Austin Polish Film Festival Breaks New Ground and Keeps Up With Tradition

The 14th fest focuses on the media's responsibility and the perspectives of women

"...a Welsh journalist who, in 1933, discovered the Soviet cover-up of the Holodomor, a Stalin-manufactured famine in Ukraine which..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Point Austin: It Adds Up

The November ballot may look more like a shopping list

"...In most years, budget stories conjure up Con­gres­sional gridlock in D.C., or all-night marathons at the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Last Up Too Early: Bring It, Bitches!

Your chance to fashion critique the LuvDoc

"...foray into fashion criticism, have employed the term "low hanging fruit," which always conjures the image of an old..."

Aug. 1, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Big-Ticket Races Filling Up

If Rick Perry runs for president, who'll run for governor?

"...former state senator spent a lot of last session hanging around the House Chamber. Expect him to run on..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hanging Fire: The Tortuous B&C Task Force

"...task force to revisit the MGT findings. The volunteer group, which included many board members as well as city..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Hanging with the Pulpwood Queens

They've got tiaras and leopard print. I've got a book I desperately want the Pulpwood Queens to read. Welcome to Girlfriend Weekend!

"...include such recognizable names as Robert Leleux, who showed up with his mother made famous in Memoirs of a..."

Jan. 15, 2009 Books Post by Joe O'Connell

Two Thumbs Up His Ass

Michael Medved gives Trans-Texas Corridor rave review

"..."North American Union," he strictly reaches for the low hanging fruit. Instead of a reasonable look at all the..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Eat Him Up

Reviews of the Italian horror maven's Cat in the Brain, The Beyond, Gates of Hell, and Zombie

"...to face with a genuinely disturbing "coming attractions" one-sheet hanging in the lobby. Above the scabby, worm-encrusted visage of..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Longest-Running Stand-Up Showcase Ends After a Decade of Making Stars

Sure Thing is a wrap at 512

"...friendship forms. In June 2012, they launch a weekly stand-up showcase. 512 shows later, the longtime friends and co-hosts,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...into the skull of every young Gen Xer. Growing up then, you were sent out into the dangerous world..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

NBA Star and Music-Maker Chris Bosh Sets Up Shop in the ATX

The future NBA Hall of Fame forward wants it all

"...James and Dwyane Wade, Bosh, who already enjoyed perennial superstar status as a Toronto Raptor, became the trio member..."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

WEST Pop-Up at the Neill-Cochran House Museum

For the West Austin Studio Tour, 15 artists show their work in this historic Austin home to varying and delightful effect

"...unfamiliar with the venue, and, fair. To catch you up: It's one of the 10 oldest buildings in Austin..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Playback: Strike Up the Bond

Can the City finally save endangered clubs? Plus J.J. Offender obit and an Austin Music Poll plug.

"...Spoke property." More importantly, the mini-bonds would be low hanging fruit for wealthy tech companies who need to back..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hanging Out With the Dream King

Mathias Svalina delivers slivers from the oneiroi to your front door

"...But neither are we, ah … listen up for a minute, okay? Let us be frank with..."

March 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mopping Up the Red in Green Room

Austinite Macon Blair on neo-Nazis and Patrick Stewart

"...In a realm of brutal white supremacists, Blair saw Gabe as the antithesis of "the badass..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Cheer Up, Goth

Austin's gay summer is off to a bright and sunny start: It's World Goth Day

"...COME OUT FOR JIMMY Show your support for (and learn how you can help) Austin City..."

May 16, 2014 Column

Gear Up, Beer Up

Craft brewery and brewpub options

"...with pingpong, to boot! The beer garden, perfect for hanging out or working on a beautiful day, will likely..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...and WPIX's Chiller Theatre. The railway cuttings near my upstate New York home were awash in shale-stuck trilobites from..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Needle-Exchange Bill Barely Hanging On

State Rep. Dianne White Delisi all but kills legislation that would let local health departments establish one-for-one anonymous needle-exchange programs

"...show it can reduce the spread of HIV by up to 30%), and does provide easy access to drug..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...its holiday season emphasizing leisure time, disposable dollars, and group activities, is always a period rich with new movie..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The CW Cancels Austin-Made Walker

Show starring Jared Padalecki filmed locally for four seasons

"...Austin film and TV industry, Jared Padalecki will be hanging up his signature white cowboy hat, with the news..."

May 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Songwriting Legend Robert Earl Keen Announces Retirement From the Road

The roots musician will tour through September

"...music, announced that after more than 30 years he’s hanging up his hat and retiring. At least from playing..."

Jan. 16, 2022 Music Post by Robert Penson

Beyond the Lights

A popular singer finds the courage to be herself with the help of a friendly cop.

"...So far as meet-cutes go, Beyond the Lights offers up a doozy. When Los Angeles police officer Kaz (Parker)..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Everyone's favorite rule-breaking copper ends up lost in the snow

"...brilliant but perennially besieged copper investigating grisly murders whilst hanging on to his moral compass for dear life (search..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...Western Railroad), seemed destined to sink without much label support, but it didn't happen that way. Instead, deejays all..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Skate Kitchen

Hybrid narrative/doc gets to the heart of NYC skater life

"...controversial youth-gone-wild flick Kids, Skate Kitchen revolves around a group of young people, sex, skateboarding, and the joys and..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Itzhak

Violin maestro Itzhak Perlman gets the biodoc treatment

"...a dismissive, diminutive term. There was a time when exchanging pleasantries was a sign of civility, and now it's..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fist Fight

A comedy that revels in low-hanging fruit

"...(Day) anxiously awaits word of his re-employment for the upcoming school year. A mild-mannered man, Campbell soon crosses swords..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Nice Guys

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe pair for laughs in this detective caper

"...real prize is in bringing the crooks and the corrupt bastards down a peg. (Hard, hard-boiled truth: You can’t..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Estate Sale Roundup: November 7-9

Keep on truckin' this week for everything under the autumn sun

"...Get up early, you'll want to hit all the estate sales..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

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