'Iconoclast' Country

It's election time in Crawford – peace and free speech keep right on waving and smiling

"...The sun is shining on Crawford, Texas. Business isn't exactly booming, but it's enjoying..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Kate X Messer

His Whole Life

How Lake Austin Spa and Resort chef Terry Conlan rose to the top without losing his perspective and priorities

"...When we consider climbing to the top of a profession, the image..."

March 21, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Pirate Jane

Pirate legends, it seems, are the last bastion of childhood, the stuff of imagination for all ages, Margaret Moser writes. And the faces behind the fierceness were not necessarily men.

"...Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea..."

July 13, 2001 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Proust Biographies

"...was trendy to own a keepsake album in which one's friends would respond to a set of questions that..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

Red River Shore

Lifting the Dylan sideman vow of silence, Lone Star-style

"...Denny Freeman is on the telephone from Kamloops, British Columbia. He's calling to..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Book Reviews

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories

"...seems to have it all: a wildly hyped debut collection of short stories published by Knopf, a pad in..."

June 11, 1999 Books Review

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...of water problems at her northern Hays County home. One of her wells ran dry, and another gave her..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...place is the southwestern edge of the Hill Country, consisting of three large river valleys, the Sabinal, Frio, and..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Playback: Mother Falcon vs. Scottish Rite Theater

Mother Falcon's open letter to the Scottish Rite, Frontier Bar's transformation into Lost Well, and soul man Bobby Patterson

"...On July 24, the same morning that Scottish Rite Theater's..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Reissues

"...GONE WITH THE WIND..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Final Account

How growing up in the Third Reich warped generations

"...served the Nazi Party. Final Account, the resulting documentary, notes that Holland conducted interviews with over 300 people, and..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Excited About Life

Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera

"...2010 when she spotted Esmeralda Barrera right up in front of the stage. Barrera was "so enthusiastic," Blue recently..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Diamond in the Rough

Dawson's Can-Do Spirit Emerges in Pilot Project

"...in sync the residents and businesses actually were," says Dawson NA President Cynthia Medlin. "I got the impression that..."

June 5, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...door that reads "Love Shack." Because the theatre is one of those places -- like summer camp -- that..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Hays County development continues apace, squeezing out rural residents and exacerbating water-use problems.

"...that rural Hays County is vanishing with each new subdivision and accompanying strip center. The rush for suburban "Hill..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Game Reviews

"...Code, $19.99) Barbie is your riding instructor in this first-person horseback riding simulator game, reportedly the first of its..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Tasting Defeat

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Don't go looking for a long stage rap from..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

BloodSport

Place 6 Goes for the Jugular

"...illustration by Doug Potter At 10:30am last Thursday, just before..."

May 30, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

'The NFL Beat': Saints and Patriots Camps

Lots of win, from North to South

"...We sent up our wicked-smaat Boston correspondent, Mike Loyko to take in Patriots practices early..."

Aug. 4, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

The legendary composer delivers his final performance in a stirring concert documentary

"...You won’t hear an exact re-creation of his multi-instrument Last Emperor..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bottoms

The Shiva Baby team reunite for a ridonkulously horny queer comedy

"...measured of the two BFFs. PJ and Josie are on the same quest that Seth and Evan are in..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...that you know (Russian folk tale, boy hero, Prokofiev, symphonic) to the one premiering this week at Stateside at..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wish List

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

"...We invited local nonprofits to send us lists of all the things they..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Features Feature

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...a hand-rolled cigarette. "You should meet him, he's a wonderful guy. A great guide, too." I hadn't seen him...."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"..."The most important realization I ever had was that all I had to..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...voter's job, not Carter's." – Mary Beth Harrell. See "Congressional District 31: What's Up With John Carter?" Headlines• Warren..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature

New Works by Liz and Maurice Treviño

Liz and Maurice Treviño's new, poster-art- influenced paintings are tragic, but they're too specific, sharp, and clean to be morose

"...Like a French film, everyone dies in the end. Painters Liz and Maurice Trevi–o..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...The monthly forecast calls for harvest festival fun statewide...."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin at Large: Stupid Games, Ugly Prizes

With the lives of Austin’s unhoused poor at stake, the city prepares to do something

"...time supporters of the city's policies could get voters' attention and persuade or mobilize them to turn out against..."

May 7, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...From moon explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and from..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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