Deep in the Heart of Texas Political Scandals

Crimes, carousing, and contravention from the Capitol grounds

"...smattering to get you started – just before the circus comes to town on Tuesday, Jan. 10. – Chase..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Austin as Tech Hub: Myth or Reality?

Start-ups abound here in Bat City, but they rarely stick around

"...peddled all the time. Tech hub and the Silicon circus are part of the same trend...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Screens Feature by Johnny Holden

That Wild Man

Gary Cartwright: The mad, mad, mad life of a Texas wordsmith

"...in capes as the Flying Punzars, a supposed foreign circus act. During a road trip, they only half-jokingly talked..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...you. Some Salman Rushdie narrator says: “Metamorphosis is the secret heart of life.” Carroll knew that, I think...."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Headlines

"...all about that global warming nonsense. Let the GOP circus begin...."

March 27, 2015 News Feature

Gay Place: Confidential

Welcome to queer heaven, SXSWers

"...STRIPPER CIRCUS AUDITIONS Whip out your special chones and shake what..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Adam Green is Digging Up the Marrow

Indie horror auteur road-trips his new film this week

"...film's four-year production process keeping its true nature a secret, explaining, "If for years people had known what the..."

Feb. 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Execution Issues Trip Jezebel

Second Austin eatery eliminated from Best New Restaurant

"...– a pressure test with a full dining room, secret visits from diners with hidden cameras, and a head-to-head..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

For Your Consideration

What to see at the 21st annual Austin Film Festival

"...whose quest to create a time machine for a secret government program fails, and his ambition is taken up..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...the show at a release party for a 2012 Secret Stash reissue of lost Twin Cities funk and soul..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Band Invites, Part II

Only 112 days remaining until the Music conference begins

"...last month, this installment continues keeping the big names secret, but it runs deep nonetheless, with SXSW mainstays such..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Local Candy Roundup

'Tis the season of your mom's nightmares and your dentist's sweet dreams

"...over the last century, Halloween's marketing geniuses and a secret alliance of candy lovers formed a pact. Rooted in..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

'The Funnybun Family Picnic'

In her new play for children, Emily Ball Cicchini clowns around with an Arthur Miller classic

"...and Biff have been transformed into a clan of circus buffoons (with Biff further altered into Buffy), whose innocuous..."

July 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Myth-ing in 'Action'

Saluting Superman on his last big birthday – 25 years ago

"...the cover of Action Comics #1, boldly sporting his circus strongman's tights, his fire-engine red cape, and that proud,..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: What Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back To Life?

With Matt Oztalay, Peter-John Byrnes, Wiley Wiggins, and more

"...and quacks of old (and thereby enter into reality's secret "cheat" mode), one of the first things I'll do..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

Johnny Depp hits the Continental Club; Eric Johnson crashes the Texas Music Hall of Fame

"...the Continental Club late Saturday. In another terribly kept secret, the actor joined Bill Carter & the Blame for..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...to be the CIA’s top agents – but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets...."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Pulling back the (iron) curtain on Fun Fun Fun Fest and the Flying Balalaika Brothers in time for the 40th anniversary of the Armadillo World Headquarters

"...at Ruta Maya seems like too good of a secret to be true. Since late April, the Russian expatriates..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...burner for now, the underground tastemaker's rock & roll circus is in full swing. Moore starts the night solo..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...welcome isolation behind the red velvet curtains of the circus...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...provided me with a parking pass. I take a secret route to the festival grounds that bypasses all traffic..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Lehmberg's Involvement in Satanic Child-Molestation Case

"...1992, most district attorneys had developed doubts about the secret giant international conspiracy of satanists infiltrating day cares, yet..."

Feb. 25, 2008 Postmarks

Final Countdown

Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in one timeline

"...March 31, 1994: Pantera plays a "secret show" as Cowboys From Hell; a line forms around..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Yogurt Shop Reversal

The CCA overturns Springsteen murder conviction

"...leaks of evidentiary detail police had hoped to keep secret...."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

The Blurbing of SXSW 06

"...A Single Frame show is like going to the circus on GHB: Everything's swirling, and you're positive that clown..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

Giant-Sized Annual

Staple!: The Independent Media Expo returns for its second year

"...Vulture's less buff younger brother. His real name, his not-so-secret identity, is Chris Nicholas, and he's the originator and..."

March 3, 2006 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

She Lives

Clementine Hall was the 13th Floor Elevators' hip, maternal Wendy, providing food and security for the band's tribe of Lost Boys

"...because she was his girlfriend, not wife. In the not-so-secret palpitating hearts of girls everywhere, you still had a..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TCB

Gimme whatcha got for a poke chop…

"...local quartet receiving recent glowing write-ups in hesher bibles Circus and Metal Edge. Dragich says she's seen now-former frontman..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Page Two

The Planned Parenthood construction boycott is thuggery, pure and simple; conservatives' hysteria about Bush-bashing is ahistorical and largely fantasy-based.

"...a job, it's not something you can keep a secret very easily. We have people going by that job..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival

"...roughly seven minutes the satisfaction of being a well-kept secret over a household name. Ted Gesing's SXSW Jury Award-winner..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

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