Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...“50% off everything.”..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Last Laugh

Remembering the late underground comic Mitch Hedberg

"..."The club owner here, when you come to town, he..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Reverse Crossover of La Mafia

The Empire Builders

"...Until Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez was slain last spring, few people outside of the Latin music industry..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

The Last Texas Ranger

They don't make 'Rangers' like Walker anymore.

"...bumped into me in a hallway in downtown Austin. The middle-aged lawman didn't at all fit the Western ideal...."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...It was the C3 and C4 vertebrae – right up top, behind..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Page Two: Scratching the Surface

Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

"...To post and to blog is to be. The cacophony of voices available online is informative and refreshing,..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Part of Our Day

When discussing the Golden Age of Television, we usually speak in terms of the national networks, but there's another chapter to the tale. Belinda Acosta looks at some of the pioneers of Austin television.

"...When discussing the Golden Age of Television, we usually speak in terms..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...Maurie Levin, the attorney representing death row inmate Andre Thomas, talked about..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Mentality of Politics as War

Scott McClellan on his time in the Bush Administration

"...Chronicle: I imagine it's been a bit crazed for the last week...."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...Whale. Castle. Carpenter. Craven. Fulci. The great names of horror. But maybe there's another, less..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...2015 is less than a month away, and today the festival announced some of its biggest titles ever, with..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...by Turk Pipkin, Mike Caveney, and Martin Lewis for the 20-year reunion of the Left-Handed League at Palmer Auditorium...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Ivan Cornejo, Steve Wynn, Cardinals, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW

Sonic dispatches from Ireland, Mexico, and the Afro Diaspora

"...Day four of South by Southwest Music felt especially global...."

March 14, 2025 Music Post by Kyra Bruce

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...was a pivotal year for America, for Austin, for the embattled world-at-large, but most of all for the Mighty..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...In Miles Davis' autobiography, one of the mightiest forces in music, let alone jazz, recounts..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...Consider improvisation, comedic and otherwise. What it takes to make something out of nothing..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Future's So Bright ...

Johnston High School has problems with grades, attendance, dropouts, a magnet program resented by the host school, and a high turnover rate among principals. Will new principal Sal Cavazos stay and can he make a difference?

"...Salvador Cavazos, the baby-faced 37-year-old principal of Fulmore Middle School, is excited...."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin at Large: Get Out of Jail, Free

In the purple light of a new Texas, cash bail looks mighty ugly

"...Last August a woman named Debora Lyons hanged herself with..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...24, while more than 16 million viewers were getting their first look at Walter Skinner in more than seven..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

The 'Tease That Binds

The Texas Burlesque Festival builds community among those who are hip to the strip

"...a hook – that little something unique that snags the audience. It can be a shake or a shimmy..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...prospects here are different because summertime is when three of our favorite local institutions launch special exhibition series devoted..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Everyone remembers their first time, right? How old you were, where you..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...will see one fewer star in this year's constellation of fall events. The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, the..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Larry & Joe Bring Songs of Deliverance to Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio

North Carolina duo play Paramount Stateside on April 30

"...Every day, the edges of America are crossed by thousands of desperate..."

April 14, 2023 Music Post by John Job

Cut the Crap Kid

Jerry Wexler

"...1999 shook Austin to its bones. Enough to rouse the great Jerry Wexler. That day he called me at..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

The End of the Cardigan-Clad Wise Man as We Know Him

"...sweeps. Current series are coming to an end, while others are soon to launch for summer runs. Now that..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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