A Day on Craigslist Austin

Inspired by Craig's call for democracy and Michael Ferris Gibson's documentation of it, I set out one morning to see what the good people of Austin were serving to their neighbors

"...Inspired by Craig's call for democracy and Michael Ferris Gibson's documentation of it, I set out one morning to..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

A moving and vital document of an extraordinary but little-known artist

"...Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellPlexifilm, $24.99..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Review by Doug Freeman

The Gary Cooper Collection

Rarely did he singe the big screen with his craft, yet his dimpled impassivity was ready-made for audience personification

"...The Gary Cooper Collection..."

June 24, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

On the Bus

In the process of writing her new play con flama, Austin poet / writer Sharon Bridgforth discovered that the piece was not complete without her own voice in it. In the process of observing con flama's development, writer Belinda Acosta discovered something about her own voice, too.

"...Sharon Bridgforth thought she was writing a play about riding..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Qmmunity: Rain on Me

A new era at the classic Fourth Street bar starts with Show Director Basüra

"...Here's one storm you'll want to get caught in: the new..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by James Scott

Decade on the Vanguard

No. 10 looks like the best Salvage Vanguard birthday ever!

"...Seems like only yesterday that a few drama school grads from Brown..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Council: Watch Out for Angry Penguins

Council takes on Downtown density and the Summer X Games

"...Adelaide, Australia was once home to poet Max Harris, a founder of the..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Spinning Flavor

The MALI conference celebrates a decade of diversity

"...Arts & Literacy Institute's Women's Film & Performance Arts Conference, save one notable aspect – the "wholly focused on..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Medium Mash

Previewing MALI Women's Film & Performance Arts Festival

"...If you look in the dictionary under "defies categorization," you might find the logo of..."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Book Woman Fights Back

If "things don't return to the normal pattern by the end of the year, then I think we would have to re-evaluate," says Book Woman's Susan Post. "But we're not going to take out a loan, we're going to have a benefit! It's like we're in the hospital and we have some hospital bills, and our friends are going to help us pay them." She's talking about Sunday's Independents Jam, about which you can find out more here.

"...in the neighborhood of 12th + Lamar, if my calculations are correct. It's in that neighborhood -- just six..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

Comic book store wars? What comic-book store wars? And: The Austin Public Library makes merry while making a difference.

"...Who needs the Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure for Christmas when we have two local flesh-and-blood..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...cow? The virtual world of interior design and geekish attention to furniture arrangement? Are you prepared for the multidisciplinary,..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Open Festival Season

Taking aim at Banff and Blowin' Up a Spot

"...Up a Spot' came from: I'm taking a smaller situation and enlarging it to make people consider something that..."

April 28, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Gay Place: South Bi Gay Bi

Bedpost, Viva, and 'Get Out of My Crotch' highlight this last week before SXSW madness

"...speed. Are you ready? Also, GayBiGayGay seeks volunteers. (See Ho-rizon.) ON OUR GAYDAR..."

March 1, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

News/Print

"...Tom Doyal, one of my very favorite people and one of the..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Buy Local, Get 'Happy'

Help Austin film The Happy Poet see the world

"...When Jonny Mars describes The Happy Poet as a movie about..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Before Night Falls

"...in Before Night Falls when it physically hurts to watch. Yes, the scenes of violence are terrifying to behold,..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blue Car

"...Directed by: Karen Moncrieff. Starring: David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher,..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Quiet Passion

A biographical sketch of poet Emily Dickinson

"...Directed by: Terence Davies. Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine, Emma Bell, Jodhi..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blinded by the Light

Semi-true story of how the Boss shook the world of a boy from Luton

"...Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Dean-Charles Chapman, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Nikita Mehta, Hayley Atwell and Tara Divina...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Our Song

"...Directed by: Jim Mckay. Starring: The Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band, Kim Howard, Ray Anthony Thomas, Marlene..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at venues..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

I Don't Know How She Does It

Sarah Jessica Parker stars in this comedy about working-mom woes.

"...Busy Philipps and Seth Meyers. Call her commercial cinema's poet laureate for the working woman. Okay, no one’s going..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Sun Is Also a Star

Is it destiny that brings these two lovers together, or the bland demands of a YA adaptation?

"...Directed by: Ry Russo-Young. Starring: Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, John Leguizamo, Jake Choi, Camrus Johnson, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Miriam..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

New Drafthouse, Sundance grants, and a 48-hour contest

"...neverending fount of film happenings. Check out the latest on the Alamo Drafthouse, plus two forthcoming tidbits about Chris..."

July 22, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Qmmunity: Shantay, You Stay

A new season of Drag Race All Stars means watch parties aplenty

"...the wheel! RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8 is upon us, reuniting past contestants for fresh, fierce competition. Want..."

May 19, 2023 Column by James Scott

Sound Unseen Review: Queens of the Revolution

Inside the loving, revolutionary walls of El Mejunje

"...a world that demands resistance,” explains a speaker early on in Queens of the Revolution...."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Sara Hutchinson

The Lijadu Sisters

Wislawa Szymborska meets the Lijadu Sisters

"...Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska died last week in Kraków, Poland. My..."

Feb. 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

I Defy You, Josh

In praise of Baz Luhrmann's funny, touching, totally insane film

"...polarizing, is with Romeo and Juliet. We've had two iconic productions in 30 years' time – Franco Zeffirelli's 1968..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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