Building a Place to Build Community

Northeast center built on progressive foundation

"...Resource Center. As the project got going last fall, Robert Jensen of the Resource Center (and UT School of..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

HRC Director Tom Staley to Retire in 2011

Stepping down after 22 years turning center into a world-class institution

"...include the archives of Norman Mailer, Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, Robert De Niro, Tom Stoppard, Isaac Bashevis Singer,..."

April 26, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...Chainsaws' conception, Austin film had hit a new benchmark: Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids, a homegrown film through and through,..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...The Myth of the American Sleepover, directed by David Robert Mitchell, Phillip The Fossil, directed by Garth Donovan, Some..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...History at Texas State and features fellow Kerrville alumni Robert Earl Keen, Ruthie Foster, and Jimmy LaFave, among others...."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

One Last Gasp

Geezerville 2009

"...stamp on her father’s view of the classics to Robert Earl Keen rocking out harder than ever to the..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Building a Bookshelf

Six baking books for you to sink your teeth into

"...quintessential New Orleans sweets and desserts such as bananas Foster, king cake, Doberge cake, and Ponchatoula Strawberry Shortcakes. Those..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Perry Clears Way for Executioner

Perry rejects BPP recommendation to spare Robert Thompson

"...Board of Pardons and Paroles in the case of Robert Thompson, clearing the way for Thompson's execution last night...."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

BPP Recommends Life

Whether Perry will agree remains to be seen for death row inmate Robert Thompson

"...Rick Perry that the death sentence for condemned inmate Robert Thompson be commuted to life in prison. Now its..."

Nov. 19, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

AFF Announces Lineup

Serious Moonlight, scripted by the late Adrienne Shelly, will open the fest

"...Centerpiece Film The Messengers, about two military men (Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson) working in the Casualty Notification Office;..."

Sept. 28, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Howl, Fantods, Howl.

The late, great David Foster Wallace's work gets an Austintatious celebration as Infinite Summer more or less reaches its climax.

"...if you've only skimmed a story in which David Foster Wallace allows his supra-narrator characters to get a word..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...year's lineup, including three intriguing-sounding documentaries about black comedy (Robert Townsend's Why We Laugh), screenwriting (Peter Hanson's Tales From..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

In the Loop

In the Loop is a scabrous and funny study of how an offhand remark by a career politician can metastasize into an international conflict and, ultimately, war.

"...offhand nonremark by the UK's minister for development, Simon Foster (Hollander). Foster, a cultured dishevelment and a man far..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

We did not fall from the Garden; we journeyed away

"...scared me silly. I lived, by then, with my foster family in Maine. One night, we drove a country..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The Informers

Bret Easton Ellis' collection of linked short stories are translated for the screen, but the result is less than zero.

"...Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Brad Renfro, Chris Isaak, Lou Taylor Pucci,..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: The Incredibles

SXSW Film lines 'em up

"...proved a catalyst for so much that followed, inspiring Robert Redford to start the Sundance Institute as well as..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Off the Record

Marcia Ball turns 60 in style, Bill Baird finds himself in song, and more confirmations for the Austin Music Awards and SXSW 09

"...and a Southern sirens showcase featuring Suzanna Choffel, Ruthie Foster, and Carolyn Wonderland. Belle of the Ball..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The New B&C: What Changed?

"...single council member (and vice versa) is intended to foster a closer relationship and better communication. The nominee's appointment..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...after the levees broke in search of their friend Robert "King" Wilkerson, who had stayed in his home to..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...on the list of low-performing schools that Education Commissioner Robert Scott could choose to close. Dukes reminded the crowd..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...screenwriting. It was, Department of Theatre & Dance Chair Robert Schmidt says, "a reflection of our understanding of the..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Featuring: Michael Dukakis, Sam Donaldson, Tom DeLay, Mary Matalin, Robert D. Novak Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Those Who Are About to Die

Your Texas death machine gets rolling again

"...a ruling or edict from a foreign court," spokes­man Robert Black told the Houston Chron­icle. "It is easy to..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Love Sonatas: Take five (and put 'em all on stage)

The HBMG Foundation revs up Manuel Zarate's cycle of five plays, staging them all in repertory over two weeks

"...O'Neill, although O'Neill managed a trilogy of full-length plays. Robert Schenkkan did it with The Kentucky Cycle and won..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Miss Understood

Carolyn Wonderland through the looking glass

"...theme." She began co-writing with locals Sarah Brown, Ruthie Foster, Cindy Cashdollar, and Guy Forsyth; sat in with Los..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...OTR's not mistaken, expect to find N.E.R.D., Neko Case, Robert Earl Keen, Hot Chip, Silversun Pickups, and Sharon Jones..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Don't Look Back

Why the crush at the Hole in the Wall on Wednesdays?

"...Representative of the pair's desire to foster a supportive musical community, Russell and McMeans met through..."

April 4, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Everyone's CNU: Free Public Events

"...our preferred vision for regional growth into actions that foster sustainable growth and development. Sustainable Buildings TourFriday, April 4,..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

The Orphanage

Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.

"...all the miasmatic, ghostly goings-on. To paraphrase Psycho author Robert Bloch, it may have the heart of a small..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am Legend

After a terrific start marked by the film's striking views of a desolate Manhattan island, Will Smith's mostly solo action movie devolves into a monster-movie malaise.

"...Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith, Dash Mihok, Darrell Foster, April Grace and Joanna Numata. In a bit of..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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