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Our guide to community events for the week

"...chips & salsa, java and hot cocoa from Texas Coffee Traders, and lots more. The Pearl Snaps turn the..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...doomsday is a sensible lifestyle choice. Here are some creature comforts to bundle into a Winter Storm Gift Basket..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...THE COFFEE TABLE D: Caye Casas Spain, 2022, North American Premiere,..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Daniel, Kurt, and Jeremiah: Why “Hi, How Are You” Matters

Austin's most famous mural is a case study in art preservation and cultural impact

"...will further remain. For now, it's just a weird creature on a jagged wall, surrounded by rubble – and..."

May 26, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Five Things to Stuff Your Literary Stocking

Supercharge your personal, locally sourced library

"...Your bookshelves (and even your coffee table) deserve what's brilliant and locally produced, whether those..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gaia

The moldering earth has had enough with humanity in this South African ecohorror

"...of years now. Entitled “The Earth – A Living Creature,” it’s a time-lapse simulation showing seven days in the..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Gaia

South African ecohorror grows a very different creeping death

"...of years now. Entitled “The Earth — A Living Creature,” it’s a time-lapse simulation showing seven days in the..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...was said to be the work of a mythical creature. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Stressed Out? Let Your Freak-Out Flag Fly!

Making stress into a friend instead of a foe

"...might take – socializing, going to the gym or coffee shop, getting a massage – can re-engineer these release..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Can You Still Get Coffee from Little City, Though?

Or is that a nostalgia-tinted dream of old-school townies?

"...Well, of course you can get coffee from Little City roasters, Austinite!..."

Aug. 3, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Coffee Subscriptions to Keep You Humming Along

Another way to to get that needed caffeine: by mail

"...Coffee subscriptions are more like that last one. That's where..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine

Support local business while maintaining your social distance

"...Black Rock Coffee Bar Drive-thru is open with local goods from Clever..."

March 16, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Young Restaurateurs Learn to Share in Austin's Real Estate Market

Traditional restaurateuring gets a millennial makeover

"...to test a concept virtually risk-free is through pop-ups. Creature Coffee, an online coffee subscription that sources from sustainable..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Jack Allen’s Kitchen: Been Ten Good Years Now

A decade of this place already? Time, you’re so crazy.

"...And I sat there over coffee, chatting, shooting the shit with these two titans of..."

Dec. 18, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black

Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror

"...the ground of the back patio at Once Over Coffee on South First. He crawls in a herky-jerky fashion,..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...then my next job was at Dolce Vita, slinging coffee and stuff. Actually, I started out at Dolce as..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Austin Breweries

Power ranking the local leaders in craft beer

"...with internationally celebrated breweries like Oregon's De Garde, Georgia's Creature Comforts, and Brasserie Fantôme in Belgium by collaborating on..."

June 23, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Cost-of-living increases are making local artists do more with less

"...in "a cozy, eclectically furnished, funky warehouse" with a coffee bar – McElhaney began to think about how she..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short and Sweet With Other Worlds Austin

Three micro-stories at the SF film fest

"...lot of people right now, are missing those scary creature movies and TV shows from our childhood. Gremlins, Critters,..."

Dec. 3, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Fleet Coffee

Eastside newcomer moves beyond caffeine

"...Coffee plants take years to grow and months to harvest,..."

April 1, 2016 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Gay Place

Let's talk about (gay) sex

"...kewl kweer lineup. Listen to art makers, sip some coffee, say hello, be inspired. Thu.-Sat., Feb. 18-20. Badges $40-100,..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...installment of the audition process for me was having coffee with Dennis, because Kevin was still living in New..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Cuvée Coffee Bar

They're not quite there yet, but it's looking real good.

"...opened by the enterprising folks who bring us Cuvée Coffee, we see that old saying verified again: The new..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

On the Run with Jay & Bey

First couple of hip-hop’s cinematic ruse – or was it!?

"...That interrupted America’s morning coffee for a collective jaw drop. And then, in the..."

May 22, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...knack for the acoustic guitar. She's not your average coffee-shop standby; the Feist comparison is especially prescient, the way..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...Brenner sat down with the two women at Thunderbird Coffee on Manor Road. He sat there, asking questions and..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...documentary, animation and action fantasy about an exasperated amphibious creature recalling the adventure that led him to a sushi..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chasing C. Robert Cargill's 'Dreams and Shadows'

AICN veteran on goblins, research, and if he's done with criticism

"...cowboy boots: These are the old ways, the old creatures, and they are beyond simple human influence. They are..."

Feb. 28, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Not Quite the Usual Holiday Gift Ideas

Something a little different for your loved ones this year

"...pet for any kiddos you know – and a creature sufficiently low-maintenance that you can gift it to an..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mars Attacks!

Again? Hell, we thought Curiosity killed those cats.

"...was incinerated at the raygun-wielding hands of an abominable creature from Mars. Remember that awful sound the brain-headed beings..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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