Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

This indie hit is sweet and funny

"...Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s large-hearted Me and Earl and the Dying Girl found a lot of champions..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thebe Kgositsile and Earl Sweatshirt Become One at Emo’s

L.A. rapper shakes off some of the melancholic

"...come to carry as much meaning as its origin, Earl Sweatshirt remains known for disconsolate lyricism surrounding personal battles..."

May 2, 2019 Music Post by Marilee Bodden

Black Mass

Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger

"...Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, W. Earl Brown, Dakota Johnson, David Harbour, Kevin Bacon, Julianne Nicholson..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fifth Annual KOKEFEST Brings Clint Black and More to Hutto

Two-day lineup includes Turnpike Troubadours, Robert Earl Keen, Aaron Watson, and more

"...Dale Watson's "Country My Ass" played on continuous loop nearly 1,700 times. The new station planted its boots firmly..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Robert Earl Keen Takes a Final ACL Bow

Texas songwriting staple signs off with seventh taping

"...When Robert Earl Keen announced his intention in January to make this..."

April 28, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...wave of showcasing artists, including blues rock duo the Black Keys and Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins...."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Review: Pearl Earl, It's Dread

A dreamy, melancholic, and, at times, ominous sophomore journey

"...Forged in Denton like many great rock combos – Pearl Earl toted their lysergic sound to Austin for Levitation..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Feature by Leo Vernor

Showing Black Lives Matter

Facing race then and now onstage in Pretty Fire and Hands Up Hoodies Down

"...was muted by the news of yet another unarmed black man killed by another white police officer, our joyful..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...Some 20 miles outside Kerrville, Robert Earl Keen's Rosetta Ranch spreads serenely across the West Texas..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...program is key to the backstory. The people in black scurry around backstage, hover over the proceedings in the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Crosstalk: Plains Brings Out Hoyt Van Tanner, DIA on Día Centers Live Music Funds, and Black Pumas' Eric Burton Teases His "Own Work"

Austin music news headlines of the week

"...duo material, and respective solo favorites – with "Goodbye Earl."  – Rachel Rascoe..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot … and So Much More from Zhi Tea

But who doesn’t enjoy referencing a UFP starship captain?

"...selling their one-pound and five-pound bags of tea – black tea, green tea, oolong tea, and so on in..."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Family Thing

"...Directed by: Richard Pearce. Starring: Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Irma P. Hall, Michael Beach, Regina Taylor and..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

A Honky-Tonk Song

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

"...piano line that drives the song, courtesy of Mr. Earl Poole Ball. For months, the buzz around Austin has..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Art Should Be Brave...

James Earl Jones on Apartheid, Racism, and Hollywood

"...Shakespeare to Star Wars, is what has made James Earl Jones one of a few legendary American film actors...."

Jan. 19, 1996 Screens Feature

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...Co. jury – nor, for that matter, had any black juror. The state Court of Criminal Appeals had rejected..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Down in the Delta

"...activist Maya Angelou has lambasted Hollywood's ghettocentric vision of black culture. And it's fair to assume her desire to..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...by: Steve James. Hoop Dreams is an amazing documentary, nearly three hours long, that follows five years in the..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

South Carolina primary victor George W. Bush goes on the defensive after John McCain wins big in Michigan.

"..."Bush is in big trouble," says Earl Black, a political scientist at Rice University. "It's pretty..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...the Austin Amplifier shop, beside a newly completed amp, Black Joe Lewis and Zach Ernst are bonded fast in..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

UT/Arkansas State Preview

"...UT’s loss to Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl). Earl Campbell was on board and big as a tree...."

Aug. 31, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"...7, her annual celebration of house music, community, and Black History Month, hosted by Queen Deelah. The event welcomes..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events

A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more

"...the state with live entertainment from the legendary Robert Earl Keen (“The Road Goes on Forever,” “Feelin’ Good Again”)..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...Levitation: The Black Angels, Kikagaku Moyo with A Place to Bury Strangers,..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

AFF Announces Film Lineup

Black Swan! Meek's Cutoff! Blue Valentine!

"...you would have heard a lot of giddy exclamatories: Black Swan! Meek's Cutoff! Blue Valentine!..."

Sept. 21, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

ACL 2008!

The lineup has arrived, calm down.

"...to the local delegates (White Denim, the Strange Boys, Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears)...."

April 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Sandlot

The movie is a grown man's memory of his first, awkward summer in a new neighborhood in 1962 and the importance of baseball as a bonding activity.

"...Art La Fleur, Denis Leary, Karen Allen and James Earl Jones. The Sandlot is a movie with a comfortable..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last-Second Alex Ring Goal Salvages Draw for Austin FC in New England

El Tree next face Portland Timbers on Sept. 17

"...head. Only this time, it was the Verde and Black on the right side of it...."

Sept. 3, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Six Hip-Hop Acts to See at ACL

Can’t-miss evening and afternoon acts keep the beats coming

"...Of course you’re going to see Kendrick Lamar. After..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Thai Street Food

Rest easy knowing that what a Thai vendor produces from a rickety cart on the side of a busy thoroughfare, you should be able to approximate in a modern kitchen

"...as a convenience for bustling pedestrians. Thompson divides the nearly 100 popular recipes by the time of day they..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

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