The Q&A Hole: What Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back To Life?

With Matt Oztalay, Peter-John Byrnes, Wiley Wiggins, and more

"..."I would want to bring back the Tyrannosaurus Rex. One of the things I..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Nonprofit Plans to Bring Back Austin’s Video Rental Culture

We (still) Luv Video

"...canon. So it was a hard blow to movie lovers across the city in September 2020 when the COVID-19..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...a teacher in the U.S. and particularly Texas. I love teaching and being with kids, and most teachers I..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Who Do You Love?

Jennifer Weiner returns with what might be her best love story yet

"...Weiner just released her 12th book, Who Do You Love. The sure-to-be smash is a classic love story, told..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

The Things We Do for Love

One theatre ensemble just can't quit that miss of myth, Psyche

"...mortal Psyche – you remember her from the Greek myth of yore, yeah? – was so deeply enamored of..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Back Door Man

A profile of Bill Bentley, former Austin Sun writer, current music industry impresario, and producer of tribute albums of Roky Erickson and Skip Spence

"..."Elvis was my power figure," says Bentley from his Warner Bros. office..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"..."I used to sit in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...I sipped on a beer, sloshed some on my shirt. "I'm a mess," I declared. "Maybe you better..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

This Is My Life

LZ Love's reveal: dance music!

"...LZ Love's gaze lifts, and her light brown eyes shine. Her..."

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sound Unseen Review: Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

An intimate and emotional dance with the tap great

"...When I got my first and only pair of tap shoes as a..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Sara Hutchinson

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"..."I grew up in a family riddled with alcoholism. My mother was an active alcoholic, and left the family when..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...dedicated to bold creativity within the LGBTQ community is back again. Over four days, creators like Good Pollution, Fargo..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Residential Address: The Mellows Bring Sixties Pop to Sagebrush

With a focus on good hooks, the band makes falling in love danceable again

"...that band rolls into a lively tearjerker about unrequited love called "Yes I Do," and the Bakersfield connection is..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Continental Love Songs by Liv Mueller

Thursdays in the Gallery she marries punk/country/schmaltz

"...Mathis, Connie Francis – very emotive, orchestral, cinematic, over-the-top love songs.” As a result, her Thursday, 8:30pm, shows in..."

May 29, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Qmmunity: Autumn on My Mind

Alternative column title this week: I Wish It Weren’t So Damn Hot!

"...fall” we’ve been dealt, but I am still burning my cinnamon-y candles in defiance. Even when the temp says..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Column by James Scott

Nané's Ready to Bring "That Flamboyant Shit" to a Big Stage at ACL Fest

Life's cherished refrains of love and the unknown – in falsetto

"...... well, some mutual friends, a few drunken college kickbacks, and a mutual obsession with music, at least. Singer..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Morgan-Taylor Thomas

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death

In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders

"...globe, spending time in London and Paris (“this is back when the American government sponsored the arts”) before working..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Again – Tonight

Jason Mewes on the duo's 'Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'

"...If there’s anything stoner moviegoers love more than a cannabis plant itself, it’s characters in..."

July 25, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

How Robin Got His Groove Back

Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.

"...into the jaws of danger. Without music at his back, poor Robin might as well be facing the Sheriff..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stop Interrupting My Regular Programming (Please)

Why does PBS play so much crap during its pledge drive?

"...to talk. First of all – you know I love you, right? You're like family. Which is why I..."

Aug. 4, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kitty's Back... and Going Bowling

Foodies' Kitty is back and knockin' down pins.

"...Diane "Kitty" Murray, the woman behind the women who love women who love food, has a life too, y'know...."

Aug. 18, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Everything Went Black: My (Fantastic Fest) Rules!

Listen up, FF peeps, wisdom abounds

"...time as any for you to learn, live, and love these unofficial rules that I and my fellow longtime..."

Sept. 13, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Playback: KOKE Is Back

The original KOKE returns to a soda fountain near you

"...a re-recorded version of Dale Watson's critique "That's Country My Ass," which includes the lines, "Even in Texas things..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Brandon Cash Says He's a Clown. His Critics Say He's a Bigot. Will His Customers Keep Coming Back?

The show must (?) go on

"...and misogyny – after having already weathered a storm back in 2017 prompted by similar social media mischief. This..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lee Ackerley

Knocking at Your Back Door

Austin's Soak: Not Sitting Around

"...going thermonuclear this afternoon, that aforementioned red surface is my skin blistering and crackling like I was being burned..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...understated – decade-plus rap veteran, Blakchyl's Austin roots date back to her formative years in a youth hip-hop program..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...rejected wholesale everything that had come before it. To my knowledge, nobody from the "songwriters guitar pull" at Headliners..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Love Letters, Pro Wrestling, and More Recommended Events

Your weekdays are spoken for

"...20 years since a stop-motion animated feature won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Since Wallace & Gromit:..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...My worst quality, other than making up voices for other..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Jonah Hill Goes Back to the Mid90s

Director's debut is a film he can stand by

"...defines Hill's debut feature behind the lens is a flashback to pre-millennium Los Angeles, where Stevie (Sunny Suljic, The..."

Oct. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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