Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...Whack World, admitting during her first SXSW set at Container Bar, "I was really fucking nervous. Coming to a..."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Unofficial Shows & Qmmunity Guide to SXSW

"...Dr. Martens Presents (day two)Wednesday-Friday, March 13-15, 2pm, Container Bar, 90 Rainey Auckland's the Beths released the sleeper..."

March 15, 2019 Features Feature by Greg Stitt

Think No Think Endures Stomach Surgery From Butthole Surfer Guitarist

Watch the proggy local trio’s new clip “9-5er” now

"...“He said, ‘I have a joint,’ pulled out a container, and sparked one up. It was pretty fuckin’ awesome.”..."

Feb. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

What Future for Flying Plastic Bags?

Supreme Court ponders single-use bag bans

"...the Texas Supreme Court heard a defense of the City of Laredo's single-use bag ordinance, over a challenge by..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

First Look: COLLiDE ATX

Eastside concept is a little bit of everything

"...Patrick Armstrong’s BOCA, formerly a food truck at Rainey's Container Bar. Inspired by the modern-day pilgrimage the co-founders took..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Food Post by Thea Newell

Finding Community With Bread Church

Local parish comes together around baking

"...greets me with a broad smile and a plastic container teeming with tiny salted caramel cupcakes, each one lovingly..."

July 22, 2016 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Dear Glutton

A salad short of a picnic

"...simple, uncooked, featuring the freshest, best ingredients our fair city has to offer. You need something that won't collapse..."

July 15, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Director/Screenwriter: Taika Waititi Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant city kid who finds himself on the run with his..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Water Balloon Tech: Burst or Bust?

New stretches in water balloon technology hit the market but not the mark

"...this year's Toy Fair held annually in New York City, where the product earned a "Best in Show" award..."

May 15, 2015 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Food Events

"...Sandwich Co., and La Patisserie. Fri., April 24, 4:30pm. Container Bar, 90 Rainey, 512/320-0820. Free...."

April 24, 2015 Food Column

Letters at 3AM: The Nameless Moon, Etc.

Ventura unpacks his folders full of sentences without homes, and other remnants excised from this and that

"...• A city that has driven out its poor has lost its..."

May 16, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Farmers’ Market Report: Feb 1-2, 2014

Marinara, spinach, apples, rainbow trout, and strawberries

"...also quite a bargain, only $12 for a large container...."

Jan. 31, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Ready and Abel

Drafthouse Films unleashes Abel Ferrara's 'Ms. 45' on Austin and NYC

"...the Drafthouse's American Genre Film Archive project received a container full of old movies. When Husney started sifting through..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lehmberg: Jail and Aftermath

Video footage from D.A.'s booking not as sensational as expected

"...the evening. (According to an arrest affidavit, an open container of vodka was found in the passenger compartment of..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lehmberg Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail

BAC almost three times legal limit

"...two vodka drinks earlier in the evening; an open container of vodka was found in the passenger compartment of..."

April 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Habesha Celebrates the Best of Ethiopian Cuisine

Friendly newcomers share Ethiopian food and hospitality

"...Saint George in the rocky hills of Lalibela, a city in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia decorate the center..."

Jan. 26, 2013 Food Post by Angela Shelf Medearis

The First Annual Rancho Winslow Mayan Fin del Mundo Fiesta!

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012

"...from heat and allow to cool. Strain into a container and store refrigerated; it will keep for about a..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature

Food-o-File

The new Mueller Farmers' Market satisfies local appetites

"...(perfect iced coffee on a stick!) and snagged a container of herbed Pure Luck Chèvre before escaping the crowd...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...a human vagina, mouth, or butt in a discreet container that looks kind of like a flashlight...."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Recycling Fanatic at Work

"...they bring back to the kitchen: bottles in one container; cans in another; compostable materials such as coffee grounds..."

June 5, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

How Perfect Is That

Sarah Bird skewers Austin society in the days of George and Laura and the Dellionaires.

"...the stash she kept hidden in an ice cream container in the freezer), Blythe Young can no longer maintain..."

June 6, 2008 Books Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Everybody Panic, but Online Sketch Troupe Backpack Picnic Has Definitely Gone What They Call 'Viral' and Is Also About to Contaminate the Alamo Drafthouse

Online sketch troupe Backpack Picnic has definitely gone viral

"..."Well, I assume you could transport it in any container that was big enough, zippered or otherwise," suggests Mitch..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Capitalists, Conservationists Say No to Dirty Coal

Showdown taking shape over plans to build 16 old-style coal-fired power plants, which threaten to push Austin's marginal air quality into the red

"...Air was formed by real estate icon Trammell Crow, Container Store Chairman Garrett Boone, and Consumer Club head David..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Day Trips

Hot Damn, Tamales! in Fort Worth offers the tastiest gourmet tamales around, made with love by the Stavron family

"...a gourmet Tex-Mex restaurant at various locations around the city. "This is home," Stavron says of her daughter's return..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Capital Idea!

On the phone, on the Web, on the farm, or in the store: giving a little Austin to the foodies on your gift list

"...Joy will ship their tamales overnight, in a Styrofoam container, for about $100 for the minimum five dozen. Chicken,..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Food Feature

Food on the Fly

Airport food isn't the same as airline food, especially at Austin-Bergstrom.

"...NOTE: At press time, Brooks has petitioned the City Council to change the bar location (at a too-quiet..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...that it's given. Each artwork is a repository, a container, a well; when loved, it absorbs and stores that..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

The Central Texas Bonsai Exhibit at Wimberley's Jade Gardens

"...living trees with native Texas plants. The results are container-grown plants that are familiar, yet beautifully unique...."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Get your jitters all over Central Texas at these rural coffeeshops.

"...is the best driving drink since they passed the open-container law...."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Take Out the Heat

Sure, complaining about the heat only makes it worse. A long string of 100 degree days presents an unsolvable problem but it just so happens that there's one summer problem we can solve. What to do about dinner on a day when the ambient blast furnace is stuck in the triple digits and operating any appliance hotter than a microwave is a sure sign of madness? Where to go, what to buy, how to put a tasty meal on the table without working up a sweat?

"...habanero, dill mint, or jalapeño fillings) or grab a container or two of their signature hummus recipes (traditional, roasted..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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