The Texas Growth Fund

The Texas Growth Fund is a bipartisan creation.

"...Why does the state of Texas run its own venture-capital business, anyway?..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Full Monte

"...Lubbock was an auspicious event for 14-year-old Monte Warden. The Lubbock Hilton was abuzz with the names of Tornado..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations

Like any jukebox musical, it all comes down to the songs

"...Biographical jukebox musicals are, by their very nature, highly predictable and easily digestible creatures. Immensely..."

March 30, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

God on the Bench

Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority

"...illustration by A.J. Garces The most distinguishing feature of Judge John Devine's courtroom in..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder

'La Pastorela': A funny thing happened on the way to 'La Pastorela'

Half a millennium after Franciscan missionaries brought the nativity story to Mexico, the Austin Latino Theater Alliance continues the tradition of La Pastorela but also creates something totally new

"...Every Pastorela, the reenactment of the shepherds' journey to see the newborn..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Austin at Large: Voting From the Bottom Up

Take advantage of your downballot opportunities to create real change

"...don't need to be told to go vote when the time comes. You may be uncertain how to cast..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Specialties of the House

Recent Publications From Our Contributors

"...& Soul, by Pableaux JohnsonHow New Orleanians Eat For the average resident of New Orleans, food is more than..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Food Feature

Over the 8 Ball

Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.

"...Imagine how children across America will feel when they discover that one of their most enduring and popular..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Silence

Two missionaries in feudal Japan are tested

"...Father Rodrigues (Garfield), whose spiritual journey is the subject of..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rock & Roll Ghost

Paul Westerberg looks forward, talks backward.

"...been greatly exaggerated. Until now. His latest solo album, the 2-CD Stereo, composed of the gentler "Stereo" and the..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Casino

Stone jumps into the deep end with Scorsese made guys, De Niro and Pesci, as the action moves from New York to Vegas, with uneven results.

"...and L.Q. Jones. That Martin Scorsese is one of the modern masters of cinema is a fact that is..."

Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Reformed

Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.

"...by: Paul Schrader. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Van Hansis,..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Donnie Darko

This unnerving, electrifying film provides a unique take on the teen psyche in modern suburbia.

"...and Drew Barrymore. A frail, shock-haired old woman, nicknamed the macabre Grandma Death, whispers into Donnie Darko's ear: “Every..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Priest

"...and Robert Pugh. An audacious, compelling film that examines the lives of two diametrically opposed yet fundamentally similar Catholic..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weekday Events to Make It a Craft Night, Movie Night, Trivia Night, and More

There's also some events during the day

"...Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Twenty Flight Rock

Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for the Cinema

"...Knowing the ScoreFilm Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat,..."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by David Lynch

Church Fight

Local atheist activist and Presbyterian pastor team up to challenge conservative wing of church's hierarchy

"...From time to time throughout their colorful careers, UT journalism professor Robert Jensen and St...."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

High, Low, and In Between

Steve Earle talks Townes

"...bars he could sneak into. In Austin and Houston, the folk scene of the early Seventies was thriving, and..."

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...experiment with singing and rock while Snoop Dogg eschews the sticky icky, hip-hop, from west to east, is definitely..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Café Society

A lesser Woody Allen film, but not without its pleasures

"...Come for the sophisticated charm and intoxicating wit suggested by the term..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opinion: On Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Americans Still Erased in Texas

With the State Board of Education updating our history curriculum, we have an opportunity now to highlight Asian American narratives for future generations of Texas students

"...The horrific Atlanta spa shootings on March 16, 2021, showed..."

March 18, 2022 Column by Ashley Cheng

Maneki Neko

Record review

"...Brian Eno's name were switched with Maneki Neko's in the credits of Auracle, it wouldn't be noticed. Not because..."

June 23, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...attorney. I have worked on Texas ethics laws for the past 20 years. Ten of those years were in..."

March 19, 2004 Column

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Last Temptation of Superego, Hole in the Wall, Sunday, March 18

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...The Last Temptation of SuperegoHole in the Wall, Sunday, March..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...THE LAST TEMPTATION OF SUPEREGO: And so it ends: Superego's..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Titanic What's a family to do in between all the holiday meals and the wrapping and unwrapping of presents?..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Top Ten Video Rentals of 1996

"...2. Smoke 3. To Die For 4. Fargo 5. The Usual Suspects 6. Braveheart 7. Casino 8. Crumb 9...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...In the grand history of dating and hookups, there's going to..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Everything’s Different Now

The new normal requires a lot of willpower, but also the chance to do things better

"...Howdy, folks. It's been a minute! My last column was in the Feb. 20 issue, when it..."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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