Review: Juan Luís Jardí’s “Tiempo Sostenido” Clocks in With Eerie Power

The Barcelona-based artist is doing time at Wally Workman Gallery

"...Unlike Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, the Barcelona-based artist Juan..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Evil Dead Rise Star Alyssa Sutherland Discusses The Mental State

New drama looks at how rural communities are bereft of resources

"...Gun violence and mental health have become an either/or debate in American culture. But new drama The Mental..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Meow Wolf, Grapevine & Houston

Immersive art experience arrives in Texas this summer

"...Grapevine – and Houston in 2024 – will join the municipalities hosting the immersive art installations. "The House of..."

March 24, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...popping, making March a great time to go daytrippin’. The state added two new historic sites to its inventory,..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: The Filigree Theatre's Fire in Dreamland

This compelling drama ignites but doesn't blaze

"...The historic Coney Island amusement park in Brooklyn is known..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Day Trips: Top 10 Events in 2022

Cap’n Day Trips reflects on a year of adventure

"...Top 10 events in 2022 for the day-tripper:..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Fall events and news from all over Texas

"...issued a building permit for a beauty parlor on the lot next to his house in a quiet neighborhood..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio

It’s all happening down at the San Antonio Zoo

"...The San Antonio Zoo has been without a gorilla exhibit..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Claydream

The dueling feuds that overshadowed the career of Will Vinton, innovator of claymation

"...The idea of art ending up in lawsuits is always..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Comedy Wham's Top Five Moontower Just for Laughs Big Names

The Austin comedy podcast's Five for Laughs: Headliners Edition

"...and a new partnership with Canada's Just for Laughs. The festival brings big headliner names, the best of the..."

April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Linklater’s charming animated daydream of space race Houston

"...returning to his roots in more ways than one. The Texas icon whose oeuvre is so often defined by..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Enter the Dollyverse: Dolly Parton to Make First-Ever SXSW Appearance

Country queen wrangles NFTs, James Patterson and Connie Britton

"...Perhaps strangely on brand for the empire-building, multi-hyphenate music maker, Dolly Parton heads at South..."

March 1, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Aftereffects of Astroworld

Austin promoters ScoreMore fall under scrutiny after deadly concert

"...An interesting byproduct of tragedies is the semantic shift that ensues. The name "Astroworld" once conjured..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...This month we mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on Sept. 11,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Abhi the Nomad, Animals on TV, Susannah Joffe, Nané, and more recommended tunes

"...Abhi the Nomad's Abhi vs. The Universe..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Amusement Park

Romero's lost film is more than a curio

"...The key to a film is casting. When George A...."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jumbo

True love this wild and weird romance between a woman and her fairground ride

"...is kind, considerate, pays attention to her, and listens rather than speaking. The only wrinkle is that Jumbo is..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Origins of a Green Identity Dives into the Growth of a Community

KLRU and Living Springs celebrate Austin's eco-pioneers

"...of public green spaces whose names are memorialized on parks and trails. Because of them, Austin is a beautiful..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFI Review: Jumbo

Love is strange ... when one of you is a fairground ride

"...is kind, considerate, pays attention to her, and listens rather than speaking. The only wrinkle is that Jumbo is..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Soccer Watch

"...Fan Appreciation Night at Bold Stadium this Sunday, and there will be, believe it or not, a lot of..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Class Action Park

The stunning tale of New Jersey's unfathomable Action Park

"...Theme parks are about the pretense of danger. No matter..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: August Travel Updates

The latest on safe travel during the pandemic

"...The Texas Medical Association doesn’t directly address the dangers of..."

Aug. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Water Park Updates From Around the State

Daytripping in the age of a pandemic

"...It wouldn’t be summer without water parks. Around the state, parks with a water theme like..."

June 19, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Pandemic's Effect on Travel

Out of town closings due to the threat of COVID-19

"...With the rapidly changing situation caused by the COVID-19/coronavirus, daytrippers and..."

March 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...Rotoscoping is dead, they said. Creating animation by drawing over live-action footage is..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Pangolins are the world's most trafficked non-human mammal. They are also the..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

A War on Passivity: Rick Alverson and Tye Sheridan Climb The Mountain

The confrontational director challenges audiences to work once again

"..."Bloated, pacified bodies, fed on a steady diet of anasthesia." Rick Alverson is blunt in his description of his..."

Aug. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Uncorking the Story to the True Crime/Comedy Podcast Wine & Crime

Amanda Jacobson pairs vino reviews with different varietals of lawbreaking

"...want to make a big show about having read The Stranger Beside Me or binge-watched Forensic Files several glasses..."

July 12, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Celebrating Crime Month

"...Dear Editor, First the soccer stadium sneaked through City Council. Now the crooks..."

July 5, 2019 Postmarks

New Plan Reimagines Walter E. Long Park

New plan reimagines Austin's largest park

"...Austin's largest park is slowly getting closer to a long-promised makeover, with..."

June 28, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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