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City Theatre, Friday, February 4, 2011

"...people engaged in weird, quirky, and interesting creative endeavors. Wherever do they find the time and energy? How do..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Not So Hot TODs

Sputtering rail, sputtering economy – the uncertain fate of Red Line development

"...got the transit – more or less – so where's the development?..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...a friendship that transcends art and spins off into ethereal realms...."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Collective Burgeoning

For the artists of Okay Mountain, it was a very good year

"...New York gallery Freight + Volume; and Water, Water Everywhere So Let's All Have a Drink, a video collage..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Knowing

It's up to Nicolas Cage to save the world in this movie about a man who deciphers a cryptic artifact that predicts major disasters, past and future.

"...The precipitous decline of Nicolas Cage from moody arthouse upstart to muscle-bound action hero to popcorn-selling, check-cashing hack has..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Baghead

Kind of funny and kind of scary, the lo-fi Baghead is not so much a horror movie as a four-character study of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work.

"...response is what the Duplass brothers are going for here. Kind of funny and kind of scary, Baghead's central..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

King Tears

A decade after the ValuJet crash claimed Walter Hyatt's life, his posthumous archive celebrates his tender abilities once again

"...hour delayed, Hyatt was anxious to get to Virginia, where his daughter Haley was graduating college the next morning...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

How She Move

She move something fierce in this low-budget Canadian crowd-pleaser about stepping.

"...a declaration of intent? – but once the feet start flying in this Canadian film about step dancing, any..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...private property. You think you can just come up here and start taking pictures? Just like that?!"..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

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"...While getting the secondary-effects problem right, you suggested there is no question as to the greenness of AMD's..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...Relations Committee heard testimony from a legendary foreign-policy savant, there was this exchange with a senator from Iowa:..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

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Our readers talk back.

"...staff are continuing to work with the neighbors, and there is still an opportunity to reach a compromise that..."

May 13, 2005 Column

Austin @ Large: On Your Marks!

It's never too early (or too late?) for a council-race pregame show

"...But this is the last time in these pages where I get to kibitz and color-commentate on an upcoming..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...be calm and in control of the crazy situation there – Kerry would just run and cry to the..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

As Theatre for Children Matures

In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too

"...Jennings has been there for it all. From his early years directing children's..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Year's Eve Events

"...the still-living carcass of the old one and citizens start jockeying for the best position from which to celebrate..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'

Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.

"...Does she find peace from poverty and abuse? Then there are the minor characters, like the American Indians on..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...several attempts to interview Black fell through in Toronto, where The School of Rock premiered during last month's film..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Our readers talk back.

"...guard Darwinism's position as academic dogma against any dissent. There are typically three methods such men employ and remarkably,..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

Daddy Day Care

"...Eddie Murphy’s latest, Daddy Day Care, offers a lackluster start to the summer comedy season. This film will appeal..."

May 9, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...the upper right chamber of her heart. She died where she fell, on the grass behind her apartment at..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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"...some very complicated material in an apparently fair manner. There certainly were inaccuracies -- some of them not minor..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...is a small town with a big memory. For starters, they remember Robison's appearance at the 1999 Country Radio..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...key element of successful Smart Growth initiatives. We believe there are a number of issues that should be addressed..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Dancing About Architecture

101X fires program director Alan Smith; Man's Ruin ain't coming back after all.

"...of tourist traps and boy bands -- Florida -- where the extent of my music-related experience was drinking fruity..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...If you're reading this and thinking there's no way to take that load of gobbledygook about..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

El Quemado

For more than 40 years, José Francisco Treviño has been exploring the world of art. Now, in the largest retrospective it has ever presented, Mexic-Arte Museum shows us Treviño's discoveries, and Mary Jane Garza explains how they came to be.

"...trips to Mexico and partially engulfed in stylized flames. Here Treviño chronicles that period of his life when he..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Tailgating Teasips

Mick Vann makes a foray into the curious and often elaborate rite of University of Texas fandom known as "tailgating" and discovers some intriguing practices.

"...There exists a strange and bizarre subculture of football fanatics..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Anne Rapp's Fortune

The screenwriter of Cookie’s Fortune talks about storytelling, working in the business, and the incredible collaborator she found in Robert Altman.

"...charmed life. Sure, this screenwriter's talent is unmistakable, and there's no doubt that her success is appropriate and well-deserved...."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...also keenly interested in creating a clearinghouse of sorts, where people could actually participate in workshops led by knowledgeable..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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