Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"...Okay, the Gershwins didn't write that last part. But can't you imagine Sinatra serenading the miracle..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.

"...of the population. I recently returned from Washington, D.C., where I met with the delegation that accompanied John Sayles..."

May 26, 2000 Column

Dancing About Architecture

We Got Trouble -- Right Here in River City

"...imagery. RED's reply is, "We're not the moral police here," but that they are very "sensitive" about material that..."

May 28, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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"...of Seventies revival films. From Boogie Nights to The Last Days of Disco, everything old is new again, much..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco

"...Limits 50th anniversary taping. Live music capitalist to his last drop, he lit up at the very mention of..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

The lackluster return of the DCEU kid in a hero's body

"...has been released into the world in the waning days of the DC Extended Universe, and it manages to..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Adrian Quesada Talks Collaborative 20-Person Austin City Limits Taping and Fest Performance

“A pretty massive undertaking in a span of a few days”

"...marshaling a mini-United-Nations’ worth of international singers into Austin last weekend for two performances showcasing remote-collaboration-on-steroids June album Boleros..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Black Food Week’s Begun, Austin Restaurant Weeks Are On Their Way, There’s Canine Noms at Blue Lacy, Dollar Sales at Twin Liquors, a New Bar Boss at Watertrade, Local Pastures in South Austin, and Water, Water, Everywhere …

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

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

Aug. 24, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: Pandemic's Effect on Travel

Out of town closings due to the threat of COVID-19

"...any public event before expending the resources to attend. Here is a partial list of travel activities affected by..."

March 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: LGBTQ and the Search for a Wide Enough Umbrella

Plus, OUTsider Fest is here to queer up your weekend

"...it would be like to live in a world where trans kids were just kids – equally deserving of..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Halloween

The night he came home again (for the first time)

"...Green announced he was taking on the Halloween franchise, there was general befuddlement. Green's métier (aside from diversions into..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

California Typewriter

An ode to the analog

"...its seems people yearn for the good ol’ analog days. This affectionate documentary embraces the siren call of the..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zimmerman Does It Again [UPDATE]

D6 council member tells children to "do something useful"

"...6 Council Member Don Zimmerman was roundly booed at last night's City Council meeting after he told a group..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Expands Music Festival

Pussy Riot speaker announced along with badge latitude

"...countdown to South by Southwest 2017 ticks at 228 days. Next year’s buzz bands are still six to eight..."

July 25, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...of independent and genre movies being what they are, there's a slate of 2014 titles arriving on DVD and..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Nimbus Contracts A “Fever”

Electronic rainmakers tease local vinyl debut

"...Rain fell last week when a box of blue vinyl singles arrived..."

Sept. 14, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Krapp's Last Tape / Hughie

Pairing of Krapp's Last Tape and Hughie reveals haunted old men and masterful acting by Michael Stuart

"...yet, in the recent pairing of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape and Eugene O'Neill's Hughie by Actors Theatre Austin,..."

May 22, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Sturgill Simpson Wows Austin City Limits

First of three performances in Austin this weekend

"...stage. High praise that, considering his rapid rise behind last summer’s sophomore LP, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music...."

April 2, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Q&A: Best Coast

Southern California nights for the masses

"...“I’m well aware that Best Coast won’t last forever,” says the L.A. duo’s singer/songwriter Bethany Cosentino. “I..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Luke Winkie

All or Nothing

Ian McLagan: Small Face, Face, auxiliary Rolling Stone, A-list sideman, Austinite

"...a pro who knows he's not just walking out there. He's going to a special place. He's doing something..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Pro Tips

What to see, where to be, and how to relax

"...more than 150 feature films at you over 10 days’ time. You’re never gonna get to them all. Now..."

March 4, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: August Horribilis

The dog days bring bitter reflections

"...That was Newman's last film role, and as Garry Brown notes, we've lost..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Driving on Thin Ice

Bad weather exposes bad road design

"...temperatures and a little bit of precipitation. On four days in the last two weeks – Jan. 24 and..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

‘The Newsroom’ Made Me Wish Chivalry Was Still Dead

HBO show ends season 2 with a ride on the mansplain train

"...show had finally gotten over its female trouble. But last night’s season finale might as well have been called..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...of Jo Walton’s weird, wonderful, genre-bending book that won last year’s Hugo Award for Best Novel, beating out, among..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Four Space Nerds Sitting Around Talking…

Space Tech After NASA: Boom Time for Innovation, or those were the days?

"...I rushed over to the Omni to catch the last one, Space Tech After NASA: Boom Times for Innovation?...."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players to Perform at SXSW

Lottery system for mega SXSW showcases confirms all-star act

"...the Sound City Players, Green Day, and Nick Cave. Last March’s headlining SXSW set by Bruce Springsteen & the..."

March 4, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Krewe Kuts: Pride Edition

The Gay Place Krewe has the final word on Austin Pride.

"...hope that old adage still rings true. With apologies, here's our better late than never...."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Burgers & Booze: Spec's is the Place

Burgers and tots make good eating and good memories.

"...Last Saturday we had to run to Spec's(4970 Hwy 290..."

Sept. 26, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

A Thing Called Divine Fits Part 2

More Q&A with Spoon's Britt Daniel

"...Before Divine Fits, the last time Britt Daniel appeared in a band outside of..."

Aug. 23, 2012 Music Post by Austin Powell

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