Give Him Enough Rope

John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.

"..."I started The Dinosaur Within at a playwright's retreat in El Paso, Texas, the summer before David died,"..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...by a noise. Her husband, Roger, had just left home to return to his office, and when Penny turned..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...addition to the previously announced opening night film from hometown hero Richard Linklater, Everybody Wants Some, Keith Maitland has..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Finding God in the Gumbo

Once in the Ninth Ward and now in the Hill Country, the Smoking for Jesus Ministry serves up Real New Orleans Style fare with a side of spiritual nourishment

"...They made arrangements with the Church Alive Conference & Retreat Center in Lumberton (north of Beaumont) and began calling..."

May 4, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Day Trips: Bay View Restaurant, Marble Falls

Enjoy a patio and dining room with a view

"...an overnight stay of the area, check out the Retreat on the Hill. The Retreat shares the ridge with..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...A decade ago, Eric Burton returned home to California from college in New Mexico to help..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Visit historic Presidio La Bahia, take a scenic drive, and more

"...and a half northwest of Austin on TX-71 and home to some great barbecue. From here all roads lead..."

March 31, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Gay Place

Let your hair (and other things) down at ArtErotica, Body Rock, and Lezz Dance

"...SPIRITUAL PRIDE RETREAT 2014 Camping weekend extravaganza open to youth ages 12-17,..."

April 4, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

City Hall Hustle: No Ports in This Storm

Ruthless economic climate has city bracing for budget season

"...measures, including obesity and smoking. But overall, it hammers home two bleak findings: One, that "over the past decade,..."

April 8, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

"...cottages are still offering the traveling public a special retreat from the highway. As the oldest continuously operated motel..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Making of a President

While waiting for election recount results, George W. Bush is imitating Lyndon B. Johnson while allowing his staff to run the show.

"...The Stetson, the khaki jacket, and the retreat to the ranch might be called GWB's LBJ makeover...."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Evil Does Not Exist

A glamping development threatens a small mountain village in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car

"...of time splitting up tree branches for firewood at home, where he lives with his 8-year-old daughter Hana (Nishikawa),..."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Mother

From the director of Notting Hill comes this story about a middle-aged woman who reignites her sex life with a much younger man.

"...fatal heart attack. Bobby tries to usher May back home, but she’s not having it – for her, retreat..."

July 2, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Theatre in the Round (Rock)

Penfold Theatre makes its entrance up north – where it's always wanted to be

"...that closely again." Martin (class of '03) left his home state to train at the London Academy of Music..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT to End Football Program

Governor, Lege order budget cuts: 'Need to tighten belts ... and jockstraps'

"...from an encrypted athletics cell phone number. Reached at home, where he had gone to await media reaction, UT..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Dec. 3, the city's planning commission is hosting a "retreat," 9am-1pm on the third floor of One Texas Center...."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: Glasshouse

South African pandemic horror is really about tradition and stories

"...aging but gorgeous greenhouse attached to a manor, now home to a family of three daughters, one son, and..."

Sept. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman disappears into the role of the beloved English statesman

"...country facing the imminent threat of bloodshed on its home soil (the Blitz was soon to come), and demonstrates..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival Announces Second Wave of Films

Jeff Nichols' Loving gets a Texas premiere

"...Osment, Christopher Meloni Mid-twenties, unmotivated, and still living at home with his mother and stepfather, Charlie Brenner is given..."

Aug. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Digging for Fire

Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes

"...for the weekend. Holed up in their plush vacation home, Tim (Johnson, who co-wrote the script with Swanberg) has..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Articulations

A busy summer for Austin artists.

"...Center... The writers of Austin Script Works, another local home for playwrights, and their plays have been traveling. Artistic..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Hill Country Compendium

Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood has been scouting the Hill Country looking for all the new bed & breakfasts, restaurants, and other interesting places she can find.

"...beers.WIMBERLEY21. The Lodge at Creekside, Country Inn & Conference Retreat 310 Mill Race Lane..."

April 7, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Thomas Crown Affair

"...as well), jets her off to his private mountaintop retreat in Martinique, and generally makes hay 'til the cows..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

MUD Myths

"...real estate I have ever owned is my own home. Being residents there, we also were very concerned about..."

April 18, 1997 Column

Hamlet

"...which modern viewers can key. When he has Hamlet retreat into a library and lean against a wall, his..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Rich Man's Wife

"...shifty-eyed pool player, causing her to beat a fast retreat. Only, on the way home, her open-air jeep breaks..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Film

Film Reviews

"...Disease. Eventually, she checks herself into a New Age retreat that is designed to alleviate the symptoms of people..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Claire of the Moon

"...in Austin is its theatrical debut outside of its home town of Portland where it was filmed. It tells..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantasia Review: Glasshouse

South African period horror hides transgression under gentility

"...aging but gorgeous greenhouse attached to a manor, now home to a family of three daughters, one son, and..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Graceful Dead

Almost 50 years of Jerry Garcia worship comes full circle

"...wasted civilian audience. Two songs in and a quick retreat became imperative – like an evening in Anaheim the..."

June 30, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

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