Food-o-File

More local frozen yogurt, the city's Restaurant Recyclers, gluten-free in Mama Fu's Asian House, more East Austin trailer dining, and other foodie news

"...welcomed a capacity crowd of local luminaries and former University of Texas athletes to the VIP opening party of..."

July 30, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Possibility of Failure

Pulitzer or not, composer David Lang won't play it safe

"...Lang compositions being presented in Austin this spring. The University of Texas' Department of Theatre & Dance is currently..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rant, Revisited

A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

"..."I was one of the guys who was at university in the UK in the late Eighties, early Nineties,..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bravo/Brava

Paul Soileau trips the light (and the dark) fantastic in his multimedia performance pieces

"...hails from Lake Charles, La., and matriculated at Loyola University in New Orleans. After school, he lived in New..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Flying Falafel & Po-Boys

Try this UT-area eatery for an interesting balance between Mediterranean fare and New Orleans standards

"...home in New Orleans plus a kickass version of Southern fried chicken to her culinary arsenal before her family..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale

Lansdale is Lansdale, his ownself, sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable

"...SANCTIFIED AND CHICKEN-FRIED: THE PORTABLE LANSDALEby Joe R. Lansdale University of Texas Press, 212 pp., $29.95..."

June 26, 2009 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Winners

"...Benjamin Reed has appeared in Blue Mesa Review, The Southern Quarterly, Sou'wester, sub-TERRAIN, and Farfelu Magazine. He's twice been..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature

Matt Bearden

The Austin comedian on his influences, why he's not in L.A., and Red River hipsters

"...with a slightly nasal cadence tinged with the lightest Southern drawl that is the epitome of Austin slackitude. His..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Entergy Case Gets Rehearing

Much-criticized state Supreme Court ruling to be reconsidered.

"...The Texas Supreme Court has announced it will grant a rehearing..."

Sept. 2, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Off the Record

Red River rolls out the red carpet with bottle service at Beauty Bar, the Jungle Rockers get down on the Bo Diddley beat, and the Kadane brothers return to Austin

"...Fest, combining the hypnotic undertow of Neurosis with the Southern sludge of Eyehategod and a hailstorm of hardcore breaks..."

June 20, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

512 + 1

Non-native filmmaker Kevin Ford got here as fast as he could

"...of Mokelumne Hill, population 500-plus. McKee ended up at University of Southern California's film department, and eventually Ford followed,..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Overdue introduction

"...divorce) and finished my political science degree at Carleton University. A few years after that, I met my (current)American..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Promotions Post

Wednesday Sleepers

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards

"...music a funky, modern burnish without sacrificing its strong southern roots. The L.A.-based soul man is a left-handed guitar..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Finding the Pieces to Put Back Together

"...at the lives of real African-American cooks working in Southern kitchens, I searched for clues in library special collections..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

'Hustler Days,' 'Hustler' Night

Alamo and local author pair up with pool.

"...-- with an appearance by Dyer, who attended the University of Texas and now covers the Capitol for the..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Correspondence

Austin writer Jim Lewis on how things came together in his new novel and on his current assignment in the Congo. Roger Gathman relays.

"...Loves the Ax. He has taught philosophy at Columbia University. His new novel is, in some ways, a refreshing..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Why Do Black Divas Die So Soon?/Tales of a Gypsy Cowboy

"...Woodard, then a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Texas at Austin (he finished this year). The..."

May 31, 2002 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

In Person

Sue Brandt McBee at the Carver Branch, August 9

"...McBee is a lively, well-spoken whir of Southern charm. She earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...before O'Connor ran away again. Winding up just outside Southern California's Laguna Beach, O'Connor approached a house for sale..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Gabriel's Eye: A Novel

"...In Gabriel's Eye, Texas writer C.W. Smith goes all Law & Order on..."

May 25, 2001 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

True Tales From Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx

"...University of New Mexico Press, 320 pp., $29.95..."

May 11, 2001 Books Review by David Garza

Extra Jim

Guitarist, producer, and now indie label impresario Jim Stringer is still twanging after all these years.

"...south of Kansas City, his family had roots in Texas going back generations. Getting the idea to play guitar,..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Looking to the Future

"...how toys and games are driving technology, anchored by University of Southern California prof Mark Pesce, author of The..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mr. Smarty Pants

Virtual wheatgrass shots for your gray matter smoothie.

"...The University of California at Davis houses a Department of Pomology..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Little City Hall

Architectural Team Picked to Design Scaled-Down Building

"...the art-school, high-style version of Taos Pueblo or a Southern African termite mound. (This is not to say that..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Courting the Vote

Four democrats are running for two judicial races.

"...on the career fast track since graduating from the University of Texas law school at the age of 22...."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Off the Bookshelf

Falling Slowly

"...by John R. Erickson University of North Texas Press, $24.95 hard..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature

In Memory

"...minutes, we were talking about filmmaking and history and Southern politics -- the field that I'd done my graduate..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...includes cheated-on Idaho housewives, 10th-century Japanese novelists, and aging Texas beauty queens...."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Corporate Takeover

Walter Prescott Webb Told Us So

"...Stand: The Crisis of a Frontierless Democracy, the former University of Texas history professor wrote about the history of..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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