The Guilt of Frank Sinatra

Letters at 3 a.m.

"...by Jason Stout It is now some days since the death of Frank Sinatra. The frenzy of hyperbole is..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Love Is Blind

When you make a presentation you should have some visual aids

"...really obnoxious guy. This isn't just my opinion. It's the opinion of everyone in our friend group. He has..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...The sun is just coming up over the East Texas..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas in the Title

"...Chart Position: none This tightly packed amalgam of blues, Southern soul, and funk finds Gilmer, Texas-born guitar great Freddie..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Across the Universe

Gearing up for a new national tour of her hit show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin took a few minutes to talk about connectedness -- her connectedness with The Search, with audiences, and with Austin.

"...things that are not surprising about a conversation with the brilliant actress Lily Tomlin -- One: She laughs. Ever..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Sounds of Silence

"...you may have thought, if you were one of the 700 or so people packed into Emo's on a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Spiritual Vanguard

Eliza Gilkyson

"...photograph by Jana Birchum Suddenly, we are there, slicing our boat into silent green pools, unwelcome by..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...In Austin, music is politics. It's the action. It's gossip. It's history. Love stories and tragedies..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

We Came for the Feels... and Rod Wave Delivered

Chart-topping singer unites us in vulnerability

"...Being vulnerable is the easiest thing and the hardest thing to do in..."

Aug. 29, 2021 Music Post by Clara Wang

Faster Than Sound – Summer in the City: Concerts, Protests, Relief Controversy, Potentially Less HAAM

Clubs navigate show safety, local musicians soundtrack protests, and HAAM asks for city aid.

"...at a few reopened venues continue to emerge. In the past week, Far Out Lounge, Sahara Lounge, and Coconut..."

June 12, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"...Lubitsch's best and most loyal acolyte once recalled, in the closing scenes of his own storied life, his onetime..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...any neighborhood might serve as a case study for the accelerating transition between old Austin and new, it is..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Tasting the Stars

Champagne: an appreciation and primer

"...It's time again for the annual ritual of popping a bottle of bubbly wine..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...lost its tonic anchor and harmonic charm. Poetry jumped the fence of meter and rhyme. To read a "good"..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

A Shining Star Goes Dark

A tragedy at Reagan High School evokes a mother's courageous response.

"...Carolyn Mosley Samuel stands just inside the entrance to her low-slung brick house, in the center..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...imagined that seven days of intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise ordinance would end in five..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...The stage may be empty, but that does not keep..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...Forget "compassionate conservatism." While you're at it, toss the "reformer with results." Education, taxes, welfare reform -- none..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...It is, by all accounts, an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Film..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Quest for Aztlan

Roen Salinas Searches for -- and Finds -- Life in Folklórico

"...Aztlan. The mythical Garden of Eden of los Aztecas where the..."

April 24, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Luv Doc: Bloody Burger

Pitch black goes with just about everything

"...I have a TV outside so I can watch the game while I am grilling. I always make my..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary

Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU

"...Actually, Sesame Street as well, but that’s way beside the point. It’s fitting that PBS’s local channel, KLRU, will..."

June 16, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...where we are. Do you?" asked my seatmate on the ACL Fest shuttle bus last fall just after we'd..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...sit in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because he said it kept people employed." Roy..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...carries a stack of family photos: his dad, his brother, his dad's second wife, her daughter, the family's animals...."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Next Round of School Reform

AISD focuses again on Eastside schools

"...There's a consensus in the Austin Inde­pendent School District: The..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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