Big Mischief

Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."

"...and fabulous, is that most American of self-made men. Edward Swift grew up in the mean swampland of the..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...the "Spoofing Around: Satire in Fiction" panel with novelist Edward Swift and the as-yet-unclassifiable Neal Pollack didn't go well,..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Book Reviews

My Grandfather's Finger

"...by Edward Swift University of Georgia Press, $24.95 hard..."

May 21, 1999 Books Review

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...Town: Literature From Rural RootsWith Mitch Cullin, Dave Oliphant, Edward Swift, and Jane Roberts Wood..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

The Man Who Laughed

More remembrances of Boyd Vance

"...first public reading of Dyer's (stage adaptation of the Edward Swift novel) Splendora. Later, Boyd and I were in..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Richard Haddaway, Marsha Moyer, Donley Watt, Sharon Wyse, Moderator: Edward Swift..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...a production of Dyer's play Splendora, based on the Edward Swift novel...."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2 Guns

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg let the bullets fly in this intricate action puzzle.

"...Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Edward James Olmos and Robert John Burke...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Bookshelf

Jonathan Swift: A Portrait

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May 21, 1999 Books Feature

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Anton Nel

This concert of music by neglected composer Edward Burlingame Hill returned some lost gems to the concert hall

"...jewels around a crown were three short works by Edward Burlingame Hill, an American composer whose renown has been..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Wrap-Up

Taking stock of this year's panels and readings

"...of writers excellently poked, prodded, and caressed by novelist Edward Swift, an East Texas native but New York resident...."

Nov. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Glass: Mark Doty, Spike Gillespie, Memoirs Elva Treviño Hart, Edward Swift, Moderator: Elizabeth Crook..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature

Capitol Letters

What we've done here, in addition to our previous features on attendees Edward Swift and Josephine Sacabo, is provide a couple brief interviews and a few reviews regarding Texas Book Festival authors. It's a preview, a head start.

"...here, in addition to our previous features on attendees Edward Swift (austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-11-01/books_feature.html) and Josephine Sacabo (austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-11-08/books_feature.html), is provide a..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Alan C. Huffines, Caroline Rose Hunt, Rosa Shand, Moderator: Edward Swift..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

Under-Stated

"...Touches and American Realism; Doug Dyer's Splendora, adapted from Edward Swift's novel; and Alice Wilson's Workin' Texas, to name..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Book Tour Confidential

May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson

Oil's Well That Ends Well

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

Where Are They Now?

"...Other Work: Adapted Edward Swift's novel Splendora for the stage (1984); founded the..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Military Out of Mabry?

A West Austin resident says moving the Texas National Guard out of Camp Mabry would be better for both the neighborhood and military.

"...created concerns and headaches for area residents -- especially Edward Bellingrath, who lives near the 35th & Pecos entrance,..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Sound of Thunder

Abandoning any pretense of respect for the Ray Bradbury source material, this film manhandles the author’s delicacies into a lumbering and bewildered mess of grade-Z sci-fi clichés.

"...Directed by: Peter Hyams. Starring: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Jemima Rooper, Wilfried Hochholdinger,..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...Edward Normalhands "Once upon a time in this very town,..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Swift's Attic

Downtown restaurant serves up fancifully delicious plates

"...Swift's Attic315 Congress #200; 482-8842 Lunch: Mon.-Fri., 11am-2pm; dinner: Mon.-Wed.,..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Bridget Jones's Diary

romantic fantasy as it is social satire.

"...Hollywood royalty, or her relentless, perky cuteness, or her swift, rattling rise from suburban everygirl to Jim Carrey's (ex-)fiancee...."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: John Waters; with Edward Furlong, Martha Plimpton, Christina Ricci, Brendan Sexton III, Lili..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Five Arty Reasons to Visit the Blanton

As the art museum gets an exterior makeover, don't miss the beauty inside

"...subject and easily envision him in a semi-ironic Taylor Swift T-shirt, swigging PBRs on an East Sixth patio. Plus..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...127min/color, 35mm) Jennifer Lopez, Jackie Guerra, Jon Seda, and Edward James Olmos. Directed by Gregory Nava. Though her life..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO turns to Kickstarter for help in making its first CD – and rescuing a forgotten composer

"...Feb. 21, seeks $30,000 to record four compositions by Edward Burlingame Hill. If the name has you asking, "Who?"..."

March 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Nutcracker

Ballet Austin's warm and decidely unstuffy production deserves to be a family holiday tradition

"...retiring for the night, naughty Drosselmeyer (commandingly performed by Edward Carr) pinching the maid, and the orchestra raising bows..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Review by Dawn Davis Loring

'bobrauschenbergamerica'

Like the artist it salutes, this theatre piece is a wild mash-up of iconic Americana

"...a production of the theatrical beast bobrauschenbergamerica at St. Edward's University. But Long reassures that, given his background in..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

The Medea Stories

With The Medea Stories, the St. Edward's University Theatre Department with guest artists from the SITI Company reinvents Euripides' tragedy as a modern courtroom drama and connects us to Medea's tale with immediacy and a great urgency.

"...and Ellen Lauren, working with students in the St. Edward's University Theatre Department, bring to the piece a great..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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