Canvas People Grow Up

Indie rockers face adulthood in new video

"...Aging is inevitable – growing up is a choice. In the new video for..."

June 8, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Kids' Books Grow up Teach Your Children Well

"...If you're a parent of an elementary school child, then you can probably already spot books that you'd want..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Abstinence Makes the Head Grow Softer

A new report finds that federally funded abstinence-only educations contains "false, misleading, or distorted information about reproductive health."

"...While the amount of federal money earmarked for abstinence-only sex education..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Eye of the Dolphin

This family film is charming enough to inspire young girls to grow up wanting to swim with live dolphins rather than groom My Little Ponies.

"...George Harris, Katharine Ross and Christine Adams. Strictly a for-kids-only drama with its afterschool-special-style scripting, guardians should, for once,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...topknots, and velvet dresses. You're too white for black kids and too black for Austin's vast majority, although you..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

By the Book

Reviews

"...William Shakespeare: The Man Behind the Geniusby Anthony Holden..."

July 21, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Fantasia Review: The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Texas, gone to Hell in this occult horror

"...If you were besieged by the forces of evil, and all that kept you there..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of the Gutter

Sober family men, the Bulemics?! Who ARE these punks?!

"...The needle catches groove on a grape Tang-colored piece of..."

April 1, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...Leading an arts institution is challenging under the best circumstances. You can have an established presence in..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Reefer Madness: The Thin Green Line

Author Jonah Raskin explores the contradictions of life in Marijuanaland

"...The longtime countercultural icon – an early member of the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Last Kiss

The Italian film which was adapted for the American remake starring Zach Braff.

"...Sandrelli, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Stefano Accorsi. One character in the Italian hit The Last Kiss announces, "Normality is the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beware the "Givertaker"

New Austin short launches the Dead Kids Club

"...Are you a member of the Dead Kids Club? Watch new short "Givertaker" by Austin..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The World Is Watching J. Quinton Johnson

The UT alumnus left Austin to be in "the room where it happens": in Hamilton on Broadway

"...matter how many high school drama students hit him up for selfies at the Long Center on March 7..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Adult-Type Things

It's fine to socialize your kids, but not at the expense of other adults who had no part in their conception

"...What is the best way to gently tell our friends not to..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Down the rabbit hole we go, reader, and you're already familiar..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Difficulties of Dining With Kids

Is the restaurant industry making a bad situation worse?

"...Twitter and nursing my first mug of coffee of the day, I scrolled past a missive from a single,..."

March 3, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

On the Case: No. 1

The Burnt Orange kids take on 'The Cassidy Kids': No. 1 in a series

"...Cinematographer PJ Raval furrows his brow watching the kids rehearse their scene in the treehouse...."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Jenna Yoon Is on the Hunt for Lia Park and the Missing Jewel

Austin author Jenna Yoon hopes to bring more diversity to YA fantasy with her debut novel

"...but now she's not only writing again, this summer the Austin author has had her first novel, a magical..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Kaushiki Roy

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...This is the story of a family trauma. The loss of a..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

"...it as anything else and you'll wish you'd rented The Bicycle Thief instead. For all two of you that..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror

"...If you were besieged by the forces of evil, and all that kept you there..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...The Last Black Man in San Francisco, already one of..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boss Baby

Alec Baldwin voices corporate infant

"...hotshot Gordon Gekko merging with toddler Stewie Griffin in The Family Guy and you have The Boss Baby, right..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Land of the Lost

Will Ferrell's remake of the beloved Sid and Marty Krofft TV show lacks virtually everything that made the original series so memorable.

"...John Boylan. Let's get one thing straight right off the obelisk: I have been and shall always be a..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Bedroom

"...Field. Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, William Mapother, Marisa Tomei, William Wise, Celia Weston and Karen Allen...."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...small. With two rounds of feature films already on the schedule, Fantastic Fest has just announced its tall stack..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Before the Flood

In the struggle between local environmentalists and developers, Laura Dunn's documentary reminds us, Barton Springs was only the beginning

"...(Green) charts Bradley's rise and fall as part of The Unforeseen, a lyrical documentary about Austin's changing landscape –..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...used to go to Antone's every weekend but all the good bands are gone."..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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