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Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Food and a Movie
Strategic local restaurant suggestions to enhance your SXSW Film Festival schedule
March 11, 2011 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry
Under the Same Moon
The film's parallel stories of a mother and son seeking each other across geographical divides is never more than one small step away from mawkishness and cliché – but as a sociological study, it’s fascinating.
March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Fast Food Nation
Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.
Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
CMAS, CMAS Books, and Víctor Guerra
The Center for Mexican American Studies and CMAS Books share a proud history at UT and nationally.
"...The center scholars, like those at other Chicano and Mexican-American studies centers from UCLA to the University of Arizona,..."
Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Belinda Acosta
On the Way to Anywhere
Sarah Hepola talks to the three panelists of one of the Texas Book Festival's most eagerly anticipated panels, "At the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature."
"...her home in San Antonio. The panel is about Mexican-American authors. "Well," she says, "that could go anywhere." If..."
Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola
Audio Snapshots
America's premiere archival roots label celebrates the big 4-0.
"...opportunities, like the time he coaxed the queen of Mexican-American song Lydia Mendoza to record a disc's worth of..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Mike Quinn
How the Wolves Survived
That band from East L.A. keeps getting better
"...Few bands of Mexican-American descent have had the impact on American rock &..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Someday Still Wants More
Austin singer-songwriter Tish Hinojosa is back with a shorter, spunkier 'do after a four-year absence.
"...mix of styles, and her proud claim to being Mexican-American, which brought her the respect and affection of her..."
Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta
West Coast Meets South of Texas
"...At the most basic level,Los Super Seven is a Mexican-American all-star band made up of Tex-Mex legends Freddy Fender..."
Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Please Try This at Home
Local Cookbooks Bring Ethnic Food Traditions to You
"...my respect for the dynamic culinary contributions African-American and Mexican-American cooks bring to the melting pot of the American..."
Dec. 5, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Amor Prohibido
Selena's Crossover Dream
"...Johnny Herrera, with the added phrase "considered the greatest Mexican-American female voice of modern times," is inexplicable...."
June 28, 1996 Books Feature
Danzón
A woman leaves her home and family in Mexico City to embark on a romantic quest in Veracruz only to lose sight of the original subject of her search and, in the process, find something more precious – herself.
Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Faster Than Sound: Remembering Chet Himes, Johnny Limón, and Riley Osbourn
Three Austin music scene stalwarts passed in late August
Sept. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
March 2020 Club Endorsements
Who's backing whom in the Democratic primary?
Feb. 4, 2020 News Post
Casa de mi Padre
Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.
March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
"Selections from the Permanent Collection"
Mexic-Arte Museum's showing of selections from its permanent collection is a little confusing in setup and somewhat rough, but there's also something charming about its rusticity.
"...museum that was just designated the official Mexican and Mexican-American Fine Art Museum of Texas by Gov. Rick Perry,..."
Nov. 21, 2003 Arts Review by Sam Martin
A Change of Scenery
What It Looks Like
"...and -- don't forget -- the newly approved, as-yet-unbuilt Mexican-American Cultural Center (MACC). And across the street, of course,..."
July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Tragedias de la Frontera
"...the already-existing historical precedent. It's nothing new for a Mexican-American to be gunned down in the border regions by..."
May 28, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols
Cucaracha, La
April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List
Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more
"...Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration, and Stephanie Elizondo Griest's All the Agents and..."
Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces
Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science
"...and perseverance as well as a site where Austin's Mexican-American and Latinx heritage is always on display. Clean, curvaceous,..."
March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post
Compadres
Mexican action comedy
April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Keeping Pace, Culturally
Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time
"...while the majority population ate cake. Where African-Americans and Mexican-Americans are concerned, our city is, sad to say, still..."
Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...and happy memories of long-ago, WWII. When thousands of Mexican-Americans not serving in the military engaged in "home-front" efforts..."
Feb. 8, 2002 Column
Our Murals, Ourselves
"...whether it's their relationship to the University or the Mexican-American community or, in the last decade, their reaction to..."
Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
Art Fights the Power
The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya
"...movement and his politically vigorous artwork championing issues for Mexican-Americans. At Mexic-Arte Museum and Galeria Sin Fronteras, dozens of..."
Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
Crossing Literary Borders
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
"...this is the raison d'etre -- no. Are there Mexican-American racists? I'm sure there are. Whether they're Anglo or..."
Aug. 29, 1997 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland
The Fellowship of the Tortilla
Peña Unites Central-American Folk
Oct. 20, 1995 Music Feature
Review: Path to the Altar: Community Ofrendas
Mexic-Arte exhibit explores ancient roots in modern life
