In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...mother as doctors attempted lifesaving measures; interpreting questions from English-speaking officers about the circumstances of the drowning; and, finally,..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...exhibition from Black queer artist Jeremy A. Teel were broken. While the perpetrator has yet to be identified, both..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature

How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence

Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law

"...over for a pretextual stop – something like a broken headlight, forgetting to put on a turn signal, or..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Sundance Review: Frida Expresses Frida Kahlo's Inner Life

Documentary gives a new perspective on her well-known story

"...from those bigger pictures, of veins and vines and broken columns...."

Jan. 31, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...boy born into an ordinary family in an unremarkable English town and how a childhood passion threatened to take..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Emerald Fennell and the Hideous Allure of Saltburn

Director’s aristocratic follow-up to Promising Young Woman opens Austin Film Festival

"...has been compared to the standard novels of the English gentry – the homoeroticism of E.M. Forster, and Evelyn..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Hyde Park Theatre's Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...The earnest and soft-spoken artist, struggling his way through broken English, easily generates sympathy and admiration. That is, until..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...credited as having written the first autobiography in the English language...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...The earnest and soft-spoken artist, struggling his way through broken English, easily generates sympathy and admiration. That is, until..."

Aug. 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...the church to the house, the house was completely broken." Inside, he found a rock with a note that..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Review: Austin Playhouse's Indecent

Passionate tribute to a landmark lesbian kiss is a warning from history

"...expression of passion between two people. But when an English translation was attempted at Broadway’s Apollo Theatre, local Orthodox..."

April 24, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...set for you,” stammered Thorsten Quaeschning in very fine broken English. “A very long set!” Tangerine Dream delivered the..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"...syllable-stretching vocals recall Cocteau Twins in their "is it English, or an ancient Druid spell?" quality.  – Julian Towers..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Review: The Filigree Theatre's Fire in Dreamland

This compelling drama ignites but doesn't blaze

"...Jaap (played by an affable Brough Hansen with adorable broken English), who's happy to be her something. He's a..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...political and social divides to report on the country's broken food system and the innovators risking everything to transform..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eddie Taylor's 100th birthday, Dry Cleaning, and Terry Allen highlight our recommended shows

"...Florence Shaw's surreal lyricism and droll, charmingly English delivery fused with Tom Dowse's jagged, abstract guitar to..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...with a cranky elderly Polish woman who speaks no English leads to a job caring for her. Neither likes..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

The anti-harem anime gets a suitably heartwarming resolution

"...in the original Japanese version, Josh Grelle in the English-language dub) who is hired as a tutor to five..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...the best he could do was to get a "plain-English" version of the code, which itself was contested by..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Die Spitz, Red Axes, Fiddlehead, Albert Lee, Elsa Cross, and more recommended shows

"...Even if English Romani picker Albert Lee hadn't cut A Long Way..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...created a pleasant atmosphere for all, including the three English men who stood front and center, bouncing up and..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Tiger Rising

Feel-good family drama may lose the little ones along the way

"...He’s a magnificent beast. Just ask the late 18th-century English poet William Blake, who’s smartly quoted here...."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...that Pete endures is a fragment of all the broken pieces of Phil, a man at constant war with..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...created an instantly identifiable visual language second only to English design firm Hipgnosis, eternally iconic for its Led Zeppelin..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...those with limited internet access, for those with limited English proficiency, for the visually impaired...."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 23-29

"...formal names. At that time, it gave both an English and Māori-language moniker for each: North Island, or Te..."

April 23, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...engagement; we're in the "scoping" phase, which TxDOT has broken into two parts, one concluding last December, the other..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 29 - February 4

"...mind that sometimes things need to be a bit broken before you'll be motivated to give them all the..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Soccer Watch: 10 Steps Toward Major League Soccer for Austin FC

"...coach and Claudio Reyna as sporting director, and had broken ground on their McKalla Place stadium. This year they've..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...The potential educational losses are higher for younger students, English language learners, special education students, and students who lack..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

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