Our Family Wedding

This is a formulaic wedding comedy about mismatched families, but thanks to several appealing performances, this rote exercise turns out better than most.

"...Lance Gross, Diana-Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros and Anjelah Johnson. “Our marriage, their wedding.” That’s the mantra lovebirds Lucia Ramirez..."

March 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Margot at the Wedding

The director of The Squid and the Whale mostly falters in this follow-up film that stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black as casually cruel narcissists.

"...casual cruelty that the characters in Margot at the Wedding inflict upon one another is often shocking in its..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Checking In: The Deer’s Grace Rowland Postponed Her Wedding – And Not by Choice

“I was in some pretty intense despair for a week or so”

"...indie folk heroes the Deer wrote on Facebook, “So our gigs are all blown to the winds, cancelled or..."

May 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...was to build their dream home and start a family. But that dream turned into a nightmare, George said,..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Family Circle

Don Howard's new documentary turns Texas football, cheerleading, and weddings into an anthropological model -- with a little help from Jung.

"...Watching Don Howard's new film, Nuclear Family, and talking to him about it, one has the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...Between the red curtains, Sentimental Family Band has almost wrapped their first-ever album, Sweethearts Only,..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Garbo’s Second Brick-and-Mortar Opens; JNL Barbecue’s First Brick-and-Mortar Opens; Flo’s Wine Bar & Bottle Shop Is Born; Oseyo Hires Laura Sawicki; Vixen’s Wedding’s New Menu Is *Chef’s Kiss*; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Yes, citizen, it’s your “Food News Buffet” for the first week of March..."

March 1, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A CelebrASIA, Taste of Mexico, and Lesbian Wedding Highlight Our Community Events

Fests, gatherings, classes, and more

"...their Saturdays teaching you, for free, how to repair your broken items? Community really is a beautiful thing. Electronics,..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ukrainians With Austin Family Defy Death to Get Here

Seeking refuge in Austin

"...only relatives outside of Ukraine who could house Natasha's family. As soon as the conflict started, the couple started..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Family Style

The Threadgill's secret to longevity

"...old and had arrived in Austin on the previous Fourth of July. A friend of my then-boyfriend had worked..."

July 8, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

'Luby's Recipes & Memories: A Collection of Our Favorite Recipes and Heartwarming Stories'

"...Luby's Recipes & Memories: A Collection of Our Favorite Recipes and Heartwarming Stories..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Hanging Garden

"...-- individually and collectively -- in Thom Fitzgerald's florid family drama, The Hanging Garden. The Canadian film is a..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound

No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first

"...by blood, the Tiarras always attribute their success to family. Girls, Once..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...few numbers later, but right now, his children, grandchildren, family, and friends pack the stage to play "Jingle Bell..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...at the Capitol City Comedy Club. For me, of course, this is nothing short of amazing. True, they were..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Paige & Katy Wed!

Paige and Katy make family... and while they're at it, make history.

"...focused Soulforce (the folks behind the recent The American Family Outing) and Katy Koonce, an Austin therapist specializing in..."

June 24, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Youth Shall Set You Free

Your friendly neighborhood Gay Place gets all viral with an exclusive 365gay.com interview with JointheImpact.com founder Amy Balliett.

"...Your friendly neighborhood Gay Place has gone national, securing a..."

Nov. 12, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer marriages would end in divorce. Sister, we're here..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...and with it. Bernie is the dancer in the family...."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Gay Marriage American Catholic Style

American Catholic church celebrates marriage equality

"...a special Saturday mass greeting at Southeast Austin's Holy Family American Catholic Church, where he is pastor. "And a..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...If Texas has people like your Democrat legislators, the cowards would have snuck out of..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Luv Doc: Engaged to a White Liar

Wherein the Luv Doc expounds on what's hot in wedding table linens

"...from a long Thanksgiving weekend in Dallas with her family. It was an even longer ride home, because while..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Rumor Has It ...

Fans of The Graduate should skip this strange comedy, which posits that the real-life inspiration for counterculture icon Benjamin Braddock grew up to be a cheesy, brainless high tech zillionaire doing yoga and driving a Mercedes around Half Moon Bay.

"...(Aniston) goes home to satirized sunny Pasadena for the wedding of her Barbie-doll sister (Suvari, all bleached teeth and..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...level of the music business. We spoke for an hour, Lewis overflowing stories. This is half our interview. In..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: The Good Songs We Need to Sing Together and Loud

Celebrating love and resistance at Terry and Jo Harvey Allen's 55th wedding anniversary

"...deep into the all dark of the night with hours still spread ahead, a light burning, music on and..."

July 14, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Three of Hearts

"...to what to do about her sister's impending Polish wedding. Connie had chosen that occasion to come out to..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: August 22

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Florida goes nuptial, Britain goes trans mil, and the Family Research Council goes posthumous smear, as your AggreGAYtor shows..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...it, that might actually work. Why do you think your film has captured Venezuelan interest so much?..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

At McDade’s Rising Sun Vineyard, Grapes Are Growing and Vino Is Flowing

You’ll feel right at home at this family-owned operation in Bastrop County

"...Texas is the fourth-largest wine producing U.S. state, with nearly 500 wineries and..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

L’Oca d’Oro Co-Owner on the Future of the Restaurant

Right now, they can’t do what they do – so what’s next?

"...we were invited to a virtual bat mitzvah. A family of regulars was supposed to celebrate the culmination of..."

April 27, 2020 Food Post by Adam Orman

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