Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...season starts in dramatic fashion on Monday night with the ceremony for the B. Iden Payne Awards, Austin's opportunity..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Relish About the Stage Over Thanksgiving

Plan your theatrical December

"...Lousy-ass pandemic's been borking our theatre and dance scene for long enough. It's finally time..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Doing Sports the Craig Way

Mike Butts profiles sports stats man and voice of the Texas Longhorns, broadcaster Craig Way, of KVET's Sports Day and Fox Sports Southwest's High School Extra Live.

"...Way is out of his sports-crazed mind. It's a Thanksgiving night, and he's foregoing the traditional after-meal living-room couch..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Mike Butts

The Austin Chronic: A Guide to the Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner Weed-Walk

There is an etiquette to getting baked before the big meal

"...Historically speaking, Thanksgiving's premise is utter bullshit. I'm sure my fourth-grade teacher..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

Are We on the Edge?

In The Bateman Trilogy, about a family of working-class suburbanite Texans, Ken Webster reveals a fine playwright's voice to go along with his strong directorial style

"...The Bateman TrilogyKen Webster..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Turkey Day Game for the Texans

Sneak by Jags in OT

"...This Thanksgiving, Houston Texans fans have quite a bit to be..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

Austin FC's New Neighbors Take Over Push to Put Soccer on the Ballot

Group looks to take anti-stadium petition to the polls

"...Austin next week to officially recognize Austin FC as the league's 27th team. Garber will be alongside Mayor Steve..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...This is what Sagebrush was made for. The South Congress honky-tonk is full to the brim. Dancers..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Entertain the Family With These Thanksgiving Weekend Events Around Austin

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

"...We can’t cook you a Thanksgiving meal that satisfies picky nieces and nephews, vegan cousins,..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...pace. Multiplying faster than partridges in pear trees, during the next five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Medicate as Needed

Nothing takes the edge off dealing with edgy people like a blissful buzz

"...Every year we are invited to my mother-in-law's house for Thanksgiving (in Dallas) and even though we..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The AggreGAYtor: November 30

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Oz practices bad medicine, and Chris Kluwe gets sassy. The answer, my friend, is blowin' in today’s AggreGAYtor...."

Nov. 30, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Humans

A family quietly implodes at Thanksgiving in this merciless Broadway adaptation

"...The fact that The Humans originated as a Broadway show..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Daytrippers

"...in your memory long after you think you've left the theatre. The unassuming comedy is an observantly written and..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Tomorrow Man

Lithgow and Danner give a charming edge to this predictable doomsday prepper meet-cute

"...Directed by: Noble Lincoln Jones. Starring: John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, Eve Harlow..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greetings From the Great White North

Canadian Lorne Opler measures his country against the great state of Texas. Oh, Canada!

"...in Austin, I'm to blame. Yup. I'm one of them. One of the hundreds that you read about all..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

Theatre Review: Archive Theater’s The Ghosts of Christmas Past

Pioneer Farms-set production presents ghost stories that are light on scares but full of wintry warmth

"...I was a kid, it wasn’t Christmas until all the winter books came out. Holidays just aren’t the same..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Delicious Tamales, Local Foods, Cask Strength Bourbon, Texas Fine Wine, and Something New South of the River

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. 23, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The War at Home

"...Bates and Kimberly Williams. It's one of those terrific behind-the-scenes snafus Hollywood manages to pull on occasion: a major..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beerburg’s Beers Made by Walking Festival, Joel Taylor’s Little Nishi, Fierce Whiskers’ Bourbon Battle, the Quesoff’s Cheesy Splendor, and More

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

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

Nov. 8, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

“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

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...at Warner Bros. Records. It's dated 8/22/84, and at the top of the j-card is written "Shangri-La." There are..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...I could just put one down to fill up the page and hope that I have time to change..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie

Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

"...Saw X may have been the least secret Fantastic Fest secret screening ever, but it..."

Oct. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Flavor of the Month

A Q&A with the Posies' Ken Stringfellow

"...get a glimpse of heaven on Friday night when the Posies and Brendan Benson pull into La Zona Rosa...."

Nov. 24, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The GOP's Racism Problem

Defeated railroad commissioner points out the elephant in the room

"...candidate who happens to be a racial minority to play the race card. But when Railroad Commissioner Victor Carrillo..."

March 3, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Art of Football

Who in the NFL is playing in an artistic manner this season, and who is not

"...“What Is Art For?” In this section we ask the subjective questions of when something is art, when something..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Texas-Sized Basketball: The Houston Rockets and Why I Moved to Texas

"...Coming as I do from the mid-Atlantic, I’ve experienced no end of questions from people..."

Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...Glass Half Full Theatre presents Yamel Cucuy..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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