The Eyes of Texas

The night my alma mater finally made sense

"...one struggled with it (basically “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”), but as indoctrination, bright-eyed freshmen sectioned off to..."

June 27, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Eyes of Evil MoPac Are Upon You

Austin’s favorite anonymous Twitter account is the city’s newest podcast phenom

"...The voice isn't quite right...."

Nov. 24, 2023 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

Katrina Through the Eyes of an EMT

Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT, drove to New Orleans and spent 24 hours working with a local police department as an EMT.

"...Last Sunday, Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Philipp Meyer

From the Eyes of the Abused

Ya'Ke Smith on his feature film debut, 'Wolf'

"...Given the high-profile sexual abuse scandal that's stained the Catholic Church,..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Through the Eyes of a Kid

Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all magic when you're a preschooler.

"...Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool. In May, when Salvage Vanguard Theater revived..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Big, Bright Eyes of Texas

Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards

"...Ann Richards spent a lifetime dispensing advice, often unsolicited and sometimes brutally honest, to..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Big, Bright Eyes of Texas

Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards

"...Ann Richards spent a lifetime dispensing advice, often unsolicited and sometimes brutally honest, to..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Art of Racing in the Rain

They're all good philosophizing puppers, Brent

"...your pitchforks, I just don’t have a stake in the world of canine inner monologue. But I found that..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Katelyn Landry

The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez

Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream

"...In the 19th century, boxing was called "the gentleman's sport" or..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Faster Than Sound: The Musicians at the Center of UT's "Eyes of Texas" Debacle

Inside the Longhorn Band's first-ever Black student group, LHBlacks.

"...Musicians in the University of Texas Longhorn Band refer to the group..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Salt of Life

This Italian import by the director of Mid-August Lunch addresses the concerns of aging men who realize they are no longer attractive to young women.

"...Although it’s told in a breezy fashion, The Salt of Life wishes to address dispiriting subject matter:..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Art of Getting By

As coming-of-age dramas go, this one is flaccid and endlessly irksome.

"...Spielberg, Marcus Carl Franklin, Sam Robards and Alicia Silverstone. The Art of Getting By premiered at Sundance in January..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...What fills the holes dug by lies; what breeds in dank silence;..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Got the Dog in Me

David Kimbrough, Jr., in the name of the father

"...Kimbrough, Jr. cut his Fat Possum debut I Got the Dog in Me under the alias of David Malone..."

July 29, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Apes and humans: Why can't everyone just get along?

"...Ten years after the ape-ocalypse witnessed in 2011’s Rise of the Planet of..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The director of The Lobster returns with another salvo

"...The patriarchy gets another lashing from Yorgos Lanthimos in his..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Li Guang, Ji..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Element of Crime

"...Von Trier. Starring: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Jerold Wells, Me Me Lei, Preben Lerdorff Rye and Ghota Andersen. The..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Challenge of Playing Living People in Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

The cast discusses how hard it can be getting into the skin of living people in Anna Deavere Smith’s play

"..."It's impossible to talk about the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, without talking about education."..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Pounds of Blue Horseshoes in an 8-Pound Game, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'the Best of You'

"...A fist full of blood thinners, a gallon of bluegrass bourbon, and a..."

Feb. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda and the Murder of Beauty

aGLIFF film explores the intersection of transphobia, imperialism, and poverty

"...The death of Jennifer Laude is not simply a story..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Review: The Book of Mormon

Outlandish, unlikely musical hit might make you a believer

"...Fish don't get much farther out of water than the leads in this Trey..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...Austinites as a strange, upmarket interloper, more suited for the tonier districts of Dallas or Houston. But if the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Evil of Two Lessers

"...child. You can find hungry children easily, all over the world. If you're an American, no matter where you..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Last Color Touches the Lives of India's Untouchables

A rainbow of love at Indie Meme

"...to live in ashrams, and denied access to even the most universal of celebrations, like the bright devotions of..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

The Girls of Summer Redux

Girls Rock Camp Austin valedictorians Schmillion

"..."My eyes are sweating."..."

July 22, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Doyle Bramhall II glanced over his shoulder and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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