Local Leaders Unveil the Latest Strategy to End Homelessness

"No plan" no more?

"..."We're kind of putting things upside down," said Lynn Meredith, ECHO board member and chair of the summit's Core..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...sing about their Io-way stubbornness and contrary disposition, they don't trickle out in a modest stream of mock Midwesterners..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...arts buffs had wondered how the show would be done in Austin. Its scope -- three hours per part,..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...but its second show, Sondheim's A Little Night Music, done in July, showed growth. In the wings: H.M.S. Pinafore..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ansel Adams: Revelations

The Ransom Center exhibition 'Ansel Adams: A Legacy' lets you experience the works of the best-known of American photographers as art rather than commerce

"...If you don't know the name, you know the images: craggy mountains..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"..."This is the first time I've done a show where you have to get 'checked,'" says..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...country, and the returning father comes to them from London where he reputedly holds court as an esteemed literary..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...The final keynote add: Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, an open-source, encrypted messaging service...."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Riding the New Range

The Ride goes to the rodeo

"...the line. Yet the bull riders portrayed in documentarian Meredith Danluck's debut feature, The Ride, don't just strap on..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...So just because Rob Williams is donning that gay apparel with the starburst collar and the..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...year's shooting of Sophia King was justified. But we don't really know. See below...."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Vicious Cycle

Citywide Bike Plan: a Modest Beginning

"...Bicycles don't belong on the road." How many Austinites would agree..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature

Grumpy Old Men

"...Directed by: Donald Petrie. Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Kevin Pollock,..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Word and Thought

Word and Thought, a new comedy by Southwestern University grad Joshua Lellis, tracks a biographical drama about Alexander the Great on its disaster-ridden lurch toward opening night, and its premiere from Cameo Productions and the Austiner Ensemble proves that a theatrical catastrophe is still good for a laugh.

"...good men could take over the known world from Macedonia all the way to India. Nowadays, just trying to..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan returns to Austin to inaugurate a new lecture series named in his honor, homegrown musical Jouét touches down in the pages of Show Music magazine, and Gerard Lebeda lands a European tour of Evita.

"...homegrown musical Jouét. Alongside a photo of native daughter Meredith McCall as the globetrotting diva is this evaluation: "Initially..."

April 5, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

Big players in Austin's high-tech community form a new group, Get AroundAustin, to promote light rail in advance of the Nov. 7 referendum.

"...solution." Garber's compatriots in the new group include Tom Meredith, managing director of Dell Ventures; John Thornton, a general..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Democrats host symposium to discuss Texas' role in the new high-tech economy.

"...good jobs than there are qualified people," agreed Tom Meredith, also from Dell. Meredith called on Democrats to uphold..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

No Rest

Composer Allen Robertson Keeps the Beat

"...theatre. He had come to Austin with his wife Meredith in the fall of 1989 to obtain a masters..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...JK: Wouldn't that be awesome? But, I don't. It's just plain ol' Kober. It's not even French;..."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Atlanta Director: Hiro Murai, Producers: Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Hiro Murai, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...Aspiring filmmaker? Don't go back to school. Seriously. No matter how much..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...other parties entered into a bidding war on 3714 Meredith, then in its first weekend on the market ["Invasion..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column

Texas Platters

"...John Lydon once remarked of Morrissey's Bona Drag, "Never 'as an..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature

The Food Issue: Rock & Roll Chef

A soundtrack for your chicken posole

"...spicy as the posole, but by personal preference, I don’t like to get too amped when I’m cooking. Making..."

June 14, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

That Obscure Object of Delight

Zach's dreamy Chaperone speaks to the enthusiast in us all

"...Chaperone. It's purely the invention of Bob Martin and Don McKellar, who wrote the book, and Lisa Lambert and..."

July 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Konnichiwa, Austin!

Celebrating Japanese animation and pop culture at IkkiCon IV

"...of all things manga, animé, and culturally Nipponese. But don't go thinking it's just three days of Hello Kitty:..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Yasmin Kittles, Don't Drown/Of Superheroes and Seductions..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

Thinning the Herd

"...of Virtues." And then there are those books that don't scream out "Read Me!" and thus are even more..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Travis Stevens Gets Under the Skin of A Wounded Fawn

How his new art-horror interweaves myths and failed justice

"...In A Wounded Fawn, the writer/director shows Meredith (Sarah Lind) is being chased around a remote house..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...from consensus visions, but often because we like things done on the cheap. It's a hard approach to take..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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