Richard Linklater on His New Film Last Flag Flying

Cranston, Carell, and Fishburne star in the director’s most mature film to date

"...Facts, especially in a time of war, are not just a matter..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries

Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here

"...A city of murals and outdoor sculptures and inspired graffiti, art is all around you in Austin –..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Fun Fun Fun Q&A: Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop pioneer predicts Martians breakdancing to “Planet Rock”

"...Regarding the birth of hip-hop, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and..."

Nov. 5, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Slim Richey 1938-2015

Austin’s jazz maverick peaces out

"...“The most dangerous guitar player in Texas” wasn’t half as threatening as that handle implies...."

June 1, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Equality Texas and the Dangers of 'Good Enough'

Sarah Davis endorsement falls short on promoting LGBT equality

"...It's perhaps as clear a sign as anything that Texas still has a long way to go..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

On the Scene With Cine Las Americas

The festival director talks about finding international emerging voices and programming in the age of piracy

"...As the Cine Las Americas Film Festival enters its 16th year, it's..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Invaluable Information

Technology, privacy, hacking, and legislating in the new Digital Age

"...On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Girls on the Bus

Girls groups, from the back of the bus to Rhino Records.

"...Weekday morning sounded the same as I boarded the bus during..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Brand Upon the Brain

Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary

"...Tide knows laundry. That much you can count on in this world. And the reason the Tide brand has..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Forever Young

The alumni artists of "YLA 15" continue to transform our world into their own

"...In the 15th iteration of Mexic-Arte Museum's annual "Young Latino..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It's Noon. Do You Know What Your Children Are Eating?

Fernando Saralegui is in 'Papi's Kitchen' trying to help kids with healthy habits

"...Saralegui is, as usual, at the center of a whirlwind of activity. A self-described type-A personality, the Austin cookbook..."

June 9, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Letters at 3AM

Happiness costs. I know better now than to indulge this happiness, but still I drive on and I can't or won't stop. It isn't right that I and my Chevy, and you and your car, eat up the world's resources at the rate we do. We're driving in sin.

"...father truly happy and almost free was on a winter night when I was 10. We had driven, for..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

From 380 Angles

Karen Kocher's multimedia 'Austin Past and Present' tells hundreds of stories in almost as many ways.

"...The story of Austin could never be told from start to finish. Sure,..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

From Scratch

Starting in the Seventies with an old house and old equipment, Sweetish Hill soon baked its way into Austin lore

"...and Tom Neuhaus are sure about a couple of things: They considered calling the new business Neuhaus-Bauer but decided..."

July 4, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Tamaladas y Posadas

Mexican Christmas Traditions Alive and Well in Austin

"...their fourth annual posada procession down East Sixth Street, stopping at homes and businessesphotograph by John Anderson I bought..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films

Rising filmmakers from around the state get essential support

"...at the state and national level seem to be eying arts funding – and the existence of the arts..."

Jan. 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Inside the Facebook Wars Dividing Thousands of AISD Parents

Who comes first in Austin schools?

"...and teachers grappled with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, switching multiple times a day between virtual and face-to-face instruction,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...When the Houston comic, who's in town for the Moontower Comedy Festival, got his first..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tillie Walden: Talking Comics

"If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”

"...Tillie Walden, that Ignatz-winning author of the new graphic novel Spinning, will be..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...In retrospect, confrontation seemed almost inevitable. Everyone saw it coming,..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Talking Curation With Art Alliance Austin's Asa Hursh

Lora Reynolds Gallery's exhibition of work by Troy Brauntuch, Andy Coolquitt, and Jeff Williams proves a good case study in putting together an art show

"..."No, I've got nothing." I stare at a vertical rectangle of rich midnight..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Actors' Inequity

The Cost of Art IV: The artists onstage in Austin aren't just not paid what they're worth, many aren't paid at all

"...walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...You've just come off a winning hand that by all rights shouldn't have paid off..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"..."Only a sustained, informed, courageous, and humane struggle can build a living..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

David Lindsay-Abaire: The Interview

The 'Good People' writer goes back to the old neighborhood

"...chance to see the Different Stages production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, the most produced play in the U.S...."

May 11, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

War and Pieces

Mayor's Book Club takes on Kevin Powers' 'The Yellow Birds'

"...Kevin Powers’ debut novel, The Yellow Birds, looks like a..."

April 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...Four times a year, Sheila Fabrizio travels to Austin from her home in Allentown, Penn­sylvania, with her 20-year-old..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...Gullett is the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see the..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...but the news from Fantastic Fest 2009 is cool, chilling, and guaranteed to make your blood run cold. (And..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Shape of Things to Come

What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.

"...weather, everyone talks about the future, but nobody does anything about it. At least, that's often how it feels..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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