To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale

All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

"...Documentary films about authors are few and far between. That's..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Joe Lansdale

The Hardest Working Unknown Author?

"...Joe R. Lansdale may be the most famous unknown writer..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

The Neal and Joe Show: Bigger, Longer, Uncut

"...The Neal and Joe Show: Bigger, Longer, UncutNeal Barrett Jr. and Joe Lansdale..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Mike Shea

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...Horror movies, says Joe Swanberg, are "definitely not the kind..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...Lodged just beneath the national mainstream, R&B and its ever broadening spectrum enjoys modern resurgence..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Larry & Joe Bring Songs of Deliverance to Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio

North Carolina duo play Paramount Stateside on April 30

"...Every day, the edges of America are crossed by thousands..."

April 14, 2023 Music Post by John Job

Day One: Long on Smiles and Short on Dollars

Head for the hills ... the Lege is back in town!

"...down the hatches – as if the one two years ago weren't epic enough, state lawmakers are promising a..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Houston's Long Shadow

Austin-Bashing: It's Not Over Yet

"...Senator Gonzalo Barrientos (D-Austin) just hates to say "I told you so."..."

April 4, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

R.I.P. to DK Lee, Welcome Back to Austin Cider Week, Falling for Local Foods and Loro, Festivals and Fantasies, Free Pancakes for Voters, and More

All the food that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...According to the 2020 census, the median-age Austinite is 33.7..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Industry Celebrates as Delta-8 Stays Legal, but for How Long?

Cannabusinesses try to keep up with laws concerning the THC product

"...At the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Leander, a vending machine..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

How Long Is 140 Days?

As the 81st Legislature departs, does it leave a footprint?

"...Early in the 81st Legislature, many lawmakers half-joked that if..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...In more than 30 years of working in and around Austin..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

In the Thicket of It

Prolific Texan author Joe R. Lansdale is back with a hellish and hilarious new novel

"...Since we last caught up with the Nacogdoches-based yarn-spinner and creator of some of the dad-gummest ripping yarns..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

East Texas Noir

Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard get a swampy series

"...Joe R. Lansdale is loving his moment in the sun...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Monumental Gift Made to Performing Arts Center

"...A few times in a generation, a gesture is made to a community that is..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Timeline

"...Jan. 5, 1959: Grand opening of Municipal Auditorium, designed by the Austin firm..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature

Articulations

A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene.

"...Getting a Long..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Descent

Urban professionals go spelunking in an attempt to wipe away old horrors, only to find some new ones to call their own.

"...Directed by: Neil Marshall. Starring: Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blanton Museum of Art

The Blanton Museum of Art's new education and visitors pavilion has just acquired a name, thanks to a $4.5 million gift from Houston businessman Edgar A. Smith

"...The Blanton Museum of Art's new gallery building is getting all the attention these..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

An award for Trio Contraste, a new contract for Peter Bay, a chorus of 'New York, New York' for Kirk Lynn and Rob Nash, and benefits for 'La Pastorela' and Hyde Park Theatre

"...Chamber ensemble Trio Contraste, which includes Austinite Martha MacDonald on clarinet, was..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The 2005 Texas Medal of Arts Awards have been announced, and the Elisabet Ney Museum snags a Historic Homes grant

"...• The winners of the third Texas Medal of Arts Awards have..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Museum Comes of Age

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July 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Articulations

Austin architectural firm TeamHaas was tapped as the new design team for the proposed Long Center for the Performing Arts.

"...TeamHaas Goes Long..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Nacogdoches Gothic

Joe R. Lansdale talks Bubba horror at Feral Cinema (Video)

"...If you weren't at Wednesday's special Feral Cinema screening of Bubba Ho-Tep,..."

June 19, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Come and Take It

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch

"...Deep inside the airplane-hangar warren of music business offices that comprise Soundcheck Austin,..."

April 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Live from the House

Regular updates from the swearing in

"...1.59pm: After the brief obligatory appearance by former state rep Gov. Rick Perry..."

Jan. 13, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...designed like one of those old Wilson Pickett Atlantic records!"..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Lansdale's Revenge

For umpty-some years now Joe Lansdale has been terrorizing the book world with radically weird, unsettlingly violent, and often indefinable short stories, novellas, and novels. What happens when he veers toward the mainstream?

"...You know Joe Lansdale, don't you? For umpty-some years now, the East..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

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