Beside the Point

If you can't arrest the homeless, let 'em eat surveys

"...With a recession-bound economy, and winter weather spurting into spring, just when you think Austin's homeless..."

March 14, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: Time Is on Her Side

When it comes to zoning cases, perhaps less is more

"...What if they held a zoning hearing – and nobody came?..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Born in the Barn

How Shakespeare at Winedale spawned some of Austin's – and the country's – best theatre

"...didn't set out to create an army of ardent theatre makers. All he was trying to do was help..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ECSD Plays Musical Chairs, but the Music Never Stops

Environmental Shuffle

"...The City of Austin..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A New Jail for Travis County?

County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry

"...be booked into Travis County Jail and to feel the world spinning as her freedom, her community, and her..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...It’s time for a little daytrippin’ under October skies...."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Neighbors

Lively performances from Seth Rogen and others brighten an otherwise perfunctory revenge comedy.

"...perfunctory revenge comedy, Neighbors is elevated by lively, naturalistic performances by Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as new parents..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Permit Woes

South Austin art and music venue trying to reopen

"...Ever since the July 18 announcement that the Austin Enchanted Forest may..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Civic War

Can a city so dedicated and so divided endure?

"...This column is about not just missing the forest for the trees, but about being so confused..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...and assess where you are and how you got there. Bits and pieces of a life don't always make..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...from last month's South by Southwest. First notes cut the deepest: introductory toms, Tony Iommi tones, and a crying..."

April 4, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Just a Thought

At City Hall, it's always government by crisis.

"...Just a quick break from Louis Black's balls for this: As City Council gears up the morbidly obese..."

March 1, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

One Son of Hibbing Enjoys Ventura's Comments on Another

"...For Michael Ventura, Amazing how it takes an outsider to..."

April 3, 2006 Postmarks

Piece of Work: Crab Trap

On a visit to the inaugural exhibition for UT's newly renovated Harry Ransom Center, writer Madeline Irvine finds herself seduced into the silent undersea world of Karen Glaser's photograph Crab Trap.

"...my husband and I play at antiques shows, and the question he sprung on me during my first visit..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta

Hole in the Wall, Friday, September 16, 2011

"...One thing's for certain: Dyslexia is a hibtc. Words are hard enough..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Beauty and the Beast

Second Youth Family Theatre's Beauty and the Beast is no less magical than other versions of the tale, but its real enchantment comes from the way it show us its fairy tale characters discovering each other's hearts.

"...'Beauty and the Beast': True EnchantmentDougherty Arts Center, through Oct. 12..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Olsen Hearing Raises More Questions Than Answers on APD Policy

Will Austin Police Department Sgt. Michael Olsen get his job back?

"...After four days of testimony before the city's Civil Service Commission, it was still unclear..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"..."I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues." –..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Gypsy Chain

While the dirigo group should be applauded for the scope of The Gypsy Chain, this ensemble-developed project about Earth First! activist David "Gypsy" Chain, who was killed defending the forests of Northern California from illegal clear-cutting, the onstage effectiveness of the work falls short of its sociopolitical message, while Gypsy's personal story is lost in the muddied construction of a play that isn't sure exactly what it wants to be.

"...The Gypsy Chain: Forest for the Trees..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

A Second Shot at 'Shootin' Match'

On the eve of the pending DVD release and Friday night's premiere of the restored and remastered The Whole Shootin' Match, Sonny Carl Davis and Lou Perryman reminisce about the late Eagle Pennell and the films they made together

"...Certainly this publication has not been shy about trumpeting the discovery of a mint print of Eagle Pennell's 1978..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Day Trips & Beyond: January Travel Roundup

Remembering 2020 and looking forward to travel in 2021

"...It’s good to see 2020 in the rearview mirror and a new year in the windshield...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...After poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Guelwaar

This comedy of errors is a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human vanity and pride. It satirizes African red tape and bureaucracy and casts a gently probing eye toward squabbling tribal differences.

"...a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enchanted No More

Rising tax bill forces owner to put art venue on the market

"...In the woods of the Enchanted Forest, there's a big metal..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW VR Cinema: Re-Animated

The last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird inspires an immersive work of mindwarping art

"...Danish environmental artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen “believes he and other ecologically-minded artists can one day bring long-lost species like..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mrs. Hyde

Isabelle Huppert glows (literally) in this SF-comedy makeover of the psycho-horror classic.

"...is more likely to remind you of Jerry Lewis’ The Nutty Professor than Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel about..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bridge to Terabithia

This excellent screen version of the Newbery-winning novel is not about fairies and enchanted forests but about kids who feel as though they don't fit in.

"...Robert Patrick and Bailee Madison. Once again, don’t fear the trailer. Katherine Paterson’s Newbery-winning 1978 novel arrives at the..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Red Riding Hood

Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first Twilight movie, helms this update of the fairy tale.

"...Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke. Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spanglish

The venerable filmmaker James L. Brooks stumbles badly with his new dramedy starring Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni.

"...you come to Spanglish expecting something like Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills let it be known..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weathering Austin’s Next “Unprecedented” Winter Storm

Why we can't just bury the power lines or trim back all the trees

"...Though the weather this week has been South By-perfect, with agreeable..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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