Robin Hood

Ridley Scott’s revisionist rendering of the Robin Hood tale is full of well-staged battle sequences and is something of an origins story.

"...Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, William..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

High Crimes

"...Franklin. Starring: Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott, Bruce Davison, Amanda Peet and Juan Carlos Hernández. The..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Black Hawk Down

"...Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Sam Shepard,..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bo-Keys’ Memphis Soul

“The collision of gospel, blues, jazz, country”

"...for Memphis soul music since the late Nineties. Bassist/bandleader Scott Bomar waxed rhapsodic about that sound and Heartaches by..."

April 28, 2016 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...Scott Blackwood remembers Arlington, Texas, as a frightening place. Nearby,..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Captains on Deck at Wizard World

Shatner and Bakula boldly go to Austin Comic Con

"...captain's chair. Two former captains of the USS Enterprise, Scott Bakula and William Shatner, will be exploring strange new..."

Oct. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SWTSU's Top Twenty Triumph

Saving Literature... One Writer at a Time

"...word "I" to the death of literary publishing. Tom Grimes, head of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at..."

May 22, 1998 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Southwest Texas State University

"...Jones, and in particular to the efforts of Tom Grimes, the director of the M.F.A. program. Grimes assumed the..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Articulations

Central Texas writer Tom Grimes has a play date in L.A., Deborah Hay duets with Baryshnikov in Brooklyn, and Jouét flies off to Louisville, plus legislative applause for Austin musicals Jouét and Oliver!

"...Tom Grimes, noted author, director of the MFA program in Creative..."

June 1, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Book Bans Take Center Stage in Leander ISD

Most seats are up for grabs

"...read books about sexual minorities. Place 7 incumbent Elexis Grimes said she wants parents to take a more active..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature by Laura Morales

Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...with Annie Proulx and SWT creative writing head Tom Grimes. Proulx was her abrasively brilliant self, dismissing dumb questions..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...Reading Sam Grimes' and Joy Williamson's letters concerning the spousal abuse scene..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Robert Redford; with Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Neill, Dianne Weist, Chris Cooper...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Wizard of Aus ... tin

"...by another Enterprise captain and sci-fi icon, Quantum Leap's Scott Bakula...."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicles

The Ninth Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...the final judges. Fiction lovers Julie Carpenter, Shawn Badgley, Scott Blackwood, Michael Chamy, Denise Hutto, Eli Kooris, Kim Mellen,..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Clay Smith

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...Robin. Holy conceptual contortions, Batman! But it works: Sam Grimes has a statuesque pose and baritone that recalls Adam..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...led by Nicole Dollanganger, the first artist signed to Grimes’ cooperative Eerie Organization. Also filling out foreign work visas:..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...1999 by a fresh-faced teenager named Joey Bada$$ (Jo-Vaughn Scott). After another strong mixtape, Summer Knights, the Brooklyn MC..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...to retrieve a wanted man. Cast: Ashton Sanders, Tishuan Scott, Keston John, Bill Oberst, Jr., Christine Horn, Alfonso Freeman..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...12:30 to 1pm Giving an Earful Reading TentReading: Scott Blackwood..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

1998 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Picture This! Moderator: Anne Bustard; Jo Harper, C. Anne Scott, Jeanette Winter..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...and recent UT Michener Center for Writers grad Lara Prescott with her debut novel, The Secrets We Kept...."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: Ramsay Midwood Buys the Bar

Ramsay Midwood co-acquires Sam's Town Point, record store news, and Spoon teases upcoming Matador Records LP.

"...700 S. Lamar with a one-year sublease by principals Scott Weatherwax and Vanessa Sais. The latter says they've seen..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

American Sniper

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper tell Chris Kyle's war story.

"...by: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Kevin Lacz, Cory Hardrict, Navid Negahban and..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival Wrap-Up

The harmonies and seeming dissonances of last weekend's Texas Book Festival

"...reluctant to put their characters through horrible experiences and Scott Zesch (Alamo Heights) said, "Better them than me." Or..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Spencer, Cole Thompson, Giant Step for Me: First Novels Scott Zesch, Moderator: Stephen Harrigan..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature

Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!

The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!

"...Friend," Jonathan Tyler feat. Nikki Lane [Dir. Jonathan Tyler, Scott Wade, Chris Boosahda] INDUSTRY AWARDS..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival

Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach

"...hometown Roots Picnic, Drake's Canadian OVO Fest, and Travis Scott's Houston-centric Astroworld Festival...."

April 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

National Top 10s

Best non-local albums of 2015 – by genre

"...8) Jill Scott, Woman (Atlantic)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Allegations Involving Axes, Bombs Follow Rumbo to TYC

"...claims he had chased students with an axe (a Grimes Co. grand jury no-billed him on that charge). But..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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