The Hightower Report

Perry goes from callous to disgusting

"...Great news for you lovers of Wild West, shoot-'em-up, pulp-fiction..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Bored, Unemployed, and Extremely Online: Textile Artist Finds the Silver Linings

After losing her office job, Odalys Vargas turned a quarantine hobby into her artform

"...From the flock of yarn loops that build a tufted rug,..."

March 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Laiken Neumann

The Luv Doc: Uncool!

Yes, you should stop checking his phone

"...Here's the thing: I've been dating my boyfriend for months, but..."

July 1, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Seven the Hard Way

Picks 2 Click: Local septet of acts braces for SXSW

"...Jonathan Terrell came into this world on the run. The fifth of seven children arrived to a..."

March 4, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Kids on the Doc

How to be teenagers who make a short that screens at Cannes

"...Kids make videos every damn day. Thousands of them – millions, probably – show up on YouTube and..."

May 13, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Review: Snow in Our Potties! (The Storm Made Us Do It)

New children's book is a lighthearted memoir of Winter Storm Uri that teaches kids how to help

"...With the first anniversary of Winter Storm Uri coming up, post-traumatic..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX 2017

SXSW: Another year queerer

"...Over the course of 10 nonstop days and nights expect a..."

March 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Beside the Point: Your Job or Your Life

It's time for workers to have better choices

"...Who built your home? Were they born in the U.S., or were they immigrants? If..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Tale of Princess Kaguya

From the bamboo grove to the moon

"...But that’s the norm for Ghibli’s co-founder and animation godhead Hayao Miyazaki...."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Art of Schlock

A conversation with Shock Festival art director Tim Bradstreet

"...Festival to life, but none was more important to the project than the book's art director, Tim Bradstreet, an..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: 50th Annual Zilker Summer Musical – Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, Thursday, July 10, 2008

"...unlikely you are going to get laid by attending the Zilker Hillside Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast...."

July 11, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Recycling for Biodiesel Down on the Farm

What happened when Kim Alexander met Luis Centeno

"...independent spirit, a self-sufficient facility for fixing things, and the patience to work in concert with nature for the..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Art From the Streets: Taste the rainbow of flavors

What makes the annual "Art From the Streets" exhibition and sale interesting is the way it shows not how different homeless people are from us, but how much we all have in common

"...What is an artist? What is the artist's intention? These two short questions apply directly to..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Hightower Report

Tyco stays the course, and the USDA rolls over for Big Beef

"...The only thing madder than mad cow disease is our..."

April 23, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Escape From Loserville

Online dating gives the personals a new cachet

"...grandparents collect friends, phone numbers, and booty without leaving the couch? At SXSW Interactive's Getting It On(Line) panel, virtual..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...Take Me to the Riverby Al Green with David Seay..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...as half promise, half threat. We wanted to believe the promise, but these days a sense of threat is..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...It’s a balmy, blue-skyed early April day, and yet there’s a pall over the Austin Antique Mall. It’s an..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...life. Wallace was arrested six weeks later, taken to the Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center, and held on suspicion..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

7 Central Texas Destination Restaurants Worth the Trip

Travel guide-worthy dining and tucked-away spots near Austin

"...Texas is #blessed to have more options than even the most ambitious destination diner could tackle. With a long..."

May 17, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Skam Austin Makes Our Social Media Part of the Story

Facebook Watch show follows teens, onscreen and IRL

"...High school: It's a universe where the STAAR test is a big deal, and teen dreams,..."

July 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

The Many Truths of I, Tonya

Sebastian Stan and Steven Rogers on unreliable narrators and figure skating's most controversial figure

"...There are two Tonya Hardings. There's the world-class figure skater..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"..."It was the hippie Shangri-La, it truly was. I lived on Enfield..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Trials and Success of Tom Laughlin's 'Billy Jack'

Politics and pacifism on the East Coast

"...bigger news than it was, but time does affect the stature of cultural archetypes. Laughlin had played Billy Jack..."

Jan. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Louis Black

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: The Kids Really Are Alright

In with the new, out with 'someone's scary grandmother'

"...Who walked away from South by Southwest with the experience of their lives? I'm betting William Peeler did...."

April 13, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...bought an iPhone 4, you did so knowing that the iPhone 5 will likely be on sale before your..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...In the chapel of the Travis County Correct-ional Complex on Friday..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Elephant in the Living Room

Spencer Gibb tiptoes atop 54 Seconds

"..."The elephant in the living room" is one of Spencer..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Adjusting to the Mise-en-Scène

Nine nonfilmmakers – artists out of place – make one in 48 hours

"...The 48 Hour Film Project came storming through Austin for..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Dropout Problem

Not students, but teachers – AISD struggles to retain qualified educators

"...Two weeks before the first day of school in the Austin Independent School..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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