Review: St. Ed’s Luchadora!

Let's get ready to stumble in this Lucha Libre drama

"...inspiring personal journey that touches on cultural identity, family traditions, and female empowerment is set in motion in Alvaro..."

April 19, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

John Kelso, R.I.P.

Veteran Statesman columnist died, aged 73

"...It's the undoubted end of an era in Texas reporting today, as the Austin American-Statesman reports that veteran..."

July 28, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Olamaie

Chef team brings modern Southern food to namesake eatery

"...Before culinary school, Texas native Michael Fojtasek spent time in Austin restaurant kitchens..."

Aug. 26, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Brothers Rise in the East

Newly formed "Hermanos de East Austin" targets voter registration

"...Much of the news on minority voters in Texas over the last couple of years has been bad:..."

Feb. 16, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Longhorns on Grande, Cactus on Longhorns?

As Grande takes the Longhorn Network, KUT shoots a music pilot

"...announcement that Grande Communications has become their first Central Texas provider. But the ESPN/UT project may be about to..."

Sept. 3, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Life

Justin Townes Earle takes his namesake in stride.

"...With a name that includes two legendary Texas singer-songwriters, Justin Townes Earle has quite a legacy to..."

March 5, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Zein Al-Jundi

Texas platters

"...by a trained architect and a translator of world traditions. In the process, it's yet another feather in Austin's..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch

Atash

Texas Platter

"...seamless infusion of Western jazz, rock, and classical music traditions, or Mohammad Firoozi's captivating vocals? And don't forget the..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Music Review by Belinda Acosta

Divahn

Texas Platters

"...Hebrew, Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), Persian, and Aramaic, drawing from the traditions of Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Spain, Israel, and even American..."

May 24, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

Five Questions with Brady Lowe

Cochon 555 founder is high off the hog

"...the dawn of the Spice Route. These longstanding BBQ traditions are rooted in communities that never knew industrial farming..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Story of an American Music

Hector Galán's Songs of the Homeland

"...more national funding sources, only were interested in folk traditions and that type of music."..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

America's Ethnic Music Mantle

"...been a bad weekend for finding polka in Central Texas. Five shows scheduled in Austin alone, but all of..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

The new photo exhibitions “Kosova24: Life After Wartime” and “The Welcoming Table” may document radically different experiences, but they share a sense of life turning from season to season, generation to generation, persisting even in the face of dramatic upheavals. Life goes on, and both shows offer portraits of human resilience and perseverance.

"...the routine. The mother and daughter live in Austin, Texas, but they are Indian by race, and the meal..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Heavy With Tradition, Old Settler's Music Festival Springs Eternal

We talk to Sierra Hull and spotlight favorites for next week’s campout

"...three years in a row – "It's tradition." True traditions, though, involve understandings and customs passed down generationally or..."

April 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Harmonic Convergence

Three stellar performers of Indian classical dance finally unite onstage

"...of Dance, had heard when she moved to Central Texas eight years earlier. "Do you know Gina Lalli?" The..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

La Historia

"...The indigenous peoples of Mexico brought some of their traditions to Catholicism and Catholic priests eager for converts blended..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Food Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...online guide is a fascinating look at one of Texas’ most historic sites...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Buddhists, and Protestants wrestle caringly with their spirituality and traditions, but that the last Jew in Austin left some..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Chef Matt Jennings Collaborates with Olamaie’s Chef Michael Fojtasek

The Austin Food and Wine Alliance dinner series starts June 28

"...support to those bringing culinary innovation to the Central Texas community. Kicking off the series tomorrow, June 28, is..."

June 27, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

UPDATE: Senate Filibuster in Progress

Close to vote on SB5; clock ticking

"...longest serving) calling on the body to respect the traditions of the Senate, the point-of-order was put to the..."

June 25, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Lege: Give 'Em More Founding Fathers!

Testing our true American values with Western civilization

"...Do students at Texas universities need to think more like the most conservative..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...its decadent richness. During my research on New Year's traditions, I called Marta Guzman for more details about the..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...believe, but the traditional historic threads of the first Texas Emancipation Day celebrations were indeed woven within the rich..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Chef John Besh Visits Austin

He's always eager to share the South's traditions of food and hospitality

"...his book My New Orleans: The Cookbook) at the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival. He's here this..."

June 3, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...and ceremonies as windows into both the speech and traditions of the Darma people. She has been attending weddings..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Man of the People

"...on the advice of an associate from the South Texas town who told him the city was paradise. Well,..."

Sept. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Punky Tonk Blues

Wayne "the Train" Hancock

"...originally country," Wayne Hancock twangs in his rubbery North Texas drawl. "But about the mid-Seventies, I started getting very..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature

Celebrate MLK Day With P.I.E.

“Peace Includes Everyone” and everyone could use a treat right now

"...was struck by the powerful link between annual holiday traditions and fundamental human values. So much more is folded..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Sharing the Dance

A new generation of Austin choreographers is expanding our concept of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe, and Barbejoy Ponzio talks to them about the part fusion plays in their work.

"...of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe and throughout the ages. With..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Kaci and the Wagakkiband: A SXSW Interview

Rock + traditional Japanese instruments = 俊英!

"...were children, we grew up close to the Wagakki traditions. And, in playing, we wanted to take these instruments..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Kaci Beeler

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