Luv Doc Recommends: Master Pancake Christmas Show

Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, Friday, December 18, 2009

"...this weekend you are going to be stuck on the highway behind some hayseed from that region of Egypt..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Variations on Carol of the Bells

Mermen, movies, and Whitney pulled me under for Christmas

"...Christmas music trends like any other. Mindblowing roadshow, Austin barn..."

Dec. 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Not the Same Ol’ Ho Ho Ho

A sampling of 2008 holiday discs

"...collection is big, but compared to most, my collection of Christmas discs is huge. I have the standard stuff,..."

Nov. 26, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Luv Doc Recommends: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Friday, January 30, 2004

"...month. It would be something worth bitching about if the average high in January weren’t 60 degrees. Compare that..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol

This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance

"...We all know the story of A Christmas Carol – or we should,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Entertain the Family With These Thanksgiving Weekend Events Around Austin

From holiday lights to puppy yoga, there’s something for everybody

"...dieting aunts and uncles, and we can’t keep politics off the table, either. What we can do is help..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

A Chilling Time at the Drafthouse

The BBC's classic ghost stories haunt the screen

"...For every light on the Christmas tree, there is a shadow. That's the dark..."

Dec. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Illuminating The Magic Lantern

The Austin film podcast conjures British ghosts for AFS

"...Before cinema, there was the magic lantern. That glorious, incandescent source of..."

Nov. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Eventsoff the Beaten Path

Suggestions for those who have done every merry thing

"...As the weather gets colder (and then randomly hotter), the Austin..."

Nov. 29, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell

Austin Playhouse’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

In its rush to be fun, the show fails to tap all the potential of this rom-com sequel to Pride and Prejudice

"...The wealth of Pride and Prejudice fanfic is something to..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Matthew McConaughey stars as an oily womanizer who does an about-face in this purported romantic comedy.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert,..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Perfect Holiday

In this lightweight yuletide fluffery, a young girl turns to a shopping-mall Santa to find a husband for her divorced mother.

"...a holiday in Cambodia, this is lightweight yuletide fluffery, offensive neither in tone nor spirit but entirely unnecessary. As..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Sounds of the Season

Christmas cheer for the ear from UT Wind Ensemble, Austin Symphony Orchestra, and Conspirare

"...is all year, but even he can't keep track of everything produced by Austin's creatives. The stream of art,..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I'm Dreaming of a No Cook Christmas

When you’re more interested in snacking than cheffing

"...The best part of the holiday season is, undoubtedly, all..."

Dec. 19, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2000

"...o' skank actually manages to top itself for this, the millennial edition, racheting up the goo quotient and adding..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holiday Viewing: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Some Santas belong on the naughty list

"..."The Coca-Cola fairy tale is a hoax." When young Finnish..."

Dec. 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...We came, we saw, we liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Vintage re-releases for unseasonal scares

"...Let's be honest, no one is really ready for the holidays this year. It's hard to get festive when..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Encounters of the Gift Kind

Five Austinites share the stories behind their greatest gifts

"...With the gift-giving spirit of the holiday season on our mind,..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Chronolog Post by Beth Sullivan

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...Ellison. Not Pariah's album, which had not turned out the way anyone in the band wanted and shoulda been..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Miss the Austin Film Society Grants Deadline

Last chance to apply for these career-making funds

"...The Austin Film Society's grant program has helped hundreds of..."

June 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Margaret Moser Tribute: Leader of the Pack

The importance of being Margaret Moser as told by her peers, mentors & protégés

"...“One man’s life touches so many others, when he’s not there, it leaves an awfully big..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Blackheart Announces April Closing

Rainey Street’s live music headquarters loses lease

"...The Blackheart, a musician’s oasis in the increasingly upscale Rainey..."

March 19, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Camping at the Cactus

UT gets the goods this week

"...I’m a regular at the Cactus Café, but this week I’m spending so much..."

Dec. 10, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Live reviews of Big Bill, Protextor, Black Fret Ball, and Margaret Moser’s memorial concert

"...Before there was Free Week, there was December – the month..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Vortex's Vampyress

Chad Salvata’s gothic opera is the perfect treat for the season of ghouls, sensual and spooky

"...If you're unfamiliar with the history of the 16th century "Bloody Countess" (Guinness World..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Pam Pritchard Serves Up Unpretentious Hospitality at the Tigress Pub

The Tigress of North Loop heads Austin's coziest neighborhood pub

"...with a really well-crafted Old Fashioned? Ask Pam Pritchard, the multitalented owner of the Tigress Pub...."

Aug. 23, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

The Haunted Bookshelf

Heavens, this series of reprints of vintage ghost stories may unsettle the composure of the steadiest reader

"...uncommonly pale aspect and furtive demeanor, but I am rather shaken from an encounter that I find myself almost..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Heartsick Poet

Poet Dean Young celebrates a new book and hopes for a new heart

"...There are two things that never leave Dean Young's side..."

April 8, 2011 Books Feature by Amy Smith

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