SXSWedu: Lights, Camera, Learn

Film programming includes 'Bully', 'Brooklyn Castle'

"...think that they're just wheeling out an old 8mm projector for some drivers' ed reels, they have major documentaries..."

Feb. 7, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...Wondering what the future of Texas filmmaking looks like?..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...Narrative and Documentary Competition – with a couple of Texas names in the batch...."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Finding Their Tuva

The Texas Documentary Tour screens 'Genghis Blues,' the Belic Brothers' next step in living a 'kickass, adventurous life and meeting cool people.'

"...Adrian Belic: Way back when we were in high school, we saw this PBS documentary about the physicist..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...it again: giving away money to filmmakers and their projects. The 2014 recipients of AFS Grants (formerly the Texas..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Talking Travis: Donna Howard

District 48 rep on the pros and cons of getting studies passed

"...What she introduced was a revamp of the TEXAS Grant program, prioritizing college-ready kids for the grants. After..."

May 11, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Girls on the 50-Yard Line

Documentarian Mylène Moreno always wanted to be a professional athlete. Instead, she made True-Hearted Vixens, a film about women who did. Moreno brings Vixens, documenting the attempt to create a women's professional football league, and her short "Cormac's Trash" to the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday.

"...job as a security officer at a Florida middle school...."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...close behind were LOLA Austin's La Femme Bohème and Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance's Kiss Me,..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Squaring the Triangle

HRC pop-up exhibit recaps photojournalistic tour of Texas

"...and writer Brad Zellar have finished their tour of Texas, and on Saturday they partied. The Harry Ransom Center..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Home Grown

Why Chef Louis Lambert's Palate Is a Product of his Texas Roots

"...housed his catering business, sandwiched between Terra Toys and Texas French Bread. He's someone who clearly loves to cook,..."

April 26, 2002 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Short and Sweet: “Red Sands”

Riding the dunes with El Paso's gearheads and off-roaders

"...In the desert outside of El Paso, Texas, the dunes glow like rust. It's from the iron..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...Stout and Jason Moeller's annual blues festival and preservation project (donations aid blues, jazz, and gospel artists still performing..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...– in 2012 there were 44 abortion clinics in Texas; as providers braced for HB 2, the number dropped..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

From Screen to Stage … Seriously?

Surveying the unlikeliest candidates for Broadway adaptation

"...(yes, that ALW) had acquired the rights to produce School of Rock as a musical, I had decidedly mixed..."

April 10, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Awards Announced

The envelope, please

"...Texas Shorts Winner: “Petting Sharks” (D: Craig Elrod) Runner-up: “The..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Are the Coens coming back to Austin? Plus, Anne Rapp and 'Double Wide,' Jenn Garrison in Italy, and Jacob Vaughan kind of gets hit on by Dave Carradine.

"...drug money, flees with it, and is chased across Texas by both a lawman and a deranged killer. Plenty..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

A Double Life

Napoleon Beazley was executed by the state of Texas, but he lives again in a new play

"...Certainly not in the eyes of the state of Texas. Because he kills another human being in the course..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

News Roundup: No Fun

Lege goes anti-LGBT; Council debates noms; fests could get curfews

"...this week's News Roundup, the Lege tries to keep Texas anti-gay; Council gets bogged down in board and commission..."

May 11, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

From Ravitch to the Ritz: SXSWedu highlights

"...1:30pm: "Reign of Error: The Danger of Privatizing Schools": Diane Ravitch, America's leading researcher on educational policy and..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature

Kickstart Your Weekend With 'Arvind'

Austin teen's story told onstage and onscreen

"...High school kids are notorious for being dramatic about every..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at Weekend Two of ACL Fest 2022

Seven Texas recommendations at ACL Fest Weekend Two

"...atop a mention of his Instagram handle. The Beaumont, Texas, act cuts a somewhat enigmatic figure, as he wears..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Linklater's Latest, Reality TV Taps Locals, and More Austin Film News

"...also recently shared an image from his other upcoming project, Austin-made anthology horror Scare Package, as it enters the..."

July 26, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

A Generation Gets to Talking

Literacy program the Austin Bat Cave anthologizes the words of local high schoolers

"...ages 6 to 18, who come for the free afterschool tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And year-round, kids congregate..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Esther's Follies: Forever Young

Even after 23 years, Austin's favorite musical comedy group, Esther's Follies, is still lively, still spirited, and the perpetual briskness and animation, the audaciousness and cheeky style, rub off on you, so that every visit is rejuvenating.

"...the Pool -- Esther's Pool, of course, where Jerome Schoolar's vice-president is so stiff, he has to be wheeled..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

KD: A Jazz Biography

Austin jazz trumpet legend by the rhyme

"...the literally poetic grace of this fascinating narrative on Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham, KD grooves with all the..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Postmarks

"...of his Not Between Brothers: An Epic Novel of Texas at Barnes & Noble, 3-5pm... Local poet Sue Littlejohn..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Books Column

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...Notes From the Field – an investigation into the school-to-prison pipeline by Anna Deavere Smith – Zach Theatre was..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Belle Sounds

A pick-up line, 16 years, and now an eponymous debut

"...indie folk-pop. The duo’s featured on Waterloo Records’ Hear Texas Here listening station...."

April 30, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

All About Juneteenth

Festivities kick off this weekend

"...The Central Texas Juneteenth Celebration kicks off this weekend with community events..."

June 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Prevailing Winds

AISD says it can't afford bond-project benefits, but local workers beg to differ

"...wants to make certain that construction workers on district projects are paid prevailing market wages, in the worst way..."

May 6, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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