From the Vaults: 'Bernie' Kills

Linklater's latest delivers his biggest opening weekend

"...in 2001, I interviewed Linklater and his producer's rep, John Pierson, to get their now relatively distanced perspective on..."

April 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Another Earth

Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale in this Sundance Film Festival double award-winner.

"...the family within: The driver, a music composer named John Burroughs (Mapother), is left in a coma, and his..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...native belongs on that same ticket, the LBJ of Lone Star songwriters. TVZ's "No Place to Fall" stirs...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental

"...to Austin. All shows that is, except for maybe John Zorn's Masada Marathon. And NYC's Bonnie & Clyde, Lou..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Halloween II

Rob Zombie's sequel to his 2007 remake of the original Halloween features Michael Myers coming back to town to wrap up some family business.

"...Yankovic. Each generation gets the Michael Myers it deserves. John Carpenter's original vision of the masked and seemingly unkillable..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To the Nines

Previewing the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Film Hall of Fame is anything but predictable, because Lone Star cinema is as broad and varied as the..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Happenings

What's on your political plate this week: July 17-23

"...(via conference call) at this party hosted by the Lone Star Sierra Club. 5:30-7pm. Austin City Hall, 301 W...."

July 18, 2008 News Feature

Funding TP&W: No Walk Through the Park

Texas' parks come one step closer to funding they need to reverse years of budgetary-shortfall-induced decay

"...benefactor, and Speaker of the House Tom Craddick crony John Nau, who strongly favored the move...."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Texas Youth Commission Trouble

Scandal enveloping Texas Youth Commission has only gotten worse in last week

"...Greg Abbott's office had yet to get involved. The Lone Star Project, funded by the federal Lone Star Fund..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rocky Balboa

This final chapter in the Rocky saga is terrific – maybe not great, like that first kiss of fist in ’76, but good, solid, exhilarating entertainment of the stand-up-and-cheer variety.

"...Directed by: Sylvester Stallone. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes,..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...For a man whose songs have become Lone Star anthems, music didn't play a prominent part in..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...announced the appointment of D.C. Court of Appeals Judge John Roberts as his nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Gruene Pastures

Jason Allen honky-tonks to the head of the class

"...him become one of the hottest performers on the Lone Star C&W circuit and beyond. One of his Gruene..."

June 17, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TCB

Going yard with a litany of baseball songs, a hot-rod show, and Trail of Dead

"...game. Also recorded by Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, and Waylon Jennings...."

April 1, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

In Other Election News ...

Crawford paper goes blue, and Jennifer Gale gives up

"...amusing but ultimately meaningless bit of campaign trivia: The Lone Star Iconoclast, the newspaper of Crawford, Texas – yes,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...scene of the Kennedy assassination three years earlier. The Lone Star State had no hip standing, certainly nothing to..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Blow by blow details of Stephen's night out, including an up-to-the-minute sunglasses-acquired count. Do not miss it!

"...of the most interesting men's clothes in town. Owner/buyer John Lohse is definitely not afraid of color, boldness, and..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Hills Are Alive

The Hill Country is teaming with Austin songwriters.

"...and their names bespeak Central Texas' German heritage and Lone Star images: Gruene Hall, Saengerhalle, Luckenbach Dance Hall, Blanco..."

May 9, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Beat Divas / Maryann Price

Texas Platter

"...The Beat DivasLive at Reed'sMaryann PriceLone-Star State o' Grace (Catfish Jazz)..."

April 11, 2003 Music Review by Belinda Acosta

Articulations

The stars come out at the Paramount when the Texas Medal of the Arts Awards are given, and the Bastrop Opera House shoots for a national title in the American Association of Community Theatres competition.

"...Lone Star Cluster..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dark Blue

"...was from a multitude of Fifties-era Westerns) as the lone gunslinger Snake Plissken in John Carpenter’s nervy, sexy Escape..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Story Book Children

Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez duet their way into Austin's heart.

"...Sinatra, Ike & Tina Turner, Emmylou Harris, Lita Ford, Johnny Cash, and Kermit the Frog, traveled a long, circuitous..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Goodbye to Big Pink

The Rio Motel faces new ownership, a new name, and perhaps a new future.

"...he says, pointing to the parking lot hosting a lone minivan...."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Round Rock's Lone Star Bakery -- source of those yellow donuts --..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...incoming monies in excess of $2.26 billion. In 2000 alone, the combined production budgets of films shooting in the..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...the heads of visitors. Six panels gorgeously unvanishing the Lone Star past -- from the era of conquistadors to..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

The "first lady of Austin theatre" -- actress and educator Nan Cameron Elkins, whose credits included more than 300 Austin theatre productions and teaching speech and stage skills to thousands of Central Texas students -- has taken her final bow.

"...at Baker, Allan, Martin, and Murchison Junior High, and Johnston High School. Elkins' professional career was a distinguished one,..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...my elbow clued me into the fact I wasn't alone in this little corner of the room. A pretty..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Texas Music Group

TMG label rises from the ashes of Watermelon and Antone's.

"...award-winning Antone's Records, one of America's leading blues labels; Lone Star Records, a label devoted to exposing the best..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Food-o-File

By now, everyone in Central Texas must know about last week's devastating fire at Lone Star Bakery, but Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood recently found some surprising news.

"...Texas must know about last week's devastating fire at Lone Star Bakery, home of the nationally famous and locally..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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