Zach Theatre's Once

This musical disarms the cynicism of our age with the sweet story of a guy and a girl who bond over music

"...with a guy playing guitar on the streets of Dublin and singing his heart out in what he intends..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

If You Have Ghosts: The Haunting of The Little Stranger

Director Lenny Abrahamson talks post-war Gothic

"...I've got a nice but quite manageable place in Dublin, and I find it hard to keep it going...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...rapscallion Phil Lynott, raised in his mother's hometown of Dublin, rode his plaintive murmur on it behind the first..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Kicked Outta Country, But Still the King

George Strait celebrates Erwin Center at 40

"...few surprises like an excellent cover of Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues,” slated to appear on an upcoming release later..."

June 4, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Soccer Watch

World Cup Countdown, U.S. team news, and more

"...playoffs are still ongoing. Stiffer competition ahead: Ireland in Dublin this Sat., June 2 (2pm, ESPN2), and a serious..."

June 1, 2018 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Tenth and Final SXSW Artist List

Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, a Blaze Foley tribute, and 196 more

"...Embrz (Dublin, Ireland)..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to researchers at University College Dublin, relative to body size, only 19 mammal species are..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Luv Doc: Lipstick on the Mirror

Why would you want to be with someone who doesn't care how you feel?

"...Leave him. Feel free to scrawl something poetic in..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Holiday Viewing: The Dead

The shadow of Christmas past hangs long over Huston's classic

"...is the final section in Joyce's short story collection Dubliners: arguably his most accessible book, but it almost never..."

Dec. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drink to Me Only With Thine Lies

Those classic club tales tantalize, whether you’re sober or besotted

"...an old raconteur named Joseph Jorkens, a habitué of Dublin’s Billiards Club, who never fails to hold forth –..."

July 20, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cowboy Song: The Authorized Biography of Thin Lizzy's Philip Lynott

"...a Guyanese father, the self-described "Half Caste" relocated to Dublin at 4 and steeped himself in the country's legends,..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Exit U2

In revisiting The Joshua Tree, the Dubliners return home

"...instead, perhaps due to their relative ubiquity in the Dublin foursome’s live canon. In fact, only after the landmark..."

May 25, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Guy Clark Biographer Tamara Saviano

“He shared things with me he didn’t share with other people”

"...around then. He had Boats to Build in ’92, Dublin Blues in ’95, and Keepers, his first live album,..."

March 30, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Biographer Tamara Saviano’s Guy Clark Revelations

The dean of Texas songwriters’ final days, the forthcoming documentary on him, and more

"...around then. He had Boats to Build in '92, Dublin Blues in '95, and Keepers, his first live album,..."

March 31, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Playhouse’s Bloomsday

Steven Dietz’s rumination on a great love lost lacks some of the vivid passion it needs in this staging

"...young man from Seattle joins a walking tour of Dublin that visits key sites in James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses...."

Jan. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin as Tech Hub: Myth or Reality?

Start-ups abound here in Bat City, but they rarely stick around

"...the pond and you'll find a Silicon Docks in Dublin, Ireland, the Silicon Roundabout in London, even the Silicon..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Screens Feature by Johnny Holden

Worst Tour Stories Ever: Grupo Fantasma

"...European tour in 2008, we went out drinking in Dublin despite a ridiculously early airport call. The next morning..."

July 8, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Gonzalez

The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars

Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite

"...coby castle is as bizarre and enigmatic as its Dublin-based developer. It’s a sort of diorama of bird people..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016

End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it

"...including "L.A. Freeway," "Desperados Waiting for a Train," and "Dublin Blues," which lets out with, "I wish I was..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Guy Clark 1941-2016

“The thing about writing songs is, everything is songwriting”

"...“Desperados Waiting for a Train” and “L.A. Freeway” to “Dublin Blues” and countless other masterpieces of songcraft, Clark’s catalog..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Wednesday SXSW Interview: Cian Nugent

"...how it sounded," writes Nugent from his home in Dublin. "Once I got over the initial discomfort, I found..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

SXSW Interview: Cian Nugent

Irish picker will get good and pissed at your house party

"...Dublin guitarist Cian Nugent uses formidable technique to paint expressive..."

March 16, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

SXSW List No. 9

Number nine (Wale), number nine (Miike Snow), number nine (Peaches)

"...Rejjie Snow (Dublin, Ireland)..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...USA/Ireland Director/Screenwriter: John Carney A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Veronica's Room

Hang on for the second act of this Oh Dragon Theatre thriller – then hang on!

"...inconsistent (at times sporting an over-the-top caricature of the Dublin vocal pattern), and even the choice of intermission placement..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...cover,” I wondered. Seemed as silly as the moment Dublin’s U2 discovered its Delta blues roots on The Joshua..."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night Alive

Hyde Park Theatre captures five lonely Dubliners in all their broken humanity in Conor McPherson's drama

"...design combine impeccably, conjuring the bleak, overcast exterior of Dublin into which the characters often venture. Even Travis Dean's..."

July 17, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Judas Priest Axe Grinder Glenn Tipton

Q&A with metal mainstay to preview Cedar Park Center siege

"...AC: Some people were surprised that Dublin put up a statue of Phil Lynott after his..."

May 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Toast

Drinking up the Austin Food and Wine Festival

"...serving a fresh farmhouse cheese from Veldhuizen Cheese in Dublin, Texas, topped with roasted, raw, and fermented spring vegetables...."

April 24, 2015 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Boy Wonder at 100

Alamo Drafthouse screens Orson Welles centennial retrospective

"...(he first talked his way onto the stage at Dublin's Gate Theatre when he was still a teenager) and..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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