Qmmunity: Beautiful, Vibrant, and Queer

Bad news can’t overshadow the brilliance of Austin’s queer scene during Pride

"...On the indoors front, Austin Film Society will be screening Gay USA as part of..."

June 17, 2022 Column by James Scott

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Our readers talk back.

"...the natural environment of the aquifer region and Texas Hill Country. I urge the City Council and city staff..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Learn something new and explore what's out there this fall

"...multistory communal dwellings are probably centuries older than the society in Mexico. The site in the fertile Animas River..."

Nov. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Sun June’s Emotional Landscapes

Songwriter Laura Colwell discusses atmospheric sophomore effort Somewhere

"...a friend's mumblecore movie, which never came out, but filming necessitated their first kiss. Written while living together, Somewhere..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin-made Walker Debuts Tonight

Tune in to the CW as Jared Padalecki steps in Chuck Norris' boots

"...1993 and 2001 (plus a frustrating cliffhanger-ending from spin-off film Trial by Fire), and has lived on in the..."

Jan. 21, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

10 in Focus

Alma

"...not only the audience and subject, but also the filmmaker, crew, and the camera itself, share such a tight..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Charles Whitman in the UT Tower

"...First, 1966 UT "marksmanship display" -- in combination with films like Raoul Walsh's 1949 White Heat and Richard Linklater's..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...put the fate of the Austin Gilbert & Sullivan Society's Gala All-Star Revue -- scheduled for Sunday, December 8,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...years ago at age 102. Working with the Obon Society the museum returned the flag to surviving family members...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

King of the Hillbillies

"...So no one was more surprised than West Virginia filmmaker Jacob Young when Tom Arnold called to talk about..."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Dialogues With Allie Light

"...cancer survivor, that I was going to interview documentary filmmaker Allie Light about her latest film, Rachel's Daughters: Searching..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...feature gets its world premiere as the opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2023...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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Our readers talk back.

"...Gee, why do we even need a "Hill Country Guide to Summer Fun" [May 9] if we..."

May 16, 2003 Column

Short Cuts

"...It was announced this week that the postponed Jack Hill Tribute to be hosted by Quentin Tarantino is now..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

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"...San Antonio Chill..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

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Environs Observer

"...long separated from each other by their marginalizaion in society, are growing in an awareness of their commonalities. The..."

July 25, 1997 Column

Coronavirus and Cinemas: Who's Open, Who's Closed, and What We're Doing

As most cinemas close, we’ll still be here for audiences and filmmakers

"...been a heavy blow to the communal act of film watching. But that doesn't mean there aren't still plenty..."

March 20, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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Notes on the music scene, the music seen, the music herd, and the music heard.

"...strip malls and frontage roads, and its beautiful rolling hill country covered with a sea of cheaply made, cookie-cutter..."

March 30, 2001 Column

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...year, the majors are introducing close to 40 new films during these two months. Add to that another dozen..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Republic, raised in Florida, and now Brooklyn-based, rode the chillwave to prominence in 2010, making sparking pop that rose..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Before the Flood

In the struggle between local environmentalists and developers, Laura Dunn's documentary reminds us, Barton Springs was only the beginning

"...Local filmmaker Laura Dunn (Green) charts Bradley's rise and fall as..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Page Two

Single-member districts would wrest control of the City Council from the residents of heavy-voting, progressive / environmental Central Austin, but would not be a quick fix for any of the civic problems currently laid, somewhat inaccurately, at the feet of the current council.

"...development would have and has overwhelmed Austin and the Hill Country. Money is a major factor, perhaps the single..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column by Louis Black

A Bird in the Hand

"...Russell Smith's capsule review of Selena ("Film Listings," Vol. 16, No 30) was misleading, unfair, and..."

April 4, 1997 Column

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Overhyped Roadshows

"...But Ross Perot is not what this country needs. This country needs a president who is tough,..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Column

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for films – several hundred over the past decade, and they..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blue Starlite Lights Up in Buda

Mini urban drive-in adding overnight camping at new location

"...started looking for a new location, it was Austin Film Society booker Lars Nilsen who suggested looking south, and..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rag Recollections

Former 'Rag' staffers remember the old days, when a Texan was in the White House and America was stuck in a quagmire war

"...Leary, and it was how the rest of the country found out about Gentle Thursday, Austintacious, armadillos, the Oleo..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature

A Better Place

For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals

"...weren't really done. While working at the Boston Zoological Society, Swett had started taking in pet monkeys (which in..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Short Cuts

Music video maven Lance Myers stays up all night to animate the Riddlin' Kids' latest spin, plus pennies from heaven (or: the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund).

"...was insane," related a feverish Myers from an unnamed Hill Country convalescence retreat. "Fifteen-hour days, at least, for all..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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