Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center

RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative

"...White walls, fluorescent lights, the occasional “keep your distance” line..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Fantastic Fest Review: Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow

The big dreams and lost chances of a forgotten exploitation king

"...relative of sorts to the mince pie), and two, Cliff Twemlow. Only one of the two has earned a..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Judges Overseeing Travis County's Juvenile Court Have a Transparency Problem

They tackled one problem, but communication logjams continue

"...in qualified applicants of color being passed over for white applicants for at least the last decade. To address..."

Aug. 23, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...of Texas prisons – one-third Black, one-third Hispanic, one-third white – and for half of its members be female...."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Hikes and the Trials of a Fledgling Trailgoer

We got lost, wet, and mildly injured so you don’t have to

"...greeted by singing deer and birds à la Snow White only to find … a group of elderly people..."

April 15, 2023 Sports Post by Joelle DiPaolo

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

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Cairnes, Producers: Derek Dauchy, Steven Schneider, Roy Lee, Adam White, Mat Govoni A live television broadcast of a popular..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Angela Strehli's Comeback Ace of Blues Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...Immediately inside, a black-and-white snapshot of the Lubbock-born beauty in three-quarter profile captures..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Have You Seen the Last of Kevin Curtin?

No, but due to big life changes, I am demoting myself

"...front seat of a car that's driven off a cliff. He'd been doing dishes, but the plate he was..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Gigi & Nate

Saccharine story of a man and his assistance monkey

"...Marcia Gay Harden, Jim Belushi, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Welker White and Diane Ladd...."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Infinite Storm

Survival drama is epic, even if the story feels small

"...climbing Mt. Washington, the tallest peak in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and the eastern United States. The radio informs..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Team Behind Barracuda to Open “Chess Club” in Former Plush Location

“A soft opening, about as soft as they come” during South by Southwest

"...Brian Tweedy, plus Flesh Lights singer/guitarist Max Vandever and Cliff White. Just around the corner, Red River standard Barracuda..."

March 10, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?

Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away

"...Brian Tweedy, plus Flesh Lights singer/guitarist Max Vandever and Cliff White – hold a soft opening of new space..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Three Generations of Writers Reflect on ACL Fest 2021

Personal journals from a plague-era festival

"...serenaded me under said cloak of darkness. Free, mostly white, and terminally single, I’d settled here a decade earlier,..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

AFS Announces 2021 Feature Grant Recipients

Ten projects reflect talent and diversity in Texas film

"...recipient David Lowery, Ley Line Entertainment, and the Oak Cliff Film Festival, and this year goes to four debuts..."

Sept. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

A Father's Day Roundup of Lagers That Dads Like

Beermongers weigh in on what wets their most dadly whistles

"...Lager in my fridge. It pours a perfect thin, white head with just enough bubbles for good aroma, very..."

June 18, 2021 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Down Here at the Paw’n Shop: Dog Tales From Sublime’s Time in Austin, 25 Years Ago

Memories of Lou Dog and Toby in the studio

"...“It was White Cliff Condos and the person that we worked with..."

May 6, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County

Tracking the local races

"...a true, full-on statewide play,” added TDP deputy director Cliff Walker, “and every Democratic vote is additive to that..."

Nov. 3, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

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 social justice bitches need to jump off a cliff")...."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lee Ackerley

Red River Music Venue Barracuda Closes

Rent due and no revenue, thriving club shutters

"...and Jason McNeely, plus musician Max Vandever and investor Cliff White, completely transformed the space, reorienting the indoor stage,..."

June 10, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The High Note

Don't call it a comeback: Music industry dramedy plays everything safe.

"...see the talent in a rising young artist, David Cliff (Harrison Jr., It Comes at Night, Waves, Luce)...."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

63 Up

The British documentary series about growing up faces growing old

"...were mostly male and, save one biracial boy, all white.) Seven Up! was intended to stand alone, but then..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cuisine From Spain, Salt From Iceland, Whiskey From Scotland

This past week, the best things came in a sequence of three

"...that person isn’t an Alpine Ibex who’d climb a cliff at a 90-degree angle because it craves that mineral...."

Oct. 31, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Tarantino takes Tinseltown head-on

"...and foremost are best buddies Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) and Cliff Booth (Pitt). Dalton’s an aging and alcoholic B-movie cowboy..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...order in the midst of the flesh-eater apocalypse. Chief Cliff Robertson (Murray) initially refuses to believe the observation by..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...and Back/Middletown/Fun Home/Crime and Punishment Lisa Laratta, The Audience/Antigonick Cliff Simon, Sunday in the Park with George Leilah Stewart..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Review: Amyl & the Sniffers

Aussie punks froth equal parts AC/DC and Ramones

"...Under Cherie Currie in her blond, Ziggy Stardust shag, white tank-top, and Daisy Dukes. The music engaged equally...."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Men on Boats

With a diverse cast of women playing white men exploring the Grand Canyon, this show recasts history to show guys who just don't get it

"...show them what an inhospitable environment it is – whitewater rapids, precipitous waterfalls, treacherous rocks, spoiled food, snakes! –..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Luv Doc: Not a Planner

The Luv Doc talks about an OG social justice warrior from back in the day

"...I know this is not a huge, earth-shattering problem,..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Column

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...Picture Film, MPS Camera and Lighting, Tango Entertainment, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Art Works, City of Austin Economic Development..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Contrast Film Festival Pushes Boundaries, Defies Gender

New film festival presents America: The Remix

"...country. Referencing the Trump administration, von Stilb continued: "The white male ruling class are starting to see the writing..."

July 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

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