Newsgeist: 1/12/11

The spirit of the news

"...is all you really needed, right? Today's version has stories on the Texas House, Julian Assange, and Michael Jackson's..."

Jan. 12, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Reading The Riot Act With Devon Parks

Arkansas filmmaker on the lessons of no-resource cinema

"...and now Devon Parks is creating the same stirrings of that early Austin scene in the equally unlikely locale..."

Jan. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rampart

Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.

"...decade for the Los Angeles Police Department in terms of its public image. The citizen video of the Rodney..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...where Nicks is a battalion chief and the president of the firefighters' union. The rest were from people trapped..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Jack the Giant Slayer

Despite a terrific cast, intelligent direction, and state-of-the-art special effects, this fairy tale's gigantic shoes remain unfilled.

"...In the ancient past (prior to the start of the film), the giants who dwelled in the sky..."

March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Texas Book Festival Recap

Texas, books, festivals: Three things Austin foodies have down pat

"...Wow, there’s nothing like staying out of the public eye for several months and losing a..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Keeping the Faith

Women lawmakers endure – and defy – the anti-choice wrath of the Catholic Church

"...in 1914 and found herself among a growing number of black Catholics without a house of worship. Austin's white..."

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Book Festival: First Authors

Margaret Atwood leads the list of 20 authors for the 20th fest

"...Thursday, the Texas Book Festival announced the first slate of marquee authors for the 2015 edition, and as befits..."

July 17, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...it's only natural that you'd want to produce one of his plays, right? And beyond merely mounting one, you'd..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Among Green Pastures Again

Virginia B. Wood on why one of the great Texas cookbooks is being reissued.

"...When Lyndon B. Johnson moved into the White House in 1964, most Americans' perceptions about the Lone Star..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Stacey Abrams, Beastie Boys to Speak at SXSW

Nile Rodgers, Gwyneth Paltrow and more join the roster

"...and The L Word creator IIene Chaiken are some of many names just added to this year's SXSW speaker..."

Feb. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW just unleashed a..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks State Highway..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...The end of the road has come for what may have been..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...Pamela, Powers wrote, "transformed 'hanging out' into a form of creative expression." The groupie lifestyle was "one of the..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips: O. Henry’s Bridge, San Antonio

Iron bridge spans the San Antonio River and 138 years of literary history

"...tree-lined horizon like a green-capped rocket. Downstream the towers of Pioneer Flour Mills reflect off the river...."

Feb. 2, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...most destructive wildfire in Texas history had claimed her house in its first harrowing hours. The horizon line, normally..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Travis County's early voting program, threatened to pull out of the program -- partly due to space problems and..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Boone to Austin Theatre

In 10 years of leading Frontera productions, Vicky Boone has touched many lives and changed the community.

"...a Wonderful Life game: What would the last decade of Austin theatre look like if Frontera Productions had never..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...respects by including them on 1998's Step Inside This House, "Texas Trilogy" stood as Fromholz's signature work. It's a..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...Downtown Austin. From free parties to great bands, loads of outta town talent and a never-ending barrage of social..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Bedside Manner: The Never-Ending Battle

Fighting for truth, justice, and fewer books beside the bed

"...in my own never-ending battle: to reduce the stack of reading matter that's perpetually replenishing itself in the manner..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...keynotes and featured speakers announcement – meaning a ton of celebrities, including Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, and Sydney Sweeney,..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...Set along the rivers and highways of Southeastern Missouri where he was born, If or When..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...In April, as part of its effort to combat the deepening housing shortage, the..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Ruby’s BBQ: Where Austin Music & Barbecue Legends Intersect

Campus-area mainstay celebrates its silver anniversary

"...Many aspects of Austin culture exert a strong gravitational pull – the..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Reefer Roundup 2/11/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...This week we've got news of a big APD bust, human handlers affecting the work..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Final Act

The Texas Documentary Tour hosts Robert Stone's 'Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst'

"...Patty Hearst kidnapping on Feb. 4, 1974, was one of those memory-searing events. Today, violence and political terror are..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59

Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues

"...was darkening after all, … That or the canopy of Spanish moss hanging from the trees had steepled the..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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