Garth Brooks Packs Into Gruene Hall

Promotional tour takes tiny town by storm

"...Garth Brooks’ Dive Bar Tour rolled into the tiny town of..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Mr. Brooks

Serial killers are a dime a dozen in this often beguiling but essentially ludicrous movie that stars Kevin Costner in an unconventional role.

"...the film even shows our buttoned-down serial killer, Earl Brooks (Costner) – aka Portland, Ore.'s Man of the Year..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music Live: Garth Brooks

Stage antics get winded but not his bestselling catalog

"...free concert at Auditorium Shores on Saturday night, Garth Brooks at 55 is a necessarily different entertainer than the..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Keynote: Garth Brooks

Country music standard talks up songwriters

"...try and preserve that [art],” exhorted country superstar Garth Brooks backstage at the Austin Convention Center before his SXSW..."

March 18, 2017 SXSW Post by Bryan Rolli

SXSW News: Garth Brooks Performing at Auditorium Shores on Saturday

Country icon stages his own version of Willie’s Picnic

"...Antonio, Dallas, Houston, or even Lubbock to catch Garth Brooks in concert. Not this time. South by Southwest has..."

March 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...South by Southwest has roped in Garth Brooks for a keynote conversation at the music conference on..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Talking Progressive Women in Politics With Royce Brooks

Annie's List exec director joins us on air, plus Kevin Curtin on the AMAs

"...with a conversation with Annie’s List Executive Director Royce Brooks...."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Elders: Meet Stan Brooks, the 102-Year-Old World War II Vet Who’s Lived to Serve

He remembers Barton Springs before the cement

"...Stan Brooks’ chances of surviving toddlerhood were slim. Now, at 102..."

June 28, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Aaron Brooks Has This Story

Aaron Brooks' skill at shaping bits of life into laugh-filled tales may soon put him out of a job

"...When I first meet Aaron Brooks, a stand-up comedian and writer, he has had to..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature

Missing in Brooks County Explores a New Location for the Immigration Crisis

Cine Las Americas selection explores death [not] on the border

"...There are bodies on the ground in Brooks County. Since 1994, an estimated 20,000 undocumented immigrants have..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Studio Visit: Lily Brooks

This photographer's move from Boston to Austin meant a change in the weather and more

"...A little over one year ago, photographer Lily Brooks moved to Austin for graduate school. August, as any..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

More About Mr. Brooks

"...Editor, I just read the story on Mr. Stan Brooks, my now-102-year-old high school counselor ["Austin Elders," News, June..."

July 3, 2024 Postmarks

The Brooks Papers

UT to accept acquires former US Congressman's papers

"...accepting the congressional papers of former U.S. Congressman Jack Brooks. If you don't know who Jack Brooks is, a..."

March 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Brooks Brothers Fits Right Into the Scarborough Building

Menswear institution opening in Congress Avenue landmark Fall 2011

"...as it was occupied for generations by E.M. Scarborough’s & Sons, one of Austin's first fine dry goods establishments...."

July 14, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

WTF? Brooks & Dunn? Seriously?

Song by Bush-lovers close out Democratic convention

"...Convention speech tonight was "Only in America" performed by Brooks & Dunn. That would be the same country duo..."

Aug. 28, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...Directed by: Albert Brooks. Starring: Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, Sheetal Sheth, Emma Lockhart,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Muse

"...Directed by: Albert Brooks. Starring: Mark Feuerstein, Steven Wright, Jeff Bridges, Andie Macdowell,..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'll Do Anything

"...Directed by: James L. Brooks. Starring: Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Joely Richardson,..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Chaperone

The fascinating true story of Louise Brooks falls out of focus in this anachronistic fiction

"...which tells a story about the silent-movie star Louise Brooks during her formative years prior to becoming an iconic..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

He's Not a Lawyer, But He Plays One on TV

Austin actor Mehcad Brooks on his circuitous path from star athlete to Southern vampires and L.A. law on an Irving soundstage

"...a lesson in following your dream. Austin native Mehcad Brooks is clad in an expensive suit, sitting in a..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Mother

"...Directed by: Albert Brooks. Starring: Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Lisa Kudrow,..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dracula: Dead and Loving it

"...Directed by: Mel Brooks. Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Peter Macnicol, Steven Weber Amy Yasbeck,..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Life Stinks

"...Directed by: Mel Brooks. Starring: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How Do You Know

Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?

"...Directed by: James L. Brooks. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In Memoriam

Jason Ansara Brooks, who directed, choreographed, and was performing in Pro Arts Collective's production of 'Black Nativity,' died Tuesday, Dec. 13, days before the show's closing performances

"...unexpected passing of its founding artistic director. Jason Ansara Brooks, who directed, choreographed, and was performing in the company's..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spanglish

The venerable filmmaker James L. Brooks stumbles badly with his new dramedy starring Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni.

"...Directed by: James L. Brooks. Starring: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman,..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The In-Laws

"...Directed by: Andrew Fleming. Starring: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney, Ryan Reynolds, Lindsay Sloane, David Suchet and..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Producers

The film's wonderfully over-the-top performances often feel constrained by first-time film director Susan Stroman, whose inexperience behind the camera is all too apparent.

"...homosexuals, and obsessed Nazis all outrageously figured in Mel Brooks’ inspired 1968 comedy The Producers, a film that walked..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bomb City

Infamous 1997 Amarillo punk murder exposes social division.

"...Directed by: Jameson Brooks. Starring: Dave Davis, Glenn Morshower, Logan Huffman, Lorelei Linklater,..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Definitely, Maybe

Before giving in to romantic frippery, Definitely, Maybe functions as a believable, era-zagging retelling of one man’s overlapping love affairs with three women.

"...Directed by: Adam Brooks. Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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