TV Eye

PBS delivers the goods.

"...the Cartoon Network is launching a programming block just for adults on Sept. 2. But more on that next..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...the horse dances the waltz. Increased ridership, increased on-time performance, and reduced complaints are figments of Capital Metro's creative..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

SBOE Passes Mexican-American Studies, but Whitewashes the Name

Right-wing board member objects to “hyphenated Americanism”

"...Education finally agreed to provide public high schools with Mexican-American elective curriculum standards in a final vote cast Friday,..."

April 13, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

In Other Election News ...

Nader still off Texas ballot, Pete Sessions' naked butt, sexing up GOTV, and more

"...6 against the appeal of the Ralph Nader campaign for ballot access in Texas, concurring with the lower court..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"..."I had to teach them it wasn't all right to punch their classmates..."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

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

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

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

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...“Back in the days when I was a teenager, before I had status and before I had a pager,..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Letters at 3AM

A Little Late, For Bix

"...coming and pretty much knew what it meant (whether for or against): This war announced a changed America that..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...It's a story he's told a thousand times before, but that doesn't make it any less fun. His..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...was gathering inside the high-end hotel: the 46th annual American Legislative Exchange Council conference...."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Both Becker and Ridgetop will be accepting additional students for the program and will accept transfer applications beginning Feb...."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"...and wonders but FronteraFest, the annual jamboree of homegrown performance where anyone and everyone is encouraged to take the..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Icing the Batter Electric

Cake decorators both professional and passionately amateur prep for local competition

"...and ideas. Though some of them do get paid for their cakes, we heard some version of the same..."

June 10, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I'm a Texas certified biology teacher, and I testified against the addition of intelligent design..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

The AggreGAYtor: April 14

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...flower and a KIND bar, and there's always room for J-Lo, as your AggreGAYtor contemplates Juche theory...."

April 14, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

SXSW Film Announces First Wave of Panels

It's never too soon to start thinking SXSW

"...SXSW 2011 won't touch down until next March, but for now, something to whet the appetite...."

Oct. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Miss Kitty Litter ATX: From Campfire to Camp Wannakiki

Austin's queen of camp uses her humorous platform for good

"...Patrick Swayze was having the time of his life, America was at the height of the AIDS epidemic, and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"...native England and reached the penultimate chart spot in America. Sales worldwide topped 1 million...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Q&A: Wyclef Jean

“I am the most famous Haitian in my century, right?”

"...showcasing midnight tonight at Gatsby, ran a 2010 campaign for president of his native country that ended with the..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Return of the She-King

In-depth Q&A with Dead Can Dance hypnotist Lisa Gerrard

"...on 1996's Spiritchaser. Reunited at the Moody Theater Friday for Anastasis, DCD offered up oracle Lisa Gerrard...."

Sept. 6, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dunbar Strikes Again

Board of Education member has book out attacking public education

"...half of Travis County) and just a few days before the presidential election published an editorial repeating the "Obama..."

Dec. 4, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

McMurrey Challenges Noriega From the Left

Corpus Christi schoolteacher files on the Democratic side

"...millionaire trial lawyer Mikal Watts dropped his Democratic candidacy for the U.S. Senate, Houston state Rep. Rick Noriega probably..."

Nov. 20, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The Travis Co. Hospital District has dozens of candidates for its top executive post, but it's already picked a..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...of his children. The rage of a mother and former wife. A personal testament to America's other "war."..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

In Good Company

A casual spectator might not realize just how much Robert Creeley's long literary career -- he's 73 this year -- has been conducted on the edge. But Creeley not only had a finger on the pulse of American poetry, he's usually been a heartbeat or two ahead of it.

"...as one of the "good gray poets" of postmodern America. After all, a poet must be fairly distinguished to..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Craig Arnold

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...Identities Film Festival – has announced its full lineup for 2019, and they're top-and-tailing it with titles requiring a..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...act the Disciples of Soul, the guitarist now stumps for his teaching initiative with a tie-in show at the..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Barbara's Fire

Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students

"...Supreme Court decision became a flashpoint and milestone – before eventually switching her focus to the similarly polarizing issue..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Downton Abbey recap: Episode 5

Cora gives Lord Grantham the cold shoulder

"...girl. Sybil died. Violet sobbed raggedly. Cora blamed LG for Sybil’s death...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

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