Day Trips: Stiles, Texas

All that is left of West Texas ghost town is the stone ruins of the courthouse

"...Stiles, Texas, has been swallowed up by the desert brush..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...Directed by: Stiles White. Starring: Olivia Cooke, Ana Cato, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Save the Last Dance

"...Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney, Sean Patrick Thomas and Julia Stiles. A surprisingly ambitious teen film, Save the Last Dance..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Business of Strangers

"...Directed by: Patrick Stettner. Starring: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles and Frederick Weller. Middle-aged executive Julie Styron (Channing) takes..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Driving and Cranking

"...rural message of earlier bluegrass," the group's mandolinist Pete Stiles adds. "We play in cities and rock clubs."..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Willard

"...casting of cult actor Crispin Hellion Glover as Willard Stiles, the gangly misfit who befriends an army of rats..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Save the Last Dance

A rather narrow-minded look at interracial love and hip-hop in high school

"...D: Thomas Carter (2001); with Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Terry Kinney, Kerry Washington...."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Perfectly Barked Barbecue and Unlimited Hush Puppies at the Switch

The restaurant just off Highway 290 also serves up phenomenal peach cobbler

"...The Switch, from the same folks who brought us Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew in Brentwood, opened just about..."

June 21, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Orphan: First Kill

The cuckoo's nest classic gets a gruesome and surprising prequel

"...Directed by: William Brent Bell. Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Hiro Kanagawa, Matthew Finlan and Samantha Walkes...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Unveils Complete Lineup

David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' opens fest

"...SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK - David O. Russell (Writer/Director); Julia Stiles in attendance THE SESSIONS - Ben Lewin (Writer/Director) QUARTET..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Sweetbitter Chris Kelly, The Pink Bus Maximilian Uriarte, The White Donkey Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone Maria Semple, Today..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Gil Junger; with Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller, David..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...another notch to his sports-themed film résumé (Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, and Tin Cup.)..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther, Jill Halfpenny, Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse (North American Premiere)..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Toast

Drinking up the Austin Food and Wine Festival

"...Tim Love (the Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Love Shack, White Elephant Saloon, Queenie's Steakhouse, the Woodshed Smokehouse), Tyson Cole..."

April 24, 2015 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Letters at 3AM: 'Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?'

"Route 66" spoke to the sense of change afoot in America

"...to the sky. The camera pans to follow Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) riding a cable suspended from a crane...."

June 1, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

The exhibit of flags in Houston reminds us of what it took to come this far.

"...Richmond, Va., in 1861. It is possible that the white parts were actually cut from Mrs. Wigfall's wedding dress,..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

On the Lege

Parading in the Rain

"...a list that had been compiled of the 15 white lawmakers who had voted with the minorities against home..."

May 12, 1995 News Column by Robert Bryce

Austin Food + Wine Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

More events, more celebrity chefs

"...Love (Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Love Shack, Queenie's Steakhouse, White Elephant Saloon, Woodshed Smokehouse), and pastry chef Janina O’Leary...."

Jan. 20, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Playback: Jon Pettis Rising

One man's life touches so many others

"...acoustic set. Saturday finds the Welsh Chicagoan at the White Horse where he follows the Ice Cold Singles, a..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Summer Specials to Entice You

Free kids' meals, seasonal specials, food and drink bargains galore

"...*Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew (6610 N. Lamar) has four..."

July 1, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Watching on the Web

Famous names like Seinfeld & Hanks ride the web series wave

"...soap so relished in its designer gaudiness: Women in white dresses splattered with blood, implied underage sex with parents,..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Letters at 3AM: 'Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?'

In the early part of the Sixties, television's "Route 66" offered a taste of the new American consciousness

"...were too conformist. On TV, Route 66 characters Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) and Buz Murdock (George Maharis) roamed the..."

June 15, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Civics 101

Activate your civics calendar, Dec. 8-15

"...8:30am-5pm. Holiday Inn Express Austin Airport, 7601 E. Ben White; RSVP required at www.annieslist.com. Sunday11..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Column

Res Publica

Good times for good citizens: Feb. 27-March 5

"...FUTURES CONFERENCE 10am-2pm. Eastside Memorial High School, 1012 Arthur Stiles Rd., 414-0884...."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...live-action comedy, war breaks out between a virus and white blood cells (voiced by Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce,..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"...is also home to some of the brightest, and whitest, high schoolers, who attend Johnston's Liberal Arts Magnet program...."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar