Hideout Theatre's The Kindness of Strangers

This improvised salute to Tennessee Williams conjures his South's deeply rooted traditions and misfits with style

"...The sermon was fiery, especially for a Presbyterian pastor –..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Kindness of Strangers

Harry Ransom Center restoring Gone With the Wind costumes

"...$30,000 laying around? How about $100, $25, or $10? The Harry Ransom Center, custodian of film producer David O...."

Aug. 11, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

A Car Accident In Front of Hole in the Wall Injured an Employee Monday Night

Owner and crowd of passersby helped lift the car off worker

"...A two car collision at the intersection of Guadalupe and Dean Keaton sent one vehicle..."

March 14, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

On-set in The Iron Orchard

New film tackles Texas' oil history

"...hot as sin in Downtown Austin. But even inside the Chateau Bellevue, actor Lane Garrison keeps his hat and..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Reliant CEO Finds Religion; Edison Has the Vapors

"...Like an evangelist exhorting the sinners at a brush arbor revival to come forward,..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

GP Crush of the Week: Mikey's Late Night Slice

Mikey's Late Night Slice does the right thing

"...we seldom talk about it, LGBTers are used to the abrasion of the casual hatred. The blowhard in accounting..."

Jan. 2, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...it, and I bet I know why. She's jealous of the neighbor's pup, Laura, also known as Half-Pint. Nellie..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...When the lights come up, we're face to face with a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Good Day, Ramón

This Mexican hit tells a heartwarming story about a teen who's forced to rely on the kindness of strangers when he travels to Germany to find work.

"...día, Ramón and Guten Tag, Ramón), which was a box-office sensation in Mexico in 2014, migrated north this month..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On My Way

In this road movie, Catherine Deneuve plays a Frenchwoman having an existential crisis on wheels.

"...Directed by: Emmanuelle Bercot. Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nemo Schiffman, Camille Dalmais, Gérard Garouste, Hafsia Herzi..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Suddenly This Summer

HRC grabs some more real estate

"...– although I suppose when you're talking about authors of this stature, no acquisition counts as too small...."

May 14, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...in his lifetime, but he got a ton from the B. Iden Payne Awards Council Monday. When the theatre..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Unscripted: Sexy Future Space Lady

What says summer fun more than out-of-this-world lovin' with a Sexy Future Space Lady? Especially improvised!

"...mod Ms. with a mission: to spread love across the universe. And no matter what planet she visits or..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kedi

The cats of Istanbul shine in this affecting doc

"...“In Istanbul, the cat is more than just a cat.” So begins..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Five Artful Things to Do This Weekend

In case you’re, what, tired of bingeing on TV every night?

"...Yes: Full of art...."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Leaping Wizards

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' reunited cast, CM Punk, and 'Walking Dead' fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con

"...Break out the phasers, pack your favorite zombie skull crusher, and grapple..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding

"...number turn to crowdfunding to raise all or part of their budget. That's as true for Austin, and its..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Exhibitionism

A Streetcar Named Desire: Half the Magic

"...Planet Theatre through August 23 Running Time: 3 hrs..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Arts Review

Point Austin: A Few Thoughts About Money

What the campaign finance reports say about Austin's politics

"...We're still paging through the latest round of City Council election campaign finance reports,..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Walk a Mile

The Texas Documentary Tour: Ramona Diaz's 'Imelda'

"...When, with unblinking earnestness and nary a trace of irony, Imelda Marcos tells the camera that "when they..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin @ Large: Facts and Fantasies

Think globally, vote locally.

"...up with a column idea for this week, and then it appears in the Statesman. There are lots of..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Review: Late Bloomers

The kindness of strangers creates beauty, growth, and laughs

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food Issue Extra Helpings: 10 Years a Server

The trenches of the service industry are full of lessons

"...Like so many of us, I have had to work service industry jobs..."

Feb. 17, 2014 Food Post by Claire Gordon

AFS Announces 2019 Feature Grant Recipients

Over $100,000 in cash and aid for next generation of filmmakers

"...you're an independent filmmaker, a few dollars can be the difference between an abandoned project and a completed movie...."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dial "M" for Money

New Law Puts Police Telemarketing on Hold

"...residents donated an estimated $50,000 to a relatively obscure non-profit group called the Austin Police Benevolent Association (APBA), an..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"..."I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" is a very difficult line to..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Austin Outlaws

host second-round WFA playoff game

"...The Austin Outlaws' playoff journey took a major detour as..."

July 9, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Chris Bonno

A former Funniest Person in Austin on the comedy life in Los Angeles

"...The saddest thing about the Funniest Person in Austin? That..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

764-HERO, Room 710, Thursday 15

"...There are tip jars everywhere in Austin -- every person..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

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