Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...musician origin stories of Eminem’s 8 Mile and Prince’s Purple Rain into the body of a plus-sized white girl..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Patti Cake$

A hip-hop star is born in New Jersey

"...musician origin stories of Eminem’s 8 Mile and Prince’s Purple Rain into the body of a plus-sized white girl..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2017 Contest & Festival Facts

The devil is in the details

"...have included fruit salsas, dried-pepper salsas, and even a purple sauce...."

Aug. 18, 2017 Food Feature

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The animated gang return to save their park from an evil mayor

"...the natural world. But why bother when there’s a purple squirrel named Surly (Arnett), his gal pal Andie (Heigl),..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...But there's a lot of his stuff that's just purple prose. His popularity has to do with the fact..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...chandelier, grandiose, dark wooden window frames, and blue and purple tasseled, triple-looped curtains...."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Sophia's Gets a New Direction

More seasonal features, a new bar menu, and a new chef de cuisine

"...the spiedini, cooked traditionally but then plated over grilled purple kale with roasted tomato aïoli and sherry vinegar reduction...."

July 11, 2017 Food Post by Kali Venable

Chargaux at the 2017 Austin Chamber Music Festival

This dynamic Brooklyn-based string duo proves that the Austin Chamber Music Festival has many more colors than its name suggests

"...from." She sees the music of Chargaux as "really purple." Now's your chance to discover what colors you see..."

July 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Revolution’s Closing Remarks

Prince’s peak backing band lights his eternal flame

"...lead over the weekend: Prince’s band behind magnum opus Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade...."

June 19, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Live Music to See This Weekend

The music staff helps you navigate the next three days of shows

"...backing band has reunited to celebrate his timeless jewel Purple Rain. While the 1984 film smash and its soundtrack..."

June 16, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...in search of barbecue, his stereo pours out the Purple One as he hands me some of the 160..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Saving Souls at the Electric Church

New venue the Electric Church converts local psychics, and Samuel Grey Horse recounts his mule variations

"...the recollection of getting arrested while dressed in a purple psychedelic robe. In 2016, they briefly occupied a former..."

June 2, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

“The Geometry of Space and Time” at Mexic-Arte Museum

Sebastián’s sculpture evokes string theory via concrete forms

"...are the sculptures. One, Torus Knot, is a large purple circle made, like much of the work on display,..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"..."Cheek to Cheek" performed by Fred Astaire, The Purple Rose of Cairo..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Food: Summer Snapshot

Highlights from the summer foodie calendar

"...Comal Creek Grape Stomp Enter the "Order of the Purple Foot." July 29; Aug. 5 & 12...."

May 19, 2017 Food Feature

Page Three: Summer Songs

Soundtracking the summer

"...sound of my own thoughts. The jacaranda trees snowing purple blossoms on my head, so pretty and perfectly timed..."

May 19, 2017 Column by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The Purple Rose of Cairo..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christina Coleman at WEST 2017

The artist gives voice to the blackness in creation stories and personal histories

"...the staff are the plastic barrettes, more bright colors, purple, white, green, and in various shapes, some like bows,..."

May 12, 2017 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Index Fest Announces Its Beer List

The fest formally known as Untapped drops it like it's hops

"...Fruit Beer - Dirty Blonde – Golden Ale - Purple Gang Pilsner – Pilsner..."

May 2, 2017 Food Post by James Renovitch

Playback: Greetings From Euphoria

Austin’s best spring festival – correction, “experience” – faces competition after idyllic sixth year

"...simply happen there. On Friday, a motormouthed Oregonian in purple face paint described the local four-day music and camping..."

April 14, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...the Defense Logistics Agency still had about 120,000 refurbished Purple Heart sets from World War II. The refurbished Purple..."

March 31, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Vigilante

Gaming bar rolls the dice with mixed small plates

"...a Bat-Signal to the staff to the Crown Royal purple used in the velvet curtains – acting as Easter..."

March 31, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

"ART for All + ALL for Art" at Art for the People Gallery

Truth is one of the rewards of this showing of work by artists who have lived on the streets

"...are extreme, and colors are simple: green, blue, white, purple. The walleyed T. rex bares its teeth; the cat..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

SXSW Music Live: Prince Tribute

Free Auditorium Shores “partyup” rages like 1999

"...dotted the sky and fans swayed arm-in-arm as closer “Purple Rain” poured into a sing-along. Two curtain calls brought..."

March 18, 2017 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Panel: The War at Home: Trump and the Mainstream Media

How to report and consume news under siege from the White House

"...administration. “If some spokesman is saying ‘the sky is purple,’ we need to be saying ‘the sky is blue,'..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King

SXSW Music: Must-See EDM

Dance your ass off to these 11 EDM acts

"...influences and infectious pop that would make their hometown's purple patron proud...."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

SXSW Film Keynote: Lee Daniels

#oscarsnotsowhiteafterall

"...landed at Warner Bros. as a production assistant on Purple Rain before becoming a producer on Monster’s Ball...."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...a Prince tribute led by Wyclef Jean and early purple brigade bandmates Andre Cymone and Dez Dickerson the following..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Neruda

The famous Chilean poet is on the run in this biopic

"...shot (by Sergio Armstrong) film, languid and dreamy with purple winter twilights, solar flares, and bordello reveries. The story..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Food + Wine Festival Announces 2017 Talent

Tickets go on sale today

"...Jimmy Bannos (Heaven on Seven), Jimmy Bannos, Jr. (The Purple Pig), Matt Bolus (The 404 Kitchen), Tyson Cole, Jason..."

Jan. 19, 2017 Food Post by Brandon Watson

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