Eye to Eye

David Byrne gets sincere

"...dishes for New York restaurant-goers, like he did before making newsprint in the late Seventies...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by David Lynch

Commission Debates Guidelines for Opening the Live Music Fund to Venues

Stressing preference that aid goes primarily to musicians

"...The Austin Music Commission picked up discussions on how..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Cap City Comedy Club Closes

COVID closure shutters the venerable stand-up home for good

"...six months during the pandemic finally took its toll, making Cap City one more victim of the coronavirus...."

Sept. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Latest on Local Singer Chameleon Foster's Disappearance

His family requests help from the public to bring him home

"...but we believe he still lives, and we won’t stop until we bring him home,” stated Foster’s sister Fadeelah..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Jessi Cape

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?

Making the grade

"...firsthand what she'd be getting into. She described a sense of defeat that hung over the faculty and students,..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

CodeNEXT: Learn to Love It

Trying to make sense of a deeply flawed first draft

"...as unrealistic as the folks who think we can stop the whole process in its tracks. The problem with..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Fantastic Fest Wave Three

Multiple monsters, sequels, and regulars (and RZA)

"...have Fantastic Fest's reputation for familiarity and a certain sense of homecoming. Maybe that's a way to balance out..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Takeaways From Fantastic Arcade: Day 1

Life lessons learned through video games and the people who make them

"...its fair share of insights into the art of making games independently. Theatre 9 at Alamo Lakeline saw triumph,..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Q&A Hole: Superhero Movie Redux

I knew that ol' Lazarus pit would come in handy one of these days …

"...try and justify more superhero movies out of any sense of necessity. I'll just tell you why I think..."

Feb. 18, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Dishonored' On Sale Tonight

First-person actioner from local developer Arkane Studios

"...Dishonored is a big-budget experience in every sense. But instead of spending all of the development man..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Scott R. Meyers

Director Scott R. Meyers on Slacker 2011

"...legends Ed Hall are no more but that didn't stop Scott R. Meyers, the director of the Alamo Drafthouse's..."

Aug. 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Plutopia: Where Robots and Corn Cups Come Together

"...sets, props, and characters from John P. Funk's short, stop-motion film "Quest for the Dark Planet." Such oddities are..."

March 11, 2008 SXSW Post by Nora Ankrum

Grimly and the Ghouls

Artist Gris Grimly has some blood-splattered lessons for debut filmmakers.

"...Tex Avery's Evil Dead, is an object lesson for filmmaking hopefuls in turning $6,000 into a fun little calling..."

Feb. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Houston Stomps KC, KEYE to Air Titans Again, but Texans Return to KEYE in Week Three

"...Jamar Fletcher coming in second in that category and making some good plays on special teams as well. He'll..."

Sept. 13, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Saying Goodbye to the Ex

Margaret Moser says goodbye through the ether.

"...entendres soon wore thin for him. He’d pooh-pooh Austin’s sense of self-importance as a music scene, calling it “the..."

April 30, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Word and Thought

Word and Thought, a new comedy by Southwestern University grad Joshua Lellis, tracks a biographical drama about Alexander the Great on its disaster-ridden lurch toward opening night, and its premiere from Cameo Productions and the Austiner Ensemble proves that a theatrical catastrophe is still good for a laugh.

"...with each other; the director fires the designers, then stops directing; the playwright can't stop making radical changes to..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Once on This Island

Lynn Ahrens' and Steven Flaherty's musical Once on This Island has a fairy tale feel, but director-choreographer Kevin Archambault can't always get the large-student cast of this St. Edward's University production to bring its colorful, swirling world to magical life.

"...While in a thematic sense, the story is about dealing with grief, plot-wise it's..."

March 1, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...darkly hilarious Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. The story goes like..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Austin and in San Antonio, and meeting people and making friends that have stayed with me for a lifetime...."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

"...Stratus Makes No Sense at All..."

July 19, 2002 Column

So What's Funny?

"...pure fabrication -- virtually everyone agrees with the sentiment. Making audiences laugh is serious business. The choice of word,..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Despite this, he finds himself unable to shake a sense of overwhelming guilt and, in an attempt to relax..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...Bill Bunch that verifies that I was instrumental in making sure that the Wildflower PUD did not get developed..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Can't Get There From Here

While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line

"...the yearly funding to upgrade the accessibility of bus stops – all while pouring more than $100 million into..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Oh gives a rich performance that conveys a satisfying sense of the character's dilemmas, passions, cheekiness, and talent. You..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...in an official capacity, did you have any new sense of direction for yourself?..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"...is concerned with not only physical attributes but a sense of spirit, too: Energy must be at its peak..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...destroy the morality of their people. They want to stop, or at least discredit, those pernicious influences. Their tactics..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...genuinely giddy when artists such as Carla Olson would stop by the label's offices (back then, Geissler's home). At..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sxsw

"...like good chicken-fried steak. (Brazos Street Stage, 7pm) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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