Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...on social crusades when it so moves her. She'll get naked for a charity calendar, then turn around as..."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM: Open Letter to Sharon Doubiago

The reason I can't read Sharon Doubiago's book is that I, like she, was shaped by incest and rape

"...Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl: A Memoir, Volume I – how to tell you I can't..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Boot Camp Challenge: Week One

If Barack Obama can become president, I can certainly lose 16 pounds in six weeks

"...Mon., Jan. 19, 6am: Day 1 Measurements and a Mile My plan for waking up in..."

Jan. 24, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

When the Science Guy Is Still in Short Pants

Welcome to Enzoology.com

"...bounces like a pinball between exhibits in the Texas Memorial Museum, happily running full speed through what he knows..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Sarah Jean Billeiter

Beyond the Frame

Curator Elizabeth Dunbar likes art that punches through the gallery walls

"...the exhibition that involved replacing a lawn with a vegetable garden. And soon she will present an exhibition on..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Master Blaster

Q&A with Dave Alvin

"...resulting compilations. A recent set of releases features highly recommended best-of collections from Buddy Miller, Tom Russell, and Dave..."

Nov. 19, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Finding Gold in a Dust Bowl

Jenny Lewis, Bill Murray, and other nuggets from ACL

"...My friends back East don’t fully get it. “No, it’s a festival that’s pretty much Downtown,”..."

Oct. 1, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

They're a Little Odd and Don't Know It

Randy Newman likes Billy Joel?

"...When a twentysomething colleague heard mention of Randy Newman, she cocked her..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

A middling Bar and a wealth of questions

"...22. But a few are trickling out now – some on cable, some on Fox (which only a short..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...of my toilet, along with A Brief History of Time, an episode of The Paris Review, a few well-worn..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Night and Day With Maceo

Still blowin'

"...“Maceo, blow your horn!” James Brown hollered that famous refrain nearly 45 years ago..."

Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

1-2-3-4!

Marky Ramone defends the Ramones, Phil Spector.

"...There’s nothing quite like the Ramones to get you through the holidays. Friday at Emo’s, longtime drummer..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Mountain Goats Gruff

Getty's got the Mountain Goat on the horn.

"...The first time I heard John Darnielle's voice, he ripped my heart..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

At Risk

Nick Cassavetes on Alpha Dog

"...(She's So Lovely, The Notebook) is back behind the camera this month with Alpha Dog, a fictionalized account of..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Understanding Islam

Steve Moore's latest play makes a pilgrimage to the truth of a misunderstood faith

"...For some 225 years, this country never felt any pressing need..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the same, I must destroy Happy Jack.    The game is shuffleboard,..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Cardinals Down the Drain: To Night the Impossible Mare?

"...After the fold below are some text-message exchanges between a family member – one of..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

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"...through the process that earned these houses a historic recommendation from the HLC and majority support from the Planning..."

May 7, 2004 Column

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"...can to ensure it will effectively dominate the federal government, perhaps forever. Redistricting Texas to prevent Democrats being elected..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column

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"...["TV Eye," Screens, Jan. 4] until the Top 10 Disappointments' No. 7. You just don't get it. Poor Mexicans..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column

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"...Massacre. I was just wondering if you could provide me any insight on the subject. Your archives don't go..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

Happy Trails to You

Writer-director Jill Sprecher journeys toward enlightenment in "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"

"...is a complicated enigma, an Eisenhower-era hostess who puts me at ease at the expense of herself. When I..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Piet Levy

Beveridge Man

How a little Austin distillery caught the attention of worldwide vodka drinkers.

"...when Tito's Handmade Vodka won the 2001 Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirit Competition, signifying that..."

April 19, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Resident Evil

Wild, senseless, sexy adaptation of the popular zombie shoot-'em-up video game

"...Paul Anderson. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Colin Salmon and Marison Nichols. Like your first..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...Memo to Bunch: Lay Off Jackie and Daryl..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column

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Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...in her letter to you that I made a statement which she says "is simply not true." She quoted..."

May 18, 2001 Column

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"...Street," May 4]. A pudgy cop, mouth agape in some kind of yell, charges forward with pepper spray to..."

May 11, 2001 Column

Crafting the Song

Austin theatre actor Robert Fisher has the heart of a rock & roller, the work ethic of a medieval craftsman, and the style of a Bob Fosse. Either he's in the wrong business or he is, as playwright Kirk Lynn calls him, "a wonder."

"...Rude Mechanicals director Shawn Sides has one word to say about..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Letters at 3AM

Let's Get Drunk and Read Poetry

"...It falls to me to write this on the night of Gore's concession..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...five years in the Texas House of Representatives, to become one of the year's more contentious electoral battles. For..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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