New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...or getting your first taste of life in the little big city...."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

New in Town

A strident Renée Zellweger stars in this forgettable fish-out-of-water comedy.

"...make a case for her continued relevance in a town that tosses its former sweethearts to the dustbin by..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Town & Country

"...Kinski, Andie Mcdowell, Charlton Heston and Marian Seldes. Though Town & Country's title refers to its characters' dual residences,..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Little Pink House

Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.

"...lawsuit” is a curious one, to be sure. But Little Pink House somehow finds a relatable emotional core to..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Little Boy

Can the power of faith change the course of history?

"...in a gauzy glaze of engineered nostalgia, the precocious Little Boy is a Norman Rockwell knockoff about the mountain-moving..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bright Lights, Little City

An icon makes a big comeback

"...coffee shops, a large chapter starts and stops with Little City...."

Feb. 20, 2015 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Big Night

"...Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini and Campbell Scott. Big Night is, in a word, delicious -- not since..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Aiming for the Big Kill

Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick

"...happened. When Scott Martin headed to the frontier for Big Kill, he made sure his gunfights were messy and..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...team in a heartbreaking playoff loss to Klein, a big, bruising team from the Houston suburbs. After the game,..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Big Medium to Leave Canopy This Spring

Little tells the long and short of it

"...Big Medium, the community-empowering arts organization behind the annual Austin..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Giant Little Ones

Teen sexuality as a spectrum in this tender drama of growing up and coming out

"...up at a birthday party. But this middle American small-town tale of young gay lust doesn't take the expected..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Big Boi But No Outkast at Cedar Street

High hopes for a festival reunion by the Atlanta rap duo

"...out to everyone who was wait-listed last night for Big Boi. The 400 of us that got into Cedar..."

March 8, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...of the music lineup for the March mega conference. Big names include “Everyday We Lit” rapper YFN Lucci, Fugees..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Cesaro: The Next Big Thing in Wrestling?

The Stone Cold-approved WWE superstar talks green cards and strength

"...pro-wrestling is all about the glitz and glamour, the big entrances and over-the-top theatrics. By contrast, WWE superstar Cesaro..."

Jan. 18, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Big in Austin, Big in Japan

If a holiday gift trend is big here this year, chances are, it was already big over there

"...The Nippon counterpart to the putrid Poo-Chi was a little laddie made by Sony called AIBO (Artificial Intelligence RoBOt,..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Austin @ Large: The Big-Box Big Deal

Little things mean a lot, but design standards aren't simply superficial

"...souls than you have spent Mad March cogitating over big-box retail and its discontents. City staffers, consultants, boards and..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Neighborhood Bankers or International Big Shots?

Laredo National Bank opens a branch in Austin, trailing a big fine and a clouded political and financial history.

"...is the newest branch location of Laredo National, a border-town financial institution with assets of $2.5 billion and a..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

If You Have Ghosts: The Haunting of The Little Stranger

Director Lenny Abrahamson talks post-war Gothic

"...we with us. That's the tragic message of The Little Stranger, Lenny Abrahamson's tale of unsettled souls in the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Express Cruise, Astros Struggle, Clydesdales Clip-Clop Into Town

"...Houston Astros fans can sleep a little sounder this season knowing that, while the big club..."

April 6, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'From Dusk Till Dawn' Bites into a Big Kahuna

Director Eduardo Sanchez on El Rey, Rodriguez, and that tasty burger

"...tasty burgers, but what does the inside of a Big Kahuna Burger look like? Tonight, in the latest episode..."

March 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Big Night at the Barber Shop

Dripping Springs brewpub hosts Austin caterers

"...Thanksgiving, I attended a dinner event put on by Big Night Catering. It was the third in a series..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...pull of the band's raw power. It's what this town lives for, but has in too few bands. And..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...probably contain the highest density of hoity-toity nightspots in town...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...claims her blond Labrador retriever, Nellie, is a "mean little bitch." I believe it, and I bet I know..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

Leaving Town

On the verge of their hard-earned future, Dexter Freebish contemplates a life of Saturdays.

"...refurbished tour bus parked outside the new Sixth Street "big event" club The Metro, hours away from the record..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...Texas state troopers damaging the economy of a small town near the border? Eloy Vera suspects as much. He's..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...1959. He's a man of the Fifties in his hometown, so in his mind the Magnolia Cafe on South..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...the business to a "three-legged stool." In a music town like Nashville, he explained, "the recording industry is the..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gay Town in the A-Town

"...It was a big deal, almost 10 years ago, when Austin Pride Parade..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Janis Joplin, Texas, and the Big Beat

How East Texas Shaped Rock's First Female Superstar

"..."I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat...I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night Wandering the..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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