Day Trips: Guinness World Records

Four Texas record holders you can visit

"...A search of the official Guinness World Records website says there are 768..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

My Policeman

Harry Styles' celebrity overshadows this bloodless period drama

"...Styles, an international pop star, and a portent of the at-a-remove quality that will dog the rest of the..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Save Austin Now Files Lawsuit Over Rejected Signatures

Invalid petition signatures kept SAN's mission to reverse decriminalization of homelessness off the ballot

"...Save Austin Now, the "educational nonprofit" founded by Travis County GOP Chair Matt..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

30 Years of “Best of Austin”

Some of the stories behind 10,484 awards

"...There Have Been......"

Nov. 8, 2019 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Riding With Joe Carnahan and Latinx Superhero El Chicano

The action innovator on film, politics, the Coens, Blumhouse and more

"...Joe Carnahan is the action filmmaker's action filmmaker. Not CGI and strings, but..."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACLU to State Health Department: Stop Hiding Abortion Data

ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of shielding valuable statistics on the state's abortion rates from the public

"...Against the backdrop of a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Report: Texas Women's Health Program Hit Hard

Thousands fewer women served by Texas Women's Health Program

"...While more than 200,000 women were enrolled in the original Women's Health Program in 2011, that figure dropped..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Blue Streak

New Azul Tequila duplicates success

"...The former convenience store on Dry Creek just off RR..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Horrible Bosses 2

Common work-related frustrations erupt into a fitfully funny wish-fulfillment comedy.

"...of average Joes everywhere, Horrible Bosses 2 seizes upon the idea of being one’s own boss at any cost..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

New collectibles archive launches fund raising with party

"...The founders of the Austin Toy Museum have a motto...."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Equal Pay: Abbott Breaks Silence

Davis campaign asks if attorney general would have vetoed fair pay act

"...has a simple question for her GOP challenger for the governor's mansion, Attorney General Greg Abbott: Do you believe..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: '+1'

Teen parties and time loops merge to surprising effect

"...There's a movement of sci fi film makers for whom..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Reasons I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2013

Austin thespians played for keeps, with boundless commitment and imagination, in the year's most memorable theatre

"...1) 'SLIP RIVER' (UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance/Cohen New Works Festival) Spiriting its audience beneath..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Best in Show

The 2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Hidden Room Theatre production of Rose Rage was the..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...A toast, please, to the 170-plus artists and creative projects recognized in the nominations..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ted Cruz: Newtown Families 'Props'

Texas junior senator learns what YouTube is, the hard way

"...It seems like there's never a day that goes past without a galling..."

April 30, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Scratch That: Lege Ends Lottery, Then Changes Mind

House avoids $2 billion school funding hole by saving scratch cards

"...It was supposed to be a prosaic procedural measure: the reauthorization of the Texas Lottery Commission. Yet, somehow, this..."

April 23, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Cooks in the Kitchen?

The Duplicates shake up the recipe for theatre

"...to me, but it was business as usual for the 12 young tenants of Harvey Wiley's scientific boardinghouse. It..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Taste the Hybrids

Fusebox Festival 2013 serves up more toothsome mash-ups of art, food, tech, and space

"...The Fusebox Festival, by its very nature, brings things together:..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fuse Is Lit

The lineup for Fusebox Festival 2013 has been announced

"...The countdown to Austin's annual hybrid arts hootenanny began in..."

Jan. 30, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 (+1) Theatrical Joys of 2012

Recalling a year of Shakespeare on bikes, masterful Miller, and a one-woman eco-soap

"...1) PUPPET THEATRE Connor Hopkins (Trouble Puppet Theater Company) and Caroline Reck..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Amen

Leonard Cohen lays siege to Bass Concert Hall

"...Armstrong: iconic clown. At Bass Concert Hall last night, the Canadian crooner channeled more than two dozen songs in..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Not Coming to a Network Near You

Q&A with ATX panelist & 'NTSF:SD:SUV' star Paul Scheer

"...Paul Scheer talks about plastic surgeons, police procedurals, and the rise of Adult Swim...."

May 29, 2012 Screens Post by Leah Churner

Fusebox Festival

Beaming down to Fusebox and charging it up are Captain Kirk and the King

"...The fact that both these pop-culture paragons are in the..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

LegeLand: Bill of the Week

Green energy vs. HOAs

"...an age when lowering one's carbon footprint is all the rage, you wouldn't think any governmental or quasi-governmental agency..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Busy Bees

Austin Video Bee drops a deuce. Don't worry, it's art.

"...Local art collective Austin Video Bee will celebrate the release of its second collection of thematically linked shorts,..."

Feb. 12, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Voter Applications on the Hook in Harris

Harris County election official accused of voter suppression

"...When the first day of early voting arrived Oct. 20, Bettencourt..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Voter Suppression Allegations in Harris County

Could CD 10 race be affected?

"...When the first day of early voting arrived on Monday, Bettencourt..."

Oct. 23, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Gov. Perry's Ham-Fisted Veto Pen Strikes Again

Lege coverage

"...vetoed a slew of bills last Friday, just before the Sunday deadline. Through a mixture of simple vetoes and..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Richard Whittaker

FEMA's Flood Tide

One stroke forward, two strokes back – hurricane victims tread rising bureaucratic waters

"...Imagine losing everything you own except the clothes on your back and a few things you..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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