A New Chapter for Austin’s Small Bookstores

From serving neighborhoods to serving wine, how innovative local booksellers are filling the shelves

"...a used-book haunt or the clean lines and fresh white paper of a place that specializes in new printings,..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Pencils Vs Pixels

Touching documentary draws on the incredible history of animation

"...fortune and the whole company on projects like Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and on, and on...."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The New Atticus Finch

Richard Thomas deconstructs an icon in To Kill a Mockingbird

"...on Broadway in 1958 at the Cort Theatre with Ralph Bellamy in Sunrise at Campobello. He's been a regular..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...War Pony Directors: Gina Gammell, Riley Keough, Producers: Willi White, Bert Hamelinck, Ryan Zacarias, Sacha Ben Harroche, Riley Keough,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Menu

Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts

"...Directed by: Mark Mylod. Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, John Leguizamo, Janet McTeer,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Infinite Hellscape Brings Austin Eclecticism Into Focus Under West Texas Stars

Camping at the first-year Austin/Marathon/Ft. Davis fest

"...store and patio combo with posters for Butch Hancock, Ralph White, and a John Prine tribute on the bathroom..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sue Foley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cheap Trick, Little Mazarn and Ralph White, High Desert Queen, and the Austin Record Convention

"...Showtime is at 3pm. – Michael Toland Little Mazarn and Ralph WhiteDry Creek Cafe, Sunday 17..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...with barbs thrown at his very own DJ (“‘Sup Ralph? You’re sweating like a motherfucker like you on crack..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief

APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist

"...that Austin’s next police chief should not be a white man. (It appears that only Ramsay, currently police chief..."

July 26, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: The Way We Got Here

On the journey to today’s Austin, Ron Davis helped make the road by walking

"...100. From his pulpit, he schooled both Black and white Austin, Eastside and Westside, on the word of the..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sundance Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland

Cage/Sono styles clash in underwhelming cowboy/ronin/gangster film

"...a film with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Michael Hordern Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Marty Feldman and most of the..."

Feb. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The History and Historiography of MLK/FBI

Sam Pollard on the changing challenges of recording Black history

"...to Andy Young to Dorothy Cotton to Wyatt Walker, Ralph Abernathy. He goes from city to city with his..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: An Insultingly Simplistic Moral Reminder

There is no greater sign of a dumbass than a dumbass who doesn't think he's a dumbass.

"...shit sandwich – that being a universe in which Ralph Macchio could fight his way through a wet sheet..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Checking In: Little Mazarn’s Lindsey Verrill Bought a Kayak with Her Stimulus Check

How to stay afloat when there is no Plan B

"...pal Amy Annelle’s kitchen eating cornbread with her and Ralph White when we started to hear of a lockdown...."

Dec. 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Shut Up and Drum: Thor Harris Talks Politics and Humanity

We spent election day with local percussive rebel

"...posts offer funny, middle-finger political discourse aimed at the White House and conscience-deficient Republicans like Texas Sen. John Cornyn...."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

John Lewis: Good Trouble

The life of the indefatigable civil rights champion

"...shoulder with men like Dr. Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy. (He is the only surviving speaker at the..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Our favorite albums, videos, and performances

"...styled under a trademark Lash Stetson, beard trimmed, starched white long sleeve shirt under his leather vest, clear-eyed and..."

July 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...Kathy started calling herself Ralph. She told Diane about the punk rock shows happening..."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

How Two Texans Helped Make it Snow for Frozen II

Disney worldbuilders Jay Jackson and Brandon Jarratt explain the technology and art of the animated smash

"...been a technical endeavor. Remember the moment in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, when the camera tracks through..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Anthony Bourdain’s Personal Collection to Be Auctioned in New Braunfels

Even more items for sale in October benefiting The Culinary Institute

"...•Vietnamese blue-and-white ceramic tall bottle form vase, with cover (Est: $250-$450)..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Cape

At the Intersection of Appalachia and Experimental Folk Broods Little Mazarn

Otherworldly duo pulls attention through mesmeric, emotionally charged minimalism

"...carefully from her right, looking shamanistic in a long white beard and shading each musical turn with the bend..."

May 31, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Little Mazarn Album Review

Io (Self Sabotage)

"...Johnson, Kendra Kinsey (vocals), Thor Harris (vibraphone, drums), and Ralph White (fiddle, kalimba), Io flutters deftly minimal...."

May 31, 2019 Music Feature by Libby Webster

The White Crow

Biopic of the great dancer Rudolf Nureyev rarely finds its feet

"...Directed by: Ralph Fiennes. Starring: Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes, Sergei..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Stolen Wedding

Imitation is also the most sincere form of ridicule

"...They say that imitation is the most sincere form..."

May 3, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Lege Lines: “Born Alive” Bills Filed

National right-wing moral panic over “infanticide” hits Texas

"...a similar bill filed in his state, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist, described what actually happens when..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Anna Margaret Hollyman, Michael Mosley, Andrea Suarez Paz, Julie White, Amy Hargreaves, Macon Blair, Lee Eddy, Blake Delong, John..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...6) White Denim, Performance (City Slang)..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: 2018-19 Austin Music Poll Ballot

Kevin Curtin votes in the only election that matters, and you can too

"...Miscellaneous Instrument: Ralph White, banjo..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...1954 Fender Telecaster owned by fiery Byrds string-bender Clarence White, purchased in 1980 from his widow. White's pedal steel..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Get into your pre-ACL groove with these live music picks

"...romps through Americana and Gourds favorites. Former Bad Liver Ralph White opens. – Doug Freeman Elderbook..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

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