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Turner Is Worthy

"...Mike Clark-Madison's article about Dorothy Turner ["Corner to Corner," Vol. 18,..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

Austin Film Festival Review: Buck Alamo

Sonny Carl Davis shines as a fading Austin burnout

"...and has stories about the good old days before everything fell apart. He'll boast about playing Threadgill's a time..."

Oct. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Teddy

French werewolf comedy has a tragic bite

"...Teddy (Anthony Bajon) is a dork. He thinks he's cool, so subversive, but..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale

Biblically inspired world premiere is a minor miracle

"...There are several small miracles concurrently on display in Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale...."

Aug. 22, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Rebuilding Paradise

Ron Howard hides an eco-warning in the story of the Camp Fire inferno

"...It began as a spark flickering from a near-century-old transmission electricity line in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Through Steel, Wood, Glass, and Gas, Ion Art Turns Zilker Into a Glowing Wonderland

Enter the Neon Garden

"...No one else could have done this...."

April 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Awaken

Malick-endorsed abstract world trip finds joy in our world

"...of our expected lives that has been so profoundly missing, yet never discussed or noted, is spectacle. To be..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sator

Occult horror will hold you in its dark, subtle spell

"...delusional madness? The number of believers. That simple equation twists around the heart of Sator, the shocking and nerve-twisting..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Are Little Zombies

Wildly inventive Japanese musical comedy-drama finds the joy in nihilism

"...Directed by: Makoto Nagahisa. Starring: Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura, Satoshi Mizuno and Sena..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries

"...with my editor that the first nine slots of this list would repeat 'THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Texas travel tips from Llano lights to Kerrville craftsmanship

"...the Llano County Courthouse installed to welcome deer hunters is transformed into a reindeer for the holidays. The colorful..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Zen of Filmmaking

Letters at 3AM

"...to remind us that every human, high and low, is capable of wonder. How well he did this for..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Pages for Presents

Helpful and Not-So-Helpful Book Ideas

"...To hell with checking lists twice -- isn't making them once enough? I know,..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of authors for its 2018 event, and you can..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Interview: Lonnie Holley

Alabama-born artist and musician explains his process

"..."We can be on the playground of foolishness for too long, where everything becomes joyful, while other..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

Jamie xx Superstars Mohawk

UK DJ gets the sell-out crowd trading porn tongue and vodka saliva

"...performance by Jamie xx, a modest Londoner seemingly on his way to superstardom...."

Aug. 3, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...feels he has no choice but to somehow force his member into Frank Deford's ear. Perhaps this compulsion will..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...The ink is black, the page is white...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

For 12 Years, There's Been a Gap in One of Austin's Most Famous Murals

Will an image from an iconic Austin movie complete the picture?

"...the exterior wall. It's a celebration of the building's history as one of Austin's oldest cinemas. In that mural..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...the rockets with not just a few titles for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Biennial 2009 – DIY: Double Wide

This group exhibition spins an intriguing narrative of fusion and confusion

"...been grafted onto the bird of prey in some fiendish scientific experiment or else erupted there in a freakish..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Gen X Feminist Mom’s Approach to Holiday Greetings

Holiday staples and folded

"...As a Gen X feminist, it’s in my contract to be into zines. I’ve..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...We’d advise you to go see some Garbage this weekend, but..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

The Gospel According to Kanye

Rapper levitates the Frank Erwin Center

"...lifts one leg, hops across the stage, and slams his elbow through the air just as the beat drops...."

Sept. 22, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

College Tuition or Michael Bublé?

Canadian Sinatra just wants ‘To Be Loved’

"...Wrapping his velvety voice around 9,000 fans at the Frank Erwin..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Fronterafest `98 Reviews

"...Channels Created and performed by Emily Ball Cicchini and Kristen Johnson..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Arts Feature

"Ex Libris" at Recspec Gallery

This collection of new and vintage bookplates papers up a visual library of odd beauty

"...There could be an exhibition featuring bookplates in any visual arts venue and it would work just fine –..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Fair" Play

Director Scott Thompson doesn't want the audience for Austin Musical Theatre's production of My Fair Lady to get too comfy, and here's why.

"...he says allowing an audience to get that comfortable is "the worst thing you can do in any revival."..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...the scattered array of canvases being painted by laidback artists who work in the glow of spastic lights and..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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