The Barge People

British monster schlock isn't good, but it's fun

"...untouched by horror cinema: the network of canals that crisscross the countryside, and are best navigated by the classic..."

Aug. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Remedy Review: Willie’s Other Bus

Sampling the Red Headed Stranger’s CBD line

"...of the most notorious tour vehicles to ever endlessly crisscross American highways: the Honeysuckle Rose. But that’s not the..."

July 12, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Julian Castro and Beto O'Rourke Highlight Rivalry at Events in Austin

For now, there's room enough in Texas for both its 2020 favorite sons

"...spending the weekend carefully avoiding each other as they crisscross the state, make high-visibility appearances, and (we hope) spend..."

June 29, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...20 feet deep and 10 feet wide. And these crisscross the freeway to avoid large caves. "In the next..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

“Garth Weiser: Paintings, 2008-2017” at the Contemporary Austin

In this solo show of abstract works, the painter has pinpointed the ungraspable, like grabbing a tiger by the tail

"...Among 10's veins are red streaks, like arteries. They crisscross the surface in places, only revealing themselves with close..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Twinsters

What if you found your long-lost twin on the other side of the planet?

"...Before Futerman and Bordier crisscross the ocean to meet in person, the narrative unfolds..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

'Thirst' Installation Opening

October 3 2013. 20 photos.

"..."Thirst" prayer flags crisscross the center of the Pfluger Circle...."

Oct. 3, 2013 Photo Gallery

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...and hot tub. On the ranch side, bulldozer ruts crisscross the ground, permanently muddied by water dribbling from a..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

The Place Beyond the Pines

A melodrama, multigenerational epic, heist film, and motorcycle-fetish movie are all rolled into one in this Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper headliner.

"...Heartthrobs,” a traveling troupe of motorcycle acrobats who ride crisscross and upside down in a metal cage called the..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Les Misérables

This extravagant adaptation of the monster-hit musical is a little pitchy, but it's still a potent piece of cinema.

"...convinced of the righteousness of their paths as they crisscross over decades, and reach their final crossroads at the..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

No scandal here

"...of drug and/or alcohol abuse and addiction's post-high destruction crisscross the globe from every musical direction. Don McLeese's book..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Hopfields

It's March in Austin, not April in Paris, but Hopfields splits the difference

"...garnished with a dollop of house-made mayonnaise. A tidy crisscross of anchovy filets rested on the rim of the..."

March 23, 2012 Food Review by Melanie Haupt

Reality Pipes: Keystone Project Kicks Up Sand

Will Obama give oil pipeline the green light?

"...Numerous oil pipelines already crisscross the U.S., including the original Keystone pipeline. Keystone Phase..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Carbon Nation

Carbon dioxide emissions will be the death of us all unless we take steps to counteract the harm already done, says this new eco-doc.

"...always lively, thought-provoking, and inspirational. Byck and his crew crisscross the country visiting individuals who are engaged in paradigm-changing..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Five Years

The new year is prime time to discover this musical anatomy of one couple's relationship

"...AC: How did you deal with the crisscross time structure?..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Indie Pizzas

A roundup of newbies

"...softer and chewier as it cools. Pies are cut crisscross, rectangular instead of triangular, so some pieces lack an..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Welcome to the Motordrome

One of the last Wall of Death barrels comes to town

"...was up on the wall in three days, doing crisscross races in five," he said...."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

"...splashing into ragtime as a prompt to the band, crisscross in conversation right into “Rockin’ in Rhythm,” clarinetist and..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

Carlos Cortés continues the family tradition of making beautiful art out of concrete structures that appear to be made of wood

"...weaken the structures. "But I still can't do a crisscross grain like my father and uncle," he said...."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bell Blasts Perry for Underfunded Parks

Crisis predates current administration, but Dem says guv could have prodded Lege

"...McKinney Falls, one of several recreational spots on Bell's crisscross tour of parks that included the Texas State Railroad..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the scientists' letter, 4 million miles of roadways already crisscross the country, making it possible to drive within one..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...those three cities that there was a lot of crisscross, relational crisscross: high-powered, top-level EDS executive that lived in..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chasing Liberty

A fictional president's daughter (Mandy Moore) skips out on her Secret Service minders (this doesn't remind us of any presidential daughters we know).

"...Ben stumble into one adventure after another as they crisscross the Continent from Venice to Berlin, but what Anna..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

"...hiking or biking the trails and ranch roads that crisscross the 2,000-acre ranch. "The view from the lookout is..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Post-Minstrel Syndrome

Blackface Is a white fantasy about the way things used to be

"...B&B runs along one of the many highways that crisscross the Hill Country. Hill Country hospitality -- I had..."

June 20, 2003 Arts Feature by Verushka Gray

The Sweetest Thing

"...the mad-capped road trip, in which Christina and Courtney crisscross California to sniff out Peter, convinced he just may..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Boo-ya!

Let the Summer Games Begin …

"...bunkers and hidden in the thick hedgerows beyond that crisscross and divide the Normandy landscape. On the beach, the..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature by Matt Pyle

The Hightower Lowdown

The Fundraiser-in-Chief, Harvard busts its workers, and Dick Cheney oils his own nest

"...exploiters loose in the pristine Arctic Wildlife Refuge, to crisscross America with 38,000 miles of new gas pipelines, to..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Beach Boys

"...solo career, Mike Love and Al Jardine continue to crisscross the globe with competing versions of the Beach Boys...."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Yoga and Starbucks. Karaoke and republicans. Squirrel rifles and Al Gore. Together for the first time in this week's letters to the editor!

"..."Berkeley to Build Bicycle Roadways; Visually unique grid will crisscross city":..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column

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