Austin's Throwing a Big Bash for Beethoven in 2020

The classical community is lighting 250 candles for this musical superhero

"...we can learn so much about him from his letters and sketchbooks. In his scores, too, he is one..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...2019 we still receive an impressive amount of handwritten letters – sometimes from prison inmates, sometimes from old hippies...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

AFS Announces Short Film Grant Recipients

Society breaks $2 million in assistance to filmmakers

"...Day), David & Nathan Zellner (Kid-Thing), and Heather Courtney (Letters From the Other Side)...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Rehab El Sadek: Transient" at Prizer Arts & Letters

The artist’s newest exhibition takes a temporary stand in the place where you are

"...East, is currently occupying the Eastside's Prizer Arts & Letters Gallery with her creations in a show called "Transient."..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Death Watch: Without Intervention, Travis Runnels Will Be the Ninth Texan Executed in 2019

A troubled life, a dishonest witness, a “changed man”

"...changed man looks like," reads one of the 29 letters included in a clemency petition submitted to the Texas..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Qmmunity: Give, Queerly

Then get fancy with Fat Bottom Cabaret and prepare for The L Word’s return

"...Letter Writing Party Send letters to detained asylum-seeking trans women. Mon., Dec. 9, 6:30pm...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

East Austin Studio Tour 2019: Week 2 Recommendations

Looking for something bigger, brighter, wilder than paint on a canvas at this year’s EAST? Do we have some ideas for you

"...Bobby wrestling with life issues as big as the letters and large-scale objects displayed with them. Cement Loop, 5811..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Diversidad Sin Fronteras, PJ Raval Unite Over Trans Rights

Call Her Ganda screening hopes to highlight trans migrants

"...example of how dire the situation can be. “The letters are more than just a way to say someone..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mary Tuma

Cyrano, My Love

The true (possibly) tale behind the writing of the French classic

"...two years before the one-time enfant terrible of French letters became a full-blown legend when he wrote the play..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

"Demons & Devils" at Recspec Gallery

Because we could all use a little more aesthetic exorcising, couldn't we?

"...from Instagram and Facebook. Could it be that the letters Z-U-C-K-E-R-B-E-R-G can be kabbalistically reconfigured into A-S-M-O-D-E-U-S (aka the..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Fast and Furious

Tornadoes are a dime a dozen in Oklahoma

"...As for the duration of sex, my bet is..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Day Trips: Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum, Cuero

Chisholm Trail rides again

"...that the trail drives were long, hard work. Using letters, journals, and reminiscences, the museum presents the unvarnished stories..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin at Large: We Have Had It With That Guy

Republicans, come get your bros. Dems, get out your voters.

"...Abbott's threatening letters to Mayor Steve Adler kinda gave away that game,..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dan Welcher Leaves Butler School Over Sexual Misconduct Charges

Article cites multiple instances of inappropriate behavior

"...of Fame to an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Music. The allegations involve Welcher making jokes..."

Oct. 2, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Horror Director Larry Fessenden Gets Depraved

Indie cinema's king of fear on creating a very modern Prometheus

"...took that form where they were often written as letters so you get to see the first person perspectives..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Anthony Bourdain’s Personal Collection to Be Auctioned in New Braunfels

Even more items for sale in October benefiting The Culinary Institute

"...in 1978 and received an honorary Doctor of Human Letters in Culinary Arts in 2017. CIA President Dr. Tim..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Hyde Park Theatre's Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower

Maggie Gallant relates her search for her birth parents with slow-burn storytelling that captivates with its blend of cheekiness and honesty

"...enough twists and turns that, were actual diary entries, letters, and photographs not projected onto the stage's back screen,..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Because you want to supercharge your time in this world, don’t you?

"...or, rather, on Saturday – the Prizer Arts & Letters Gallery on Cesar Chavez is presenting the seventh annual..."

Sept. 5, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Story of Twin Sisters, Austin Real Estate, and Salad Dressing

SASS (Season All Stuff Sauce) forced to start over after their rent increased 350%

"...Lauri said. "We've gotten a lot of calls and letters and phone calls and emails and everything like, 'What..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Roxy Bonafont

I Got Lighter, Then I Got Dark Again: Two Nights with Bill Callahan

Late-August eulogies, love letters, and sardonic, patriotic cries

"...the concrete slabs of downtown parking complexes, eulogies, love letters, and sardonic patriotic cries sounded about right...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Post by Elise C. Barbin

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...its membership roster under wraps, through uncovered documents, signed letters, and state expense forms, CMD identified 59 Texas legislators..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Judge Chantal Eldridge Under Fire in Rape Case

D.A. seeks judge's recusal in sexual assault case awaiting sentencing

"...the jury's guilty verdict." The filing alleges Eldridge had letters from Montiel Flores "unofficially" translated and read post-conviction after..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...first time. And then I would read all these letters and journals, and I was able to build Anton's..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy

"...bestselling novel that has an epistolary structure, in which letters and emails are the means by which Bernadette’s daughter..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Richard Linklater Constructs a Frustrated Architect in Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett's character is the opposite of Frank Lloyd Wright, but no less complicated

"...Bee's narrative, while Bernadette is assembled through documents and letters. Making a movie meant putting Bernadette into a more..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...in touch. She's just relinquished her collection of Wigman letters, photographs, and programs to the Harry Ransom Center, less..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...entry doors, the word "Sanctuary," imprinted in plain white letters, denotes the holiest place in a religious building. While..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Reps Outraged at "Inhumane" and "Dystopian" Conditions at Border

Willful neglect of human rights fuel funding effort

"...cell was marked with the word "flu" in blue letters. When lawmakers asked the on-staff physician assistant if medical..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Rep. Talarico Shocked at Inhumane Border Facility Conditions During Tour

Austin-area lawmaker part of delegation that visited El Paso, Clint

"...cell was marked with the word “flu” in blue letters. When lawmakers asked the on-staff physician assistant if medical..."

July 2, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Bullock Museum Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas

“Sister Suffragist” tackles the timeline of women’s rights

"...artifacts in the exhibit (which rotate out regularly) are letters, speeches, campaign posters, and a 7-foot-long parade banner. There..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

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