Cena Nation

WWE brings arena-scale theatre to the Frank Erwin Center

"...In pro wrestling, they call it pop. That's when the audience goes wild..."

June 2, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Happy Valentines!

Prepare to be seriously wooed by the Dems

"...to feel alone and unwanted this primary-election season. In the wake of both the frog-jumping early primaries and Super..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Pages as Presents

2001's crop of coffeetable books

"...This year we're blessed with books encompassing the careers of noted photographers Robert Capa and Elliott Erwitt..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Those Magic Moments

Clifford Antone reminisces from prison on 26 years in the blues business.

"...whose days begin and end in a cell at the Federal Correctional Institution near Bastrop, inmate No. 22656080 still..."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Scanlines

Romance on the High Seas

"...was stunned. Doris Day, having romantic problems, goes into the ship's bar, orders a drink, and begins to sing...."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...schedule set? Well, throw that draft calendar out, as the festival (running March 11-20) has unveiled a whole extra..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: In Control, but Not In Charge

Amid the ruins of the Texas power grid, following two different paths to failure

"...in 2015, right as Bill Magness was ascending to the top job at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas,..."

March 12, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What’s Happening, What’s Being Done, and How We Got Into This Cold Weather Catastrophe

More chaos with continued power outages, calls for water conservation

"...Although most of the southern U.S. has been experiencing winter storm conditions and..."

Feb. 17, 2021 News Post by Lina Fisher

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...storytelling devices civilization funnels down to, a quest – The Odyssey – tallies the most adventure. Here, then, unscrolls..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

National Lampoon Takes Aim at SXSW

Exclusive: Comedy institution brings podcast for 50th anniversary

"...When it comes to comedy, there aren't many brands as famous as National Lampoon. Yet..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrestling Legend Dustin Rhodes Keeps Steppin'

The Austin native continues a family legacy with a new TV show and a revived career

"...In professional wrestling, they call it the crimson mask. Dustin Rhodes, a giant..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...or government surveillance. But that’s what’s so great about the dystopia genre: Set a story 200 years in the..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Like to Watch

Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy

"...One of the greatest things about this particular moment in art is..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...There's a moment in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...In many ways, Green Is the New Black is like any other student organization on..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...Time for a blur of information. SXSW unleashed their phenomenal list of Midnighters and Midnight Shorts today, but..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some exciting..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Revolutionary Score

The Founding Fathers' first declaration: 'We're an American band!'

"...Yeah, yeah, the Founding Fathers were rebels, patriots, philosopher-farmers. But more than..."

June 29, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...cause for joy, but for thousands of filmmakers, it's the annual time of frayed nerves and to-the-quick-bitten nails, as..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...title that portends a career of earthshaking import in the fine arts. But what can you do, Posterity? That..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ghosts Are Good Company

AFS Essential Series: The Third Wave: Contemporary German Cinema

"...There are two of them in the car, a man..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Tony Visconti Part 1

"...you don’t own enough David Bowie albums. Simply shelving The Man Who Sold the World, Low, Heroes, Scary Monsters,..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Getting Warmer

A leading environmentalist on the growing threat to the planet and the future

"...I remember so well the final morning hours of the Kyoto conference. The negotiations..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Bill Mckibben

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "[It] was more like a suggestion." – Sen...."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"...The Light and the Darkness..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The debate over illegal immigration is nearly perfect for Bush's core voters

"...Listening to the current debate on illegal immigration makes it startlingly clear..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Manifesto Destiny

Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish

"...– "Song for Myla Goldberg," the Decemberists..."

July 23, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

As Theatre for Children Matures

In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too

"...many years, but he has devoted his life to the child in all of us. For close to half..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

What can Austin do to combat the powercenter plague? More than you might think.

"...A joke, of sorts: What did the Irishman do in the big-box superstore? Nothing. There aren't..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A2K Meets 'ACL'

The rise of Charlie Jones, local promoter extraordinaire, ACL Fest main man.

"...a concert promoter, no two events are ever quite the same. Which is perhaps why Charlie Jones has instilled..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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