Day Trips: Larry McMurtry Literary Center, Archer City

Larry McMurtry rides again with a new Literary Center and a book of tributes by friends and fans

"...to the book include many familiar names of Texas letters. Lawrence Wright summed up our collective feelings: “[McMurtry] managed..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin ISD Board President Eyes Tutoring Program Expansion to Prevent Illiteracy

One-on-one time may save money on remedial teaching down the road

"...advantage over other kids. They know a few more letters, they have a little bit more phonological processing skills..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...Ernie Durawa, Casey Monahan, and Tary Owens, who wrote letters on his behalf for the visa application process. Now,..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 22-28

"...intimate relationships have collapsed. Among its treasures are love letters, wedding rings, jars of bitter tears, stuffed animals, feather-filled..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

The State of Naomi Shihab Nye

The well-traveled poet talks about loving Texas and being this year’s recipient of the Texas Book Festival’s Texas Writer Award

"...with debilitating fibromyalgia, Alejandro was a prolific writer of letters that her friend Nye called “beautiful writing, intimate and..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...they are divided by a desert, continues through the letters he sends her. They give the film the same..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...town but has iconically become ascribable by only two letters: EJ. That’s when you know it’s made it to..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...voting rolls this year after failing to respond to letters asking about their citizenship. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott..."

Oct. 18, 2024 News Feature

Texas to Execute Father Accused of Murdering Child Despite Innocence Argument

Will Gov. Abbott allow Robert Roberson to be put to death?

"...after he entered death row, he wrote judges handwritten letters trying to get a new attorney. In 2016, two..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fantastic Fest Review: Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...they are divided by a desert, continues through the letters he sends her. They give the film the same..."

Sept. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fastball Always Finds Their Way Home

Single “Hummingbird” is a nostalgia rush

"...all indicative of director Caroline LeDuc’s hyperstylized visuals (block letters, psychedelic colors) interspersed with grounded imagery. That flirtation with..."

Sept. 18, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

Changing Your Mind Is a Sign of Intelligence!

Aug. 28, 2024 Postmarks

Find Creativity, Karaoke, and Even a Casket in This Week’s Recommended Events

Art and death become you

"...evade surveillance and forge a secret connection writing pen-and-paper letters in the Mixtec language.   – Kimberley Jones Lowrider..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

aGLIFF President Todd Hogan and Spotlighting Filmmaker Fernando Andrés Reflect on Identity

PRISM 37 highlights the poignantly human and relatable

"...people and their pronouns and all of the different letters and numbers and the acronym now. My response to..."

Aug. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Cy White

Culture, Arts, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Don't let the heat get you down

"...Calendar, Fallout Theater's in-house bar!   – James Scott Letters to Faith..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Shoegaze, Synthpop, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts

Whatever your genre, we got you

"...Shakewell, and Canadian singer-songwriter Ekkstacy.   – Cy White Letters to Faith..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

The Instigators

Shaggy dog crime flick starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck plays like knockoff Tarantino

"...As criminal love letters to Boston go, well, let’s just say this is..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature

Getting the hot and cold scoop from local LGBTQ community members on queer Austin

"...in MASS Gallery and photography in Prizer Arts and Letters, among out-of-town art projects like San Fran-based party Power..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Features Feature by James Scott

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...my truck at the fire station and wrote final letters to my children – letters with love and explanations..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Elders: Meet Stan Brooks, the 102-Year-Old World War II Vet Who’s Lived to Serve

He remembers Barton Springs before the cement

"...the war, he wrote his mother more than 385 letters. “Mine are not historically very interesting because I sanitized..."

June 28, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Theatre Review: Trinity Street Playhouse’s A Million More to Go

Play examines preposterous political climes with chuckles galore

"...board “Wall of Suspicion.” Clipped under the rainbow-sparkled title letters were objects like a Chinese flag, a hand-drawn Illuminati..."

June 21, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Qmmunity: Blasphemy Baby

Asking my haters to please use their hateration to combat more pressing issues

"...have been paying attention to the latest in our Letters to the Editor section – and NO I’m not..."

June 14, 2024 Column by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...in April, KUT reported. At least six students received letters from the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Letters from Solitary: “I have friends in hell,” is the..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature

Wildcat

Ethan Hawke directs daughter Maya as Flannery O’Connor in an imaginative exploration of the artistic process and faith in crisis

"...imagines stories inspired by the people around her. In letters, she details her struggles following a lupus diagnosis to..."

May 31, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ethan Hawke and the Inner Life of Flannery O’Connor in Wildcat

Finding the drama of an author who laughed at her own biography

"...was another library beyond the fiction, that of her letters that showcased “her wit and her sense of humor..."

May 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Deaf Austin Theatre’s Tiny Beautiful Things

Fostering connection through Cheryl Strayed’s advice columns

"...Strayed collected those letters in her book Tiny Beautiful Things. Nia Vardalos (creator..."

May 24, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Gary Floyd, Scene-Defining Singer of Austin Punks the Dicks, Has Died

WATCH: An exclusive look at Arts+Labor’s in-progress Dicks doc

"...show, Maybe We’ll See Butterflies, at Prizer Arts & Letters. Issues with diabetes and congenital heart failure, plus a..."

May 3, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Warren Harding’s love letters to family friend Carrie Fulton Phillips are available at..."

April 26, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

We Hadn't Heard That He Passed...

April 18, 2024 Postmarks

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