South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...Paul Scanlan, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, Terri Lubaroff, Ray Maiello, Mike Field, Richard Silverman, Robert Paschall Jr., Screenwriters: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, AJ..."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: We Can Be Heroes

Cheering doc about summer camp for the awkward and adventurous

"...Give a group of teens an open field and a bunch of foam swords, and watch their..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...Paul Scanlan, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, Terri Lubaroff, Ray Maiello, Mike Field, Richard Silverman, Robert Paschall Jr.Screenwriters: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, AJ Bermudez..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Kentucky Derby Preview

Just enough about hats and horses to make conversation

"...of the 150,000+ people who actually go to Churchill Downs to watch the race in person don't know anything..."

May 5, 2023 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

Spoiler Alert

Jim Parsons gets his Love Story moment in this wonderful tearjerker

"...by: Michael Showalter. Starring: Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin and Nikki M. James...."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...intimacies toward songs that map their emotional ups and downs onto a bevy of millennial-minded stylistic switch-ups. But don't..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Public Notice: The Zilker Master Plan Is Back

And so is the Community Advancement Network report

"...Similarly, the road and parking lots around the rugby field on the south side of Barton Springs Road would..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

United States vs. Jamaica Preview: World Cup Qualifying Madness Arrives in Austin

Q2 Stadium hosts first-ever World Cup qualifier in Texas

"...Austin FC capped off an exhausting but profitable trio..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

12 Mighty Orphans

Historical football drama can't get past first down

"...is a line that is shouted on the football field in Ty Roberts’ Texas sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans...."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Get Your Art Fix and Stay Outdoors With These Local Works

There’s a whole city filled with things to do and see outdoors

"...TAKE YOURSELF OUT TO DOWNS FIELD to see Forklift Danceworks’ presentation of Take Me..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Forklift Danceworks Goes "On the Job" With Essential Workers

The company's new audio series gives voice to city employees and what they're doing during the pandemic

"...celebrating the storied history of baseball at East Austin's Downs Field – Marty suggested, "Let's make this our project."..."

May 22, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: More Unintended Consequences

If you build it ...

"...traffic engineers and planners have known for decades (Anthony Downs, 1962), that's not the case. In what's known as..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

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

"...struggle for identity and acceptance through the ups and downs of a prolific career driven by a passion for..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...their resilience every time they step on to the field...."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sarah Cook Invites Diners to "Be Here Now" at Kyoten Sushiko

An unlikely artist at Mueller's satellite iteration of Otto Phan's omakase restaurant

"...animals, sauces, and principles, then we'd change clothes into button-downs, run the beverage service, cook in the back kitchen,..."

June 28, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Glazer, Arturo Castro, John Gemberling, Hannibal Buress, Paul W. Downs, Susie Essman..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Review: Travis Scott

Astroworld’s roller coaster ride races through Zilker

"...cooped-up anticipation of a football team before taking the field. Some stretched, others hyped each other up by giving..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Music Post by Jeremy Steinberger

Playback: Jump on It

Eastside hip-hop summer series moves to the Expo Center; plus, musical robots with personality disorders and more music news

"...Jump on It has occupied various Eastside parks, football fields, vacant lots, and nightclubs. There's also been long stretches..."

June 15, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ACL Review: Ron Gallo

Philly garage rocker’s aim is true

"...tunes point to songcraft of a higher order. The take-downs in socially aware songs “Sorry, Not Everybody Os You”..."

Oct. 14, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Lemon Twigs

"...ACL Fest stage on weekend one in slacks and button-downs, as if Mom dressed them for the gig. "Now,..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

ACL Review: Lemon Twigs

New school Sixties/Seventies pomp and circumstance

"...ACL Fest stage on Friday afternoon in slacks and button-downs, as if Mom dressed them for the gig. “Now,..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Hornography

"...the series has already seen unusual ups and mind-boggling downs, for both teams. San Antonio took Game 1 –..."

May 6, 2016 Sports Column by Kahron Spearman

UT Football: The Devil’s in the Details

Horns lose to West Virginia

"...reappeared Saturday, with six chunk plays, resulting in first downs or scores. D’Onta Foreman continued to show the often..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...The district is also working on preservation projects at Downs Field and three African-American cemeteries...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985 at horse-racing track Manor Downs...."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Reckless Kelly’s Fields of Dreams

Everybody wins at the Braun brothers’ celebrity softball jam

"...Reckless Kelly’s Celebrity Softball Jam takes the field on Sunday at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. This..."

May 29, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Headlines

It's Old World Order vs. New in this week's news blast

"...Downs Field will see $200,000 in improvements, the African American..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature

Old Settler's Music Festival Interviews

Talking bluegrass with five OSMF headliners and a Dripping Springs dweller

"...upstarts. Before his genre-bustin' quintet storms Dripping Springs, Bush fielded questions while restringing his mandolin...."

April 17, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: Phil Anselmo's Housecore Horror

Phil Anselmo returns with Housecore Horror, Marc and Elijah Ford jam family style, and Keith Ferguson gets his inked in new book

"...flick weekend Friday through Sunday at Emo's and Midway Field House (formerly Antone's) with 30 extreme acts. A resurrected..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Brigham Down the Horns

BYU Cougars feast on too-green Texas talent

"...short passes to build his confidence, but the QB’s downfield inaccuracy became more and more apparent as they fell..."

Sept. 8, 2014 Sports Post by Eric Sollenberger

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