Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...The young, tall black man careens through the dance floor,..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Total Honesty

Fred Sanders

"...photograph by Shannon McIntyre Leaning back in the chair, arms folded across his chest and eyes squinted..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Plus dispatches from SandFest, farewell to Gary Oliver, and more

"...It’s time to enjoy the May weather and rediscover two recently restored historic sites,..."

May 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

2010 Texas Book Festival

Isabel Wilkerson on the Great Migration

"...Isabel Wilkerson has received scads of well-deserved praise for The Warmth of Other Suns, a scholarly but supremely moving..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Books Feature by Wells Dunbar

Death at a Funeral

Pure farce served straight up and directed by the man who moonlights as the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy.

"...Directed by: Frank Oz. Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman,..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Whitney

Another glimpse behind the curtain at the late musical legend

"...The second film in as many years about the life..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...It's one of the most contentious land battles in the Hill Country –..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

AppleSauce

Second place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...The very second she woke up she struggled into a..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Jason Scott Katz

Tweet This Mess Around: Fred Schneider Tells It Like It T-I-Is! Part 1

What's that on your head? An interview with the B-52's lead man?

"...Fred Schneider, the iconic yelp-yap-yowl of the B-52's and all-'round great fella..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...Texas journalist Aziz Shihab may be best known as the father of San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye, and..."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...Last month PublicAffairs published The Hammer: Tom DeLay, God, Money, and the Rise of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Dubbo Flipped a Dime into Rising Rap Career

North Austin rapper goes from trappin in the streets to national touring

"...up has hit a frenzied pace. His "Beat Up the Belly 2" video has racked a million views since..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Naked City

An Iraq war vet responds to the senseless attack on Camp Casey

"...As reported here and elsewhere over the past week, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...job prospects. And although she landed a spot at the Salvation Army downtown on Eighth Street and found work..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Believe

Moving Panoramas flicker to life in the aftermath of a home invasion

"..."It wasn't the fault of the neighborhood, just a random thing," she..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Selena Fest Success

Corpus Christi's inaugural Fiesta de la Flor becomes a legend

"...The heavens opening up and pouring forth a deluge couldn't..."

April 20, 2015 Music Post by Kate X Messer

Swamp Dogg Lotions Up

After midnight at the Continental Club Friday & Saturday

"...became an accomplished songwriter and mid-tier R&B balladeer in the Sixties, though it wasn’t until he morphed into Swamp..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

'When I Was Your Age'

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

"...Ah! The conspiracy theorists were right! Argh! Pres. Obama wants kids..."

Sept. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Still Fountains

Michael Mitchell's paired one-acts depict characters with a lot bottled up inside

"...Salvage Vanguard Theater, through Dec. 14..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mojo Nixon is God

Third place

"...I say: No, Momma. I'm not going to the doctor. Especially that Dr. Galavant...."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Susan Shields

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"..."I don't think I would have ever imagined using the phrase, 'I just got off the phone with Kim..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...After nearly a decade as a single mother raising a son, born from an unexpected pregnancy, she..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"..."M," a 27-year-old Guate­malan woman, decided to come to the U.S. with her 9-year-old son to escape the injustice..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...combat in a nearby neighborhood, two officers cautiously approached the scene. As they came in sight, one of the..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bittersweet Ending

Notes From the Republican Revolution

"...8pm: The big banner screaming "Republicans: The Future of Texas" is..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature

Coach's Corner

Television may have birthed the modern NBA, but now it's turned into a monster intent on killing her young.

"...In the wake of the NBA's dismal television ratings for its..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Club Cafe

The Open Road

"...I first saw the Club Cafe signs on road trips out west with..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...a film city, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Every year, dozens of local filmmakers produce features and..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...Jeremy Bruch: Maybe best known in these parts as the drumming component of the Golden Arm..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...The fall festival season kicks off this September with an..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

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