Did Shearwater Cut the Best Protest Album of 2016?

Jonathan Meiburg calls out new America's scary monsters

"...Legitimate protest albums spring from dire political climates. They're an expression of fear, but also a rallying cry...."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Off the Record

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Kerrville Folk Festival one year at a time

"...it comes to Texas songwriting, history happens first at the Kerrville Folk Festival. The annual 18-day outing in the..."

May 27, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Power of Poetry

Johnston High English teacher makes poets out of school's urban immigrant youths

"...The five Johnston High School seniors met twice a week..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

The Hightower Lowdown

Jim waves the flag; George Dubya plays his health-care shell game; the U.S. gets into bed with thugs.

"...I'm waving the flag these days -- the stars & stripes, Old..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Through the Eyes of a Kid

Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all magic when you're a preschooler.

"...Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool. In May, when Salvage Vanguard Theater revived..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Plot Thickens

Funeral Scandal Is a Real Scene Stealer

"...Over the past 18 months, the Texas Funeral Service Commission (TFSC)..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...Sometime in the fall of 1963 a psychology professor fell into step..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...as half promise, half threat. We wanted to believe the promise, but these days a sense of threat is..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Oddballs In the Round

"...of late it seems that things have been somewhat quiet on that front. Well, something must be in the..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Column

The Rudy Schwartz Project Tied Up in Knotts

"...by Ken Leick The monstrous four-by-six-foot poster over Joe Newman's bed proudly bears..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...Brenda Ramos wanted to talk about the loss of her son, Mike, about what his absence..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...The band's been playing at least an hour, but it..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...imagined that seven days of intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise ordinance would end in five..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

A Bigger Bang For The Fourth of July With "False Fires"

Watch director Raul Buitrago's short doc about fireworks stands

"...which he has just put online in time for the Fourth of July celebrations...."

July 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Phoenix: A Brother's Life

"...Phoenix A Brother's Life..."

March 31, 2000 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Car Crashes & Other Sad Stories

"...Car Crashes & Other Sad Stories by Mell Kilpatrick..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Aprons: Icons of the American Home

"...Aprons Icons of the American Home..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Marie Black

The Hightower Report: Paul Ryan Should Sit Down and Be Very Quiet

Entitlements? Social Security isn't a welfare program

"...working families have been pummeled by corporate greedmeisters and their political henchmen. Indeed, in just the last decade, the..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Rubber Meets the Road

Bond election project breakdown

"...The city stresses that spending of the $90 million bond..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Calm Before the Storm

Just one day away from a new president

"...to this election, constantly trying to stay ahead of the curve, today nothing is happening. It really does feel..."

Nov. 3, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Amigo the Devil Album Review

Born Against (Liars Club/Regime Music Group)

"...like wildflowers in Texas, but none comparable to Amigo the Devil. On sophomore full-length Born Against, Danny Kiranos puts..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Windhand Frontwoman Dorthia Cottrell Haunts the Austin Terror Fest

Feeling comfortable covering Townes Van Zandt

"...behind a dusky howl and wail that slices across the Richmond, Va., quartet's punishing, full-stack barrage. Her solo work..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Ethan Hawke Shines Through the Grime as a Reformed Ex-Con in Adopt a Highway

A modest film about a good-hearted person who can’t catch a break

"...Two decades ago, under California’s then-active Three Strikes sentencing law, Russell Millings (Ethan Hawke) was..."

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

On the Inside

Louis Perez interviewed on Death Row

"...Death Row, drive three hours east to Huntsville. Pass the red-brick prison housing the execution chamber, then take Highway..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Common Law

Fred Sanford is my neighbor

"...his back yard. He works on some cars, but others just sit there. Is he allowed to have that..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"...Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

The Lighter Side of Freezing Your Eggs in Scrambled

SXSW alum Leah McKendrick's finds a fertile topic for comedy

"...Leah McKendrick found herself lying in bed at the end of a long production day last year and..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Luv Doc: Work to Do

A thought we need to shake out of our heads

"...have notes on my forehead that my mom stapled there when I was a kid. The main difference is..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Five Ways to Spend the Holidays With Family Without Talking to Them

Have a Silent Night

"...that inevitably means at some point you'll be eyeing the door before another relative tries to bore you with..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Wine of the Week: Zinfandels for the 99%

Affordable Zinfandels that can stand up to a slice of pizza

"...friend Doug who loves Zinfandels. He had just discovered the Costco store-brand version ($14) and was giddy over the..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Food Column by Wes Marshall

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