Day Trips: Spider Mountain Bike Park

Round the mountain at Spider Mountain Bike Park

"...Spider Mountain Bike Park outside of Burnet gives knobby­-tire bike..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback: Holy Mountain and Red 7 in Danger of Losing Leases

Could the Red River Cultural District be losing two of its landmark live music venues?

"...point: neighboring Seventh Street clubs Red 7 and Holy Mountain are fighting to renew their leases in the face..."

May 15, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips: Container City, Burnet

Shipping containers become cabins for a scenic mountain getaway

"...Container City out of the rocky back side of Spider Mountain. The front is occupied by the downhill bicycle..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX Will No Longer Manage the Cactus Cafe

University station terminates "disheartening" negotiations and Spider House Ballroom changes ownership.

"...the Cactus Cafe to our partners at the Unions." Spider House Ballroom Reopens Under New Ownership..."

May 28, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Former Red 7 Space Lands a Music Venue

Hotel Vegas honcho Jason McNeely will be the booker

"...Seventh Street corridor, notably the shuttering of clubs Holy Mountain and Red 7. Today’s news brings hope to the..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

When the Circus Comes to Town

Bert Jansch's first time in Texas gives us the vapors.

"...world about it. Clowns, mannequins, plastic animals, and (real) spider webs dot the sweltering “museum,” a small room with..."

June 11, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Playback: Bob Dylan Goes Electric – Again!

Fifty years ago, Dylan and the Band went electric at Austin's Municipal Auditorium

"...didn't constantly change was the uncertainty about everything." Holy Mountain's Last Hurrah..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...inexperienced park employee discovers a body on a remote mountain trail and must stay with it overnight in the..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Arcade Announces Spotlight Games

Eight indies get the arcade-cabinet treatment

"...Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

There Goes the Neighborhood

North/South/Central – redistricting the live music capital

"...For Holy Mountain partner James Taylor that's not soon enough. Paired with..."

July 25, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Fantastic Arcade: Day 1

As the airhorns sounded, the indie game onslaught commenced

"...Gang Beasts to the subtle complexities of locally developed Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon to the Tempest-inspired anarchy..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Playback: Forty Nights

Forty nights of live music? Piece of cake.

"...Xetas @Holy Mountain (May 30)..."

July 11, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Arcade Day 3

Another day, more lessons learned

"...salesman, Reimergartin seemed to be selling tickets to Science Mountain and his guide to that world, Science Mountain Journal..."

Sept. 22, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

New in Town

A strident Renée Zellweger stars in this forgettable fish-out-of-water comedy.

"...sparkiness and, well, barkiness in films such as Cold Mountain, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Doris-Day channeler Down With Love..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Berkshire Hounds Talk Breakup and Reunion

“We’ve definitely matured/been beaten down over the last five years”

"...broken up with the line, “When found day-drinking at Spider House last week, Campo admitted his bandmates abandoned him..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saturday ACL Face-Off: The Cure vs. Childish Gambino

Second British noir-pop vs. “This Is America”

"...Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Headhunters Decapitated

Headhunters and Hotel Vegas get face-lifts, and maybe Whiskey Shivers gives one

"...Sixth, which becomes the next endeavor for Bar Rescue. Spider Men Take Over Hotel Vegas..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

We Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow

Sword drummer Trivett Wingo hammers out an appreciation of Led Zeppelin III

"...debut of Gods during South by Southwest 08 at Spider House's neighboring United States Art Authority now stands as..."

March 28, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gay Place

Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears

"...at Lost Well (see Sunday). Lastly, swing by Queer Mountain's third anniversary (see Wednesday) for a conversation on queerness..."

April 22, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Art as Big as the Great Outdoors

Austin Museum of Art has artists transform nature in a huge way – and wants you to help

"...the Austin Museum of Art's new exhibition. "Andy Goldsworthy: Mountain and Coast Autumn Into Winter" focuses on a body..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...said Simpson, who still releases music under the name Mountain Time and does occasional reunions with his Mineral bandmates...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...co-hosting the ongoing LGBTQ storytelling show Greetings, From Queer Mountain with fellow comic Ralphie Hardesty...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears

"...with Brian Gaar It's a laughing matter on the Spider's stage. Chris Tellez and Pat Dean host while a..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Joke 'Stache

Danny Palumbo wins Funniest Person in Austin 2015, advances equal rights for facial hair

"...his set and set up an extended commentary on Mountain Dew that included tragic news about his niece, who..."

May 22, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Piece of Work

There's nothing conventionally beautiful about Virginia Fleck's Indented Round Sod, a large, dun-colored disc of dried earth cemented together with mortar, and yet it exudes a strong, serene presence in its shape and balance of the natural and the manmade.

"...utterly devoid of gloss or vibrant color. Gray-mortar veins spider through it like hardened arteries, and the fibrous, haylike..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...fairly big firefight with some rebels holed up in mountain caves. I also saw that small teams consisting of..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Gay Place

Saying 'Eff You' to the new administration by raising money for women's organizations

"...April 28 at HavenCon 3. Sun., Jan. 22, 7:30pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth. $15. shane@havencontx.com, www.havencontx.com...."

Jan. 20, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Krudas Cubensi will blow yer mind and make you move

"...Lewis & the Funeral 5. Thu., July 21, 9pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $15-125. www.thejigglewattsburlesque.com...."

July 22, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

A year of Marriage Equality symbolizes how far we've come, while Orlando shows us how much further we have to go

"...Yazzie, Nameless Frames, and more. Thu., June 23, 9pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. Donations welcome...."

June 24, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Fantastic Arcade Award Winners

Audience, Most Fantastic, and other awards announced

"...Award – Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base) Mountain Dü Award for Most Extreme No-Player Thrill Ride –..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

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