Review: Lake Success

Gary Shteyngart's novel takes a witty bite out of the 0.01%

"...Gary Shteyngart has left for the lake. Well, not the novelist – known for his bestseller..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Arts Post by Jay Trachtenberg

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin

The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look

"...that opened Oct. 28 has generated much buzz for Lake|Flato, the San Antonio/Austin-based architectural firm that partnered on the..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 'Unintended Consequences' of No-Kill's Success

Town Lake Animal Center filled to the gills with kittens and puppies

"...The Town Lake Animal Center is officially at capacity. Actually, that's not..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Together We Can Maintain the Integrity of Town Lake

"...Dear Editor, The Save Town Lake organization would like to extend our most sincere thanks..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Postmarks

The Thing in the Lake

"...crisis-ridden Sixties and Seventies. But to catch the enduring success of the playwright, the reason people return to these..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Lake of Fire

Meat Puppets, Chapter 3: Curt and Cris Kirkwood, reunited, and it feels so good

"...of as it imploded in an inertia of commercial success and drugs...."

July 20, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Delysia’s Golden Chocolate, Texas French Bread’s Wheat, Cinful Sweets on the Food Network, and Mozart’s Lights Up Lake Austin

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

"...Leonard, co-founder of Mozart’s Coffee Roasters out there on Lake Austin Boulevard, tells us that “Our 2020 reservations system..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Grove Wine Bar & Kitchen

The team behind the West Lake Hills outpost has another success on their hands

"...The Grove Wine Bar & Kitchen3001 RR 620 S., Lakeway, 512/263-2366 Sun.-Thu., 11am-10pm; Fri.-Sat., 11am-11pm www.grovewinebar.com..."

July 19, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

'Quantum Hoops' at Alamo Lake Creek

"...is also fraught with constant failure until … eureka, success...."

April 18, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Poised for Success

"...other ecological issues throughout the 14-acre, wooded site on Lake Austin – Laguna Gloria is now primed for its..."

March 27, 2015 Postmarks

Teens4Autism a Success!

First teen-powered benefit is a hit

"...with Edison Chair, Georgia & the Boys, Loose Wheels, Lake Travis Fiddlers, Gabriella & Jordan, Live Transmission, and the..."

Sept. 27, 2009 Music Post by Olivia Bennett

Nothing Succeeds Like Success

Hot Sauce Festival Results

"...Red Sauce Holiday Inn -- Town Lake, Broken Spoke, Cafe Serranos..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Food Feature

The One I Wrote for You

This filmed-in-San Antonio indie tells a familiar tale about the soul-sucking music industry, but does so with an engaging cast and contemporary spin.

"...Cheyenne Jackson, Kevin Pollak, Christine Woods, Christopher Lloyd, Avi Lake, Rafael de la Fuente, Cameron Kauffman and Enid Graham...."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Do ... Until I Don't

Marriage (comedies) ain't easy

"...Directed by: Lake Bell. Starring: Lake Bell, Ed Helms, Mary Steenburgen, Paul..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

American Pie 2

"...plant Stifler (Scott) all end up at a bitchin' lake house scheming to get some action, baby, and trying..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Clean Is as Clean Does

Austin's success against sealants starts a trend

"...polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediment of Lady Bird Lake over the last few years. The decline follows the..."

June 20, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Sullivan's Travels

"...Directed by: Preston Sturges. Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest and Franklin Pangborn. Sturges biting..."

Jan. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Memory of Mike Young, the Life of the Culinary Party

Co-founder of Chuy's, Hula Hut, and more helped make Austin food weird

"...Speaking with foundingAustin in 2016, Mike Young, the co-founder..."

Aug. 16, 2023 Food Post by Deven Wilson

Council: Can Social Impact Investing End Homelessness?

Catching up with the dais as they bet on success

"...today (Thursday, March 28) of its first Pay for Success project to increase both the number and the success..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dumping the Water Pump

Should Austin's conservation success forestall WTP 4?

"...with a new rationale tied to the city's 2008 success in water conservation...."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

The Once and Future King gets a reboot

"...likely hangs on Legend of the Sword’s box office success. Still, this opening salvo’s premature sequelitis saps its here-and-now..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hero

If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.

"...many ways, Hero is Zhang’s answer to the international success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: another elegant, gravity-defying, visually..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doug's First Movie

"...and his gang get full-screen treatment, but with limited success. The movie's story is far-fetched when compared to the..."

March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?

Austin's plan to end wholesale euthanasia at Town Lake shelter remains a distant dream

"...to end the euthanasia of adoptable animals at Town Lake Animal Center. Shroyer, still bagging cats, laughs a little..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Top Books of 2018 for American Road Tripping

Two novels set on the open road and two accounts of life in Trump's White House all made for journeys deep into America today

"...enjoyable book I read this year was Gary Shteyngart's Lake Success (Random House), a modern-day road novel, of sorts...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Hell's Belle

'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success

"...Step one to becoming an overnight success: Schedule a decade of prep. Step two: Add a..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

'Smokin’ Hot: A Texas High School Football Story'

'Smokin’ Hot: A Texas High School Football Story' Book Review

"...Story, photographer Kevin Vandivier turns his attention to the Lake Travis High School Cavaliers football team. Covering the 2004..."

Feb. 1, 2007 Sports Post by John Razook

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...eight days, we turn to four personifications of SXSW success. From college go-getters to old head Austin natives, this..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Live Flower Arranging Workshops Make Business Bloom for House of Margot Blair

Austin florist Carly Blair adapts her business to the era of social isolation and interest blooms

"...time, she built that humble enterprise into a highly successful business with a brick-and-mortar location on Lake Austin Boulevard..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Feature by Sumaiya Malik

Holiday Viewing: Diner

Or how I fell in love with Mickey Rourke

"...Forget Veronica Lake. Forget Rita Hayworth. Hell, forget that preening John Travolta,..."

Dec. 16, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

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