We Are the Best!

Lukas Moodysson gives us a captivating portrait of 13-year-old proto-punk girls in 1982 Sweden.

"...Not a lot of movies get made about what it’s like to be a 13-year-old girl, something..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All-Star Alumni

Ten notable start-ups born out of Capital Factory's Demo Day

"...in 2009 with a mission to help incubate local start-ups by providing funding, resources, and perhaps most importantly, access..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Adventureland

Adventureland is a confident return to the kind of teen comedy that’s funny without being raunchy and youthful without being juvenile.

"...studious period detail, and narrative integrity. It’s a story about the summer that changed a young man’s life, the..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

True Today

Randy 'Biscuit' Turner's final interview

"...suggested that the eclectic Pedazo Chunk Video store on South First might be just the place to restage his..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Animated Jimmy saves Retroville from the aliens.

"...Directed by: John A. Davis. From start to finish, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius delivers an amiable..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Coming Attractions

Our guide to which Austin-area cinemas (may) re-open in July

"...seems to be when the rest are going to start following suit...."

June 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Trustees Push Back on Campus Closure Plan

“When we start messing with people’s schools, we start messing with their communities”

"...asked to move too quickly on these "emotional" decisions without taking time and care to truly engage their constituents...."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Manufacturing Innovation

Will the next big thing be a product of inspiration, perspiration, or just dumb luck?

"...good ideas, including some of history's most celebrated inventions, start out utterly useless. The classic example is the Post-It..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

In Time

Andrew Niccol writes and directs this science fiction thriller that stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.

"...While In Time shares similar DNA – they're both about the struggle of the underdog to game the system..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...This is a good place to start. The St. Johns community, in north East Austin, was..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...Writing about music offers many rewards, but seldom does it present..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Why We Listen to What They Say

"...Doug Rushkoff has been writing about media, cyberculture, and rave culture for several years now,..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch Partners with Austin’s Regenerative Ag Experts TerraPurezza

The new farm plans include Texas sunflowers and hungry pigs

"...Tina and Orion Weldon, the dynamic duo behind the..."

July 21, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Desierto

A most dangerous game in the desert

"...too lean for its own good. Once the bullets start flying and the immigrants start dying, you can pretty..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food Trucks for a Cause

Two local trailers mix charity with business

"...There are many different reasons why people start their own restaurants and trailers. Most begin with a..."

Aug. 12, 2015 Food Post by Serena Yeh

Moontower 3 Schedules Its Jokers

100 comics into 10 venues into 4 days = thousands of laughs

"...Get out your date-books, timetables, and city maps, so you can..."

March 26, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Paceshifters: Dutch Youngbloods Debut at SXSW

Hoping to get noticed in Germany via the music festival

"...The Paceshifters started out as brothers Paul and Seb Dokman, practicing in..."

March 8, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

'The NFL Beat': Combine Commentary

On the exceptional 2012 draft class

"...writer's block. I keep thinking, "Where do I even start?" Yet, you my loyal reader, know by now I..."

March 1, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

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

UT Baseball Preview

"...Longhorn fans, it’s about that time of year to pull out the crusty..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Travel news for history buffs, art appreciators, foodies, and more

"...Check out the glider museum, send your love a special Valentine,..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

'The NFL Beat': Week 10

Our little season is all grown up

"...9 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in what turned out to be a case of the five syllables that..."

Nov. 10, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...they’ll do next, now that it’s over, kaput, lights out. Moonlighting as a dancing fiend and making up for..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

A Taste of Honey

How we get honey now, and what might happen to the industry in the future

"...goes buzzing from her home, rapes a flower, sucks out the nectar, gets pollen all up in her leg..."

June 12, 2009 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal

Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29

"...where we head our separate ways. Hancock died at about 12:30 Sunday morning in an auto accident on a..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

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

"...and teaching others to create theatre for children and youth. It's a field that has often been misunderstood and..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Governing Post-Boom Austin

Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.

"...aspirants, campaigns are the occasion for citizens to talk about their sense of and vision for the city. The..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Criminal Conversation

How Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects and the director of the upcoming The Way of the Gun, learned to say no.

"...grand jury prize at Sundance. But now McQuarrie is out on his own, not only writing, but also shouldering..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Breaks Doom Austin FC in Loss to Colorado Rapids

Big advantages in shots and possession don't pay off

"...2025 season has officially gotten off to an inauspicious start. The Verde and Black dropped its third match of..."

March 9, 2025 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

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