Top 10 Favorite Arts-Related, Ah, Things From the Past 12 Months

A surfeit of visual-arts splendors and transcendent theatre elevate 2010

"...live jazz and the old-timey pop tunes and the sidecar-making bartenders and the parlor games and the guest performers..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Driving Safety

Council considers mandatory distances for drivers passing vulnerable road users and a ban on text-messaging behind the wheel

"...passengers ages 4 and under must travel in a sidecar...."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The General Specific

AFS Essential Cinema: Love on the Largest Continent: Ten Asian Films

"...a sick baby camel seated in the handcrafted wooden sidecar of a veterinarian's motorcycle in Tulpan. The man and..."

May 29, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Good Knight

If ever an Austinite sent up a prayer for a civilized place to get both a decent cocktail and a decent meal, the Good Knight is the answer to that prayer

"...and Grasshopper, along with the more mainstream Harvey Wallbanger, Sidecar, Manhattan, and Old Fashioned. The cocktails are $6, $7,..."

April 24, 2009 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Corazon at Castle Hill

Lovers of Castle Hill Cafe fret not: With a pleasant makeover and a refocusing of the menu, Corazon is a lovely offspring

"...whipped cream, with rum-sautéed bananas drizzled with chocolate riding sidecar. Double the custard, halve the whipped cream, and you..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Food Review by Mick Vann

Lobby Lounge at the Four Seasons

"...with confidence, from a classic cocktail such as a sidecar to a Batini (Austin's official tipple) to a seasonal..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Food Review by MM Pack

Naked City

The true source of terror is our own ill-begotten war

"...U.S. policy in Iraq (a "pillion" is a motorcycle sidecar)...."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...with the grizzled garage grind of his Buick MacKane sidecar and last year's well-received solo effort on Bloodshot, Bourbonitis..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Christian McBride Quartet, Antone's, October 28

"...of headliner Karl Denson's Tiny Universe ("A Greyboy Allstars Sidecar Project!") was helping. By the set's close, "Alone Together,"..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Randy Newman: Bad Love

"...Randy NewmanBad Love (DreamWorks) Randy Newman's sidecar success as a film composer reflects his unerring sense..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Review by Jeff Mccord

TV Eye

On Assignment With Leeza

"...tooling in Paterson's Triumph motorcycle, with Wright in the sidecar, commenting on their surroundings and who they will be..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...though the gags here are top-notch, including the Groucho/Harpo sidecar schtick, Harpo's animate tattoos, and plenty of lofty silliness..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Public Notice

The Birds & the Bees

"...Maria, Ursula's Curse, and Miss Xanna Don't's new lounge sidecar, the Taxi Dancers, benefits the Breast Cancer Research Center,..."

May 9, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Sxsw

"...damn good for the Elbow Room, the incessantly low-lit sidecar to the Electric Lounge he's played just about every..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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