Meet Austin’s Funk Prodigy D-Madness

Blind purveyor of soul, hip-hop, and reggae takes us behind the curtain

"...it. It's fine. I take no offense. I am blind. That's pure and simple."..."

July 28, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

TV Eye

Independent Lens airs The Eyes of Me, a documentary look at four students enrolled at the Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired

"...Promotional materials describe The Eyes of Me as "an extraordinary look at four..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...Emily Hagins will be 12 years old forever. Zombie Girl: The Movie, the documentary about her that..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Country Doctor

The Pickin' Singin' Professor, Rod Moag

"...I'm not the kind of scholar who likes spending endless hours in..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...believe, when Elisabet Ney moved to Austin in 1892, there was no South by Southwest. Or FronteraFest. Or East..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spontaneous Convergence

Chris Cogburn's No Idea Festival risks improvisation

"...Charlie Parker once said, "Learn everything, then forget it all."..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Tower'

New documentary will focus on the 1966 UT Tower shooting

"...There's no darker day in UT-Austin's history than August 1,..."

April 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Archer, Beck Hit Bullseye, Score Emmy Nomination

Austin animators nominated for local doc 'The Eyes of Me'

"...animators and visual artists Jason Archer and Paul Beck, they were working on Richard Linklater's Waking Life and making..."

Aug. 22, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...Jill Bedgood cracked one day, in a bathroom down the hall from her office. It was 1983. After two..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Triangle: Act III

The Theatre's Gone, but Drama Remains

"...As the 18-month-and-counting saga of the Triangle enters Act III --..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dancing About Architecture

'Twas the Season...

"...Whoosh! What a year! Bands failed, clubowners found their existence increasingly difficult, and the music scene in general..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Column

Remembering Teresa Taylor, Stand-Up Butthole Surfers Drummer With a Memorable Role in Slacker

The Texas percussionist and “Madonna Pap smear girl” has died at 60

"...Teresa Taylor, one of the “twin drummers” in what many consider Texas acid punks..."

June 20, 2023 Music Post by Tim Stegall

DVDanger: 'Grabbers'/'Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear'

Rummaging through the 'how did we miss this?' files

"...From The Blob to Slither, nowhere is more dangerous than a..."

Dec. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two SBOE-Related Forums Coming Up

Events to educate public on Board of Education

"...Perhaps you've heard a little something about the recent anti-evolution lunacy on the State Board of Education...."

Jan. 31, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Community Gardens to Fulfill Your Secret Farmer Fantasy

Local veggie spots and how to get a plot of your own

"...with leaves but still want to grow something besides the basil mutating on your windowsill? Check out these community..."

Oct. 27, 2018 Food Post by Melanie Laporte

A Really Big Shoe

The Rock & Roll Free for All

"......"

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Filmmaker Keith Maitland on Tackling Tower

Innovative doc animates the UT Tower Massacre

"...it must be shared and shown to truly heal. For decades, the 1966 UT Tower Shooting was a tragedy..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...In the continuing effort to create an alternative development plan for..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Blindsight..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Trippin'

"...Maia Campbell, Donald Adeosun Faison and Deon Richmond. In the mind of teenager Gregory Reed (Richmond), the world is..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Arch Support

Foot Patrol's TJ Wade might just know the meaning of 'toe jam football'

"...down my toes. He wiggles each one slightly to the right. They look like tiny palm trees bending in..."

April 29, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Playing Through

Patsy Izaguirre and Amanda Houston may not have won the Texas School for the Blind's Braille Rallye, but they had already achieved something far more important: friendship

"..."Shotgun!" I called out, unnecessarily. It was force of habit...."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Scent of a Woman

"...This terribly titled, overly long movie about an irascible, blind man (Pacino) and his green, prep school companion (O'Donnell,..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AISD Targets Confederate Names

Superintendent Paul Cruz wants new names in place by March

"...Austin Independent School District administrators have asked trustees to rename five campuses..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Roots, Reckonings, and Resolutions

Roots

"...guitar playing," says Hargrove. "I just came up playing." The place he came up in, Crafts Prairie, didn't hold..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Away We Go

See it for the many lovely performances, although the film’s vision of Gen-Y nesting is liable to leave you up a tree.

"...Starring: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Carmen Ejogo, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O’Hara, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey,..."

June 19, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reissues

"...BEG, SCREAM & SHOUT: THE BIG OL' BOX SET OF 60'S SOUL..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Doug Rauss: In Memoriam

Remembering Doug Rauss, a dedicated arts patron and volunteer for several Austin theatre companies, who died Wednesday, Aug. 31

"...Every cultural organization stands on the shoulders of its volunteers. Through their innumerable gifts of..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Henry Butler

Live Shot

"...Supper Club, Feb. 3 Reed Clemons is sincere enough, the local restaurateur and owner of Mezzaluna and the Bitter..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

On a Carousel

Jay Clark's Legacy

"...Big Man at the Carousel Jay Clark and his "frustrated cheerleader" Stella Boes...."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

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