Point Austin: What the Memos Didn't Say

City management says it's solving the problems at Fleet – let's hope so

"...The city's Fleet Services story is getting curiouser and curiouser...."

July 16, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...Even with South by Southwest landing the biggest headliner ever on Wednesday ­– the Obamas –..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Listen to What the Man Said

Paul McCartney’s first-night Erwin Center sell-out astounds

"...Name another human being with more songs in the modern vernacular..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...Ask Michael Madsen about the toughest part of filming Reservoir Dogs, and it wasn’t..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...Falls finally lost its Marble. Sixty years after opening, the Marble Theatre -- a one-screen icon of picture-perfect Main..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Tapping Into the New Old Settler’s Music Festival

Checking in with Donna the Buffalo, Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass, the women of I'm With Her, and more

"...Donna the BuffaloThu. 19, 7:10pm, Campground Stage; Fri. 20, 5:15pm, Original..."

April 20, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Year in Local Music Crams Onto One Stage at the 2018/19 Austin Music Awards

Unique musical moments make for a night of fan-voted accolades

"...Community, legacy, and the Austin music of today. That's a tough trio to..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Six-String Reverb

In the Beginning ...

"...Justin McGuire and Jeffrey Falcon in Six-String Samurai The soft-spoken Mungia readily admits to having entered..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

“The Geometry of Space and Time” at Mexic-Arte Museum

Sebastián’s sculpture evokes string theory via concrete forms

"...raised near San Antonio's city center, not far from the Alamo and the River Walk. It is a bright..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Walk the Line

Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.

"...Directed by: James Mangold. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick, Shelby Lynne, Ginnifer Goodwin, Larry Bagby, Tyler..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...Chinese topknots, and velvet dresses. You're too white for black kids and too black for Austin's vast majority, although..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 19th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Last Boy Scout

"...long list of grievances. He finds himself meeting a string of classy, but mean bad guys when he becomes..."

Dec. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten lava...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

For the 2020 Austin Chamber Music Festival, You Provide the Chamber

With the annual event online in your home, chamber music doesn't get any more intimate

"...ordinary summer, Austinites could count on finding relief from the hellish march into the triple digits with cool evenings..."

June 26, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Lighthouse

The latest from The Witch director finds madness in isolation

"...If the events of The Lighthouse are to be believed, maintaining..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Jacqueline Susann Story

My Heart Belongs to Daddy... or His Equivalent in Drugs

"...alive, she'd soon turn 80 years old. But that's the thing about people who die before they grow really..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Books Feature

Ground Floor Theatre's black do crack

In this new solo show, writer-performer Florinda Bryant shatters the myth that black women must go it alone

"...The woman stands alone, still, caught in bursts of light..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thundercat, Black Midi, Japanese Breakfast, the Hives to Play Levitation

Chicano Batman, Crumb, and Andy Shauf also top October fest

"...with 75-plus acts, including fusion genius Thundercat, avant-garde post-punks Black Midi, and indie pop mainstay Japanese Breakfast...."

June 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: White Riot, Black Identity

Crowdfunding a black punk narrative, shuttering the Houston Press, and soundtracking Enchanted Rock

"...For all its best intentions of inclusivity, punk remains the hockey of music genres. Well-meaning Caucasians in Bad Brains..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

The Ghost Wolves Premiere ‘Shotgun Pistol Grip’

One-string swinger from upcoming LP ‘Man, Woman, Beast’

"...“Grandma’s a rebel, raised by the devil.” So shout Jonny and Carley Wolf in the..."

March 31, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Black Fret Ball Returns to the Stage With $250K for Austin Artists

The latest on two homegrown music nonprofits looking to expand

"...and taking part in South by Southwest Online – the comeback Black Fret Ball let musicians do what they..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Eric Johnson’s Six-String Monolith

Austin native electrifies his commercial summit

"...peaked commercially with platinum-selling 1990 Grammy-winner Ah Via Musicom, the intervening decades haven’t stemmed Austin’s adulation for the homegrown..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Passion & Paradox of Father John Misty

Charged Austin City Limits taping rivals a TED talk

"...When Josh Tillman first played the ACL Festival as Father John Misty in 2012, he..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...and Bertha Rendón Delgado is interviewing her elders in the shade of a pecan tree in Chicano Park. The..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Levitation Live Shot: Black Mountain, Kikagaku Moyo, Stonefield

Sci-fi stomp with hair blowback

"...through recent servings off Bent, a fitting prelude to the cosmic and heady three-hour venture that took place Friday..."

Nov. 9, 2019 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

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