District 4: Getting Cray-Cray

"...fiscally conservative matron, to overtake the broadly endorsed Casar? Stranger things have happened in Austin run-offs – and D4..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Fantastic Fest 2014: Joe Lynch Guns for Everly

Director of Salma Hayek action flick talks sealed-room rules

"...Lynch is no stranger to being in a fight you can't escape. In..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: HAAM's Time of the Season

HAAM Day fills its coffers for uninsured live music capitalists

"...They live on the plane of wanting to get things right artistically, but are often not the best people..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...2013, North American Premiere, 76 min D: Martín Desalvo Things are a bit off in Virginia’s tiny village. Something..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

If You Build It, They Will Come

Hump! Tour's DIY porn pit-stops in Austin

"...Dan Savage challenged the readers of Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger to create some homemade porn. "It started off as..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Fernie Martinez

A Dram Held High for Ed Miller

KUTX folk sage is shown the door after 43 years on-air

"...Sunday night, he led off with Doc Watson’s “Hello Stranger,” a song he used to open shows with quite..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Becoming Drought Tolerant

Central Texas looks for ways to balance population growth with future water supplies

"...Texas is no stranger to drought – its history is a saga of..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

The Dog

Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse's mouth.

"...exhausted hostages are released to safety. Of course, this stranger-than-fiction account of a bank robbery gone terribly wrong inspired..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

First Look: Punch Bowl Social

Austin outpost opens in the Domain

"...Punch Bowl Social aims to be all of these things for North Austinites. Bowling, karaoke, and old-school video games..."

Aug. 21, 2014 Food Post by Rod Machen

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...My sister watched from her bedroom window as a stranger drove our mother's car away. My father came home..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Willie Nelson

"...Life," and "Funny How Time Slips Away," the Red-Headed Stranger didn't make his name on his braids. While Band..."

July 11, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath

Local funk crew journeys ‘Into the Void’ tonight

"...makes it repetitive. There are a lot of rhythmic things that align it to jazz and blues – a..."

June 27, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Bethany

Theatre En Bloc delivers a tough and disturbing social critique on suburbia and adversity facing single mothers

"...utterly repulsive as he assures us that, among other things, God wants us to be rich. His prey is..."

June 6, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...MM: I think there are some things that we've already done, and that we can do..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Slam Sisters

The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores

"...school with three future WNBA players, Roop was no stranger to adrenaline, but her first slam was like nothing..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Official Drink of Austin Contest Names Team Qui the Winners

Holy crap, does my head hurt

"...bacon). I could have eaten a dozen of those things! I was surprised to see that many of the..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Food Post by Claudia Alarcón

How to Write a Book

If you think you have a book in you, it's important to find out if you really do

"...stories are important and that the story of the stranger on the street is just as important. For that..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Food Issue Extra Helpings: My First Paycheck Was -$2.95

On being a terrible waiter

"...being a graduate student/waiter was intriguing. I was no stranger to food service; at the schmancy liberal arts college..."

Feb. 19, 2014 Food Post by Andy Campbell

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Very Superstitious

Do certain foods have supernatural powers?

"...is the list I’ve compiled of some of the stranger tales. I suggest you take these pointers with a..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Food Post by Ria Nevada

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...into a dangerous and mysterious world when a tattooed stranger checks into her roadside motel...."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Estate Sale Roundup Jan. 31-Feb. 2

What is left behind shall live again

"...a voyeuristic quality to being suddenly privy to a stranger's things. But in the moment, most of us just..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...want [fame] anyways. It’s nice to run into a stranger and it kind of makes you feel like you..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

Sons of Fathers Residency

A month of Tuesdays at the Mohawk begins tonight

"...PC: Johnny Cash doing “Red Headed Stranger.” My dad listened to a lot of Eagles, too...."

Jan. 14, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...so "doing this show in my own home keeps things personal. Among my goals as a storyteller is to..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ray Price, 1926-2013

‘Now blue ain’t the word for the way that I feel’

"...guitars and drums to the hallowed headquarters of all things country. He had major hits, too, like “Release Me,”..."

Dec. 17, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Five From Here: An Eclectic Selection of Local Gift Ideas

Your Austin friends and neighbors have been mighty busy this year.

"...Austin, even if you're already here. I've got five things to tell you a little bit about, five things..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...All the Beautiful Things / U.S.A. (Director: John Harkrider) — John and Barron..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Then There's This: High and Dry

When it rains it pours, but the drought doesn't budge an inch

"...to the water-and-politics mix and you've got an even stranger brew. Earlier this week, the Texas Tribune touted a..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...O’Brien, an Austin-based author perhaps best known for The Things They Carried, a 1990 collection of fictional stories inspired..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Drafthouse Films and Cinedigm Unleash 'The Dog'

Doc chronicles true story behind 'Dog Day Afternoon'

"...robbing it to pay for his partner's sex change. Things go … awry...."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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