Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...Album Release Signing: May the Circle Remain Unbroken – A Tribute to Roky Erickson..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Paul Cauthen’s Deep Country Gospel

Former Sons of Fathers frontman’s solo debut deals out one of the best country albums of the year

"...Paul Cauthen strolls into the backstage area at Stubb's with a..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

It's Do or DIY

Whether quiet protest or paradigm shift, the handmade crowd has plenty to say

"...The cultural obsession with all things knitted, pickled, hand-stitched, and..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

Hey, Adults! Comics! Comics that are Funny, Weird, and Profound!

Reviewed: New School, Superzelda, My Dirty Dumb Eyes

"...They will delight you.They will inform you.They will freak your..."

Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Adds 'Pusher', 'Antiviral' to Lineup

Final additions include docs, sequels, remakes and world firsts

"...a week away, teeth were grinding in anticipation of the final announcements. Now Austin's weirdest, wildest film fest has..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

BBC America celebrates its HD premiere with a week of sci-fi programming

"...a swelteringly hot day. I'm not talking series with the apocalyptic seriousness of Fringe or Terminator: The Sarah Connor..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

What Comes 'Up' ...

Director Pete Docter on the intersection of uplift and melancholy

"...J. Stuart Blackton directed what is widely regarded as the first animated film, "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces," 103..."

May 29, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chipping Away at Crack Sentencing Disparity

The first step toward eliminating the much-reviled 100-to-one crack-to-powder-cocaine sentencing scheme will take effect tomorrow, Nov. 1.

"...The first step toward eliminating the much-reviled 100-to-1 crack-to-powder-cocaine sentencing..."

Oct. 31, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Cut and Dried: A Primer

The Central Texas meat market roundup

"...Independent Meat Markets These companies are our local stalwarts of the old-style butcher..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Food Feature

Tasting 2002

The year in food

"...1. Great restaurants with lots of wines by the glass: An emerging trend during 2002 was huge lists..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Food Feature

Melville in Cubicle Hell

Tyro film director Jonathan Parker brings "Bartleby the Scrivener" back to the future. And who better to ride shotgun than freaky, geeky Crispin Glover?

"...freak and you have to wear a mask," says the Penguin in an otherwise forgettable Batman sequel. It's a..."

June 14, 2002 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...Since the last time we visited Rose Hill, owners Robert and..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Tiger Cry

Baseball enthusiast Lisa Tozzi takes a trip to Detroit and memory lane as she visits Tiger Stadium on the eve of its destruction.

"...a Diet Coke addiction gone terribly awry. It is the only concrete evidence of a hobby of sorts --..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Sports Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Elmore Leonard's World

Writing the Rap

"..."Dutch" Leonard is America's preeminent crime novelist, or so the literary establishment, which grants entry to only a few..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature by Ed Ward

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Get ready for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrestling Legend Dustin Rhodes Keeps Steppin'

The Austin native continues a family legacy with a new TV show and a revived career

"...In professional wrestling, they call it the crimson mask. Dustin Rhodes, a giant..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...to be his first cousin Donna's heir. In his mother's photo albums from the postwar 1940s, Ray appeared as..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

A Safe Place?

Parties, alcohol, and attitudes are contributing to a high number of sexual assaults in Austin

"...Every 107 seconds someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S., and in Texas, two in five women have..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

¡Sí Se Puede!

How Claudia Alarcón saved Christmas (dinner)

"...a 1949 fixer-upper in South Austin. We looked past the termite damage, drab paint job, and dated cabinetry to..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Caroling casualties: The 12 nays of Christmas

"...There's debate in the academic world as to the meaning..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Trouble Men

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

"...black. That's how Double Trouble bassist Tommy Shannon remembers the months after Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...San Diego has one of America's finest harbors. It's the largest U.S. city that touches the Mexican border. And..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...by Cutter Brandenburg..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin music scene benefits the Red Cross.

"...As America continues to work its way through the seven steps that follow a catastrophe -- fear, anger,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The eight grades of USDA beef are, from best to..."

March 15, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Stuffed Locally

Give thanks for the local harvest with these market-fresh recipes

"...There is a certain natural affinity between Thanksgiving, a festival..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Unless the United Nations has recently become a division of DynCorp,..."

June 23, 2006 Column

Internal Affairs

One night on adult trauma at Brackenridge

"...A corridor connects Children's to Brackenridge Hospital, which is the regional trauma center. Some pediatric nurses refuse to work..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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