Moontower Review: New Faces of Comedy

Auditioning comics go wild in six minute slots

"..."I'll bomb, I don't give a shit," Shapel Lacey deadpanned into the mic. After all, he..."

April 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Bakers Feed a Hunger to Serve Their Community

Making cookies and sandwiches is critical to community health

"...people across the world turned to baking, for many reasons, during the pandemic – passing the quarantine time, saving..."

May 21, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...come to be known as "long haulers," experiencing what's sometimes described as "post-COVID-19 syndrome," or "long COVID."..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Toward the Skylin3s With Liam O'Donnell

How the alien invasion franchise took the fight into space

"...They call it the filmmaking process for a reason. When Liam O'Donnell wrapped shooting on his 2017 sci-fi-action-horror..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...89 people were killed and 554 suffered serious injuries. So far in 2020, Austin police have reported (as of..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

A Black Man Is in Critical Condition After Being Struck With “Less Lethal Impact Munitions” at Sunday's Demonstration

Chief Brian Manley addressed police response at Monday presser

"...“crushed” by the weekend’s conflict, a visibly emotional Manley sought to emphasize “that is not what we set out..."

June 1, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Ben Dickey on Being Blaze

Inspiration, fear, and the guiding hand of Vincent D'Onofrio

"...of a musical legend – charisma, talent, a remarkable songwriting gift – but he was never exactly a household..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Budget: Something's Gotta Give

Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council

"...has begun to cool, meaning this year's budget preparation (also as predicted) looks to be much tighter than the..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Grooving With Cass McCombs

“I don’t think people really understand that my music is experimental”

"...interviews as his enigmatic groove poetry demands, but the singer-songwriter-guitarist, 38, laughed easily and often on the dime of..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Walker Lukens Bakes NYC

Loops, balding accountants, and penis postcards

"...debut Devoted may have pegged the Austinite as a solemn singer-songwriter in search of earnest emotional connections. He demonstrated..."

June 29, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...Theater stage Saturday night to present another elaborately-produced, highly personal show. Teaming his Orchestra with Elias Haslanger and Church..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...Paw? What the hell does that mean? Is it some kind of animal disease? Does it have something to..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

In the Name of Ann Richards

AISD's School for Young Women Leaders is a district showcase – does its glittering reputation hide a darker side for teachers and students?

"...Ann Richards was no saint. Talk to any veteran reporter and..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

There’s a Blue Note in Each Song That I Sing Since You’ve Been Gone

George Jones, 1931-2013

"...in 2013 – to be capped with an already sold-out show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 22. The..."

April 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

One Big Guitar

The return of the True Believers

"...Brent Grulke, who helped build South by Southwest into an international reckoning, has died. A..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...is a good idea. We will meet again, very soon...."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...All showcases subject to change WEDNESDAY PICKS Dale Watson..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Dressing Down the Superhero

How the irreverent comic Kick-Ass made the leap from page to picture show

"...takes the paycheck, and retreats to his fortress of solitude...."

April 16, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Playing Through

The Texas Rollergirls on Sarah Palin and what it takes to be both tough and feminine

"...no easy calculation. She should be tough but not hard. Decisive but not bitchy. Smart but not brainy. Becoming..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Microbrew Renaissance

It's a good time to drink beer in Texas

"...it has finally reached a boil. There really are some great things happening in the Lone Star State (so..."

July 4, 2008 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin America share an understanding that..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...from critical favorites (Melvin and Howard, Stop Making Sense, Something Wild) to the Academy Award-winning The Silence of the..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...from critical favorites (Melvin and Howard, Stop Making Sense, Something Wild) to the Academy Award-winning The Silence of the..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Sick. Sick. Sick! It's hard to describe this feeling I get when I see..."

April 11, 2003 Column

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...class, due in part to the cello and steel sounds of Frank Kammerdiener. Such airy elegance is balanced by..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Shadows Over Bergstrom

The economic and security changes of the last two years set off ripples at Bergstrom Airport.

"...gates) of the Barbara Jordan Terminal, far from the Southwest, American, and Continental gates that carry the bulk of..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to a sudden end a little..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...where I've been working on a photo project in Kosova and Macedonia. Just before I left the U.S. in..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...were reading the "adult" New York Times. You may also have read the Austin American-Statesman and The Dallas Morning..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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