The Toxic Border

Researchers ponder increasing birth defects in the Valley.

"...lead to birth defects. For close to 17 years, Douglas Fort at Oklahoma State University has examined amphibian development..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips

"...The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth is a sassy, fun-loving, classy kind of gal...."

July 5, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...wait until about 1960 to render judgments about the efforts of Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins, musicians who were..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Little Pink House

Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.

"...Starring: Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Callum Keith Rennie, Aaron Douglas, Colin Cunningham and Miranda Frigon...."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing With These Texas Road Trips

Houston and other Texas sites celebrate the golden anniversary of the first lunar landing

"...the moon with the Apollo 11 astronauts via Todd Douglas Miller's exhilarating documentary made with original NASA footage. Miller..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Rick Anderson (Fort Worth)..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?," George Strait..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...Hurston. On top of that, painters such as Aaron Douglas, who collaborated with the poet Langston Hughes on a..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"...Converse, whose tread marks at SXSW include the Fader Fort and Death Match concerts, have entered year four of..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

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

"...The Cush (Fort Worth)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...lanky Texan, keyboard player Augie Meyers, formed the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose Beatlesque "She's About a Mover" slyly introduced..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...three are Arthur Penn's Little Big Man, John Ford's Fort Apache, and Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee). Walsh's film is..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...three are Arthur Penn's Little Big Man, John Ford's Fort Apache, and Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee). Walsh's film is..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...someone to meet you." Tomorrow came: "Drive to the Fort Hancock exit. They'll be there." A third phone call..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...(having spent time in Europe playing with guitarist Franklin Douglas), yet he wanted to expand them both. "School provided..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...Forty-five minutes later, it's done – only they haven't played..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Shorts on a Shoestring

The Texas Documentary Tour presents 10 Under 10

"...women's community in the town of Killeen, home of Fort Hood, the biggest military training base in the U.S.Toilet..."

May 6, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...it just doesn't feel warm to me, it's not comfortable to me. I like fun juxtapositions and odd things...."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

One Two Three Faw!

A brief history of Texas garage rock.

"...Houston's nascent industrialists Red Krayola, San Antonio's pan-cultural Sir Douglas Quintet, Austin's divinely ethereal 13th Floor Elevators, Dallas' underrated..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Is the new Sir Douglas Quintet collection is from the original masters? Doug Sahm makes the final call. Also, Michael Nesmith, Junior and Tanya Rae Brown, and Clifford Antone updates.

"...Fender, has also just released The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet, which has Bentley in a tizzy, because the..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Last of a Breed

Veteran Austin music scribe tackles a topic equal to his skill: Willie Nelson

"...of a Ride ("Phases & Stages," April 4), another effort to bottle the country music maverick's genius and secure..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...arguing about it and united to praise his work. Unfortunately, as part of his crotchety 1%, I think Jazz..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Day Trips

A small Texas town tries to determine its destiny.

"...Unfortunately, it has been a number of years since anyone..."

July 7, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Art of the State

Art:

"...Tue. $10-$35. Ed Landreth Hall, Texas Christian University campus, Fort Worth. 214/335-9000. Theatre: BABES IN TOYLAND, Victor Herbert's musical..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...his return to action 20 years later, and his efforts to prove to wrestling fans that he wasn't kidding...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...superstar to bona fide world music mover with his forthcoming solo album – shouted with a middle finger in..."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...been and done up to this point. Raised in Fort Worth by a businessman father with Republican leanings and..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...is doing a Q&A after a screening of his forthcoming Grand Budapest Hotel...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Abbott Starts His Campaign Battle At the Alamo

The gubernatorial candidate is armed with a $21 million war chest

"...himself and Gov. Rick Perry, but his announcement comes comfortably after the incumbent had announced he will not seek..."

July 19, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...The Lou Ann we know lights fires with her Fort Worth twang, and on Old Enough, she merely smoldered,..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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