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

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

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

Postmarks

"...her negative impression of the Cinemaker Coop's super 8 film festival, "Attack of the 50-Foot Reel." As a Coop..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Public Notice

"...on your lunch hour (not to mention that big-calorie country cooking, courtesy of the Old Alligator Grill)? Tickets are..."

May 5, 1995 Column

Page Two: Creative Mass

The people who forged Austin's identity also helped fuel its growth

"...become a sprawling metropolis spreading like kudzu over the Hill Country. Instead of being one of the least expensive..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...tap into the love all Texans have for the Hill Country and its Great Springs. With your help, and..."

July 26, 2002 Column

Our Man in Cannes

UT filmmakers and mo(o)re

"...experience. "The festival was impenetrable," the 35-year-old UT student filmmaker says. "I had full accreditation but couldn't get tickets..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Feature by Russell Cobb

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...racist death penalty system that we have in this country (not to mention the concomitant rabid presumption of guilt..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to the west from downtown -- the once green hills, our Violet Crown at sunset, are covered with homes..."

July 11, 2003 Column

Through a Student's Lens, Quirkily

Texas Documentary Tour presents "10 Under 10"

"...group of fresh-eyed, UT student docmakers on a class film-project mission, and be prepared to see a quirky side..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Short Cuts

"...turned out to be a lovely choice for the film, which uses the small-town atmosphere as a key creative..."

May 29, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Chris Eska

Director Chris Eska on Slacker 2011

"...combination of a flash mob notice on the Austin Film Society site, Facebook, Twitter, and various people posting it..."

Aug. 31, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Modernism and Me

Modernism and those funny feelings at the Heritage Society of Austin's Mid-Century Modern Heritage Homes Tour

"...as if I've wandered, terribly miscast, into some Antonioni film. On the other is what the visions of Frank..."

May 30, 2008 Design Post by Cindy Widner

Postmarks

"...in my town!" referring to cities all over the country -- yes, even Los Angeles and New York...."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

Postmarks

Latino Leadership

"...planet. We are so involved in the hypertrophy of society that any form of derisory critique is severely masochistic...."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

Adonis Rising

Matthew McConaughey

"...a virtual unknown in the lead, but in a film well-padded with "names," that risk was well-taken...."

July 26, 1996 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...charm, a high-rise of steel and glass surrounded by Hill Country. At the center sit more stages running nightly..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events

Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town

"...local eats and a near-endless array of ales. Twangy country collective the Lonesome Heroes will put a Southern spin..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 1-7

"...questions. So each week, we’ll fill you in on films, readings, book clubs, and more where crime does pay..."

July 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...cherish this bit of heaven in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. We encourage anyone who cares about our fragile..."

March 25, 2005 Column

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...friendly activities (6:30pm), an eclipse presentation by led by Hill Country Alliance’s Night Sky Program Manager Dawn Davies (7:30pm),..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...eight rooms of Charlie Uniform Tango. He counted UT's Film Department and the Austin Film Society as clients, as..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...two are soaking up the first blue notes of chilled West Coast jazz before slipping into a pair of..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Monkey Time

How communing with the apes inspired the artists of the Texas Monkey Project

"...that set Andy Cockrum off. As a youth, the filmmaker developed a fondness for certain simians of the screen:..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Public Notice

"...monthly Moonlighting strolls through their gorgeous slice of Texas Hill Country, off Capital of Texas Highway. The Once in..."

June 21, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

Closings and Openings, Hirings and Aspirings, Wining and Dining and Economic Undermining in Austin’s Food Industry

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Meanwhile, Arizona-based fast-casual restaurant chain Flower Child is set..."

Oct. 5, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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