The Verde Report: James Ruth Is Bringing Austin FC’s Blueprint to the NFL

Club’s first head of marketing talks about building a brand

"...Over the weekend, Austin FC saw a golden chance at its..."

March 15, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

The New Democratic Fight for the Future in Texas, USA

Documentarian Andrew Morgan on the ground in the 2022 election

"...In new documentary Texas, USA, there's a scene in which then-Austin City Council Member Greg..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Brant Bingamon

The War for Change in Kandahar

How Austin filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh made the first major Western film in Saudi Arabia since Lawrence of Arabia

"...Waugh doesn't do anything easy. A former stunt coordinator, the Austin-based filmmaker made his reputation as a director of..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s The Baker’s Wife

Musical’s Provençale charm and wit lie just beneath the surface

"...Old, failed Broadway musicals seem to be Alchemy Theatre’s forte of late. Last season included Mack & Mabel,..."

May 15, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: The City Theatre’s An Ideal Husband

It’s the girls gone Wilde that rule this rendering

"...Oscar Wilde's wittiest work. Most fans would agree that The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, and A..."

March 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Johannes Roberts Says Welcome to Raccoon City (Hope You Survive the Experience)

How the latest Resident Evil film goes back to basics

"...recognition. But when Johannes Roberts was tasked with rebooting the films for his new adaptation, Resident Evil: Welcome to..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: The Way We Got Here

On the journey to today’s Austin, Ron Davis helped make the road by walking

"...It's not all that out of character that even in death, former Travis County Com­missioner..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

ATX Television Festival Takes on the Coronavirus

Virtual festival will tackle how the pandemic changes lives

"...The ATX Television Festival is going virtual this year, but..."

May 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Selection The Toll Keeps Rolling

As special screenings are added, we talk to the filmmakers

"...Everyone depends on rideshares. But the crushing reality is that, while they are a convenient..."

March 12, 2020 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

The Future Is Transhuman

Inside GenEnCo’s new production The Future of Ismael

"...Science fiction often asks its audience to imagine a future where people..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Charlie Mangan

Sen. Cory Booker Tells Austin to Embrace the “Moral Moment” We’re In

Presidential candidate spoke Wednesday at Cheer Up Charlies

"...Under the hazy purple lights of Cheer Up Charlies, Democratic presidential..."

Aug. 29, 2019 News Post by Roxy Bonafont

While Council's Away the Mayor Will Play

Council seeks to feast on the good of the land

"...Along with plenty of the rest of us, City Council has taken its..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

RTX: Nine Things We Learned About RWBY

Rooster Teeth's anime-inspired series takes centerstage

"...RWBY? Friday's panel at this weekend's RTX festival filled the massive Austin Convention Center Exhibit Hall 1, then filled..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Drama on the High Seats

Reading (not too far) between the lines of Thursday's marathon

"...The bizarre late ending to last Thursday's City Council meeting..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Official Drink of Austin Contest Names Team Qui the Winners

Holy crap, does my head hurt

"...The Austin Food & Wine Alliance partnered up with the..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Food Post by Claudia Alarcón

Saturdays With the Superintendent

AISD Task Force gets called in after school

"...There was an unexpected gathering of the AISD Facilities Master..."

Jan. 23, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Geek Shall Inherit the Fests

Austin becomes ground zero for the new cool

"...needs to go to San Diego for ComicCon? Between the home-grown genre film and literary festivals (Armadillocon, Fantastic Fest,..."

July 4, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Idiosyncrasies of America’s Pastime

"...In the history of baseball there have been games decided by..."

May 16, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

'Chronicle' Modulates Frequency of KOOP's Bid for Unbeaten Season, Wins Instant Classic 7-5

"...Collectively picking up a softball and delicately cupping it between their fingers and palm..."

July 23, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Texas-Sized Basketball: The Houston Rockets and Why I Moved to Texas

"...Coming as I do from the mid-Atlantic, I’ve experienced no end of questions from people..."

Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Reaping the Strange Harvest

Fantastic Fest mockumentary recreates classic true crime shows

"...Starsky and Hutch. Mulder and Scully. Now, the annals of great fictional cop duos can add Kirby..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...Every time Denny Freeman picked up his guitar, whether a lean and mean Fender Stratocaster or a beautiful..."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention

The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing

"...Henry Winkler has momentum. He always has. The Yale graduate took the minor supporting part of Arthur..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...Seaholm to Rainey, Fifth and Lavaca stalled. Almost all of the establishments on the corner, including Rebel's Saloon and..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly subdued “State of the City” address Wednesday night at City Hall. It’s..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Peggy Chiao Enters A City of Sadness

UT alum returns for rare screening of Hou Hsiao-hsien's greatest

"...This week, Austin Film Society and the Austin Asian-American Film Festival wrap up their retrospective examination..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

Lou Reed Box Set Tells Tale of Early Solo Career

The RCA & Arista Album Collection's 17 discs document the Seventies and Eighties

"...box appeared on my desk. Lou Reed had completed the remastering of his first 16 solo albums during the..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Breaking Chains, Bending the Knee

'Game of Thrones’ complex consideration of freedom and slavery

"...In modern popular culture, the depiction of slavery usually involves stories set in the..."

May 7, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

A Sense of Place

For two decades, Stephen L. Clark's gallery has made a home for photographers of the region

"...Pictures at an exhibition: the grizzled actor on the movie set, perched on the..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pick Your Team: The Honky Tonk Heartbreakers

The history and the future of Texas derby, according to Devil Grrl

"...When it comes to the Texas Rollergirls, there's few with a sense of history..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

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