Soccer in Austin: The Road to Realness

What'll happen at McKalla Place? Good question.

"...Thanks to City Council's approval of a resolution directing the city manager to complete a "community engagement process" and..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Golden Hornet’s String Quartet Smackdown IV

In this “hoot” of a competition, every one of the 16 compositions was a gem, but only one was voted the champion

"...a month away, but fans of classical music got the intense tournament experience in a single night at Golden..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Texas Burlesque Festival Does the Whole Shebang!

Bumpin' and grindin' into the Paramount for 10th anniversary

"...There's a story that there hasn't been burlesque on the..."

April 6, 2017 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Do Not Resist Charts the Rise of the Militarization of Law Enforcement

Documentary offers a critical look at evolving present-day policing efforts

"...Ominous, pregnant clouds in the backdrop, the first scenes of Craig Atkinson's police documentary..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Nicolas Cage Talks The Trust

The actor on working with Elijah Wood and Jerry Lewis, and "finding the jazz"

"...One of the more intriguing features coming to SXSW this year is..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

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

Point Austin: The Gun Cult ... Again

People keep dying; we keep doing nothing to prevent it

"...So here we go again. Another major gun massacre, another session of national hand-wringing, another..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Garth Manor Brings Out the Dead

FX maestro Robert Kurtzman on the seminal Evil Dead 2

"...The elevator pitch for 1987's classic comedy-horror Evil Dead 2..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'

The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror

"...Joe Lansdale's novel Cold in July, he expected a by-the-numbers thriller. What he got, instead, pulled not just the..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

National Theatre of Scotland serves up one helluva grand show

"...The warm glow spreading throughout your frame may be from..."

Feb. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pleasure With the Payne

38th annual local theatre awards ceremony tonight

"...If show folk across Austin are pulling out their spiffiest duds and stocking up on cash for the..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: He Took the Cat to Texas

This is the final story in the many-storied life of Mayer Vishner

"...Mayer couldn't kill himself until he took the cat to Texas...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...vegans through sushi savants to connoisseurs of deep-fried turkey. They pursue their gastronomic passions with singular concentration, and it’s..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

The Place to Taste

How Austin Eastciders and Argus Cidery hope on-site tasting rooms will bring the cider community together

"..."The cider and the banter is always free-flowing and often..."

March 29, 2013 Food Feature by Margaret Shugart

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 Play's the Thing

Nine local directors on the secrets of season selection

"...So says the book of Ecclesiastes (and the Byrds), "To every thing..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...On any given week, the average cinema screen runs at 15% capacity...."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The History of an IDEA

Factchecking the AISD trustees' op-ed claims

"...The Austin ISD board of trustees may be trying to..."

Dec. 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Some Parts of the World Pt. 2

Every day is moving day

"...I’m heading to Europe for a month to tour, the reaction is always, “Wow, need a [insert job description..."

June 2, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

The Innkeepers: You Can Check In, But You Might Not Check Out

Devilish doings in Ti West's new ghost story

"...made, and it's all good luck. But with all the coincidences surrounding The Innkeepers, well, it's downright eerie...."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Houston Kid

Rodney Crowell reminisces on '˜Chinaberry Sidewalks'

"...Rodney Crowell's 2001 triumph, The Houston Kid, was essentially memoir in song, a poignant..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Daily Hustle: 1/14/11

Council punts, ponders PUDs

"...City Council chambers, as council convened, quickly dispensed with the consent agenda, then went into executive session to mull..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Sound of the City

Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"

"...You can feel it after the first minute of conversation: He’s smart. Possibly book smart,..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Point Austin: A Few Choice Words for Capital Metro

Wyatt firing just the latest in string of management fiascoes

"...The ongoing mess at Capital Metro is enough to make..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Michael King

The 11th Hour

Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line

"...Inside a screening room at the Austin Film Society, Tim McCanlies is busy finishing the..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...Perhaps it's prankishly appropriate in the time of viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" that..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption

Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.

"...here we are – about to start adoption of the final Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget for the City of..."

Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Feels Like the First Time

On onion rings, barbecue, and the never-ending "Best of Austin" debate

"...The first time I visited Austin, we drove down from..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Off the Radar, On the Gaydar Shows

‘Gay Place Xtra’ reviews of Dreadful Sorry, Zoe Lewis, the Gossip, and the Eagles of Death Metal

"...The Dreadful Sorry at the Chain Drive..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers

A farewell to faitful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities

"...toes into that abyss we should nod gratefully at the torch-passing of Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman, a Council..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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