How Do You Define Soul Food?

Adrian Miller explores where Southern food ends and soul food begins

"...mix of facts and quips that survey the politics, religion, and economics associated with soul food’s most iconic dishes:..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Food Post by Toni Tipton-Martin

Skydog

'Skydog' scrapes together a mother lode of Duane Allman

"...was a driven individual," posits Trucks. "Music was his religion. And you could tell right around the time that..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The AggreGAYtor: June 18

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

"...finds that LGBTQ folks are, in fact, losing their religion...."

June 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Red Moon

Benjamin Percy presents a heady mix of political allegory and urban fantasy

"...good-vs.-evil delineation. His novel examines the themes of race, religion, social injustice, and the war on terror while also..."

May 17, 2013 Books Feature by Josh Kupecki

Headlines

"...not created, and will not create, an establishment of religion in the Kountze community." The district had barred the..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature

'Everything'

Observations on the artist in this group show who doesn't give an eff what I think

"...as an antagonist to unspecific notions of war and religion. From her artist statement, meticulously repeated in the work..."

May 10, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Downton Abbey recap: Episode 5

Cora gives Lord Grantham the cold shoulder

"...LG is flabbergasted. Cora says, “Not everyone chooses their religion to satisfy Debrett’s [a lifestyle guide for the peerage].”..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

The AggreGAYtor: January 2

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• The Catholic Church’s latest tactic asserts that religion has nothing to do with their opposition to marriage..."

Jan. 2, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Bill of the Week: Christmas Edition

Bohac wants some, er, Winter cheer in schools

"...a scene or symbol of: (1) more than one religion; or (2) one religion and at least one secular..."

Dec. 23, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Guilt Trip

Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen are a mother and son on a road trip but the humor's mostly on autopilot.

"...surname is Brewster, and there is no mention of religion...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black

Disappointed by 'Pi' Review

"...lost. Perhaps Mr. Martel’s central thesis, that science and religion are important but different narrative traditions which can both..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Postmarks

The Sessions

A sex therapist helps a man living in an iron lung experience human intimacy; John Hawkes and Helen Hunt keep things from becoming prurient.

"...moved. Complicating O’Brien’s regret is his devout Catholicism, a religion with a long history of decrying recreational sex. O’Brien’s..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Revisionaries

When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.

"...Texas Freedom Network, which fights against the encroachment of religion into matters of state, and Ron Wetherington, an anthropology..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: September 20

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Radio bully Shawn Akers calls gay activism a "religion." Although the AggreGAYtor has occasionally been known to kneel,..."

Sept. 20, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: August 17

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...In 2010, those suggestions seemed ludicrous. There had been..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

State of Love and Trust

Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

"...blues singer's new album professes its beliefs not through religion but rather through the religion of music itself. It's..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ron Paul's Dubious Liberties

"...government relating to the free exercise or establishment of religion." Think about that one; states, counties, municipalities can establish..."

Dec. 18, 2011 Postmarks

The Ides of March

George Clooney's modern morality tale about the ongoing battle between idealism and corruption in the political realm is perfectly cast.

"...(Bullied about his atheist beliefs, Morris declares his only religion to be the U.S. Constitution.) Yet, according to this..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Rick Perry, Boy Scientist

When it comes to science, the Inquisition's got nothing on the guv

"...the federal courts have repeatedly ruled that teaching sectarian religion (i.e., creationism under its many guises) is unconstitutional...."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Seven Days in Utopia

Robert Duvall and Lucas Black join forces for this film version of psychologist/golfer David Cook's memoir, Golf's Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia.

"...long ago lost it to the bottle before getting religion and settling down in bucolic Utopia...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye: Owning It

Oprah Winfrey expands her brand to a new network

"...In the past, people may have sought solace in religion, and many still do. But in a time when..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Republican SBOE Candidates Dodge Debates

Why all the debate hate?

"...Asked about the appropriate role of religion in public education and board decisions, Bell-Metereau said: "There..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Muses IV: Memories of a House

This site-specific show is in a lovely home, but the characters in it lack depth

"...(Just guessing.) Seeing how a playwright, any playwright, treats religion is in many ways a stark litmus test of..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Last Exorcism

This faux documentary pulls few punches in its fresh look at what happens when religion and the secular world collide.

"...film, vis-à-vis what transpires when the unstoppable force of religion collides spinning-head-on with the immovable object of the secular..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: For All Reasons

Terry Allen's music reflects the Lubbock mindset

"...neither comedy nor tragedy, metaphysics nor irony, politics nor religion, suffice to describe or explain the dirt, glory, and..."

July 30, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Preaching Beyond That Choir

San Fran Bishop Yvette Flunder has some 'mighty real' revelations

"...history of – particularly the Christian church – all religions that both exclude and include. I encourage folks to..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SBOE Run-Off

The 'common sense conservative' comes under fire from both sides

"...Religion has been a driving force in recent SBOE uproars...."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

'Pornsaints'

Interesting and provocative visuals fill this crossroads of sex, art, and religion

"...a pornographic approach to art, a pornartistic approach to religion."..."

April 2, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Like It Hard 'N' Heavy

For the purposes of this Anvil blog, that's what she said

"...day jobs, it drove home how much metal is religion for some. Lips and Robb were obviously just happy..."

Jan. 26, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Book of Eli

In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.

"...vis-à-vis whether or not it's a pro- or anti-organized religion commentary of some sort. The Hughes Brothers, for two,..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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