Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...In so doing, he lays bare a blithely dark yet accepting perspective of of the..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Faster Than Sound: Versatile Electronic Producer Qrion Finds Calm in Austin

I Hope It Lasts Forever arrives Friday at the Concourse Project

"...Juicy J and a song from Legend of Zelda went viral on Vine. Her first visit to Austin for..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"...much. In a city like Austin (as if there were any other cities like Austin), the past two decades..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Goya's Ghosts

Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, Goya's Ghosts is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.

"...great Spanish painter and engraver Francisco Goya (1746-1828) stands forever as a marker between the worlds of the old..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Our readers talk back.

"...Well-Qualified Teachers..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

The Emperor's Club

"...buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

311 Story in Error

"...door policy at the 311 Club is not lax. We have received three congratulatory letters from TABC on the..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

The Frank Mills Call It Quits After 500th Show

Why is one of the city’s top improv troupes breaking up?

"...city’s most acclaimed improv troupes, have been performing a weekly show at ColdTowne Theater since April of 2010. Hell,..."

Dec. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Can't Stop the World

Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat

"...sofa in the basement studio of her house in West Lake Hills, nods. On the cushion next to her..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...Austin film-gazers will see one fewer star in this year's constellation of fall events. The..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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Our readers talk back.

"...has been driven out of business because it wasn't allowed to let consenting adults enjoy a legal product...."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column

The Man Who Loved Little Girls

"...We live in paranoid times. Maybe it's the millennium, maybe..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...125 films, and six catalogues of music, today's announcement swells their ranks...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Nowhere to Go

The struggles of homeless teenagers and young adults often go overlooked in Austin

"...few distant relatives, but ended up stuck at an Austin-area Greyhound bus station. For a day and a half,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Angst Is Their Co-Pilot

'Only the Young' charts the agony and ecstasy of a certain age

"...Being more or less the only pedestrians, teenagers are highly visible in the landscape of Santa Clarita, Calif...."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of standout films made by Austin directors. Today, the..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cram Session

Catching up on the first three seasons of Friday Night Lights

"...oft-repeated surely it's trademarked by now. You've got a week to binge-watch the first, second, and third seasons; barring..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Zeppelin 3

"...“Arctic Circle,” pronounced my father when first informed of Norwegian hospitality. Top of the world, ma! If I ever..."

March 28, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

HPBC is on the minds of many this week; Gotham lingers in the shadows.

"...I did want to make clear, however, that the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association fully supports Five..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column

Postmarks

"...the heart. It does more for human relations and dare I say "race" relations than all the hot air..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column

Texas to Execute Father Accused of Murdering Child Despite Innocence Argument

Will Gov. Abbott allow Robert Roberson to be put to death?

"...Robert’s case is that there was no crime,” Grisham answered. “In most wrongful conviction cases you’ve got a murder..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...Now two months way, South by Southwest Music released its largest block of bands to date..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Where to begin? Well, let's start with some local flavor. In addition to..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest

Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup

"...from cult directors Takashi Miike and Sion Sono, star power from Keanu Reeves and Jake Gyllenhaal, and the long-awaited..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Endgame

Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned

"...and Nigel O'Hearn is on the patio – there are no tables open inside. But even though it's the..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

The Girls on the Bus

Girls groups, from the back of the bus to Rhino Records.

"...Weekday morning sounded the same as I boarded the bus..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM: A Sweetness of Brick

Old New York is gone; only the replicas remain

"...opened in 1993, its massive pyramidal structure, filled with well-replicated artifacts of ancient Egypt, featured a model of midtown..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...WEDNESDAY PICKS..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Our Son Should Not Have to Spend 20 Years in Prison

"...Dear Editor, Two young men agreed to settle their differences in a way..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Postmarks

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