The First Annual Rancho Winslow Mayan Fin del Mundo Fiesta!

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012

"...P'aak is Mayan for "tomato" and sikil means "squash seed" (close enough..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature

Mayan and Pre-Columbian Book Series from UT Press

May 7, 2008 Postmarks

Thirteenth B'ak'tun Bacchanalia

A Mayan feast fit for the end of the world or the beginnings of a new age

"...According to Mayan historical creation theory, using their concept of "world ages,"..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Apocalypto

The ever-astonishing filmmaker Mel Gibson continues his (probably unintentional) study of the mortification of the flesh through the ages.

"...their depiction. Apocalypto, which emphasizes the barbarity of late Mayan culture at the expense of its accomplishments in the..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rancho Winslow Fin del Mundo Fiesta/Slumber Party

The world didn't end but the feast was fit for the end of time

"...With either the Mayan-predicted end of the world, or the beginning of a..."

Dec. 26, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

New sharks, who dis?

"...chased by blind cave sharks who inhabit a submerged Mayan city that can only be reached through sheer-sided cenotes...."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Ruins

Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.

"...and Eric (Ashmore) end up trapped atop an ancient Mayan pyramid – along with a fellow German tourist –..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Number 23

Joel Schumacher and Jim Carrey combine their dubious talents to create an even more dubious movie in which a man becomes obsessed with the number 23.

"...birthday or the prognosticated date of Armageddon in the Mayan calendar or Michael Jordan’s jersey.” The book Sparrow becomes..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Road to El Dorado

"...as animated rear male nudity and curvaceous and midriff-baring Mayan babes and language that includes impolite words like "hell"..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

House of Cards

"...does wear its mysticism on its sleeve, trading in Mayan myths and shared dreaming, and its end skirts dangerously..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Dolly Dearest

"...is at pains to explain that these demons aren't Mayan, no, no no, they're some kind of really bad..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Apocalypse Now, Then MoMA

Game developer Adam Saltsman pairs Mayan panic with Dikembe Mutombo

"...Mayan-inspired dread lies at the center of a series of..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Keepin' It Jungle

Austin company plans an eco-colonial retreat in Mexico

"...In the dense jungle west of the coastal Mayan ruins of Tulum, the temperature is moving past "steamy"..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Letters @ 3AM

One of the great lessons of civilizations is that smarts don't count for much in the long run

"...do and picnic at the Parthenon. Egyptians, Persians, Romans, Mayans, the English, they're still around, mostly just getting by..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

There's a Seat for Everybody at This Table

"...Mayan Hummus (Sikil P'aak)Gluten-free, paleo Prep time: 10 min. Cook time:..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW: Nik Turner Spreads His Cosmic Wings

Hawkwind co-founder to re-enact the 'Space Ritual'

"...I went to Mexico and spent some time in Mayan ruins, and I’m really into Miles Davis, and I’m..."

March 15, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: NYE 1977

Spider House Ballroom, Saturday, December 31, 2011

"...Saturday night begins the year of the Mayan apocalypse. Time to get your ducks in a row..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Travels With Saúl

Austin filmmakers Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz found not just a subject in Guatemala, but a co-director, too.

"...film, Roblero appears onscreen, questioning and interacting with the Mayan villagers as they explain their clothing, religious ceremonies, and..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Puscifer, Brennen Leigh, Ghost Wolves, and more recommended shows

"...tribute: "If Tommy Duncan's Voice Was Booze." – Kevin Curtin Mayan WarriorConcourse Project, Saturday 11..."

June 10, 2022 Music Column by Maya Wray

Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone

Texas-made luchadores-meets-wire fu playful adventure

"...finds himself embroiled in a cosmic battle involving ancient Mayan gods and demons, a magic emerald with limitless power..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La llorona

Supernatural horror explores the wailing soul of a nation denied justice

"...the grief is that felt by the Ixil, the Mayan population of the remote Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. In..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Family Food Fun

The mystical Manchaca Rancho Winslow Supper Club

"...paper. Back in December of 2012, we did a Mayan end-of-the-world party; all the dishes were old Mayan treasures,..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Outtakes Get Their Day in Court

Pamela Yates returns to a haunted Guatemala in Granito: How To Nail a Dictator

"...co-director Newton Thomas Sigel filmed combat missions with both Mayan guerrillas and the army. Yates even survived a troop..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...in the cafeteria, anticipating an excursion to the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá. Stephen Bruton joins nearby, as..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Boycott the Pumpkin Spice Latte With Alternative Spices

Five types of non-pumpkin autumnal beverages around town

"...Bakery & Coffee Shop: 2305 E. Seventh; www.joesbakery.com. The Mayan Hot Cocoa..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Meal Times

Dec. 20-24

"...where they'll be roasting three pigs in the ground, Mayan style. For $15, the menu includes roast pork, black..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Column

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...where I'm from. Do you know that there were Mayan ruins around that area? Monterrey and Saltillo? My dad..."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Articulations

Austin loses a longtime artist, Mickey Joe Mayfield, and Vortex Repertory Company gains a managing director, Barry Pineo.

"...paint. Mayfield also painted a ceiling mural of the Mayan Underworld for the "Mayan House" designed by architect Paul..."

May 31, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postmarks

"...Sunday's paradoxical headline*, that Mayan Indians killed Mayan Indians "...villagers...," got me to go..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Column

Son of the White Mare

Gorgeous avant garde animation recounts a Hungarian myth

"...The effect is shamanic, like when Diego Rivera fused Mayan and Aztec symbolism into his epic Modernism, but Jankovics..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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