The Stand In

Drew Barrymore pretends to be Drew Barrymore in this Hollywood comedy

"...Directed by: Jamie Babbit. Starring: Drew Barrymore, Michael Zegen, T.J. Miller, Holland Taylor and..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review

Assaulting the Stand-Ups at Austin's Heckle Factory

The New Movement: Our favorite content(ious) providers

"...Usually, the ideal – the comedy-gold standard – is that the..."

April 10, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Death Watch: Lies on the Stand and an Execution Delayed

The state won't kill Ivan Cantu this month after all

"...be executed on April 26 as planned. District Judge Benjamin Smith canceled Cantu's execution last Wednesday after an appeal..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...1) SMOKY HEN OF THE WOODS, OLAMAIE I sampled this dish at an early..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story

Lisbeth Salander is back, and now she's James Bond

"...Directed by: Fede Alvarez. Starring: Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Merchant, Sverrir..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

UPDATED: Officer on Stand in Civil Rights Case

APD Officer Nathan Wagner testifies about police shooting

"...Howell saw her friend and colleague Officer Jeffrey Rodriguez sitting on the side of East EIghth Street she "just..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin Asian American Film Festival Goes to the Drive-In

Headliners heavy with local films for outdoor screenings

"...The Austin Asian American Film Festival is back for 2021,..."

May 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Live: At the Drive-In

Surprise set from reunited El Pasoans steals the showcase

"...Wednesday night House of Vans showcase would dish about the entire lineup over steak and Gouda tacos the next..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Bryan Rolli

'The Voice in My Head': A Super Bowl for the Birds?

The birdbrains of Maryland and Georgia are an obscure nondescript folk

"...Of the four NFL cities still holding out hope for a..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Devil in the Details

aRoma still needs to iron out the kinks

"...aRoma Italian Kitchen is part of the rapidly changing landscape along a busy South Austin thoroughfare,..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

New Mexico Is Stand-In for Bobcats’ Festering Horns Fantasy

Lobos stomped by UT. Can Texas State follow suit?

"...All proud graduates of the school that shall forever be known as Southwest Texas..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Amy Gentry Is All the Rage in Her Third Novel, Bad Habits

The Austin author talks anger, solidarity, and grad school villainy

"...They came to her in a dream: two characters, female..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

At the Drive-In

An East Austin art compound reviews the magic of outdoor screening

"..."Whatever happened to Randolph Scott, ridin' the trail alone? Whatever happened to Gene and Tex,..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Beauty and the Beat was mixed, mastered, and finished. All of the..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

The Year in Movies, and in Moments

What didn’t make my Top 10

"...movies that curled my toes, shout out a couple standout performances, and definitely wag a finger at a worst..."

Dec. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...The strategy was supposed to solidify power for Tom DeLay...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Doesn't Let Mere Facts Stand in the Way of His Agenda

"...Dear Editor, The U.S. taxes more corporate income at higher rates than..."

June 10, 2004 Postmarks

Putting the 'Hill' in Hilarious

Clinton does second broadcast from Austin in one day.

"...More "live! from Austin": After Sen. Hillary Clinton's town hall broadcast on Fox..."

March 3, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Finding the Funny in Bleak Times at Moontower Comedy

A Q&A with stand-ups Akaash Singh and Paul Varghese

"...The world is constantly going to hell in a handbasket...."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Neha Aziz

Out With the Old, In With the Goat

A new year calls for new recipes: slow-roasted goat leg

"...In keeping with the newness of fledgling 2013, I decided..."

Jan. 9, 2013 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Must Stan Take the Stand?

Questions about the APD's disciplinary sanctions mean the chief might have to take the stand.

"...Will Austin Police Department Chief Stan Knee have to testify in..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Staying the Course in Huntsville

With the execution of death row inmate Willie Marcel Shannon, Texas earns the dubious distinction of having executed the 1,055th prisoner in U.S. since death penalty's 1976 reinstatement

"...With the execution of 33-year-old Texas death row inmate Willie Marcel..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW XR: Baroque VR in “The Light in the Shadow”

Artist Artemisia Gentileschi comes to life through tech

"...was a student, a professor asked her class to “think of a piece of technology that would help people..."

March 14, 2022 Screens Post by Vivie Behrens

Where's the Joy in 'Super Fun Night'?

ABC's new show gets the comedy kiss-of-death: It's boring

"...Unfortunately, the story of how Super Fun Night, the new comedy..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop

Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut

"...put her guitar down to emphasize one moonlit ballad in the full-band set. Now, behind a debut headlining tour..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...read Jonathan Franzen's Freedom (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); I inhaled it, giddy with its untidy sprawl and tart, doomy..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Colton Pitonyak on the Stand

"...so here goes: Pitonyak is a great proponent of shopping locally. The last place he remembers eating at before..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Public Notice: Putting the Pieces in Place

Council members sorting out their staffs, priorities

"...The new City Council begins its tenure next Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Desegregation of Austin's Movie Theatres

A history of the stand-in movement

"...Efforts in 1960 to desegregate movie theatres along the Drag started..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Jordan Buckley

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