Genre Mashup Remnant: From the Ashes Gets the Recipe Right

Gunfire Games hits a bull's-eye with its new action RPG

"...Gunfire Games' latest came out of nowhere. Maybe it was the bland name or that people slept on..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Iron Orchard Gets Its Day on Screen

Austin Film Festival shows the film adaptation of the classic Texas novel

"...Standing in the shade opposite the historic John Bremond Jr. House at Seventh and..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Put a Cape on It

Donning layers of costumery may reveal layers of secret identities

"...I sent my son to school last week with two red pox on his neck and no explanation...."

May 15, 2015 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Blood Over Texas Gets Fleshy

Eighties horror celebrated at the North Door

"...horror society Blood Over Texas wants to resurrect them with Splatterdrome, a celebration of all things terrible and technological...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Gets a Little Girlier

Forever Fest will be held Nov. 1-3 at the Ritz

"...– from Austenland to Mean Girls – but now it's finally taking that celebration of all things double-X-chromosomed and..."

Sept. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

'Somebody' Gets a Hometown Welcome

Bob Byington and Nick Offerman wag their jaws

"...audience's adoration for Somebody Up There Likes Me at its opening night at the Violet Crown Cinema last night...."

April 6, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

First Project Under New Ordinance Gets Nod

Project in Barton Springs Zone wins unanimous council approval

"...City Council last week unanimously approved the first big construction..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Hall Hustle: If You Don't Build It, They Will Still Come

The welcome mat can only hold so many people

"...Keeping up with the city of Austin's national awards is becoming a..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...from everybody else is, apparently, a distaste for mainstream respectability (house, car, spouse), very often accompanied by some combination..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Ada Calhoun

ASHwell Gets a Sexual Health Home Base

Kink-positive org destigmatizes sexual health at new clinic

"...lease on the 3100 Red River space the entire city shut down due to COVID-19. And now, ASHwell takes..."

Sept. 21, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Austin Police Live by Their Own COVID Rules, It Seems

A closer look at vaccine and mask policies among Austin's first responders

"...can't yet be vaccinated or who have added medical vulnerabilities...."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: It Hurts When We Do That

As the old doctor joke goes, then stop doing that. Good advice for City Hall.

"...I had hoped to not need to write again about the hash we have made of our..."

May 21, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars

Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place

"...From 2011 to 2019, the city of Austin paid $8 million in settlements to victims..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings

Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy

"...Shaver left this world Wednesday, Oct. 28, at a hospital in Waco. According to local sources, the country music..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The First Rule of Dinner Club Is ... Well, Let’s Talk About It

Austin’s array of subscription-based nomfests will please your palate, expand your experience, and maybe even comfort your budget

"...Clever old metaphor, that. Nicely alliterative, meaning "back up your words with something more substantial."..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc: Faking It

Faking an orgasm is sort of like going to your happy place and finding an exercise bike

"...if I come. The thing is, I never come with him – not because the sex isn't great and..."

July 6, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Enrollment Stalling, IDEA Gets Magnetic

IDEA begins recruiting districtwide, magnet-style

"...first proposed handing campuses over to IDEA Public Schools, it was sold to parents and trustees as a way..."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Local Pork Gets Schooled

Austin restaurants and businesses are prepped to help you eat local and use everything but the oink

"...more passionate about local, fresh, natural pork than Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club (www.daidueaustin.com, 769-7261). With any..."

April 10, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Tea Gets Hot in Austin

Austin's new cup of tea

"...Maybe it's the reported benefits of heart health, cancer prevention, and..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Food Feature by Lindsey Goodwin

Barbara Chisholm on the Top 10 Things to Top It Off

"...but when you bring out the Fleur de Sel, it's with delicate precision that one sprinkles the flaky granules...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Sound Checking for a Pulse, and Finding It

The rock docs in this year's 24 Beats Per Second program rattle and hum with soul and revolt.

"...below the river, in the heart of Travis Heights, sits an enormous house with a porch and a tire..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Better Git Hit in Your Soul

Former Austinite George Ratliff returns to town with his new documentary, Hell House, which explores the Trinity Church's way of converting teens to Christ -- by scaring the pants off them.

"...Church, so hell-bent (sorry) on saving us? "We believe it's the responsibility of the church to warn our culture..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...reasons to love Austin and the enormous, unique state it’s part of...."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...But it’s not Reynolds referring to his friend and bandmate Bruch..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chris Cubas: Hashtag, You're It

#PointsMe champion returns to take on the Moontower crowds

"...Chris Cubas is part of the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival again, but not because he recently won the..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Centro-Matic Packs It In

With a sprawling, sold-out show at the Parish Thursday

"...brings the group to an end on Dec. 18 with a sold-out show at the Parish having become a..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Boxer Rebellion Gets Yang'd But Good

Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang brings his newest work to Austin

"...Qin Shi Huang, in full warrior gear. There's the spirit of St. Joan, Joan of Arc, bright with battle..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...Despite the large quantity of drugs and methamphetamine-manufacturing chemicals seized..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...has bound the Texas energy business to the Texas political system and the way that tradition has now been..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

What It Is to Be Human

Actor Martin Burke, now in the midst of his fifth sell-out run as David Sedaris' Little Elf in The Santaland Diaries, talks about that show's success and his career as an actor.

"...I wish everybody could sit down and talk for an hour or two with..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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