From 380 Angles

Karen Kocher's multimedia 'Austin Past and Present' tells hundreds of stories in almost as many ways.

"...The story of Austin could never be told from start to..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...In January of 1999, when the Senate was gearing up to try..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...Turning off FM 1325 onto tattered Northridge Acres Drive is like..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...Wolfson Few things are certain about Austin's Music Class of '98, those local artists releasing albums this year on..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Where in the World Is Andreas Fabis' Heart?

Austinite's new website charts bi-cultural couples worldwide

"...up with someone from Kazakhstan? Does some fair daughter of icy Greenland have a serious Thing going with some..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...prosecutors – in Gray County and the attorney general's office – for the right to DNA-test certain items of..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Transformations

A Conversation with the three directors of the SXSW premiere Cruel & Unusual

"...My first viewing of the documentary, Cruel & Unusual, was an eye opener...."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Digging up the Raiders!

The strange tale of Raiders of the Lost Ark remade

"...is built on remakes and homages. Yet a bunch of middle schoolers in Eighties Mississippi deciding to remake a..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Full Frontal

"...I think even that would be a gracious estimation of Steven Soderbergh's latest film. With Full Frontal, the Oscar-winning..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...-- Dick Holland, former curator of the Southwestern Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Dream On

Austin Museum of Art Re-Examines Its Downtown Plans

"...The future home of the Austin Museum of Art at the corner of..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Book Review: The Big Goodbye

The making of Chinatown gets its full due in Wasson's chronicle

"...Chinatown – the 1974 cinematic collaboration of director Roman Polanski, producer Robert Evans, screenwriter Robert Towne,..."

Feb. 25, 2020 Arts Post by David Gaines

Old Soul

Bill Maddox died violently under bizarre circumstances – and left a legacy of music, love, and friendship

"...at an amateur level – he could play all of those instruments at a professional level. And he was..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...beginning to tackle the complicated and potentially daunting reality of turning a big dream into a concrete reality, starting..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...the door with 2005, don't be shocked if, instead of a shiny-faced baby wearing a sash that reads "2006,"..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Tarnation' Sensation

Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking

"...the medium. While the most famous and revered example of this is probably Orson Welles' stunningly bombastic and revolutionary..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...a romantic tale that rivals many married couples' stories of their first meeting. Young fell hard. Kind of a..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

David Giancola Puts the Pedal to the Metal With Axcellerator

Director leaves tragedy behind and embraces the B-movie

"...present his latest sci-fi action romp, Axcellerator, as part of the Other Worlds Film Festival's year-round screening series. It's..."

June 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...two girls from Mexico to Down­town Austin, where, instead of working in a restaurant for a short time to..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...years ago, a packed Alamo Drafthouse was ripping the roof off at the U.S. premiere of You're Next. And..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

"...sat down for a conversation with Jan Reid, author of the new biography, Let the People In: The Life..."

Oct. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Over and Out

Thoughts on the first day of the rest of Austin's life

"...Council will sink a time capsule in the courtyard of the new City Hall. A time capsule that will..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Young's Town, USA

A guided tour of 'Greendale'

"...business, we ought to be accustomed to the unpredictability of his path. Young can write and perform achingly beautiful..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Studios Takes Flight

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

"...It's the kind of serendipity you don't stumble across much in the real..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...Just over two years ago, the Austin Museum of Art selected an architect to design the museum's permanent..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tiki Tatsu-ya Raises the Bar to Islander Heaven

The Aikawa Brothers debut a worldclass venue of storied wonders

"...“They’ve done it. Son of a bitch. They’ve really done it!”..."

Oct. 4, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"...DJ sobriquet Butcher Bear, as he takes indecisive drags off a half-lit cigarette. "When I was 13, I would..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Gina Chavez Q&A

AMA winner raises funds for Conspire Theatre

"...To help fund a production of their latest play, Mothers and Daughters, Conspire Theatre hosts..."

Sept. 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Katrina Survivors Reflect 10 Years Later

Jamar Jefferson and Donna Bonner are just two of many who relocated to Austin

"...As we approach the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, it's hard to remember how much 2005..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

'Derby Baby' Growing Up in Public

New doc tracks the complex adolescence of Roller Derby

"...cut. And for Dave Wruck and Robin Bond, creators of Roller Derby doc Derby Baby: A Story of Love,..."

Jan. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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