Site Unseen

"America Starts Here" shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible

"...one a little smaller than a shoe box, are mounted high on the wall. The stones are arranged in..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Eight of Our Favorite Summertime Fruit Beers in Austin

Core-cooling beer options to counter rising temperatures

"...around playing Call of Duty against a bunch of Mountain Dew Game Fuel-roided teenagers talking bad about your mama,..."

June 7, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Book Reviews

John Taliaferro's biography of a man and a mountain

"...And what the hell is with Mount Rushmore?..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

The Hightower Report

America's Gaping Economic Divide; and The Bizarre Idolization of Reagan

"...but now they're pushing to put his mug on Mount Rushmore. I kid you not! One website even offers..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Day Trips: Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, Goliad

The little Loreto Chapel stands tall in history

"...Lincoln Borglum, who helped his father, Gutzon Borglum, sculpt Mount Rushmore...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

The Canadian musician's legacy re-enforced, not reconsidered

"...“If there was a Mount Rushmore in Canada, Gordon would be on it.”..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...Pitt looks miserable from the start. The heads on Mount Rushmore have more range of expression than he does..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Blue Room

Mathieu Amalric directs and stars in this Hitchcockian story of l'amour four.

"...face crumble. It’s like watching a time-lapse montage of Mount Rushmore’s Abraham Lincoln erode over millennia. Amalric is blessed..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Glass House

"...that's vaguely reminiscent of James Mason's magnificent home near Mount Rushmore in North by Northwest. There's literally no place..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Primary

"...brothers, D.A. Pennebaker, and Richard Leacock ­ are the Mount Rushmore of the early cinéma vérité movement. Some of..."

Feb. 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

North by Northwest

One of Hitchcock's very best comic thrillers, North by Northwest features scene after unforgettable scene (including those with the crop duster and Mount Rushmore).

"...ones of the crop-duster chasing Cary Grant and the Mount Rushmore sequence. This 40th anniversary print of the movie..."

Dec. 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a town reaches a population of 5,000, it..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mount Rushmore is named for Charles E. Rushmore, a New..."

May 29, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Sat. 17, Auditorium Shores, 9pm If a Mount Rushmore of Austin music were carved into the hills..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

History in the Making

A new exhibit at the Harry Ransom Center proves that no job is too small when it comes to 'Making Movies'

"...from Spellbound's Dalí dream sequence! Ernest Lehman's brochure from Mount Rushmore, with stage directions for North by Northwest's precipice-scaling..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...series, the Austin Film Society's Summer Free-for-All and the Paramount Theatre's Classic Film Series, offer revival schedules that provide..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Recipe: The Night Hawk / Frisco’s Smothered Pork Chops

One of Harry Akin's signature dishes gets resurrected

"...If there was a Mount Rushmore of Austin restaurateurs, Harry Akin's face would be..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...provide access to rivers and lakes. They give us mountains to climb, beaches to comb, canyons to hike, and..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Austin beer wall staple and foundational member of Austin’s Mount Rushmore of Beer (never mind only bronzing at the..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...the eye charts. Perkins rattles off a Marvel Comics Mount Rushmore of inspirational forebears: John Buscema (Silver Surfer), Gene..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Continues at the Paramount

Part two the the annual Summer Classic Film Series

"...always be a cool seat for you in the Paramount, as part two of the Summer Classic Film Series..."

June 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...What’s Unique: (512)’s Pecan Porter is on the Mount Rushmore of Austin beers. That’s it. That's the whole..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mount Rushmore was formed by millions of years of geological..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips: Statues of Texas Women

A list of Texas women who stand tall

"...in 1927 by John Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore...."

March 6, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Proposed Sports Complex Threatens Dark Skies in River Hills

Westside project faces new wave of resistance

"...river bend opposite Emma Long Metropolitan Park and Shepherd Mountain. In August, the neighborhood was identified by the International..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The original idea for Mount Rushmore was to have the sculptures of the presidents..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Flatlanders’ Centennial

Whole Hogg with the Lubbock trio’s “Borderless Love”

"...Save room on the Mount Rushmore of Texas greats for the Flatlanders...."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016

End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it

"...A Mount Rushmore of Texas' greatest songwriters wouldn't be complete without..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Stephen Harrigan on A Friend of Mr. Lincoln

The Austin writer reveals the vision behind his portrait of the 16th president as a young man in his new novel

"...on the National Mall. One of four faces on Mount Rushmore. One of two presidents whose birthday has traditionally..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Re-HAAMing

HAAM needs you to re-up, Ian McLagan's been gone a year, and Hotel Van Zandt playroom Geraldine's restores our faith in hotels co-existing with live local music

"...Diamond Smugglers, and the Dicks. If there was a Mount Rushmore of Austin punk guitarists, Davy Jones' face would..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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