Days of Future Past

The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...a trampoline, is enjoying boffo box office for Mission: Impossible, and the nation is afflicted with the musical virus..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Younger Than Yesterday

Brothers and Sisters, tighter than yesterday, looser than today

"...of Uncle Bob's Self Storage glints in the dusky sunlight. The atmosphere is bleak inside the gated compound, one..."

July 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Will 'Safe-P' and TDCJ Be Held Accountable?

Legislative committee will hear testimony on a controversial substance abuse treatment program

"...a 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning exposé in the Point Reyes Light by then-publisher Dave Mitchell. "It's unfortunate that Synanon became..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Page Two: Unreasonably Reasonable

Political arguments depend on mutual respect

"...the debates become overly intense, personalized, self-sanctified, and nearly impossible to resolve in a constitutional republic...."

June 27, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Playing Through

Pitching Chico and Johnny Save the World

"...The thing is, though, we won't be able to green-light the project without some small changes. Hope you're cool..."

May 2, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Cool Austin, Cool Planet

This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress

"...Since the city hasn't been talking, it's been nearly impossible for citizens and environmental advocates to evaluate its progress...."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Call to Color: Cult of Color

The ballet based on Trenton Doyle Hancock's art may be problematic thematically, but it's still an enthralling experience

"...and then lose those boundaries via spot-on choreography, seemingly impossible motion, and immense physical beauty. From slithering floor slides..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Myth Steps

Trenton Doyle Hancock's mythic creatures rise from the canvas, with help from Stephen Mills and Graham Reynolds

"...Mills: With Trent's work, it was impossible to just walk by and say, "Oh, that's a..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Die Another Day

On renewal, 'Red Cavalry,' and the joys of creating, despite the hostile storms and vicious seas

"...and reader is at best quite complicated and almost impossible to figure out. Some of the interactions are obvious,..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Sunshine (State) on My Shoulder, Part 1

A deeper look at the work of Florida's ragtag art collective, The Highwaymen.

"...to Florida landscapes, especially the skies and how the light plays against vivid verdant backdrops. Shown here en masse,..."

Dec. 17, 2007 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...Protection Plan, the public-private stakeholder task force achieved a once-impossible feat. The traditionally conservative Home Builders Association of Greater..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...story of the pistol would ever have come to light...."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Cat and Mouse

Slipping in and out of dreams, films, and comics, in which nothing is revealed

"...and "freethinkers," who, wowed by the administration, were so delighted to scuttle and torment liberals that they gladly abandoned..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Column by Louis Black

A Food Writer's Favorites From ACL Fest

Back and forth between the concerts and food court

"...My food and music highlights:..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...The immediate appeal for the city to rezone this light industrial property to attract a bunch of tony stores,..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Attack of the Crickets

UT suffering under plague of field crickets

"...the tower. (We assume the insects are drawn to light and not UT football victories.)..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Eating Fresh in Texas

Local foodies are reveling in a festival of produce

"...a find as discovering them in a bush. They're impossible to resist. When she was a little girl in..."

June 22, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

'The King of Colored Town'

An excerpt

"...enjoyed a degree of freedom that would have been impossible for me to comprehend. Life with Mama Fanny was,..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Darryl Wimberley

Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 2

Nashville, Coconut Grove, and points in between

"...there is only one recording I know of: the impossible-to-find, insane tribute to alcohol and who knows what else,..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Wilco

"...or you won't," Tweedy shrugs on opener "Either Way," highlighting a fatalistic ambivalence that meanders throughout. The album's more..."

May 18, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...Wilder: that peculiar combination of acidic verbal virtuosity and confectionary-light romanticism. One minute Sabrina is waxing poetic about the..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Polygamous Possible Prophet Update

FLDS leader Warren Jeffs reportedly reveals he's mere mortal

"...the West Texas flock didn't turn on a single light (save for two, attached to a public water supply..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Site Unseen

"America Starts Here" shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible

"...consulted before it was installed, what the controversy really highlighted was the need for community involvement in public art..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Letters @ 3AM

The widespread and richly deserved condemnation of President Bush's new Iraq "plan" has been high on rhetoric and low on specificity

"...so quorums – and, therefore, decisions – have been impossible. As The Christian Science Monitor put it: "The Iraqi..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

The Nutcracker

Everything about Ballet Austin's 44th annual production of The Nutcracker breathes artistry, with numerous disparate elements coming together seamlessly, thanks to choreographer Stephen Mills

"...heard some of its music, as it is practically impossible to live in the western world today and not..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Keep on Growing

Derek's main Domino Bobby Whitlock settles in his legend in Austin

"...the cream of those compositions set Austin's Saxon Pub alight. It hardly mattered that the South Lamar institution was..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Black Confused on Free Speech

"...is not telling them to shut up" adds little light, as it could apply equally well to any side..."

Nov. 27, 2006 Postmarks

When the Family Business Is the Oldest Profession in the World

AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Mystelle Brabbée's 'Highway Courtesans'

"...A different film than the many out there about red-light districts and sex trafficking in India."..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

What Is This Miracle Called Movie Music?

Making movie-music magic 'Infamous'

"...ducks well in a row prior to the green light going on. I still can't believe I said I..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Mark Rubin

The Zen of Revolution

Career sideman Michael Ramos steps out with 'Charanga Cakewalk'

"...Loteria de la Cumbia Lounge did what seemed previously impossible: bringing intelligent writing and diverse arrangements to compositions that..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

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