A Concrete Solution

Should developers have to recycle?

"...to make way for a new, mixed-use building. As the old complex is taken apart, building components – broken..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Public Notice: Something at Lake Long?

If not golf, what?

"...Among his many other fine qualities, developers' attorney Richard Suttle is extremely good..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg Wishes You a Happy Christmas

On fatherhood, impostor syndrome, and staying unpredictable

"...As the holiday season begins, Joe Swanberg might seem to have..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...As the crow flies, it's about 10 miles from the Capitol..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Reji Thomas Has Left the Building

Pining for Pine Street

"...A dozen impassioned pleas at the Oct. 27 meeting of the city's Historic Landmark Commission,..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Screen Play

What to do at the writers' conference

"...The Austin Film Festival's annual screenwriting conference entails four days..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

"Dave Culpepper: Wake Me When It's Quitting Time"

Even as Dave Culpepper dreams about our future in space, he humorously points out our present decline

"...Co-Lab Project Space, 613 Allen www.co-labprojects.org Through Oct. 18..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...The air outside Texas Oncology in South Austin smells of..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Fantastic Arcade: Day 1

As the airhorns sounded, the indie game onslaught commenced

"...The Fantastic Arcade triumphantly returned to the HighBall and Alamo..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Fables of the Reconstruction

Denise Prince reveals her Tractatus 7.

"...Sometimes the reality of the flesh is more intense than fantasy..."

Sept. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Richard Attenborough: Tougher Than The Rest

Recalling a 2000 meeting with the late, great director

"...Forget all the eulogies praising him as an aristocratic poet of cinema...."

Aug. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...Horror movies, says Joe Swanberg, are "definitely not the kind of films that I make, but it's becoming..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Celebrity Judges

This year's distinguished panel of judges includes ...

"...Judge): Three-time James Beard Award winner Robb Walsh is the dining critic at Houstonia magazine and a partner in El Real Tex-Mex..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Food Feature

Can Davis Reverse Poll Numbers?

New poll shows Abbott pulling even further ahead

"...Good fundraising numbers but bleak polls: The vying totals are causing heartburn in the campaign offices..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'The Tesla Project' / 'Lifecycles'

We need more science – and more art shows inspired by science – as pleasing and stimulating as these two

"...'The Tesla Project'Invenio, 916 Springdale www.inveniomedia.com Through July 28 'Lifecycles'Art.Science.Gallery,..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: White Hats at the White Horse

The White Horse expands its empire – into nonprofits and a record label

"...Since opening in late 2011, the White Horse has provided community essentials: homegrown roots music,..."

May 30, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Slippery Slope

To water-park jefe, Schlitterbahn's Jeff Henry, salvage equals whimsy not whim

"..."This is the fun part of my job," says Jeff Henry, principal..."

May 16, 2014 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

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

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...Principal Sean Fox was faced with an emotional quandary. The previous week, a student stole a book from the..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...The scene of the crime was the small two-bedroom house..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...7pm, BD Riley's Brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa formed Dog Trumpet in..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Playback – SXSW: Zero Hour

SXSW started early this year, but now – as usual – everything hits at once

"...Favreau's new comedy. Sunday, Johnny Depp, in town for the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards last week, made..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...When the explosion on the Deep Water Horizon oil drilling platform..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

City Council: Less Is More

CMs tackle stealth dorms and economic incentives deals

"...from Tuesday's gristly work session, council members remain uncertain whether to proceed on reducing occupancy limits in residential neighborhoods..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Layers of Change

Story-centric documentary reveals the power of a child's vision

"...Sometimes it takes a child to show the world a story's essence, but it takes filmmakers to..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Midnighters Bring the Fear

"Exists", "13 Sins" and "The Guest" kick down the door

"...but. Festival producer and senior programmer Jarod Neece said, "There's no raunchy comedies this year. It's all just straight..."

Feb. 5, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to 'Sherlock,' Where Everything's Made Up and the Deaths Don't Matter

The finale no one saw coming

"...There's a lot going on in the third season finale..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Health Is the New Drug

Boxing Lesson’s must-see music video

"...The Boxing Lesson, touted by critics as “space rockers,” have..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

PrintAustin: Big Medium, Art.Science.Gallery, and Immediatag

Three galleries at Canopy offer such resonant and vital prints that they're hard to tear your vision from

"...Now we're in the midst of PrintAustin, the citywide celebration of printmaking, with..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Brian Beattie's Wizard of Oz

A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical

"...Book retailers and record stores stocking Brian Beattie's latest project might have to create a new section labeled "Illustrated..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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