40-minute opening set, a loose amalgam of everything New Wave and Eighties (on the English side of the..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Music Feature

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...I point out that she perhaps forgot a key identifier in that last sentence...."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Ruthie Foster

"...2002), and Lone Star country crunch (Promise of a Brand New Day, 2014), but like 2012's Let It Burn,..."

March 31, 2017 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...In late October, I visited the HQ of Texas..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Bridging the Language Gap

A Q&A with AISD Public Relations & Multicultural Outreach Director Alex Sanchez

"...by this administration, in looking at Austin as my new home, my next home, is that I wanted to..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...and needed to reorganize existing facilities to match its new priorities. Second, there was the 2009 districtwide efficiency study..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

USL First Division 2009 Forecast

Predicted order of finish, last season's record, and more

"...will be hard to top last year – a new stadium, a Canadian championship win over Toronto FC, a..."

April 17, 2009 Sports Feature

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to key officials in the Austin Independent School Dis­trict to a..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

TV Eye

Slot Machines

"...last week. That's when the networks trot out their new fall series for advertisers and start the buzz over..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...rights to its own land, and then decided a new central library (the pre-CSC favorite for the site) would..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Lowdown

Campaign finance scam, Chinese prison labor, & bookstore conglomerates

"...Those clever boys in D.C. have gouged out a brand-new campaign finance loophole big enough to drive an armored..."

May 4, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

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