Celebrate Reproductive Rights While You Can

A Planned Parenthood benefit party and props for Jordan Smith

"...the nonprofit out of business. But what we have learned, and what the story sought to explain, is that..."

July 8, 2011 News Post by Cindy Widner

Letters at 3AM: In a Lonely Place

Film noir is a cinema of failure

"...mysterious at the end than at the beginning. We've learned all there is to learn, but nothing is revealed...."

June 3, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...the concerns of the firefighters union, Assistant City Manager Michael McDonald says the chief went out of her way..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Control Shift

Thoughts on adjusting to hard times from former opera director Kevin Patterson

"...at stake for cultural institutions today and lessons he learned. The following is an excerpt from that interview...."

May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Hall Hustle: Recycling Recycled ... Again

Contentious negotiations confirm one thing: Trash is golden

"...But if we've learned anything, it's not to make recycling assumptions. That, and..."

April 15, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Safe. Mutual. Respect.

JD Samson (wo)mans up for the Gay Place.

"...myself. That’s just my aesthetic in general. Something I learned from that movie and that time of my life..."

March 30, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Cindy Widner

Shock and Awe

Subverting genre and tingling spines in 'Kill List'

"..."What I learned off of Down Terrace," explains Wheatley, "is that the..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...barbershop harmony to set closer "I'll Fly Away." "I learned the tune a few minutes ago," blushed Petralli backstage,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

He Needed a Hero

A regular schlub turns caped crusader in James Gunn's Super

"...in Gunn's directorial debut, the criminally underrated horror-sci-fi-comedy Slither, Michael Rooker's Grant, a jealous husband, is inhabited by a..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...Lessons Learned: The Business of the Biz..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Unrealized Opportunities: Ester Matthews on the Austin Climate Protection Program

Ester Matthews reflects on the progress of the ACPP

"...following is an edited transcript of that interview. – Michael King..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Say It Now

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura always gives the reader something to chew on,..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Postmarks

Home Field Advantage

Sure, Austin can become a sustainable center for TV production. Just ask the Friday Night Lights gridiron gang.

"...director's chair – understandable, given the breakneck schedule. Director Michael Waxman's hunched shoulders, the fact that he eats lunch..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"..."What I learned from music videos is that you start with the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

100 Days, 100 Nights later

"...In April the group releases its fourth album, I Learned the Hard Way. It expands the Dap-Kings' sound but..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Aural History

Jeff Lofton, son of an Army drill instructor, sure doesn’t play trumpet like one – or does he?

"...probably not, because he followed instructions," laughs Lofton. "We learned quickly to follow instructions. We were very well-behaved and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bravo/Brava

Paul Soileau trips the light (and the dark) fantastic in his multimedia performance pieces

"..."This year, I learned that this is a job. I used to be..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...of Hollywood heavyweight Martin Sheen and former Logan's Runner Michael York, is more beloved by high school math teachers..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wrap Sheet

Scenes from the 2009 Austin Film Festival

"...invited to fulfill Shelly's vision. Asked about what she learned in her shift to the director's chair, Hines commented:..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Things Are What You Make of Them

The deliciously cracked comedies of Bob Byington

"...something itchy and kicky and tricky to pin down; Michael Moore got close, I think, when he awarded Byington..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen

Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?

"...knows the rules. A TV writer since 1990, he learned the ropes of TV comedy writing working on traditional..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...need for gainful employment, are actively sharing what they've learned with performance noobs of all kinds. These schools offer..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Res Publica

"...RALLY FOR YOGURT SHOP DEFENDANTS Though Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen have been released from prison..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature

McMoldy High School?

For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day

"...had requested. The group, which included Torres, Shaw, Principal Michael Garrison, and assistant director of maintenance Brad Shaver, didn't..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...she told federal lawmakers), owned a handgun that she learned to use and kept for self-protection. That day, however,..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hooray for Jordan Smith!

"...over the years, starting with the long-winded editorial (I've learned to skim it for the pertinent facts), I come..."

April 27, 2009 Postmarks

Retracing Their Steps

Two choreographers explain why it's tough to get old dances back on their feet

"...new to their roles, with the exception of Paul Michael Bloodgood, who learned Hamlet as an understudy in 2004...."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

How About a Real Response?

"...stray back into the same anti-war pitch they have learned to deliver. Therefore I must be more direct and..."

Jan. 20, 2009 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

It's a dangerous world, and some nights the most cruelly dangerous people may be you

"...– Mayer so much a New Yorker he's never learned to drive. Our original intention was to have our..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Whitmire: Substance Abuse Program Is Doing Fine

Women's allegations against a state-run drug program for felony offenders gets short shrift by a Senate committee

"...her testimony, he fidgeted and whispered to an aide. Michael Giniger took the mic and promptly discredited Wolf. "I..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

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