River City Drumbeat

Music and culture connected in West Louisville

"...decades that Edward "Nardie" White put into establishing the River City Drum Corp. Underpinning it all is the passing..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Red River's Demise Greatly Exaggerated

Red River venues re-entrench and Panchanga Fest once again settles comfortably into Fiesta Gardens

"..."In the public eye, Red River is dead and gone," acknowledges Jared Cannon, one of..."

May 11, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM

Stanley Crawford's new book, The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays, reminds us that we must all do our part.

"...So when I say that Crawford's recent book, The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays (University of New..."

June 27, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Gay Place

Where the Gaycation is Endless and the Orita Project comes to town

"...Pecan Street Festival, E. Sixth, between Congress & Red River. www.nakia.net...."

Sept. 27, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Tribal

In Ballet East Dance Theatre's Tribal, the company's original dances made you aware of the people around you and your connections to them

"...factions. I was transported to the banks of some river in Africa to see herds, flocks, tribes, moving in..."

April 2, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...River Swimmer, Hays' remarkable third LP, resulted in April (revisit..."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

South Austin's Neon Transformers Light Up Life South of the River

"...his creations. Much of his material was gathered from endless road trips through the countryside in earlier years...."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Exhibitionism

Big River: Pleasantly Adrift

"...hypnotic effect of a raft drifting down the big river to magical points unknown...."

July 30, 1999 Arts Review

Love, Antosha

The fascinating but fleeting life of Anton Yelchin given due reverence

"...when their life seems to have been cut short. River Phoenix, Prince, and Philip Seymour Hoffman come to mind,..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars

Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite

"...the open sky, the merciless sun, myriad stars, and endless possibilities of glory, disaster, redemption, and damnation...."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful

A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner

"...Orangutan's "I'm a baby in a basket on an endless river," and Haikumom's tender, well-intended bumper-sticker wisdom could easily..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

After a Fashion

And Stephen said, 'Let there be SoCo,' and there was SoCo. Stephen saw that the light was good.

"...for fun, doesn't cost anything, and has a seemingly endless river of alcohol, entertainment, and activities – but it's..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

What You See Is What You Hear

The joy that Conspirare takes in singing is visible in the choir's PBS special

"...you’re imagining a horde of black-robed figures belting out endless runs of 16th notes and unintelligible German text that..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Post by Robert Faires

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...Adventures down a lazy stretch of the Rio Grande. River guide by day and campfire sage by night...."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...endless ocean endless sky..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Queertopia

And queer events to take you there

"...If I had endless amounts of money – the kind of money Elizabeth..."

July 5, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Spring is full of festivals and flowers

"...Rocking on the river. Before there were cave paintings there was rock stacking...."

March 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...I drove to their house still in shorts and river shoes, which I was grateful for as I waded..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...sewage into Onion Creek and hence into the Colorado River. We passed the bonds and through accelerated construction built..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Underground Zero: Part 2

"...with Tibetan Monks" by Paul Harrill, "Scene from an Endless War" by Norman Cowie, "The World Is a Classroom"..."

Sept. 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Underground Zero: Part 1

"...with Tibetan Monks" by Paul Harrill, "Scene from an Endless War" by Norman Cowie, "The World Is a Classroom"..."

Sept. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet the Deedles

"...Phil (who suffer from mental myopia) also have an endless supply of inadvertent good luck. They escape survival camp..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Page Two

Critical response to Kill Bill ignores the current cultural resonance of cinematic vengeance.

"...the reception of Kill Bill to that of Mystic River...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...trend of speculative real estate deals and with them endless road building, water and sewer pipeline extensions, subdivisions, and..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column

Endless Honeymoon

"...Endless Honeymoonby Don Webb..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place

Is it hot in here or is it us?

"...her show. Thu., June 7, 10pm. Elysium, 705 Red River. $5...."

June 8, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Page Two: A Column Where First We Ramble

Then we let others blow our horn. And with SXSW 2011 only weeks away, there's lots of horn blowing still to come.

"...fever, the less suffocating the sleep is overall, the endless disconnected and disjointed dreams wrapped into one gentle, gigantic,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"...Austin's past and present. Summoning the heyday of the River City's Eastside, of a vibrant, juke-joint-laden 11th Street, Barnett's..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Transcendentalism

Shearwater soars out from under Okkervil River

"...this once-quiet little brother to Austin music monolith Okkervil River, comes across as a Platonic nerd. Possessed of warm..."

May 12, 2006 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Don't Drink the Water

While pursuing her masters in film at UT, Laura Dunn spent every semester break in Louisiana making Green, a documentary about the toxic 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River known as Cancer Alley. The film screens at the Alamo Drafthouse this Sunday.

"...Cancer Alley, the toxic 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where approximately 150..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

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