No Failure to Communicate

Caroline Koebel grew up without TV. She's been pursuing flickering images ever since.

"...household ended up being the only one without a TV set. After that, I basically grew up without television...."

April 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"..."A decade ago, bilingualism on TV was nonexistent. [Today, it] has clearly found a niche..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Heebie-Jeebie News

Local TV Feeds on Muck and Mayhem

"...illustration by Jason Stout Halfway through a long string..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

DVDanger: What to Watch This Halloween

Part I: Slugs, zombies, and one-night stands

"...fall, at least there's the warming glow of the TV to summon the spirits. If you're still looking for..."

Oct. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...to explain my sorry state, watching seasons of old TV dramas. I volunteered once a week in a down­town..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

From the Vaults: Audra McDonald Interview

Tony winner's rescheduled concert hits Dell Hall Tuesday

"...months. With McDonald at last lighting up the Long Center on Tuesday, here's a rerun of our interview with..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Indie Shorts on Display

The Territory Begins New Season

"...Shooting the Breeze Ever wish that your TV would break outside the confines of the humdrum? For..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...the Episodics category. Some of the most eagerly-anticipated upcoming TV shows, including producer Ava DuVarenay's adaptation of Brian Wood's..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frontier Television

"...Museum of Art, Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), and KUHT-TV (Houston), and is broadcast in Austin on KLRU (cable..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Screens Feature

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...by now. She urged me, even if I thought experimental jazz artists of the past 40 years had been..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...photograph by John Anderson ALL THE RAGE..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Scavenging for Home

The NATObombing of Belgrade provoked playwright Lisa D'Amour to examine the intention behind her art and reasons for being an artist.

"...former Austinite, now Lab Director at Minneapolis' The Playwrights' Center. I was feeling downright hopeful about the world, sitting..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...captured in new documentary Alone Together. However, in the centerpiece slot, the old guard will be thrilled at one..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Roll 'Em

March

"...EDtv..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...explore Judaism in a small fellowship that is both experimental and traditional. This spring the Havurah will host rabbis..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Reissues

"...Anyone with even a passing interest in jazz is..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Frontier Television

The Territory 2003 season schedule

"...is that it is available to viewers on broadcast TV through various PBS affiliates. In Austin, The Territory airs..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations

"...GB&tS's monthlong residency concludes Wednesday with the cerebrum-scraping experimental songsters Bad Markings and wild & heavy bass &..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fall Film Previews

September

"...The movie is based on the autobiographical memoirs of TV writer Jerry Stahl and his time in Hollywood's back..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Reflections

"...Robert Rodriguez handles his digital camera during the "Guerrilla..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Gay Place

Where my queers at? SXSW, b'duh.

"...March 7-8, 8pm, Sun., March 9, 7pm. Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. www.thedramazons.weebly.com...."

March 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"..."The Farmboys" in Austin Musical Theatre's Gypsy. photograph by..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...essentially Brown's dictatorship, his next project was a communal experimental band that paid roadies and management the same cut..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...and crepe paper in the painted cinder block recreation center of the Austin State School.Father Knows Best..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

You Can Leave Your Hat On

The ballad of Mambo John Treanor

"...isn't driving to and from Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, a nurse visits his house daily to change his..."

July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Connection of Merce Cunningham and John Cage Chance

"...are always happening to Chance Harper on the Fox TV show Strange Luck? But by the end of the..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Arts Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...a home. The story, adapted from Walter Mosley's novel, centers on Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a WWII vet whose pride..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...a home. The story, adapted from Walter Mosley's novel, centers on Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a WWII vet whose pride..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...Joining a keynote roster that already includes Planned Parenthood..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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