Nathan Green: Happy Birthday Moon

In his second Art Palace solo show, Green throws a powerful punch of relentless joy

"...Viewing "Happy Birthday Moon" too quickly could easily discount the work, with its frequent use of symbols such as..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Review by Andrew Long

As Texas Redistricting Maps Advance, Lawmakers Aspire for Newly Drawn Seats

Talarico goes south, Doggett west, as Casar trades up

"...The ink has barely dried on the maps spat out..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Race, Raids, and ... Us

Trump’s latest outrage fits a pattern from D.C. to Texas

"...meant that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was temporarily ruled out of order for saying, quite accurately, that Donald Trump's denunciations..."

July 19, 2019 News Column by Michael King

“Jos Howard Demme: Bad Boys, Good Dogs, Everyone Else in Between”

This solo show at ATM Gallery / Studio is both romp and nightmare – Dante's Inferno dressed up like a clown

"...devil creature, a thick, bright red tongue unapologetically joining their distorted bodies. They're surrounded by inebriated green streaks and..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

LGBTQ Bars Reclaim Their Place as Community Hubs

After Orlando, queer space is more important than ever

"...Two months after the tragedy at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the queer..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Sarah Marloff

Letters at 3AM: As Time Goes By

"I'm not quitting. I'm turning," says Michael Ventura in his final column

"...Michael Luciano Ventura was born in Italian East Harlem of Sicilian parents on Tuesday, February 8, 1916. The New..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

"Ellen Heck: Variations"

Heck revitalizes the ancient art of printmaking by making fierce use of its potential

"...One good way to define the word is to write it on a piece of..."

June 15, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye: Oprah, Amen

Reflecting on the Gospel of Oprah

"...It's been many years since I've watched The Oprah Winfrey Show. Since starting inconspicuously in 1986, the..."

June 3, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar's editor wonders if the fighting geckos ever try to sell auto insurance

"...by using things we already had, like a bunch of bricks and tile. And it's paid off for me,..."

June 18, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Blue Water, White Death and Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

"...Blue Water, White DeathMGM, $19.98 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis20th Century..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Dark Goddess 2004

Director Bonnie Cullum makes a point of pulling you out of the modern world for Dark Goddess 2004 so you might be more receptive to its mythic message of the power of transformation

"...Dark Goddess 2004The Vortex, through March 28..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Tenant Wanted on South Congress

"...In Magnolia Cafe's early days on South Congress, the only source of neighborhood color seemed to come from..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Coach's Corner

Coach weighs in on a couple of sports-related lawsuits, and the presidential race.

"...From the courtrooms: I believed I'd lost the capacity to be..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Beauty Queen of Leenane: The Price of War

In the State Theater Company production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, director Don Toner and a strong acting ensemble strikingly evoke a world of brutal feuds and long memories, where an unending series of bitter skirmishes between mother and daughter ends in tragedy.

"...The Beauty Queen of Leenane: The Price of War..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Resurrection Blvd. may not be the perfect show about the Latino experience, but it's a step in the right direction; also, Sex and the City's third season disappoints.

"...on television and film, and I am -- when there's something to be down with. Resurrection Blvd., the new..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Rails Under My Back: A Novel

"...Rails Under My Back tells the stories of two African-American families bound to one another..."

May 5, 2000 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

Naked City

Round Rock residents decry the western alignment proposed for SH130 and plead the case for an eastern alignment before the Texas Turnpike Authority.

"...From the air, the proposed routes of SH 130 look, well,..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ArmadilloCon, Art, a Hot Sauce Hootenanny, and More Recommended Events

Get out and get spicy this weekend

"...The Oath of the Sword..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Activists Call for Heads at APD

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...A coalition of grassroots groups has called on city leaders to fire..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

'Turner to Monet: Masterpieces From the Walters Art Museum'

These 40 works impressively chart the evolution of art across the 19th century

"...'Turner to Monet: Masterpieces From the Walters Art Museum'..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Recent 'Rockpalast' Avalanche

"...Meat LoafBat Out of Hell: The Original Tour (Eagle)..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cine las Americas Previews

"...La Mujer Sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman)New Releases, Argentina/France/Italy/Spain D: Lucrecia Martel; with Maria..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Hays County commissioners this week were again faced with the inadequacies of their county powers as 25 or so..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Remarkable Women Working in Theatre..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column

Page Two

Expect the next decade to be dominated by a weak economy and precarious international politics -- the consequences of Bush's successes.

"...Before we get to the meat of this editorial: South by Southwest is about..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

"...So, here we are, a couple of weeks until September, great pennant races going on throughout..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column by Nick Barbaro

Beverly Besieged

Mike Clark-Madison previews the Place 4 City Council race.

"...On the campaign trail, Beverly Griffith comports herself with good ol'..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Big in Austin, Big in Japan

If a holiday gift trend is big here this year, chances are, it was already big over there

"...and blue hegemony, a battle has been raging for the minds and hearts and holiday dollars of consumers across..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner

Do we need weather reports to tell us it's hot in Texas in August? How about to tell us it's wrong to have China host the Olympics?

"...been my long-term Austin experience that our friendly local weather-people lie to us every summer. Is it intentional --..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

After a Fashion

Reflections on Saint Laurent.

"...on a lovely afternoon in France, Christian Dior, one of the reigning masters of couture, dropped dead from gluttony...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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