Inside the Last Days of City Manager Spencer Cronk

After dramatic days of extreme weather and backstabbing, Council lets Cronk go

"...clear, we are not going to do our business like this. It stops today," Watson said after Council voted..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

And there are many places to find nuts and treats on the road

"...Hitting the highway east this holiday season? Want to know some great places to..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Post by Kate X Messer

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...… worthwhile going on in Austin’s fine arts sector this fall?..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

This Saturday: Elijah Ford & the Bloom CD Release Party

Presented by Austin Independent Radio at Frank

"...Austin musician by way of California, from his earlier days on tour with Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses...."

Oct. 4, 2012 Events Post by Courtney Byrd

Indie Meme Review: Tell It Like a Woman

Anthology by women directors takes a global view of womanhood

"...Anthology feature Tell It Like a Woman delivers, largely, exactly what it promises: seven..."

April 20, 2023 Screens Post by Jasmine Lane

Summer Fun: You Might Wanna Schlitt Down for This

Our Summer Fun extras begin with 'the hottest, coolest time in Texas'

"...my family. Other clans took off for Canada posing like wet dogs in front of Niagara Falls, or down..."

May 13, 2013 Chronolog Post by Andy Campbell

Who the Hell Is This Kaci Beeler, Anyway?

Fact: Much more than just some woman on a pole.

"...We figure you'd like to know...."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

It's Like a Trailer but Bigger

Film makers: the web is your friend

"...for it, buzzword ahead) the synergy of it. Events like this morning's panel, Pimp My Film Website, where film..."

March 10, 2008 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

10 Recommended Food & Drink Events This Fall

Looking for a few culinary celebrations, are you?

"...So many food events are coming up this fall! Yes!..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Events Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...the most high-profile piece of legislation to target cities this session, it's far from the only one. From the..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Aaron Behrens Doesn’t (Always) Feel Like Dancing

Ghostland Observatory frontman takes us on a Midnight Stroll

"...of 2013-14, GLO again constitutes a harmonious unit. On this last weekend of August, the Austin duo razzle-dazzles thousands..."

Aug. 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Lucinda Williams

New songs, new outlook, new horizons

"...sweet words from the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who once called this town home. Her Paramount Theatre show tomorrow, Wednesday, finds..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

28 Days Later

A zombie picture, with lots of topical updating.

"...takes on a whole new connotation after watching 28 Days Later, a low-budget, British, epidemic film in which an..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Zero Days

Chilling cyber warfare doc explores the Stuxnet virus

"...conscious filmmakers – Nick Broomfield, Michael Moore – seem like amateurs in comparison. His films reveal more about our..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

5 Days of War

Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.

"...statement “The first casualty of war is truth,” 5 Days of War should have heeded its own warning. Renny..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...Andy Friberg, Chip Marks and Kim Gordon. With Last Days, which is "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

28 Days

"...the choice for Gwen Cummings (Bullock) is either 28 days in rehab or 30 days in the hole. Seriously..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That's the Way I Like it

"...wistful, humorous, but ultimately fluffy look at those halcyon days, before punk, junk, and the onslaught of the Eighties...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Slices of Life at AFS Doc Days

Memory, subjectivity, and nudism all under the truest of lenses

"...AFS Doc Days, AFS Cinema's annual exploration of the best, most incisive,..."

May 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Rachel Stuckey: Good Days & Bad Days on the Internet” at Women & Their Work

The artist creates some genuinely geeky-cool stuff in this show that’s smart, funny, and fresh in its treatment of tech

"...macbook & Graduated." Thus spat out the Twitter bot @baddaysgooddays after I punched a button indicating I was having..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Melany Jean

12 Days of Smoked Meats at Stiles Switch

Pit masters offer smokin' holiday specials

"...at Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew (6610 N. Lamar) like to celebrate the anniversary of the popular barbecue joint..."

Dec. 9, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Fell on Black Days

Reunited, reinvigorated, Soundgarden wallops the Music Hall

"...Soundgarden always felt like an unlikely candidate for stardom. The reunited Seattle quartet..."

May 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...Joel Tobeck. There's nothing in the vampire epic 30 Days of Night that approaches the queasy pederast horrors of..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Latter Days

A West Hollywood party boy and a Mormon missionary find love and understanding.

"...Rebekah Jordan, Amber Benson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Erik Palladino. This gay-themed romantic drama is a typical first feature in..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

40 Days and 40 Nights

"...living in the Land of Beautiful People Who Hump Like Shih Tzus in Heat -- are going to have..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Six Days, Seven Nights

"...and a desert island is hardly high-concept, but Six Days, Seven Nights treats it as if it were. A..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2 Days in the Valley

"...ensemble cast compensates for the narrative paucity of 2 Days in the Valley -- the current winner of the..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Are Kids These Days Bringing OOB the Laughter for Love’s Sake?

What dire agenda, we wonder, lurks beneath their odd & infectious joy?

"...of Bounds Comedy Festival from all over the country this year. So many troupes – improv and sketch –..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Strange Days Await Ian Moore

Singer/guitarist premieres new single

"...“Nobody told me about the coming of the strange days,” Ian Moore sings over strutting, beat-heavy, psychedelic soul on..."

Feb. 20, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

My Golden Days

Teenage first love – as only the French can depict it

"...meaning of the world.” Luckily, Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days ticks both boxes – it’s about teenage first love..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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