Day Trips

The Real Ale brewery tour in Blanco is a beer lover's dream come true

"...Real Ale brewery tour in Blanco is a beer lover's dream come true. For folks who understand words like..."

July 30, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...enslaves you to what you want. Jefferson's slave and lover, Sally Hemings, was not allowed to want. Her strength..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

What's a Hungry Brit to Eat in Austin?

It may not be Mum's bubble and squeak, but it's close

"...with either whipped cream or vanilla custard. Austin has become the nation's pudding capital, courtesy of UT grad and..."

May 7, 2010 Food Feature by Richard Whittaker

Politics Gift Guide

Let these plum picks from the News staff dance in your head

"...at your favorite local businesses while simultaneously pumping money back into the Austin economy? With a Go Local card,..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: East Austin Studio Tour

East Austin, Saturday, November 14, 2009

"...This Saturday East Austin will be teeming with art lovers, or at the very least people who want to..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

A Rocky Road to Recovery

The lights are still on at ME TV, but is it a new dawn?

"...Sillers, a Fort Worth native, is a longtime music lover, and the "live music capital" provided an important soundtrack..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

A Man, a Plan, and Some Bees

Bee Season, Central Texas style

"...teacher with an education in French and art history become a beekeeper, bee lover, and honey evangelist? "A lot..."

June 12, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

Hello, Bogotá!

Speakeasy

"...sound. Verde3's English song, "Downstairs," was a sort of lover-next-door fugue, while Galán indicated her pick of the litter..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Dan Oko

Rigoletto

ALO's straightforward staging of the Verdi classic offers the thrill of a tale told well

"...The hunchback wanders among the courtiers, briefly frozen in the midst..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

TV Eye

2008 was the year of the woman on AMC's Mad Men

"...3) The Office (NBC): There are precious few comedies worth noting this year, but this comedy (based on..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Exit Music for a Film Fest Producer

Sending off South by Southwest's Matt Dentler

"...which are the only circles that matter when it comes to this kind of debate...."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Mambo Italiano

Naughty Austin looks to be "coming out" for a more serious production with the gay "straight" play Mambo Italiano

"...never really talk about getting married, but both partners come from similar ethnic households in fair Quebec, where this..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Pretty Ricky Knows Where to Lick, Stick Ya

"...lick ya, then I wanna sti-sti-sti-sti-stick ya." ("So Confused") "Come over here, let me lift your dress up. Call..."

Feb. 8, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Day Trips

Juniper Hills Farm between Dripping Springs and Blanco takes advantage of the rich culinary culture of the Hill Country to combine a cooking school with overnight cabins for a unique weekend getaway

"...years, the cake company (2307 Abrams Rd., Dallas) has become known for its designs using fresh flowers, ribbons of..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Liquid Assets

Summer Rosés

"...the heat in the forecast, what's a red wine lover to do? Go pink! But not just any light-colored..."

July 29, 2005 Food Column by Wes Marshall

The Obsessive's Obsessive

Three former Austinites find Darryl Donaldson, 'Donnie Darko's '#1 Fan'

"...a contest for the best video by a Darko lover, it follows the slightly unbalanced peregrinations of one Darryl..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Film News

Robert Rodriguez and the come-hither look of 'Rambo 4'

"...at FM 620 and Anderson Mill is a film lover's dream come true. It includes a DVD vending machine..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Playing for Time

Turk Pipkin's 'The Old Man and the Tee' reviewed

"...their lame sense of fashion and ignorance when it comes to good music. Or so we think until they're..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Le Muse Giocose (The Playful Muses)

Le Muse Giocose took Italian Baroque love songs as its heart, and the quality – and approachability – of the enchanting soprano Jenifer Thyssen and her musical collaborators was of the highest magnitude

"...attending a chamber concert performed in someone's home hearkens back to a simpler time when social interaction took place..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Queer Like Them

"It seems like a mere 20 years ago that prime-time TV viewers were all atwitter about gays on television," writes Belinda Acosta. But now, with the success of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Boy Meets Boy on Bravo, "viewers are consuming TV's idea of gay culture as happily as a free pass at a day spa." Turns out, though, that there are still a couple of little problems.

"...tortured Steven Carrington on Dynasty in the early 1980s, back then, homosexuality was considered a curiosity. If there was..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TCB

"...artwork; contact him at 462-2000 or [email protected]. Still to come, he hopes, are Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams (whose "Drunken..."

July 25, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Articulations

If you're still looking for the perfect gift for that arts lover on your shopping list, you have until Dec. 18 to get a 2002 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo Carrera for a mere $100, courtesy of Arts Center Stage's raffle to raise funds for the Long Center.

"...Still looking for the perfect gift for that arts lover on your shopping list? Why not a 2002 Porsche..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Blues Box

Blues Box

"...sweet tenor that will age nicely in years to come. Jake Andrews may or may not know how much..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Jeff Whittington, 1955-2001

"...Friend, role model, co-worker, lover, to say Jeff Whittington changed my life is insufficient...."

July 20, 2001 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

The experience of jazz is the experience of beauty

"...Table: "Do not dishonor your feast by rejecting what comes to it." What Sir Gawain told his friend as..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

After a Fashion

The Mighty Mr. Moser steers you toward some fine holiday shopping and fashion events.

"...and stylish packaging (see www.girlcosmetics.com), and available locally at Back Pocket and Pink Salon, Girl Cosmetics are the brainchild..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Fool For Love/Cowboy Mouth: Nighttime Hollering and Thumps

Local Arts Reviews

"...Fool for Love, the sad, motel-based play of incestuous lovers May and Eddie, in the early Eighties. Dirigo's version..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, Maniac

"...into a gun-toting heroine, while Ben (Todd) takes a backseat to her authority. Cooper (Towles) is even more obnoxious..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Still Fired Up

"...from the fiery condiments served on Austin tables today. Back then, though, salsa was exotic; it was new...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Exhibitionism

The Suida Manning Collection: the Renaissance Is Here

"...last year for $35 million not only transports you back to the Italy, France, and the Netherlands of the..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Review

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