Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...In the global scheme of things, Advanced Micro Devices is on..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Blue Genie Art Industries Is Moving

And you’re invited to the farewell party, citizen!


"...Blue Genie Art Industries is moving...."

March 29, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Boomerang's Throws Moving Party

Aussie pie shop to relocate and expand

"...After eight years as a fixture on the Drag north of the University of Texas campus, Boomerang's..."

March 21, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Distance Danced

Between its old and new versions of 'Swingin' Then & Now,' Tapestry Dance Company has swung a long way, baby

"...The last time Tapestry Dance Company presented the program Swingin'..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tapestry Dance Company's Austintatious (Too)

This revival of a 2002 production paid tribute to the spirit of the city but also showed how the troupe embodies its best qualities

"...The title of the first number in this season opener..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Better Than the Rest

Checking in with Transmission marketing guru Bianca Flores

"...If you’ve enjoyed the Austin nightlife these last couple years, you’ve no doubt..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Mondo Veterans and SpectreVision Announce New Collectibles Company Mutant

Reassembled team working on major poster and vinyl releases

"...Art doesn't evolve, it mutates. That's clear with the arrival of Mutant, an Austin-based posters, vinyl, toys, and..."

Jan. 29, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Promotion

Forgettably bland, this comic film features Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly vying for the same job promotion.

"...Bellows, Bobby Cannavale and Rick Gonzalez. In honor of the release of their new film The Promotion, and in..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Cruise

"...Directed by: Bennett Miller. From atop his perch on the upper deck of New York City's Gray Line tour..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lights Are On: Is Anybody Home?

Downtown's boom has busted, yet developers still build.

"...evening last summer, Tim Hendricks and Craig Jones took the company credit card and set off on a walking..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Dec(k) the Walls

"...I've got moving on the brain at the moment. I'm giving up..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Design Post by Andy Campbell

March Toward the Booze, Ye Thirsty Citizens All!

These fine tipples may be precisely the slaking fortress you seek

"...St. Patrick’s Day? Who said booze is all about the Irish, or that the Irish are all about booze?..."

March 14, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Oral History of Austin Beerworks

How the local brewery became the heir to the aluminum throne

"...as plucky hometown breweries go, Austin Beerworks might be the pluckiest. From the shoestrings that budgeted the original 30-barrel..."

March 10, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky), this year's Fantastic Fest will turn..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The San Francisco Sound

Celebrating the San Francisco Sound, 1965-1970, if not Rhino Records anthology thereof

"...The first music piece I ever wrote was on the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Louis Black

It’s Mac & Cheese Festival Time, Jester King Goes BBQ, Tso Expands, Smash Hearts the Service Industry, Eberly Does Brunch, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 17, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Night at the Opera

Jon Else's Sing Faster, showing this Wednesday as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, shows us opera Like we've never seen it before from the stagehands' perspective.

"...Jon Else's truly hilarious, Emmy- and Sundance-awarded Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle -- Wagner's opera from the stagehands'..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Faster Than Sound: Delta Variant Leaves Venues Between a Rock and the Governor's Orders

The latest on music hubs, festivals, and relief funding

"...member of his entirely vaccinated staff tested positive for the virus last Saturday. After five days of closure, the..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Change for the Better

How one West Texas family brought the cows to town

"...When it comes down to it, those opposed to the rapidly developing landscape of Austin are usually afraid we're..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The De-Railers

RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track

"...Is it time to derail the Texas Railroad Commission? Three of the four candidates running..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Jumping into The Dive With Director Maximilian Erlenwein

How the scuba diving filmmaker navigated filming underwater

"...Remaking a movie is always a challenge. The first is finding something new to say or do,..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Powell St. John Brought Us the Message, 1940-2021

Psychedelic visionary and Janis Joplin bandmate – a "man for the ages"

"...Powell St. John, the songwriter, musician, storyteller, and visionary artist who played alongside..."

Aug. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Are We All Ghosts in the Machine?

Rodney Ascher explores simulation theory in A Glitch in the Matrix

"...A few hundred days into the most digitized era of our lives, and it's hard..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Opera's The Daughter of the Regiment

Just as the young woman of the title is deemed "charming," so too is Donizetti's work in this company's staging

"...From the opening strains of the overture to Donizetti's comic romance..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Chasing The Good Dinosaur

FX director Jon Reisch on Pixar's newest animation

"...From lakeside antics with Winsor McCay's Gertie, across The Land Before Time, through the gates of Jurassic Park,..."

Nov. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of their era peers between the late Sixties and the original..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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