Here Comes the Boom

Kevin James plays a biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial-arts fighter; Salma Hayek is his love interest.

"...(James) learns that his cash-strapped employers are contemplating cutting the school’s music program – taught by Scott’s elderly wise-guy..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Here Comes Mr. Achewood

Chris Onstad tours with his Great Outdoor Fight book

"...to someone who's unfamiliar with it? A modern suburban Winnie-the-Pooh on Stella Artois and acid? A funny-animal version of..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

When Tomorrow Comes

"...Policemen ticketing a guy for bathing in the fountain across from The Dallas Morning News at least..."

Oct. 16, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tweaking the ARA Plan

Seven years after its creation, the Austin Revitalization Authority hopes new revisions to its urban renewal plan can push Eastside redevelopment forward.

"...It's been more than four years since the City Council blessed an ambitious urban-renewal plan designed as..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

tick, tick… Boom!

Andrew Garfield is why you'd watch this Rent writer biopic

"...each successive film. From Never Let Me Go and The Social Network to Under the Silver Lake and The..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...Austin has been a government town, and from nearly the beginning, local leaders have wanted it to be more..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming baritone, and..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Don't Believe the Hype

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

"...Just after the rockem-sockem World Trade Organization protests in Seattle -- not..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...It's the third Wednesday morning of the month. Rosewood Apartments resident..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...The four members of AVATACO, a newly formed association of..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...any neighborhood might serve as a case study for the accelerating transition between old Austin and new, it is..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Off the Record

Jesse Dayton walks with a Zombie, while T Bird & the Breaks spice things up for the annual Hot Sauce Festival

"...Songs the Lord Taught Us..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...game company, Crack dot Com, with a nest egg gathered by working for larger firms. photograph by John Anderson..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...Will Wynn became our city's 50th mayor, Austinites found their seats, grabbed their popcorn, and settled in for a..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The New Nuclear Family

What Was Once Inconceivable

"...The scene is not exactly a Norman Rockwell painting, but..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

"...Stahl, Claire Danes, David Andrews and Kristanna Loken. In the 12 years since Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...Striding across the full parking lot of Central Market near Ben White..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Intern

Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro star in savvy but irksome film

"...Nancy Meyers has certainly been accused over the years of making excessively snuggly movies. But she doesn’t..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tracing Austin's Italian Food Boom

How a red sauce town boiled over

"...in distinct waves, as if savvy restaurateurs all had the same great idea at once. Ramen, fusion tacos, or..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Graffiti on the Superhighway

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

"...The Red Fez on Fifth Street fizzed like an underground..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...Wynn was hand-delivered to Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe. The topic was the city's proposed water plant, Water Treatment..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...men and a town. That pretty much sums up the careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, at least..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

At the Top of His Game

Longtime Texas Monthly editor Gregory Curtis calls it quits; deputy editor Evan Smith will succeed him. Louis Dubose, editor of the Texas Observer for 13 years, announces he will retire.

"...As any great athlete will tell you, the best way to finish your career is on top..."

June 9, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Tied to the Tracks

"...The train wouldn't arrive in Austin for years, but our..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    12 »