Point Austin: Truly Free

Exonerated at last, may Fran and Dan Keller finally "breathe free"

"...Keller had a religious epiphany accompanied by the voice of God, who assured him: "You're going to go home..."

June 23, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Mother's Little Monster

Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton on the complexities of their Columbine-inspired collaboration

"...looking as though she might be a near relative of David Bowie's alien Ziggy Stardust alter ego. Swinton's résumé..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...comes this Sunday to entertain Austin as a part of Austin Cabaret's 10 year anniversary series of divalicious evenings..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Postscripts

Why Stephen Harrigan's new novel The Gates of the Alamo went into a second printing before the publication date and his upcoming appearances.

"...Knowing the ending of Stephen Harrigan's novel The Gates of the Alamo (Knopf,..."

March 3, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...Hyde Park seems an unlikely outpost for a contingent of religious pioneers. The neighborhood, built in 1889 in what..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Permanent Visitors?

Unique View

"...In a climate incredibly doubtful of the public school system's effectiveness, the Visiting Teachers have..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Feature by Traci Terrill

Postmarks

United Way Clarifies

"...Robert Bryce's article on Earth Share ["Coming of Age," Vol.17, No.39] implies that United Way/Capital Area functions..."

June 12, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Think Positive

"...I have to object to Mike Clark-Madison's portrayal of the ongoing Mueller redevelopment planning process in "This Is..."

May 8, 1998 Column

Untrained Wonders

UT's Exhibition of Self-Taught Artists Features Miracles

"...and, atop her white hair, a velvet black halo of a hat with a dark veil that trailed behind...."

Sept. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Reissues

"...Capsule B was standard issue in the cache of tricks carried by agents of the United Network Command..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Postmarks

Latino Leadership

"...odds with itself, to bring more opportunities to all of Austin, and to preserve representation of Austin's Latino community...."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

Austin Ain't Boys' Town

Meet the Most Reverend John McCarthy

"...have a bad meal or hear the truth." No offense, but Bishop John McCarthy, who presides over the Catholic..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Lyricist Mike Melinoe Takes His Soul to Therapy

Contemplative artist peels back his psyche in "Floss"

"...not even my mo' …" intones the opening bar of Mike Melinoe's "Floss," the last word downtuned and truncated..."

July 22, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fake Fast Food Restaurateur (and Filmmaker) Kevin Smith Welcomes Austin to Mooby's

Silent Bob talks fan connection, veganism, and Mooby's origins

"...the unending feast I dreamed about during a year of home cooking. I’ve dined on some patios where menus..."

May 11, 2021 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Robert Rodriguez Brings Big Dad Energy to We Can Be Heroes

Sharkboy and Lavagirl return to pass the torch to a younger generation of heroes

"...Robert Rodriguez makes kids' films. Sure, the first instinct of the grindhouse enthusiast is to call him the king..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...bumper year for Austin filmmakers, with releases from three of the highest-profile directors (Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Ric..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...SXSW comes further into focus with a third batch of artists released just now by the Music Conference, March..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Keepin' Up With the Jones Family

The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin

"...Coast take a turn before Central Texas, and, instead of a storm, Austin gets a heat wave, with temps..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Half True: What Politifact Got Wrong About the GOP and Critical Thinking

Fact checking the fact checkers

"...its rulings should be subject to the same kind of arbitrary true/false analysis that its judgments bestow. Case in..."

Aug. 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Billy Corgan on the Smashing Pumpkins, the Source Family, and Sky Saxon

"...to mix foods,” Sky Saxon told me in June of last year, in what was more an improvised sermon..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

"...visual identity in the counterculture. Five decades later, one of Shelton's visions is headed to the big screen...."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

Beyond Belief: Belligerent intolerance is no testament to faith

"...people who think that by constantly declaring their love of God and their unquestioning, deep belief in their religions,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Life A.D.

Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm

"...but feel -- way back on some high-up shelf of my soul -- a big-ass smile. And even though..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...his own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...back.” So says Morwenna "Mori" Phelps, the 15-year-old protagonist of Jo Walton’s weird, wonderful, genre-bending book that won last..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...in fact, he's never traveled very far from his childhood home in Harker Heights, in Bell County. He'd like..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Louder and softer closer and nearer..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Love, Grace, and Tears

Borne aloft by Jefferson Airplane

"...This is a consideration of music and memory: how each evokes, enriches, and enhances..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Present Beware! The Future Beware!

Austin animator Brad Neely drinks beer, hates British children

"..."He'll save children/but not the British children." My conversation with Brad Neely..."

June 13, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

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