Playback: Jon Pettis Rising

One man's life touches so many others

"...were signed by Texas School for the Deaf alum Russell Harvard, a celebrity in the hearing-impaired community whose acting..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...Deaf artists free from the audism experienced by founder Russell Harvard on mainstream stages. Talented Deaf artists such as..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events

Get arty this week with our recommended happenings

"...Deaf artists free from the audism experienced by founder Russell Harvard on mainstream stages. Talented Deaf artists such as..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Master Blaster

Q&A with Dave Alvin

"...features highly recommended best-of collections from Buddy Miller, Tom Russell, and Dave Alvin...."

Nov. 19, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...to bring it fully realized to the screen. - Russell Smith..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...with the author’s contemporaries and champions – Hilton Als, Russell Banks, Angela Davis, Harvard’s David Carrasco (the latter declaring..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...blend of memoir and poetry, To Be the Poet (Harvard University) gives us novelist Maxine Hong Kingston's wry insights..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Written in the Stars

Inside Austin's Yelp Elite

"...not, business owners are reluctant to alienate Yelpers. Tiffany Russell, co-owner of Gourmands, takes the time to respond to..."

May 22, 2015 Food Feature by Cheryl Couture

The Best Man

The Paradox Players provide a well-executed staging of the 1960 election drama

"...Vidal's tale of the backhanded battle between fictional candidates Russell and Cantwell for their party's blessing resonates with the..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

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"...Debbie Russell..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column

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"...Thanks to Jerry Young for his support of Russell McCulloh ["Life After the Classical Section," June 27]. Russell's..."

July 11, 2003 Column

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"...Stephen. Stephen Ethan Uma Margaret Louis. Russell, Ethan, Uma, Margaret,..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...I have a master's degree in evolutionary biology from Harvard." I was like, you're coming with me down the..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Broken City

Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe mix it up in this mystery thriller directed by Allen Hughes.

"...Directed by: Allen Hughes. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper, Alona Tal,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...romp. Into this world of roughnecks and wildcatters arrives Harvard graduate Erwin Vandeveer retreating from a failed attempt at..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Greasy Strangler Director: Jim Hosking, Screenwriters: Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard Ronnie runs a Disco walking tour with his son,..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Andrzej Bartkowiak; with Jet Li, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, Edoardo Ballerini, Delroy Lindo, DB Woodside...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

An Antone's anniversary, Lonestar Unleashed, Country Willie Edwards, Rakim, and more recommended shows

"...of the show – besides Leo Nocentelli's incredible guitar, Russell Batiste's drumkit held together by chains, and the silent..."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...witbier) than all those actors in Miracle starring Kurt Russell. Except this really happened. 18) Blue Owl Brewing (NEW)..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW 2019 Announces Art Programs

Seven installations and conference sessions on art scheduled

"...Bell Labs), Kenric Mcdowell (Google), Sarah Newman (metaLAB at Harvard) Mon., March 11, 3:30pm, Salon 6..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Luv Doc: Dog-Sitting

This gig could go south in a really ugly way

"...I have been with my boyfriend since August. We..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, Vinessa Shaw, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russell...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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"...writing this review has not received degrees from both Harvard and Yale, nor has he/she distinguished himself/herself in any..."

April 18, 2003 Column

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...in the evenings, ô la Eve Arden and Jane Russell, lamenting the humiliations of the day, and bolstering each..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Pen-Ultimate Fest

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference & Festival

"...the time, people spouting these lines it'd take a Harvard Lampoon writer a week to come up with," Judge..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith