Proof of Nothing

When you were busted for public intoxication, were you drunk? Or did you just piss off a cop?

"...To hear Milan Luna tell the story, the night that she was arrested for public intoxication,..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...Maxwell, Nancy Bell While driving on a lonely stretch of road, I get inspired. I see an abandoned farmhouse..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...a hipster bar, you'd be forgiven for assuming the two-story building with the impressive "Strangeworks" sign is yet another..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

Delving Deeper Into the Archive of a Dark Time

Doc Nights: Shoah: The Unseen Interviews

"...Last year was the 25th anniversary of Shoah, French director Claude Lanzmann's 9¼-hours-long, genre-bending documentary about..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...The all-in pocketbook impact of the new budget's spending for the "typical" Austin resident..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...Butcher Bear should be Red River's official mascot. He looks like an outcast from Gorillaz's Plastic..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Something Out of Nothing

Joe Swanberg, anti-director, on Hannah Takes the Stairs

"...Joe Swanberg is thinking about underwear. And of course he's thinking about it in a movie. "In..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Big Circus of Life

Books Editor Clay Smith and Litera columnist Ric Williams handicap which of the 200-plus international poets attending this year's Austin International Poetry Festival will be best bets.

"...Poetry has always been considered the finest of arts. The best of music, art, drama, literature is..."

April 19, 2002 Books Feature by Ric Williams

The Life of the Party

Marc Savlov talks with San Francisco-based director Greg Harrison about his new film, Groove and the burgeoning rave movement it depicts.

"...what many thought impossible: He's captured the vital heartbeat of an entire youth subculture, distilled it, and crafted the..."

June 30, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...There are six enormous panels of reinforced concrete more than halfway up the front face..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

My SXSW ECO 2012 Experience Wrap Up

Sustainability in food and environment and culture! Oh, my!

"...Conference was one for the record books. The number of attendees doubled from last year and the panels included..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...The lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to life with..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...are the primary creative forces that shaped The School of Rock into the delightful comedy it is. The story..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

With “themesong” Video, Mobley Introduces Injustice-Fighting Masked Man Persona

Musician & filmmaker trekked to Johannesburg to shoot latest project

"...come to expect from the narrative-concentrated one-man band, the project arrives with a video that feels like a segment..."

May 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack for Public Television),..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...Deep Water Horizon oil drilling platform happened in April of 2010, causing the world's largest oil spill that gushed..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...comes this Sunday to entertain Austin as a part of Austin Cabaret's 10 year anniversary series of divalicious evenings..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...need to know about Jason Henderson is that one of his daughter's first words was "Dracula." If you wanted..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

RoboCop Is Alive and Well and Kicking Ass Onstage

Eighties blockbusters and a 'cardboard aesthetic' courtesy of the Old Murder House Theatre

"...Police officer Alex Murphy is murdered by a street gang and..."

June 17, 2011 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Donya Stockton Isn’t Going Anywhere Near Hell in That Handbasket

The Austin clubland mover-and-shaker weaves much to the imagination

"...Donya Stockton, co-owner of Austin’s Beerland and Rio Rita and King Bee and..."

April 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Housecore Horror Majordomo – Phil Anselmo

Pantera/Down icon talks tape trading and terror

"...no doubt it’s Phil Anselmo at the other end of the line. The word has become his new brand...."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...in a stifling, faux-velvet fleapit theatre chair the color of a freshly struck Profondo Rosso print. It's dark in..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thomas Frank's 21st Century Corruption Theory

A Q&A with the author of What's the Matter With Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

"...With his 2004 critique of the culture wars, What's the Matter With Kansas?, Thomas..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...involved with selling a film as an inherent part of the job. But more to the point, Demme is..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...Throughout history, the economics of creativity have often acted as a..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...I spotted Dan Solomon’s Texas Monthly blog post, “Why Professor Dumpster’s Gimmicks Are a Bunch of Trash.” Seeing the..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics fame has a new book out from..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...Or how about the story of the man right here in the city, who..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Love! Valour! Compassion!

"...(I'll spare you the exclamation points.) These are some of the more discernible ingredients of Love! Valour! Compassion! All..."

June 13, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...In the grand history of dating and hookups, there's going to be a..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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