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"...Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Booth, Raymond J. Barry, Whittni Wright, Ross Malinger, Dorian Harewood. (R, 110 min.) To complain..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Live Shots

The King's Singers

"...retired, The King's Singers have become a British institution right up there (for my money) with the London Symphony..."

May 5, 1995 Music Review by Jeff Parker Knight

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 16-22

"...(May 21-June 20): Gemini author Huston Smith was a religious scholar who wrote 13 books. But he was dedicated..."

May 16, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Anti-Death-Penalty Nun Talks “Bible Belt” and “Death Belt” in Austin

She calls execution the “apex” of a flawed punitive system

"...is, don’t worry about me. I’m gonna be all right. All I know is, you are not gonna die..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Opinion: A 21st Century Texas Lament

A native Texan reflects on what it formerly meant to be a proud Texan and how that badge of honor has been sullied by our current set of elected officials

"...anyone simply wanting to be a Texan – “That’s right you’re not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway”)...."

April 4, 2025 Column by John Langmore

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Reducing Traffic Deaths: I-35 is certainly a frightening stretch of highway to drive. But the Travis County..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature

Public School Rally Moves Indoors Due to Cold Snap

Save Texas Schools rally brings advocates from across the state to Austin

"...said. “School districts are cutting teachers. They’re closing schools.” [inset-1-right]..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Bible Stories in Public Schools: The Texas ACLU, Freedom..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...was going well,” he said. “I was doing everything right. But it was very challenging internally. I was dealing..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: Immaculate

Nun horror delivers decent scares, but gets in its own way

"...and jump scares galore, its heart is in the right, rotten place. Chief among the highlights is Sweeney’s performance..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...to dismiss charges last Friday. Paxton argued his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated, but Judge..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 8-14

"...This quote appears in his book The Varieties of Religious Experience. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Bicycle Meals Offers Pedal-Powered Distribution to the Streets

Meals on (two) wheels

"...bottles of water, and Popsicles. There's no introduction, no religious spiel, no pretense – just, basically: "Do you want..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

Finding Sasquatch in Summoning the Spirit

How a Texas bigfoot migrated to Oregon for new cryptid horror

"...[inset-1-right]Yet the looming threat over the production wasn't script issues,..."

Aug. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 24-March2

"...God as to Life. It's perfect for your needs right now. He said, "May my mind come alive today..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Super Soldier, Super Spy: Eugenio Mira on García!

The Spanish filmmaker unpacks the inherent fascism of the superhero

"...a secular nature don't have the gatherings of the religious ones. It's an anthropological fact that if you don't..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows

"...Every time an American Christian religious household futilely forbids its young to engage with secular..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

In the Wake of COVID Seton Nurses Unionize

The new union wants reasonable shifts, cost-of-living wage adjustments

"...was literally illegal to unionize in Texas, because of 'right-to-work' laws. So essentially, we were just doing education; most..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...musical taboos, in the first eight words of her sacreligious remake of Van Morrison’s garage rock standard “Gloria.” She..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Melissa Lucio’s Execution Halted

The mother convicted for killing her daughter could receive a new trial

"...• Hundreds of religious organizations and anti-domestic abuse groups who argue that Lucio,..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 25 - March 3

"...ordinary moments, and then, suddenly, there is something monumental right there. You have past and future colliding in the..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 28 - February 3

"...a passionate lover, and an activist working for women's rights. She was successful in all of them. I propose..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

How Carnitas El Güero Got So Good at Its Namesake Dish

What started with takeout orders in a gas station has become a small empire

"...the carnitas here are truly epic, bordering on a religious experience. The secret to the carnitas at El Güero..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Food Feature by Raphael Brion

From the Bloody Streets of Austin, it's a Dia de los Muertos Election-Night Dead-Blog

Spoiler alert: Good has triumphed over evil

"...behind bars. Tonight's results show that Austinites have rejected right-wing division and are marching forward for progressive change. Our..."

Nov. 2, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Death Watch: A Reprieve From Death Row

Clinton Young's death sentence overturned over legal misconduct

"...Nodolf's discovery became public, and invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid testifying at a subsequent hearing...."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 1-7

"...same kind of fun everyone else is having," wrote religious writer C.S. Lewis. That advice is ten times more..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

From Georgetown to Austin, a March to Defend Democracy

Barber, O’Rourke hosting 27-mile trek to force action on voting rights

"...the GOP’s attempts across the country to turn the voting-rights clock at least halfway back to the dark days..."

July 27, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith’s “Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze” in Our Father

Dick Wolf, Chicago, and the politics of writing female leads

"...into more metaphorical terms, as you were saying, the religious aspect. Things like that. What the structure is of..."

March 26, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

Has the Lege Truly Moved Past LGBTQIA Bigotry?

Slow progress toward equality and respect may continue

"...make sure legislation to overturn city ordinances on labor rights – such as Austin's paid sick leave requirement –..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...the coronavirus spread. He began by taking a classic religious image, Praying Hands by Albrecht Dürer, and tweaking it..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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