Jesus Camp

This film is not a freak show or exposé but rather a call to arms to pick sides in the deepening cultural, political, and spiritual schism between the two Americas of the 21st century.

"...this fly-on-the-wall account of the annual Lakewood Park Bible Camp, a gathering for children as young as 5, hosted..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Camp

"...Todd Graff. Starring: Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus, Stephen Cutts, Vince Rimoldi, Kahiry Bess, Tiffany Taylor and..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joshua

"...Directed by: John Purdy. Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Colleen Camp, Stacy Edwards, Kurt Fuller, F. Murray Abraham and Giancarlo..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ben-Hur

We're (unfortunately) off to the chariot races again

"...film’s Christian messaging, even as this new film elevates Jesus’ role from bit player to featured performer. (Brazilian actor..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Latter Days

A West Hollywood party boy and a Mormon missionary find love and understanding.

"...and Cox (who was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) takes his faith seriously. It’s..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Porno

Horror-sex-comedy never quite (ahem) rises to the occassion

"...evangelical they are, the more "and one time, as Jesus Camp," they are...."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Freakonomics

The runaway nonfiction book that improbably spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list is now, just as improbably, a movie.

"...a Ninth Grader to Succeed?” by Grady and Ewing (Jesus Camp) looks at a Chicago-area experiment that incentivized students..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Finding God in the Gumbo

Once in the Ninth Ward and now in the Hill Country, the Smoking for Jesus Ministry serves up Real New Orleans Style fare with a side of spiritual nourishment

"...Orleans Style Restaurant is run by the Smoking for Jesus Ministry, led by Pastor Willie Monnet Sr. and his..."

May 4, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Twin Shadow

"...whose members looked like they might have been in Jesus camp at one point and thus brought the sun..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...If Jesus can bless Bo Pilgrim with a new jet airplane,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

'How Best to Avoid Dying: Stories'

An excerpt

"...Kent is dead. All the kids at the camp are crying and singing and praying. They don't know..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Owen Egerton

Off the Desk

"...four to one on Thursday to impose a citywide camping ban effective January 15. Councilmember Jackie Goodman voted against..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Godspell

The Austin Theatre Project cast is exuberantly energetic, but it's in the still moments that they're most true to this musical

"...Godspell is not a show for cynics. Anyone regarding Jesus' mission or message with a jaundiced eye would be..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman

From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune

"...more worn and his delivery careful and patient, Larry Campbell's production and arrangements excavate a pathos Kinky's only rarely..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...The linked video pans through an encampment used by unhoused people in a North Austin park..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Luv Doc Recommends: Randy Willis 15th Annual Pickin' on Christmas and Birthday Party

Dallas Nightclub, Saturday, December 18, 2010

"...course, they had to gloss over the fact that Jesus wasn't much of a shopper. Far from it. Jesus..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...was a vote to determine the future composition of CAMPO. Rep. Krusee made a motion to expand CAMPO to..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Tug of War

Changing Chamber Funds

"...Department is seeking to close the greenbelt entrance at Camp Craft Road west of Loop 360 and north of..."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Jesus Christ Superstar: At Once Awful and Great

Ada Calhoun critiques Austin Musical theatre's staging of Jesus Christ Superstar

"...Jesus Christ Superstar: At Once Awful and Great..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Postmarks

The Sweet Science

"...of the first pupils in his then-newly opened "concentration camp" (you don't know "abs" until you know Richard). All..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

Sxsw

"...members of Cop Shoot Cop, Soul Coughing, and the Jesus Lizard. But just because you've seen any of those..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Austin Theatres Are Moving the Stage Beyond Zoom

Companies thinking outside the boxes bring theatre to your radio, your mailbox, and your neighbor's yard

"...productions that are moving theatre beyond Zoom. Letters From Camp Shrewd..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Shadow of Oslo

How politicization drives presumptions in terror coverage

"...but instead decided to fulminate about how the children's camp, run by the youth wing of the Labour Party,..."

Aug. 1, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Down and Dirty

The Cornyn Culture

"...howls of indignation from Richards, who asked the Cornyn camp to stop running them. (They refused.) In response to..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Keep Off Barton Creek

"...two would have met earlier, perhaps during the guerrilla campaign in the Cuban countryside, or later while serving in..."

July 18, 1997 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...complaining for years that visitors to theBarton Creek greenbelt's Camp Craft access have been trashing their community, bringing vandalism,..."

June 25, 1999 News Feature

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...scholar Reza Aslan (Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth) led a fascinating, even playful panel that..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Jesus Hopped the "A" Train

The artists of Mainline Theater Project have given their all to the characters and story of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the "A" Train, but sadly, what they have given their all to is a long-winded, superficial, ultimately unenlightening story of ruined life in the New York City criminal justice system.

"...Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train: Hard Time..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Macintosh, who wrote about privileged girls going to summer camp on the upper Guadalupe River, Steve Harrigan on a..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...He added that the fund would be subject to CAMPO's "15% rule" -- i.e., that 15% of road expenditure..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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