Day Trips & Beyond: The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

There’s something in the water: The Baker Hotel rises again

"...The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells was once one of..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Houses of the Holy: Zeppelin Reissues Conclude

Year-long reissue campaign ranges over the hills and far away

"...high school bus and menaced by suburban thugs, I the Rolling Stones lifer refused pledging ultimate fealty to Led..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"...There comes a point in every film fan's life when,..."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...At long last, on April 19, the University of Texas at Austin is honoring the legacy..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...Each member of Explosions in the Sky is branded with the same emblem: the black..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Outside the System

Two artists go beyond the gallery walls to find new ways of sharing their work

"...The Soto Zen master Tosui Unkei deserted his 17th century..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Champion of the World Cinema

Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam

"...had lunch with Chale Nafus, director of programming for the Austin Film Society, and I was disheartened to find..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...One by one, these individuals take the stage of the Austin Community College..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Captain Phleabag, the Dread Pirate Stagedive, and a cutthroat guitarist by the..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Getting the Look

Following the Path of Theatrical Designers

"...Every drama takes place somewhere, somewhen. The playwright may not describe a setting, may make no..."

July 12, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Throwing Darts at the Cameo: Why the Beauty Bar Needs a Makeover

The Beauty Bar needs a makeover

"...Once upon a time in 1995 there was a beauty shop on East 14th Street in..."

June 16, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...It’s here, it’s queer, it’s back again for another year. That’s right, y’all, it’s your ultimate guide to..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Can't Stop the World

Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat

"..."There was a guy I met in Austin that worked..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Zen of Filmmaking

Letters at 3AM

"...Eighty years ago, Charlie Chaplin was engaged in the improbable business of making people laugh in such a..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...The Gorillaz are extinct, and with barely a Queen, good,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

There Goes the Neighborhood

Ray Pride's 'Beauty School' Crack Pipes: No day at the ballpark

"...It's a muggy, mid-July Friday evening at the Dell Diamond, and tonight's game is running on rock..."

July 29, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Some Unspeakable Beauty

Don't call it magic realism: Josephine Sacabo's photography and Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo make a powerful pair.

"...was a confusing and sometimes trying child. But my mother championed me even when she couldn't quite understand what..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Lion King

Can you feel the shrug tonight?

"...Ever hear a cover version that's longer than the original? There's something audacious about a band that thinks..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Red Turtle

Poetic beauty abounds in this animated gem

"...The simple story told in the near-wordless animated feature film..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Off the Record

Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film

"..."I got everybody in the band but the devil on tambourine," Miles Davis proclaimed..."

March 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...Leave it to the Duke to put the "opera" in "beauty operator."..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Rape of Europa

During WWII, works of art were moved, hidden, and plundered on a vast and often institutional scale, and this film documents the shaky process of reclamation.

"...Bonni Cohen and Nicole Newnham. “All of this accumulated beauty had been stolen by the most murderous thieves that..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millayby Nancy Milford..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Maria Hong

The Devil, Probably

"...Nicolas Deguy. French filmmaker Robert Bresson is like no other. This is a fact; not idle flattery. His ascetic..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wild Wheels, Over the Hedge

"...Directed by: Harrod Blank. D: K.d. Davis. As the producer and director of the offbeat documentary Wild Wheels,..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Fun in the Sun: Fixes for Your July Meltdown

Beat the heat this summer with these hot-weather rescues

"...we all know, Austin summers are a little on the warm and sunny side. Yes, the sun is glorious..."

June 27, 2012 Design Post by Laura Walters

'Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance'

ACC's Department of Drama polishes a few rare gems by black women playwrights

"...The "flowering of Negro literature" – a term ascribed to..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer Rain Is a Thing of Beauty

"...Dear Editor, Kudos to photographer Jana Birchum for the great shot of a man standing in the rain..."

July 9, 2010 Postmarks

Page Two: The Glory of It All

Celebrating the insane energy and rippling barrage of popular culture

"...denounce, accuse, castigate, and deride me are completely right. They need read none of this and should certainly read..."

March 16, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Beauty and the Beat was mixed, mastered, and finished. All..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

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