The Ascent of Mandolin

The next step in Avi Avital's mission to convert the world to mandolin: Vivaldi

"...one flavor in the pasta. Italian perfume's all about highlighting one clean scent...."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

The Q&A Hole: What Does It Take to Succeed in This World?

With Rebecca Beegle, Alex Dobrenko, Asaf Ronen, and more.

"...in Midtown. But before I got too far, the light changed, so I turned around to go back to..."

Jan. 12, 2015 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Over Creation: Solstice Savings Time

How A Christmas Carol and Interstellar instruct us in surviving the holidays

"...so powerful that nothing can escape them, not even light. One plays a prominent supporting role in Interstellar, and..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Arts Column by Robert Faires

First Look: Torchy's Tacos Mueller

Neighbors line up for family dining

"...the patio and employees were quick to come and light the heater near our table, warding off a little..."

Dec. 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Good Eye: Books Are a Slanket for Your Brain

Read your way through those visits with the in-laws

"...expat who wrote 101 Dalmatians was a master of delightful froth; this 1949 novel, often shelved as YA, mixes..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Letters at 3am: Joe Ely's Reverb: An Odyssey

The road goes on forever, and there's never a destination

"...was locked in a boxcar in a song now impossible to find)...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

"Ryan Cronk: Migration Wisdom, Chalk Lines, Tracings, and Undertow"

This solo show explores new existential threats in sharp analytical prints and layered chaotic collage

"...mark over the heads of their viewers. It seems impossible to get to a comfortable viewing distance given the..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Forget it, Jake; it's Sin City.

"...film noir universe in which the future is always impossible, the present rancid, and the past a jangled mass..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...After carefully securing the laptop and making sure a light was on to give the appearance that someone was..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Quick Homemade Sriraja Sauce

"...¼ cup palm sugar, grated (or light brown sugar)..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Food Feature

Lit-urday: NYRB Classics

Reissue series has some offbeat entries for the literary canon

"...Even the most avid reader knows that it’s impossible to keep track of every worthwhile book, much less..."

Aug. 16, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

The Hightower Report: Can a $7 billion penalty be a good deal?

Citigroup made more money from the Fed than it got fined

"...For most of us, paying billions is impossible to imagine, much less do. But this is a..."

July 25, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...while brown" for something as incidental as a broken taillight enter the gateway for a full-fledged, ICE-sanctioned review for..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...mom pointed out to me that day was an impossible insistence of history upon a city and a neighborhood..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...That's impossible, of course, since Haley died on February 9, 1981,..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Muppets Most Wanted

This re-energized franchise has found its second wind: The Muppets' eighth movie proves that eight is not enough.

"...It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights. Yes, those wacky puppets are back in..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Review: 'Impossible Light'

March 14, 2014 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...darkness thrown in for seasoning, the Pedaljets accomplished the impossible last year: They issued a comeback album, What's in..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Don't Fear the Reefer!

Momentum builds for Lone Star legalization of marijuana

"...medi-mari – thus, a clear 77% of all voters (a slight majority of those polled were Republican) favor legalizing medi-pot,..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Film Review: 'Impossible Light'

Some of the best parts of this doc blink out like LED lights

"...patronage has certainly has changed over the years, and Impossible Light is a near-perfect distillation of that evolution...."

March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Jeff Winkler

Greenwald on Politics, Privacy, Journalism

Reporter/editor says bigger Snowden revelations to come

"...to use encryption, it will make it difficult or impossible to continue mass surveillance, and the agencies will have..."

March 10, 2014 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: 'The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz'

Lamenting a death by celebrating a life

"...Young Aaron Swartz shined a light into darkness, and then entered it...."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Michael King

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...are oodles of gratis aviary options that never take flight. More jaded critics claimed Flappy Bird's creator, Dong Nguyen,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...and alumni in competition doc The Great Invisible, Narrative Spotlight Thank You a Lot, Documentary Spotlight Above All Else,..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Urban Rail: Which Way to Connect?

Project Connect recommends a rail corridor – and transit advocates board opposing trains

"...stage, they said, would be very difficult, if not impossible. Leffingwell's Priority Project..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Narco Cultura

This documentary about the Mexican drug wars and their relationship to populist narcocorrido music becomes a fascinating study of the cultural cycle of violence.

"...It’s impossible to watch Shaul Schwarz’s grueling documentary about the Mexican..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Phoenix ‘Live from the Artists Den’ – At Anderson High!

French rockers during ACL Fest 2013: ‘Find us a high school’

"...Last month, 2,000-plus students at Anderson High managed the impossible: keeping a secret show at their school by one..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Playback: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe at ACL Fest

First weekend of ACL Fest – that's a wrap. Number two starts now.

"...lawn chairs. Garage punks Fidlar broke in the Bud Light stage with a frantic set that blew the power,..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Journey Through Hell

Óscar Martínez talks about riding the rails through Mexico to America

"...224 pp., $26.95), journalist Óscar Martínez shines a klieg light into the darkest corners of this well-worn path. As..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Review: The Book of Mormon

Outlandish, unlikely musical hit might make you a believer

"...fold as possible – a mission made all but impossible by the increasingly preposterous tales that form the bedrock..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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