After the Pandemic at the Alamo Drafthouse

New management, new owners: Can the Austin movie chain retain what made it special?

"...The oldest operating Alamo Drafthouse in the nation still survives...."

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Interurban Railway Museum, Plano

Remembering the interurban rails

"...The Interurban Railway Museum in Plano fills a former Texas..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Why Sarah Elaine Smith Writes the Way She Does

The author of Marilou Is Everywhere tells the full story

"...compelling missing girl mystery and delicately nudged it to the corner of the frame to focus instead on a..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...a bestselling author of young adult novels? With typical Southern modesty spiced with just the faintest whiff of irony,..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...in his backyard when he heard someone walking up the gravel path toward his neighbor's house. Sherman lives on..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'The NFL Beat': Punt in an Elevator

Punting it up while we're going down

"...Not just any old elevator. An elevator teetering between the ninth and 10th floors of a maximum security prison..."

June 21, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

I Saw the Light

Clifford Antone, hardcore to the end

"...It looks like a typical Tuesday night at the Broken Spoke's twice-monthly Hardcore Country show...."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Passing the Buck

With the special session nearly gone, the goal continues to recede

"...When in doubt at the Lege, attack the media. So it went last week..."

May 14, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...says African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Checking In: Curved Light Source Peter Tran Maintains a Primrose Path While Waiting for the Dust to Settle

“I’ve had Halcyon by Orbital on repeat”

"...electrician Peter Tran makes Elysian Fields ambiance to sooth the stressed at heart...."

May 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

The Mayor's Story

Three contenders try to write a personal tale that will convince the voters

"...a limited amount of time and space to reach the voters and create a "message" – that message being..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...There's no clock above the stage at the Moody Theater,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Geek Shall Inherit the Fests

Austin becomes ground zero for the new cool

"...needs to go to San Diego for ComicCon? Between the home-grown genre film and literary festivals (Armadillocon, Fantastic Fest,..."

July 4, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hint to Mack Brown: The Run Is Passé

"...The Texas Longhorns finally discovered their missing ground game in..."

Oct. 16, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Sisters Under the Scrim

Six of the finest theatrical artists in Austin discuss their work behind the curtain designing lighting schemes, mixing sound, and creating and constructing sets and costumes and how their careers have been affected by the fact that they're women.

"...I'm sitting in the atrial calm of Mother's Cafe, studying the hands of..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

On the Santa Trail

Ace reporter Jordan Smith is hot on the trail of Austin's own Santa.

"...Or that he is an award-winning chili chef in the off-season? Or that, aside from that North Pole workshop,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

The Ego Has Landed

Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.

"...one word. Beer in hand, he looked squarely into the camera and smirked, "Me." While this brand of staggering..."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...It is, by all accounts, an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Film..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...The kingdom of Morocco achieved independence from French and Spanish..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

A Community Commences as Skylark Lounge, Closed Since the Pandemic Hit, Finally Reopens

Eastside music joint picks up with three nights of Soul Man Sam

"...So for Skylark Lounge, which has remained shuttered for the longest of any favored Austin music haunts – 599..."

Nov. 8, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Film Critic Re-Emerges to Watch In the Heights the Way It Was Meant to Be Seen

After 424 days away from the movie theatre it's time to be alone in the dark again

"...moment – or, as I stepped back into a theatre for the first time in 424 days, a place..."

May 28, 2021 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Skiing in Boone, N.C.

North Carolina’s ski slopes offer something for everybody

"...region known for its summertime golf courses, trout-fishing streams, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Grandfather Mountain becomes a winter..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Another One Bites the Dust

Republican judge to run for Texas Supreme Court as Dem

"...'Tis the season to party flip. Yesterday, Republican Judge Lawrence "Larry"..."

Dec. 10, 2013 News Post by Sarah Marloff

On the Lege

Looking back at the Lege through local eyes

"...Against the session's backdrop of intermittent political unrest in the House,..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Page Two: When I Write the Book

On luck, anarchy, and the narrative vagaries of life

"...Back in the old days, Austin's airport was not only at Mueller..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

It's Election Night! Time to Count the Last Few Ballots Cast in 2020

FINAL: Kelly unseats Flannigan; Alter, Boswell, Lugo prevail

"...Welcome to the last Election Night of the longest election cycle ever!..."

Dec. 15, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Voices From the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives

Letting the protesters speak for themselves

"...As thousands gathered at Huston-Tillotson University to raise their voices, peacefully combat..."

June 9, 2020 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

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