TV Eye

Caprica, a prequel series to SyFy's Battlestar Galactica, is out of this world

"...pioneering the development of artificial intelligence. Morales stars as Joseph Adama, a powerful criminal defense attorney and William Adama's..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...overnight descent, prompted by a strong cold front pushing across Central Texas. The norther brought stiff winds and heavy..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cruz Beating: Arbitrator clears Griffin to return to APD

Officer Gary Griffin's "use of excessive force" during confrontation with mentally ill man was 'nothing more sinister than gross negligence,' arbitrator concludes.

"...While Austin Police Officer Gary Griffin did "momentarily 'cross the line' into the use of excessive force" during..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesucristo Superestrella

Zachary Scott Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesuchristo Superestrella transcends the usual ascension into the heavens of rock & roll to become an anthem of Mexican tradition

"...The other cross that Steakley has to bear here is Jesus' caricature..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin. See "Point Austin." Headlines• Donna Howard sent smiles across the faces of Texas Democrats when she defeated Ben..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...real power broker. "He is. And if you ever cross him, for whatever reason, he has no compassion," said..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...certain Live Music Capital of the World. Festival director Joseph Horowitz, former executive director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...on Hiroshima in 1945. "Use of these weapons would cross an extraordinarily dangerous threshold in terms of prompting other..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...and Barbara Tuchman. Today, we think of Stephen Ambrose, Joseph Ellis, and David McCullough. With a lengthening string of..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

TV Eye

Crooner Chris Isaak plays himself to charming effect on his self-titled Showtime series.

"...sandals in the back of her closet, I came across a stash of The Chris Isaak Show tapes from..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

November Previews

"...fare for what looks to be a richly decorated, cross-cultural love story. (Nov. 24)..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...phone back to your bosses on the coasts: a cross between Sheryl Crow, Everlast, and Billy Corgan whose home..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Roll 'Em

March

"...Chow Yun-Fat (still looking to make a big American crossover splash). (Mar. 12)..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Haitian Vacation

AMOA's Downtown Exhibition Offers a Cool Getaway

"...multi-hued houses, a church and the symbol of the cross, hillside vistas, and busy walkways. The composition is dense,..."

June 6, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Invasion of the Lit Flix

Literary Classics Rush the Screen

"...New York Times review describing the film "a gleeful cross-dressing romp" and theatrical trailers set to the music of..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joe Gould's Secret

"...by Joseph Mitchell..."

July 5, 1996 Books Feature

No Rest

Composer Allen Robertson Keeps the Beat

"...and he's currently doing the same every night for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Zilker Hillside...."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...climate change, a girl and her divorced parents must cross a devastated France under strange clouds pouring acid rain...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...many years. Tania and her friends begin a journey across Argentina to return the being to the place where..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Alice D: Josephine Mackerras (France) She did everything right until it all..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Spectrum Theatre Company

'Illumination Celebration' brings African-American theatre one step closer to the spotlight

"...artists referenced above are working to change that. Jacqui Cross, Billy Harden, Carla Nickerson, and Janis Stinson – all..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Doubt

Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams star in the film version of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play.

"...Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis and Joseph Foster II. Playwright Shanley adapted his Pulitzer- and Tony..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Nativity

From the prologue through the rousing finale, ProArts Collective's new production of 'Black Nativity' saturates the Christmas story in rich emotion

"...We know about the long road to Bethlehem for Joseph and Mary, who was heavy with child, and how..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

'Practice,' in the modern sense, means to work at something persistently, trying to get it right – which also fits my meaning, my practice: the hour or so a day when I read my 'devotionals' (a Catholic usage), then to go to my altar to meditate and pray

"...Hasidim, Dorothy Day's Meditations, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, John Dominic Crossan's rendition of Jesus' sayings, poetry by Hafiz, and poetry..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Can Schlotzsky's Be Saved?

John Wooley and the battle to bring Schlotzsky's back to life

"...and you'll see your board of directors come walking across the parking lot from their pre-meeting meeting,'" Wooley recalled..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Ravenous

"...Directed by: Antonia Bird. Starring: Joseph Running Fox, David Arquette, Stephen Spinella, John Spencer, Jeffrey..."

March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...Joseph Watson is the protagonist lawyer, appointed to defend James..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Competing Tunnel Visions

Traffic Solutions at Sixth and Lamar

"...side of Sixth, the three approach the nearby pedestrian crosswalk and watch for a break in traffic. They wait...."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Exhibitionism

Rockin' Christmas Party: Glistening And Thrumming

"...ñ whose legs go boneless on command ñ slipslides across the stage chanting "Land of a Thousand Dances." And..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Arts Review

You Are What You Art

"...Margaret Isham Lippard's 1949 watercolor of Florence, Florence Isham Cross' elegant Shell (1903), and Mrs. Joseph Giles Isham's 1827..."

July 11, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

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