Postmarks

Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

"...The blues might be color-blind, but Margaret Moser apparently isn't. When she notes in..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...viewed it on a big screen with its shimmering color photography by John Alton, the great noir artist, and..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...viewed it on a big screen with its shimmering color photography by John Alton, the great noir artist, and..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Concision and Subtlety

Bedhead

"...Bedhead is a bit like trying to explain the color blue to someone who's never seen it; when you're..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Agency of Light

Tripping the Neon Lights Fantastic

"...each letter on the sign was lined in two colors of neon tubing, which would flick and rock, back..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

The Xicanindio Poet

"...finish that picture? Paul has a new choice of color in his presentation. Black, white, and amber overtones are..."

April 11, 1997 Column

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...at the film's beginning and close. Mixing black-and-white and color footage, the film is primarily an amalgam of interview..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Ted Turner had resurrected some well-intentioned Twilight Zone and colorized it for the Nineties, diluting the subtleties in favor..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Day Trips: Mother Neff State Park, Moody

Texas’ first state park is still going strong after nearly 90 years

"...blast-furnace roar of rocket engine testing at the SpaceX factory six miles away in McGregor. Less frequent are artillery..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...of making streets safer and disproportionately impacts people of color. Enforcement should focus on dangerous driving, like running red..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...sea of sun-faded lounge chairs and a minimalist chic color palette of placid blues and bronzes, some feet away..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...promise to transform people’s lives by permanently changing the color of their eyes. After traveling to India to get..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Chee$e

Trinidadian drug drama adds real relationship depth

"...Chee$e? Skimma (Akil Williams) works at a small cheese factory founded by a tourist that decided to stay in..."

March 18, 2022 Screens Post by Sheryl Lawrence

Sex Sells: 40 Years of Forbidden Fruit

Terri Lynn Raridon gives Austin over to absolute pleasure

"...us. "I was out there, at the Doc Johnson factory, when Forbidden Fruit got raided and busted in the..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Harvest Thieves Urge A Mercy Kill in New Single

Country-kicking locals tease long-awaited sophomore album

"...by Matt Parmenter and recorded locally at Ice Cream Factory, should arrive in the late spring or early summer,..."

Dec. 17, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Empowering the Syrian Refugee Community One Mediterranean Recipe at a Time

A mother's story of falafel and family

"...would go on to become the backbone of Afia's factory workforce. "Years later, after I founded Afia Foods, I..."

May 10, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...D: Jennifer Trainer From the ashes of a deserted factory, an ambitious center for contemporary art has emerged. With..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Building a Film Community at Renegade Studios

Austin filmmakers create a one-stop production space in Taylor

"...since it was built around 1950 as a tractor factory and showroom for International Harvester, later housing the massive machines..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Spatula City Limits

Austin music journeys to the desert – and you're not invited

"...Factory direct spatula superiority...."

April 6, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Hideout Theatre’s Local on the Eights

Improvised local news for the fictional town of DeWitt turned up some big stories (and funny ones) before and behind the camera

"...about a foul odor coming from a local toy factory. (Spoiler Alert: The smell is actually DEMONIC TOY POSSESSION.)..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Gay Place

The community mourns the loss of Monica Loera and Ceci Gratias

"...Color Out Cancer ACS's queer gala promises to educate and..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"...For our Summer Fun issue, we’ve created themed playlists..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Guide to Finding Beer Outside of Austin’s City Limits

Drinking outside of the box

"...For our Summer Fun issue, we’ve created themed playlists..."

May 19, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

SXSW Panels: The Future of Food and Drink

Highlights from the 2017 food track

"...popularity of fast food led to a growth in factory farming to keep up with burgeoning consumer demand. Fast..."

March 12, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

A Beginner's Guide to Marijuana Edibles

Forays into cannabis cookery

"...hot conversation topic, and on dispensary edibles from say, Colorado, you'll often find instructions and dosage info. (This is..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Food Feature by Alice B. Toker

These New Crime Thrillers Make Killer Presents

Following the deadly stalkers through the stacks of Mulholland

"...a mystery: Why does the man’s name, so jarringly color-drenched, take up an entire half of the book’s cover?..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Evidence for the Prosecution of Rock

Austin’s Graffiti Trials releases a garage-flavored chunk of awesome

"...working glory into screenprinting & vinyl-strip weaving & tasty color-palette combinations, and – if you want to know more..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Headlines

"...some seats at the table for women, people of color, urban residents, and some more diverse points of view,"..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...stare. It's a mechanical exercise, like working in a factory. In these moments, we may be most rewarded by..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

DVDanger: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

Hate piano practice? Dr. Seuss' oddity is for you

"...from the Oscar-nominated score) finds humor in the same Technicolor hallucination from which The Red Shoes drew metaphysical terror...."

June 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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