Documentary GameChangers Will Change How You Look at E-Sports

Producer Peter Billingsley on high-stakes professional videogaming

"...convince ESPN to carry your tournament? Who needs them when you have Twitch. Billingsley said, "They don't feel a..."

June 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It

Shall we dive in?

"...Swims" edition of My Park, My Pool, My City, Forklift Danceworks' multi-year in-pool dance performance project, which served as..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

How Rooster Teeth Became an Online Phenomenon

9.5 million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong

"...still standing. Rooster Teeth, which started as funny videos riffing on the game Halo, is now Austin's biggest online..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How José González Took Off

Swedish Argentine reflects on his quietude

"...strings and soft-murmured cadences. Best known for covering the Knife’s “Heartbeats” and soundtracking The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,..."

Feb. 1, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...When a police officer brings someone to the Judge Guy..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...educate them about the community; this time felt no different. She drove to the man's house and waited outside..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Q&A Hole: How Does Something Get "Overrated"?

With Lauren Weinstein, Tim Doyle, Pat Dean, Mark Finn, and more

"...know very well what the saying is, citizen. But if everybody has an opinion, and everybody voices that opinion..."

Sept. 20, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How the Gun-Toting Half Lives

Michael Cargill thrives in the age of open carry

"...OCT clearly felt like they'd won something. Veronica Reynaga, wife of OCT Houston administrator Miguel Reynaga, told me the..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

When You Pause the Heart of an Eagle and Can Feel Its Fear

Steve Moore's smartphone thriller for Fusebox comes to an end.

"...six months and umpteen dozen text messages from three different numbers later, just last week...."

Oct. 22, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How Napster Changed the World and Lost Everything

Alex Winter brings 'Downloaded' to Alamo Slaughter Lane tonight

"...Without Napster, there would have been no iTunes, no Spotify, no Facebook. That's the heart of Downloaded, Alex Winter's..."

July 1, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Joshua Jay Tells You How They Died Their Tragic Deaths

Magicians, their assistants, audience members: Killed onstage

"...to Austin's Jewish Community Center tomorrow night with his true-life tales of how conjurors and their assistants (and sometimes..."

Feb. 18, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How the Aggies Won and Won My Heart

Falling in love … with winning

"...love of winning are inextricably mixed; I love it when the Aggies win, and their 29-24 victory over top-ranked..."

Nov. 12, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

How I Got Hitched

A twentysomething sees his first Hitchcock, and he likes what he sees

"...phone. I just sat. And I watched. I emerged edified, enamored, and charging forward on the path to film..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

FF2012: How Fantastic Fest Got Twisted Up By 'American Mary'

Jen and Sylvia Soska are the new twins of evil

"...Canadian film making duo, American Mary, deals with body modification, their dentine difference is all natural...."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We Talk About When We Talk About Debt

Jennifer Baichwal adapts to screen Margaret Atwood's ideas about indebtedness

"...Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal often makes elliptical, nonlinear films that translate one..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...is really just the crown jewel of what this multifunctional facility's going to be and what it can do..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"..."Naked, If I Want To" (Miller)..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to life with young men scurrying backstage to change into suits..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Page Two: How Your South-by High Can Last Through the Rest of the Year

A veteran festival-goer weighs in

"...reprint a piece from SXSWorld. Not even acknowledging the artificial controversies, this is not a statement by or about..."

March 21, 2008 Column by Kevin Smokler

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...by Svich in 2001 to foster cross-cultural diversity and difference in the arts, and because it gave us an..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"...Mayor Will Wynn is blunt when he talks about the global climate change crisis and..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: When I Write the Book

On luck, anarchy, and the narrative vagaries of life

"...of thousands of dollars' worth of insurance. One time, when my friend Fred was heading back East after having..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...a beer, though I might have swiped a sip when the old man wasn’t looking.    I remember being in..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Talented If Not Young

The artists in Mexic-Arte's 'YLA No. 11' may be beyond youth, but they're still definitely deserving of attention

"...We Are the Youth Gone Wild; guess how old we are? The current edition of Mexic-Arte's annual..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

How He Made 'Fried Worms'

The dirt on director Bob Dolman

"...When production on his sweetly icky and gently comic adaptation..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

'Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers'

Marrit Ingman's new memoir: an excerpt

"...in other words, a great writer's need to convey how her world and your world clash and come together,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

'If Not Edison -- What?'

Austin Interfaith's Alliance programs represent one alternative to failing AISD schools.

"...out Austin for the state's highest drop-out rate, but when it comes to gaps across ethnic and economic divides,..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

How the Wolves Survived

That band from East L.A. keeps getting better

"...the band's past that illuminates who they are and how they got that way. According to drummer Louie Perez,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...as at camp, you're outside the boundaries of daily life, of the usual rules, your standard character. In fact,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Council Wonders If Mass Surveillance Is Safe While APD Says It’s Crucial

License plate readers ignite security vs. privacy concerns

"...APD to use the technology amid growing concerns around how it could be exploited by state and federal law..."

June 13, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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