Gift Guide 2016: Haunted Holidays

A few suggestions if you’re giving your Ghost of Christmas Past a present ...

"..."The telling or reading of ghost stories during long, dark,..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Floodlines'

Jaclyn Pryor's site-specific performance can get you lost in a familiar neighborhood

"...City for more than 20 years, I can navigate the avenues and boulevards easily and with familiarity. I've lived..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Thursday SXSW Sleepers

"...That area-code proud LP's follow-up, Bodacious, arrives next month. The trio's singer/drummer Hanna Brewer suitably cites Gwen Stefani and..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Letters at 3am: Doppelgängers

Across generations and geography, doppelgängers emerge

"...Doppelgänger is a German word in the Oxford English Dictionary; it means "an apparition or double..."

March 8, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Toil and Trouble: A Troubling Turn on Shakespeare's Macbeth

Trouble Puppet makes the magic real in its magical retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth

"...and Trouble: A Troubling Turn on Shakespeare's MacbethSalvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 573-2540 www.troublepuppet.com Through Nov. 18 Running..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Bedside Manner: Vampire vs. Zombie

That is the eternal question, is it not?

"...finally going to re-immerse myself in Dracula after all these years...."

Nov. 14, 2011 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

An Evening of New Dance

The work here, while not so new, showed that area black dance is living and diverse

"...AustinVentures StudioTheater..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Arts Review by Jonelle Wilkinson Seitz

Ghost From a Perfect Place

Blending eerie reminiscence and the trappings of outright hostility, Vortex Repertory Company production of Ghost From a Perfect Place feels as if it ought to be more provocative than it is

"...The Vortex, through May 30..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

After a Fashion

Read all about the peacock-themed Christmas tree fit for a Style Avatar!

"...'TWAS THE SEASON I shopped a dizzying array of Austin retailers..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Christmas Carol

The Austin Playhouse-McCallum Fine Arts Academy co-production of Dickens' seasonal fable A Christmas Carol may be wafer-thin in substance, but the abundant goodwill of the entire company, from youngest to least-young, gives the show the warm, sweetness of a traditional holiday brew.

"...'Tis the season once again, and 'tis in full swing. It..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

After a Fashion

The Style Avatar experiences great service at Central Market South and Christmas love in the form of Joan Crawford.

"...THE NEXT BEST GIFT ... Buying fresh flowers on Christmas..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Ghost Hunting at Austin’s Spookiest Bars and Restaurants

Our favorite haunts

"...I guess I really should have taken the entreaty more seriously. It's not like it's a usual..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"..."The basic difference between then and now is that Austin..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Death Valley Nights

BÖC's Spectres reissue brings out the ghosts

"...blond, lanky, in his ever-present BÖC concert tee, repeated the lyric, heavy metal mysticism firing his blue eyes...."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Blue Spectre

The 'Statesman' discovers a sinister plot to take control of city government. The culprits? Those union goons, of course

"...It's not exactly the red spectre of Communism that once haunted Europe. It's..."

June 30, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Page Two

The real truth about (Hurricane) Charley, and the charmed life of President Bush

"...three months. We had a beautiful 1920s house on the Peace River with wood-slat-shaded porches on three sides and..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The nose knows when SXSW is coming

"...Driving through Austin streets about 3:30am Monday morning with the windows down – the car, thankfully, nearly driving on..."

March 19, 2004 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

Why so much black clothing at SXSW? It was the only color that went with those garish lanyards.

"...several outfits, trying to find something that would complement the SXSW badge, but nothing worked. The badges themselves were..."

March 24, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Steel Magnolia

"...gave Claudia [Lady Bird's given name] her nickname, not the child's nurse. When his daughter was born, Taylor repeated..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Coach's Corner

"...anti-social person. It's a fact of nature that even the feeblest of earth's creatures are equipped with some device..."

March 26, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Gang of Guerillas

"...Latin Americans will pass through life without finding an apparition of the Virgin Mary in one of their tortillas...."

Jan. 29, 1999 Books Review

Something for Everyone... Jack's Back... and It's Hell

"...Tis murderous crime, crime, the nemesis of neglect!" So ran the caption beneath a..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Books Feature

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