Cap Metro Wants Its Pre-Pandemic Groove Back

Everything’s in flux with new ridership, new leadership, new routes

"...Michael Hill takes the bus to work every morning. Well, he actually takes a few..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

With Six Seats Up in the Air, City Council Could Look Very Different Next Year

Ready to rumble?

"...until late July, but the races are already beginning to take shape, with 10 candidates already having declared their..."

Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Panels: Food and Technology

More highlights from the 2017 food track

"...was about redefining out relationship with eating – down to the molecular level...."

March 13, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Catching Up with City Council

Council enters holiday break bearing a handful of presents

"...City Council won’t gather together again officially until the New Year – Jan. 23,..."

Dec. 17, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Online, Unplugged

Wireless Internet is cost-effective, accessible, of the people rather than gouging the people. So what are you waiting for? It's time to cut the cord.

"...for designated one-hour blocks? The Internet doesn't just belong to a box, cube, or tower; it doesn't just belong..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue – enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.

"...John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman, Natasha Slayton, Najarra Townsend and Hector Elias. Performance artist Miranda July..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cap Metro Hangs Hopes on “Connections 2025”

High frequency bus lines attempt to increase commuter freedom

"...recent Thursday morning. The home health aide was trying to get across town to an appointment, catching the Route..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

First Love

Japanese master Takashi Miike at his quirkiest and most romantic

"...A first love can mean different things to many people. It could be a boy who went..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Future of Food Is Now

From drones to cricket flour to apps designed to make food deserts extinct, social justice is at the intersection of food and technology

"...Foams are cute. A dish featuring antelope served nine ways is innovative. But while many of us are getting..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...feels like such a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future, one where the outcome may influence generations..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven gets historical for his new take on nunsploitation

"...As Paul Verhoeven stressed in a prerecorded intro prior to his film playing during the coveted Fantastic Fest secret..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Council Plan Would Aim Help at Encampments of Unsheltered People

A time to HEAL?

"...City Council is poised to approve a resolution today, Feb. 4, introduced by Council..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: The Costly Pastime of Politics

The big bucks are rolling in to local candidates and PACs. Why, and for what?

"...well-represented in Austin and Texas politics – need a new place to park its cash? We take VoA at..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...of the most enviable jobs in Texas – Taco Editor of Texas Monthly. Further bolstering his credentials as the..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

The Luv Doc: Ex-Shtupping Girlfriends

Sometimes friends will let you down – sometimes in really big ways

"...broke up, a couple of my close friends proceeded to have sex with him. One even had an extended..."

July 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Jason Neulander Experimental drama. Now, there's a term to conjure dread in the heart of a poor theatregoer...."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

March out there and celebrate spring

"...on finding the best stands of bluebonnets and where to pick strawberries, plus lots of other ways to enjoy..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

With Sharply Different Approaches, Willie Nelson and George Strait Christen the Moody Center

Strait leads crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” to his fellow Texas icon

"...which means, for score-keeping purposes, I have 364 days to become a singular American songwriter, record 23 albums, win..."

April 30, 2022 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Checking In: Eimaral Sol Emancipates

“The only option is to survive. This is my life. This is my purpose”

"...by an Austin femcee? Short list, that. At the top, then, reside the frank, womanly, puckish stylings of Laramie..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...Street, past the apartments where the ice plant used to be, and downstairs into the ditch. It's crowded, cold,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

UPDATE: Flood of Relief

In tragedy's wake, Central Texas continues to care for her own

"...list of flood relief efforts (updated with over 20 new items, 9am, 6/12) continues to bring you the latest,..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Live Feed

Jason Phelps turns to his theatrical past to nourish the present with a Feast of My Heart

"...If you want to understand what led this versatile and accomplished performer to..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Photography, History & Accounting 101

Learning with Henry Rollins, us the shareholders.

"...a work ethic. He has a work metabolism. Coming into Fun Fun Fun Fest Sunday, the singer/poet/author/publisher/raconteur is now..."

Nov. 3, 2011 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...Randal O'Toole is a very convincing fellow. Spend about half an..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...the heat, while Behrens' braids glisten with sweat dripping onto his tight pink shirt and even tighter blue jeans...."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"...at arm's length from the audience, coolly leaving patrons to relate to their work as best they can. They..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...themes and characters, real classic stuff, you know, demanding actors of range and commitment -- and the company totally..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Nightmare

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

"...documentary study of the American horror film. It continues to screen on the IFC through Halloween, coupled with selected..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Dedicated to Beth Westbrook, Ceci Gratias, Tesía Samara, Lauryn Paige Fuller,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Going Places

By merging technology and old-school community-building, Heyride just may revolutionize how you get from here to there

"...was exhausted. After crossing through the morass of bodies Downtown during SXSW this past March, Huck found himself on..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

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