Wish You Were Here!

Austin's Public Art Provides Fodder for Naughty Doddering

"...the hare. "Texas letters," pipes up an eagerly bronzed J. Frank Dobie, "ain't the only thing we're giants in,..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Ada Calhoun

Postscripts

What were the big literary news stories in the region for 1999?

"...Just three years ago, the house in which Katherine Anne..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

The $10 house in which Katherine Anne Porter grew up in Kyle is now worth nearly $1 million due to fundraising efforts to save and restore the house. What does the change mean for Porter's reputation?

"...to and why you're doing it." She's knowing, but just what would she say if someone told her that..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Hadrian's Walls: A Novel

"...the wardens and officers of the law and the jailkeepers are by and large as criminally minded as the..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature

In Person

"...Denis Johnson at UT..."

May 8, 1998 Books Feature

Corporate Takeover

Walter Prescott Webb Told Us So

"...Monthly, in an article titled "Was Democracy Just a Movement?," author Robert D. Kaplan points out that..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Day Trips

"...County was carved out of Milam County. At the junction of the North and South San Gabriel rivers, the..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Multimedia Plunge

Barton Springs to Life on New CD-ROM

"...interested in Austin's most famous swimming spot, only a jump into the pool itself could rival the tsunami of..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postscripts

UT for Two

"...Friday October 3, 7pm, in the backyard of the J. Frank Dobie House, aka the home of the Texas..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

Chain Reaction

In Book Wars, Independent Shops Become Casualties

"...in commerce and the drive to turn books into just another product to be bought and sold like shower..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Austin's Waterloo

Taking a Walk along Waller

"...Austin from the east, Waller Creek lived to be jumped, and the ways it was jumped helped shape today's..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court Justice, and The Daily Show's former resident deranged millionaire have..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Reflections

"...digital camera during the "Guerrilla Filmmaking" workshop photograph by Jana Birchum..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, Jon Seda. (R, 130 min.) Terry Gilliam may..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the life of..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the life of..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Energy nuclear weapons plant located in the Texas Panhandle just outside of Amarillo. In fact, much of this 73-minute..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...feature-length film. Made in 1992, Public Access i s just now receiving limited national distribution despite having won the..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...CLOCKERSD: Spike Lee; Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Keith David,..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica Reisman..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

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.

"...West Productions, run by local filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen. You wouldn't know it looking around the place..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...to 25 years for the 1996 death of two-year-old Jayla Belton. Questions have been raised about possible police and..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...Merle Haggard, looking for one more song at a joint recording session, had the last-minute idea to cover Van..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Matter?," appeared this phrase ... "the Comprehensive Watershed Ordinance, just about the only piece of evidence that the City..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...Recently, the 17-year-old Austinite hacked into a major Hollywood studio's computer system and stole a copy of..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...of his daughter to an irritatingly successful and singularly unobjectionable man, lives in a white, picket-fence dream house, truly..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks

Readers respond to Zero Tolerance, the Longhorn Pipeline, and Being John Malkovich.

"...operated a pipeline." 'Scuse me? So what, do they just build them and turn over operations to a contract..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column

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