On the Road Again

Ballet East's Paths traces some of the many passages through life.

"...Robert Frost wrote about "the road less traveled." Joseph Campbell described the path down..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Chasing the Dime' Reviewed

Harry Bosch is gone, but Michael Connelly introduces us to Henry Pierce in his latest L.A. noir, Chasing the Dime.

"...Chasing the Dimeby Michael Connelly..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

On the Web

Look what the Web coughed up: a Web site review

"...You'd have to be pretty disenchanted with the Hollywood firmament to get your entertainment news and reviews..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Patti Has the Power

"...With the hypnotic strum of her opener, "Beneath the Southern Cross,"..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Column by Kate X Messer

Dead Man's Bay / Leavin' Trunk Blues

"...It's a pleasant synchronicity that the month of July brings brilliant second novels from two..."

June 30, 2000 Books Review by Mike Shea

Sunday You Learn How to Box

"...Despite the title of Bil Wright's debut novel and the fact..."

May 12, 2000 Books Review by Dan Oko

Best of the Fest

"...THE SXSW FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS ARE:..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Theatre Review: The Shark Is Broken Charts Jaws’ Troubled Waters

Jarrott Productions offers a claustrophobic play diving into artistic egos

"...It sounds like the start to a bad joke, but it was reality..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Carter Passes: President Jimmy Carter died this week at the age of 100. He was the only Democratic president..."

Jan. 3, 2025 News Feature

Sturgill Simpson Stays Outlaw, Tyler, the Creator Gets Sentimental, and Other ACL Sunday Highlights

The fest stayed sunny on the final day of the first weekend

"...A mere three miles down the road from their titular street, West 22nd planted a..."

Oct. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...Did you hear that? As globe-trotting suits confirm their hotel reservations, Austin’s most music-loving, hard-partying locals let out..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Sundance 2023 Review: The Amazing Maurice

Terry Pratchett's feline fraudster gets above-average adaptation

"...He's arguably the most engaging and accessible of modern British authors, his..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turning the Page on the Year in Books

New works by Cormac McCarthy and Sarah Bird make for a memorable year in literature

"...book arrives, especially in light of his absence from the scene since winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...Stateside at the Paramount, Sunday 25..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”

Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19

"...Susan Castle kicked off her first show back in the station with Gene Autry's "Back in the Saddle Again."..."

May 8, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Author Chandler Baker Talks About Creating a Novel for the #MeToo Movement

Writer of Whisper Network offers a healthy dose of righteous indignation

"...This is the best and worst possible moment for women to be..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Capital T Theatre's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

This production of Edward Albee's play shows that hubris and catastrophe are as much a part of America now as in ancient Greece

"...affair with a goat, Stevie relates her reaction to the idea of the brilliant, Pritzker Prize-winning architect to whom..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...members tried to figure out where we stand in the process of rewriting the city's land development code, and..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Page Two: It’s Not That We Can’t Handle the Truth but That We No Longer Want To

"...The brotherly and other-ly love..."

April 14, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Public Notice: Waitin' for the Money

Budget, bond drama overshadows all else

"...It's all budget all the time in city government right now, as City Council..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Radiant Road

Author Katherine Catmull elegantly summons a fairy-tale timelessness for this YA story of teen anxieties, fairies, and creativity

"...Sometimes when we talk about The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we act..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Bowie on the Big Screen

Looking back on the rare gems of the Diamond Dog

"...once more in a Bowie-less world. A world without the mime who became an art-rock hero, a queer icon,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...Some insist that the Texas state capital doesn't have a music industry infrastructure..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Good Eye: Tales From the Beauty Box

Side-eyeing the confines of female film roles

"...In my last column ("Boyhood, Girlhood, Personhood," Feb. 6),..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Playback: Long in the Tooth

Songwriting 101 from Billy Joe Shaver

"...to writing a real-deal country song, few roll up the ol' denim sleeves and crank out gold like Billy..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

They Killed the President

Dallas soul man Bobby Patterson once counted Jack Ruby a patron

"..."Everything was blocked off," remembers Patterson from the backstage of Austin's Continental Club at a gig 50..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Not Quite the Usual Holiday Gift Ideas

Something a little different for your loved ones this year

"...In fact, we might do better donating the amount of our usual expenditure to those who need,..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

Pushing the Borderline

AFS Essential Cinema highlights filmmakers far from home

"...like I'm not alone – like I'm not alone in the world."..."

June 3, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Decking the halls with Kickstarter, a new holiday sampler, and Michael Nesmith's Videoranch

"...The New Way..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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