Deep in the Heart of Texas Political Scandals

Crimes, carousing, and contravention from the Capitol grounds

"...Legislators are people, too. They like to smoke, drink, gamble – some launder money...."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Sacred & Profane: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Two full nights of damnation, retribution, and inner demons

"...Shaking the ACL Live at the Moody Theater temple Saturday and..."

July 21, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...Over its long history, a number of stories have been written about what has come to..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...In 2009, the 81st Legislature of the state of Texas was nicknamed..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House Voter ID Language Released

Anchia not impressed by "compromise" bill

"...House Elections Committee chair Todd Smith has released a draft..."

April 29, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Monster House

This animated tale of a carnivorous, haunted house and the band of neighborhood kids who decide to put it out of commission feels maddeningly unfinished.

"...Bradbury and rickety carnival spook show, this animated tale of a carnivorous, haunted house and the band of neighborhood..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wanted Man

State Rep. Patrick Rose walks a fine line in a swing district

"...On the morning of Nov. 12, 2001, Patrick Rose stepped inside..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Ladies Man

"...Will Ferrell, Lee Evans, Tiffani Thiessen, Eugene Levy, John Witherspoon and Julianne Moore. Leon Phelps (Meadows) has never met..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Man Talking

In these days of HDTV, IMAX theatres with SurroundSound, and interactive software in 3-D hyper-realism, who wants to listen to one man talking for 90 minutes on a stage? A lot of people, when the man is Steven Tomlinson, award-winning economics lecturer, lay preacher, and Austin's premier monologist, as Wayne Alan Brenner explains.

"...We're here at the birth of the 21st century, friends and neighbors. We..."

March 31, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Substance of Fire

"...Roger Rees. Uncompromising. Not a word one hears that often nowadays, except in reference to multinational corporations and superstar..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Colin Nutley's House of Angels

"...Eklund and Per Ocarsson. Swedish comedy? Directed by an Englishman? I can hear you now. “Sure, right,” you're saying..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...in 2004, it was his son, Mitesh, who identified the body. Two years later, Mitesh sat through the trial..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

House of Darkness

Neil LaBute takes a smart bite out of the vampire drama

"...Inside Neil LaBute there are two Neil LaButes, fighting. One is the man..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...is in full campaign mode. "Yesterday was crazy, today there's a lot of things to do. Meet my canvassers,..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s Not Running Again and You Can Thank the Lord

Curtains down for the notoriously belligerent legislator, aka Sticky

"...right-wing legislator Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, ranting obnoxiously on the House floor anytime soon, and you’ve apparently got the..."

June 24, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Experiential House of L Brings Global Style and International Glamor to SXSW

Art, style, music, and more is very on-brand with the fest

"...If we were conspiracy theorists – always a fun thing to get into in..."

March 9, 2019 Arts Post by W. A. Brenner

Rep. Celia Israel on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Pandering to 3% of the electorate is not in anyone's best interest”

"...a former staffer for Gov. Ann Richards and chair of Austin’s Alliance for Public Transportation, prevailed in a January..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton

"...that too few people realize how astounding and innovative the great stuntman, comedian, and filmmaker Buster Keaton truly was...."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Little Stranger

A very British ghost story takes unexpected turns

"...It’s a ghost story, but it isn’t; the tale of a haunted house, but not really. Set..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Writer Explores the Contradictions of Ted Kennedy in Chappaquiddick

Telling the tale of the shattering of Camelot

"...There are few political enigmas more shrouded in speculation than..."

April 6, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Spider House Co-Owner

From Facebook post to public statement ...

"...UPDATE: Spider House has rescheduled the community meeting announced in its initial..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Idol

The true story Mohammad Assaf, the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol

"...Mohammad Assaf, the Palestinian winner of the second season of Arab Idol,..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More to the Story

Advocates work to change the conversation around human trafficking

"...She was living under bridges in San Antonio, Texas, the past year of her life a haze of heroin..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

The Last Five Years

Anna Kendrick shines in Richard LaGravenese's loving adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical.

"...The Last Five Years is a film about a loving..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...They don't slouch in high heels on plush sofas. They..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Hughes Drinks the Conservative Kool-Aid

Speaker hopeful threatens lege process in far right pandering

"...ambitions to replace San Antonio Rep. Joe Straus as House speaker. Now as he suggests dismantling core parts of..."

June 6, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The First Grader

In Kenya, an octogenarian takes the government's promise of an education for all to heart and joins the 6-year-old reciting their ABC's.

"...Tony Kgorge, Lwanda Jawar, Emily Njoki and Kamau Mbaya. The fine print exists for a reason: When the Kenyan..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Legislator Versus the Interninator

The Score gets 'Raw' for tonight's wrestling show

"...your wrestling gear on, because WWE Raw returns to the Erwin Center tonight. But who's the biggest rasslin' fan..."

Dec. 20, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

"...Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley and Patrick Wilson. The A-Team is a product that begs to be consumed..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...Ever wonder what would happen if cinematic miscreants Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, and Witchboard all took a course..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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