Death Watch: The Quality of State Killings

Why is the TDCJ so reluctant to test death drugs?

"...for death dates, Ruiz filed a complaint in Judge Lynn Hughes' federal district court that challenges the testing methods..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: A Dying Breed

Can Texas even carry out an execution anymore?

"...in the joint lawsuit filed Aug. 12 in Judge Lynn Hughes' court with Jeffery Wood, Ramiro Gonzales, Rolando Ruiz,..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

News/Print

People in the news

"...to clarify a bit in the item about Cyndi Hughes' departure as director of the Texas Book Festival in..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Jessica Hughes, The Christians..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Further Reflections

"...Robin Lieberman; Co-prod: Steven Brown; DP: Michael Barrow; Ed: Hughes Winborne; Cast: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, John Hawkes, Sarah..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Ed: Charlie Webber; Cast: Mary Sheridan, Judson Mills, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Johnny Strong, Thom Rachford, Sandra Tucker, Victor Raider-Wexler,..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...who inherited the title from longtime drag icon Nadine Hughes. While Hughes took to the stage in Austin Rainbow..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Will Schwartz) decamping to L.A. and the girls (drummer Lynn Perko and bassist Jone Stebbings) staying in San Francisco...."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Culture Texas' Claire Christine Spera (dance); Broadway World Austin's Lynn Beaver (theatre), Frank Benge (theatre), Joni Lorraine (theatre), Lacey..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...& Culture Texas' Claire Spera (dance); Broadway World Austin's Lynn Beaver (theatre), Frank Benge (theatre), Lacey Cannon (theatre), and..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Realistic Joneses at Hyde Park Theatre

With Will Eno's comic drama, HPT brings a funny kind of fear to the 'burbs

"...Leave It to Beaver to American Beauty to Kirk Lynn's recent novel Rules for Werewolves, and, of course, for..."

March 18, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide

"...Owners Lynn Wilburn and Jim Foutch have taken one of Fredericksburg's..."

April 5, 2002 Food Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...CONCEIVING ADA D: Lynn Hershman Leeson; with Tilda Swinton, Karen Black, Timothy Leary,..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Writer-producer John Hughes updates the 1961 Disney classic, The Absent-Minded Professor, and..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...D: Marnie Ellen Hertzler, Screenwriters: Marnie Ellen Hertzler, Corey Hughes In the desert of Crestone, Colorado, a group of..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Afra Hines, Sophisticated Ladies Vincent J. Hooper, Hairspray Jessica Hughes, The Quarry Aaron Johnson, Skylight/Tribes Iris McQuillan-Grace, Tribes Michael..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: The Big Three

Remember major labels? Meet three underground locals on them.

"...The acoustic duo of Dwight Baker and Patricia Lynn – he the wind, she the wave – craft..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Can Cap City Comedy Club Reclaim Its Throne?

The Austin comedy institution is back, but it returns to a radically changed stand-up scene

"...on July 12 with a headliner set from Mary Lynn Rajskub. Grossman was quick to praise the staff headed..."

July 29, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bigg Robb, Weedeater, the return of Lou Ann Barton, Mike Sailor's Good Time Orchestra, and more

"...by Oklahoma honky-tonk/rockabilly burner Jimmy Dale Richardson and Jeff Hughes' eternal Americana unit Chaparral. – Kevin Curtin Wild Seeds, Ugly..."

July 1, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...House of Cardin D: P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes Texas Premiere House of Cardin is a rare peek..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Plax Coalesces

ATX punks premiere new track “What a Waste”

"...VZ: Well my dad [bassist Vic Gerard] has been..."

July 31, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...Cook; the Texas Sheiks: Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Bruce Hughes, Cindy Cashdollar, Johnny Nicholas; Soul Jam: Black Joe Lewis..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Wheels of a Dream

With the long-awaited Topfer Theatre, Zach races full-throttle into the future

"...hasn't put a car onstage before – remember Aralyn Hughes' pink, pig-encrusted sedan rolling onto the Kleberg's thrust in..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...Cast: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File

Tentatively galvanizing news for the vegetarian community and a KLRU programming update

"...experiment and closed the local Cosmic Cafe (1101 West Lynn) outlet. At about the same time, Nu Age Cafe..."

June 1, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...Alicia C. Shepard; Intro: Cyndi Hughes..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...How Late It Was, How Late, Kirk Lynn..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Heaving Shadows at the Skin Show: A Roaring Existentialist Campfire

Kerthy Fix's Heaving Shadows at the Skin Show is an intimate, sometimes disturbing look at a group of people in perpetual free fall. Public Domain's production of Howard Barker's Possibilities is a fascinating invitation to the Theatre of Catastrophe and to run around on the tarmac.

"...her endless influences (The Wooster Group, Jean Genet, Loretta Lynn -- all diagrammed in the program for handy reference)..."

March 31, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Reissues

"...the Carter Family and Bill Monroe; country icons Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, and Johnny Cash; the pure pop sensibilities..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...is scripted by the master of family comedy, John Hughes, and is directed by Stephen Herek of Mr. Holland's..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten