Review: Ground Floor Theatre's Anna in the Tropics

Life imitates art in this tantalizing production of a Pulitzer-winning play

"...modernization. The play takes place in a small cigar factory owned and operated by a tight-knit family, where the..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

First Look: The Obamas Become Producers With American Factory

Upcoming Netflix documentary finds culture clash within global trade

"...American Factory, which screened recently as part of Austin Film Society’s..."

June 17, 2019 Screens Post by Sam Russek

Face Off Recap: Venom on the Sculpting Room Floor

Malice amongst the molds on SyFy

"...RJ's chameleon looks like an explosion in a concept factory, Tara and Athena have mercifully abandoned their plan to..."

Feb. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...(including Shaun of the Dead's Nick Frost as a factory-floor cad). Based on a true story, as far as..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Capital Idea

How Josh Baer helps people 'quit their jobs' to join the bustling hive at Capital Factory

"...business buildings' rooftops in Downtown Austin from the 16th floor of the Omni Hotel. If you're lucky and walk..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Lonesome Jim

Steve Buscemi directs this story about a lovable loser who moves back in with his off-kilter family in Indiana.

"...its titular neighborhood bar or Buscemi’s other film Animal Factory does of its prison setting. The screenplay is the..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dolly Dearest

"...comes to live in Mexico to start a doll factory next to an excavated crypt. Demons come to play..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Dumbo

Another Disney live-action remake, but this one has a little magic

"...Aladdin and The Lion King, soon to leave the factory floor for May and July product launches respectively, will..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mo' Music: 20 Top Tracks of 2013, Part 2

Part 2 of Rob's year-end countdown

"..."Here Again" Factory Floor Regular readers know that repetition of a good..."

Jan. 5, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Human Resources

"...be. His first assignment, creating a questionnaire for the factory floor-workers to complete, is heralded as a master stroke..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Society Documentary Tour

Jennifer Baichwal's Manufactured Landscapes

"...tracking shot from one end of a 480-meter-long Chinese factory floor to the other, where, during an interminably long..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Hightower Report

How Glamorous is Child Labor?; and A Sweet Fix

"...Bangladesh. If so, they might have come from a factory there by the name of Harvest Rich, which produces..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...with Phoebe Bridgers showing up to ringlead her Saddest Factory “corporate retreat” at Mohawk and Wet Leg drawing a..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Taiwanese set features melodic punks Fire Ex. on a factory floor, folk-rock ensemble the Chairs playing alongside an indoor..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Good Eye: Essential Oliver

February 6, 2014. 15 photos.

"...was inspired by vintage work wear, so the lumber factory was a fitting locale...."

Feb. 6, 2014 Photo Gallery

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...10:15pm, Holy Mountain Backyard Against a psychedelicized bed of factory floor guitar fuzz, Auckland, New Zealand's Ghost Wave surfs..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Mo' Music: Jan 16

The latest toots from the musical poop chute

"..."Fall Back" Factory Floor This sparsely active British band can always be..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Music Mo'nday: 5 Favorite New Artists of 2011

Rob's picks for the music's great new hopes

"...Factory Floor It's hard to pin down if they qualify..."

Jan. 9, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Capitol Chronicle

Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas

"...that would have protected workers on the shop and factory floor. A week or so later, the President acted..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Starry Eyes

Roky Erickson's monumental comeback

"...Cream Social; anchoring a SXSW panel on the 13th Floor Elevators, whose Texas Music Hall of Fame award he..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

New Order

Movement: The Factory Years; Power, Corruption & Lies: The Factory Years; Low-Life: The Factory Years; Brotherhood: The Factory Years; Technique: The Factory Years

"...New OrderMovement: The Factory Years (Rhino/Warner Bros./London) New OrderPower, Corruption & Lies: The..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

The Money Factory is what most people call the Western Currency Facility on the northern edge of Fort Worth

"...The Money Factory is what most people call the Western Currency Facility..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ted Versus Technology

Cruz visits Capital Factory and plays prop comic

"...little after 3.30 last Friday afternoon in Austin's Capital Factory. Normally, the start-up employees that co-office here would be..."

Nov. 19, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate

"...dramatized the true story of a corps of female factory workers in the 1920s who were poisoned from painting watch..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Sleep Walk

"...few stools between the two bathrooms, but the dance floor and bandstand in front of the stage were empty,..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Bitter and the Sweet

How Delysia Chocolatier built their brand

"...A year before Nicole Patel finally opened the chocolate factory of her dreams, she found herself sitting on the..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...I was working in the heat of the steel factory in Kladno, I would have been foolish not to..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Food-o-File

A capacity crowd stands up for small, sustainable family farms at Pamela Walker's book signing

"...important paradigm shift away from the chemical-dependent, big agribusiness, factory-farm model to one where small, sustainable family farms are..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...fifth cycle of contestants to come through the fab factory: eager and talented drag performers who’ll go head to..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Start It Up

At Austin Startup Week, money and a good idea may mean the next big thing in tech

"...and organizations looking to get on at the bottom floor of a business that – fingers crossed – may..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

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