City Officials Jet Off to England

City says it's not a pleasure trip

"...F1 race later in the season. But County Judge Sam Biscoe was critical of what he called a lost..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...to April 30, 2012 – were the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Cate Blouke (theatre), Claire Canavan (theatre), Luke..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback

'Good Day Austin' anchor Joe Bickett says adios, the Scottish Rite Theater, Good Music Club, and Spider House say hello again, and Emo's owner Frank Hendrix goes cable

"...stage and the stained glass portrait of Grand Master Samuel Poyntz Cochran watching over the room. The almost vaudevillian..."

May 25, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AISD Approves Employee Policy (Finally)

Six months of delays leads to 6-1-1 vote

"...Explaining her 'nay' vote, Moya (who sits on the same policy committee that originally recommended no change to the..."

April 24, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Viper Moon

Jazz guitarist Slim Richey recovers

"...of Atlanta, just shy of the Arkansas border, young Michael Richey became enamored with jazz despite the provincial locale...."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Tangled Web of David Marquez

Local artist takes over 'Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'

"...arc on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, it's written by Brian Michael Bendis.'"..."

April 4, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...icon, brought in such giants as Duke Ellington and Sam Cooke...."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Wednesday Interviews

Nuevo Wavo returns. Samples schmamples – we've got a live band!

"...who now lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. "At the same time, I was hanging out with Speedy Sparks &..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Then There's This... : Austin's Never-Ending Story

Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention

"...Since August, I had been in squatter mode, occupying Michael King's "Point Austin" column space every other week. Alas,..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

2011 Screens Top 10s

Marc Savlov's Top 10 list

"...Lemmy (Lemmy), Albert Brooks (Drive), Sam Shepard (Blackthorn), John Boyega (Attack the Block), Michael Fassbender..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...Just days before, he'd made the same trek with Foster's father and grandfather for a meeting..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Heavy lifting: No Control radio expands, hardcore punks hit the Monolith Training Center, and the Stocktons celebrate 10 years at Beerland

"...Longtime Red River shutterbug Michael Crawford has found a new way to preserve the..."

July 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Art of Getting By

As coming-of-age dramas go, this one is flaccid and endlessly irksome.

"...Directed by: Gavin Wiesen. Starring: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Rita Wilson, Blair Underwood, Elizabeth Reaser, Sasha Spielberg,..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: In a Lonely Place

Film noir is a cinema of failure

"...his cigarette on its rim, Bacall's hand does the same, and from both butts thin, grayish trails rise until..."

June 3, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Communication Breakdown

Rocked by financial crisis, AISD goes to war with itself – and everyone suffers

"...worried about next year's classrooms. On the other, those same parents and staff are still smarting over how the..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2011 Aftershots

Friday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...the group paid homage to Reggie Jackson's Summer of Sam with "The Straw That Stirs the Drink" and more..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...more of a curiosity than anything culturally relevant. – Michael Bertin Warren GVenue 222, March 19..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Is That a Wrap for Incentives?

Amid economic woes and a race-baiting controversy, the future of TV, video game, and film funding in Texas looks shaky

"...House-style bad light?") Lawmakers briefly batted around examples like Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, which might make Texas look bad..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The First AISD Cuts

Trustees cut positions and consider spending reserves

"...board described as too vital to lose. At the same time, trustees were forced to sacrifice 35 parent support..."

Jan. 25, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...Four Lions (Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Chris Morris), Greenberg (Noah Baumbach), The Kids Are..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Some died, some walked

"...of the Sanders family's civil rights suit – Judge Sam Sparks was not amused. APD officer-shooter Leonardo Quintana got..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...from 300 to 1,700 people. Conceptualized by Austin's esteemed Michael Hsu Design Office, the tentatively named Emo's on the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...Tonight, again, I watched Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, as I have watched it..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Eclipse

A curious little Irish film that mixes relationship drama with a ghost story and only gets it half right

"...With the corners of his mouth soured down like Sam the Eagle, Ciarán Hinds (There Will Be Blood) plays..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

UT and KUT's communications about the Cactus Cafe remain off-grid, while David Kimbrough Jr. reinstates his late father's legacy at TC's, and Alejandro Escovedo goes viral from the Stone Pony in Asbury Park

"...Not everyone's preparing for a last hurrah, though. Sam Baker (Aug. 5) remains characteristically hopeful about the future..."

July 30, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...ex-Marine infantry leader Joshua Hisle and Linda Ronstadt's son Michael on cello, mourns second disc The Last Great Loss..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

International Bands

Wednesday

"...(Sat., 7:55pm, the Phoenix) will be an education. Serious Sam Barrett (Wed., 9pm, Velveeta Room) could be this year's..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

New Hearing for Death Row Inmate

Charles Dean Hood heads back to district court for new punishment hearing

"...was not without a stiff dissent written by Judge Michael Keasler – and joined by Judges Barbara Hervey and..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...held by board president Mark Williams; Perez in trustee Sam Guzman's southeastern District 2; Becker in Lori Moya's south-central..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature

Sound of the City

Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"

"...really built around hard drums, different kinds of melodic samples. Sometimes we’ll get experimental and go real left, but..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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