Day Trips

Old Town Port Aransas remains among the condos and high-rises

"...Old Town Port Aransas is officially a historic district. The City Council..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Big Seedy

Werner Herzog talks about his eccentric tour de farce, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

"...His new film, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, is a different but no..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Floyd Moore R.I.P.

"...were around in the early 1970s or are from Port Arthur, but trust me when I say that if..."

Jan. 29, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Will Travel for Food

Cooking at the Little Port Walter Research Station

"...to consider the possibility of cooking at the Little Port Walter Research Station on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska...."

July 27, 2001 Food Feature by Marko Ellinger

Ice Cream Man Presents!

Saturday's Flavor: Port O'Brien

"...After Atlas Sound finished on the main, electrified stage, Port O'Brien fired up on the acoustic stage. Right before..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Matt Allen

Day Trips: Jimmy "Wildman" Schouman

Artist finds his canvases and subjects all around Port Aransas

"..."Wildman" Schouman finds his canvases and subjects all around Port Aransas...."

Oct. 28, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...the impact of a proton torpedo missing an exhaust port. If it feels like the return of the greatest..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Transit

A contemporary retelling of life in occupied France has chilling modern resonances

"...“Ports are places where stories are told, that’s what they’re..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Connection

The French-made Connection owes much to The French Connection

"...his associates against the scenic backdrop of the French port city in the mid-Seventies. With his radiant smile, manicured..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Brush With Danger

The obvious martial arts skills of the brother and sister filmmakers, Ken and Livi Zheng, don't compensate for this film's wooden drama.

"...Zhengs, as Ken and Alice Qiang, arriving in the port of Seattle via shipping container. Their gateway to a..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Expendables 3

As action stars of yesteryear and tomorrow pop in and out, they demonstrate what expendable really means.

"...you think about it, since the actor’s jail time reportedly interfered with his ability to take part in the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Most Wanted Man

This post-9/11 espionage thriller is adapted from John Le Carré’s 2008 novel and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman at the head of a top-notch cast.

"...It sits at the lip of Hamburg, Germany, a port city on high alert after Mohamed Atta and his..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pompeii

A gladiator slave must rescue his secret love before Vesuvius erupts.

"...combat by Sutherland's sleazy senator Corvus in the Rome-resistant port city of the title. At least Reeves, who essayed..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey

This Bollywood picture is based on historical events that occurred in 1930 when a group of 64 Indians in the port of Chittagong rose up against the British.

"...1930 when a group of 64 Indians in the port of Chittagong rose up against the British...."

Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...monoliths. The painstakingly accurate story of the two trapped Port Authority police officers, John McLoughlin (Cage) and Will Jimeno..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mondo

"...tradition, appears seemingly out of nowhere in the French port city of Nice. Sleeping in trees and sea grottos,..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Stalingrad

"...German Sixth Army's disastrous attempt to take the Russian port city of the title. As seen through the eyes..."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Barb Wire

"...her over the Canadian border to freedom. Like Rick's passport out of Casablanca, however, the precious lenses are making..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Janis Joplin, Texas, and the Big Beat

How East Texas Shaped Rock's First Female Superstar

"...hysterics on January 19, 1943 when the oil refinery seaport of Port Arthur, Texas, won the heavenly crapshoot as..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: November Travel Roundup

Port A's Harvey recovery, Millican's pecan pie, and fall travel news

"...I first went to the beach at Port Aransas when I was in high school. Over the..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Port Arthur's the home of Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche

"...Port Arthur simply cannot be properly explored in six hours...."

March 9, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...if elements of nature had not conspired against the port city. Weather, disease, and fire all had a hand..."

June 2, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Lots to look forward to as winter eases into spring

"...A narrow dirt road winds through a portion of the 1,000-acre natural garden. Small streams feed two..."

Feb. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Port Isabel Lighthouse still offers a commanding view of South Padre Island and Laguna Madre more than 150 years after it was built

"...The Port Isabel Lighthouse near the southern tip of Texas still..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Saddest Music in the World

Strange, marvelous, and unique, Guy Maddin's new film starring Isabella Rossellini is his best work to date.

"...the Thirties). Rossellini plays Winnipeg beer baroness Lady Helen Port-Huntly, who at the beginning of the film announces a..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Find a December adventure

"...heaven. Sometimes a few days at the beach in Port Aransas feels like a religious experience. Aline Carter felt..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Fall is full of fairs and fests

"...way of the exhibition “Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol.” The exhibition features 150 objects..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Port A Beach Lodge in Port Aransas photograph by Gerald..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Historic hotels, hummingbirds, and highways

"...property, and hours spent on the phone ginning up support. Watch social media for an announcement about a grand..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Balmorhea, Big Bend, Boquillas, Bois d'Arc, and blueberries

"...More West Texas news. The hours of the Boquillas Port of Entry in the Big Bend National Park have..."

May 31, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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