Texas Tiki Week Returns With an All-Star Cast and Tropical Spirit

The annual event is back with the best bits of tiki craft and history

"...Texas Tiki Week takes place Mon.-Sun., Sept. 10-16, at various venues throughout Austin. Tickets..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...regret leaving the E Street Band in the first place [in 1984]. I shouldn’t have done that, but at..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Six Picks From That EAST Beast

Necessary, unless you’re the living embodiment of “indefatigable”

"...OK, let’s roll film! This place has the “Art Obscura” exhibition with works from the..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru" at the UT VAC

Edi Hirose's documentation of massive construction projects altering Peru's landscape can put the viewer in a state of visual shock

"...attention to the kind of industrial work that takes place around the globe, including in and around Austin, but..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

What Does Austin’s Explosive Growth Mean for Capital Metro?

Big changes are coming, but it’s not clear yet what they will be

"...be sharpened up when they start work on its replacement in 2020. It's effectively the partner document to Project..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AC Date Night: Emmer & Rye and Geraldine's

Temperatures rising on Rainey Street

"...I decided to gamble – in a place like Austin, where winter days regularly achieve "sunny and..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Food Column by Adrienne White

Thursday Showcases

International hip-hop, or domestic, Modern Outsider sounds?

"...International Hip-Hop 8pm, Trophy Club The place you rode a mechanical bull on Sixth Street, Trophy..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Humans Being Human

Bad behavior in Ruben Östlund's observational kinda-comedies

"...film: the mostly fixed camera, pivotal action that takes place offscreen, the lens on less-than-exalted human behavior. That many..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Now Then Again

Penfold's staging propels us through the time-space continuum to see one romance play out in many alternate ways

"...present? It could be another time, maybe even another place – and that's precisely the idea...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Letters at 3AM: Connectivity/Vulnerability: Part 2

The boundaries of everything are wavering and disappearing

"...swept away. Perhaps they shall be. It is no place for the timid, and we are, all of us,..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Bright Now Beyond

This new musical looks to put a fresh spin on the familiar Land of Oz, but the storytelling isn't always clear

"...exposed most of us to Oz in the first place. Adults and kids both will find aspects of the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Then There's This: The Road to Fewer Roads

Can the latest advances in intersection designs fix Austin's gridlock?

"...wins on that design," he said of the bow-tie's "place-making" abilities that allow for landscaping, sidewalks, bike lanes, and..."

May 2, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...We Have The Place Surrounded (Viña Del Mar, Chile)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Studio Visits: Rebecca Rothfus

This skilled painter and wizard at cutouts feels at home in her newly built studio at Canopy

"...other artists here really makes it more of a place for experimentation. With a swing of a door, I..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Playback: Major Frost

Who's Max Frost and how did the Austin native sign to Atlantic Records?

"...days in Austin: "Joe's Generic – that was the place for blues! They'd blow the damn roof off every..."

June 28, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Reissues

"..."Lenny," and bonus track "Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)" set like the sun. The second disc,..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Elizabeth: Heart of a King

Lorella Loftus' ambitious new bio-play boasts strong performances by the three women portraying the Virgin Queen

"...versatile cast, Patrick Anthony's moody lighting, and a few well-placed accessories are all we need to imagine the court's..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Two Sides to His Story

Manuel Gonzales leads the nonprofit Austin Bat Cave into uncharted territory while readying for a rapid literary ascent of his own

"...collection, eerie interludes that feel like the funeral director replaced the organ with a theremin...."

Jan. 11, 2013 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places) Matt Bondurant (The Night Swimmer) Brain Quest (Brain Quest)**..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Call Me in the Morning

Meet the Wheeler Brothers and their armload of Austin Music Awards

"...born to play together. Everything falls so neatly into place. They'll be shaking hands in a half-hour. More than..."

April 13, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...Get With The Program Director: Jennifer Drummond Deutrom The complacent inhabitants of this near-future society devise ways to adapt..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Acevedo on Dallas, Austin, and Ambition

"...of pride, and rightfully so. I think it's well placed. Austin is a crown jewel, but Dallas is a..."

April 2, 2010 News Column by Michael King

East Riverside

Master plan at Planning Commission tonight

"...shopping centers) in favor of a people focus (attractive places to walk, recreate, eat, shop, and live)."..."

Feb. 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...recommended demolition and condemnation of unsafe slums; in their place "five hundred and twenty (520) units of low-rent housing..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Strawberry Fields Forever

Future Clouds & Radar float to the magical kingdom of … Peoria?

"...It seemed impossible the way everything kept falling into place. It was like I went outside with an empty..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Downtown Owl: A Novel

In his fiction debut, pop-culture critic Chuck Klosterman carries over the best and worst of his distinctive voice

"...torture fantasies about his coach. And Owl is a place where "everyone knows everyone." Instead of really fleshing out..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Why Doggett Picked Obama

Austin's congressional superdelegate explains why he's pledging Obama, and what he could mean in state-level races.

"...behind their chosen candidates, he saw Texas as the place to make Obama a lock in the way John..."

Feb. 20, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Maximalist'

Good art creates believable stories in small spaces, and that's what this Else Madsen exhibition does

"...correct in equating the probability of surviving in either place. She is able to convince you that the environment..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...and teacher recommendations by Jan. 17. Then comes a placement test and the opportunity to shadow a current LASA..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...People in places like Haiti and Nigeria know exactly what New Orleans..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

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