Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...Theatre in summer can often feel like just a thicket..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Benefits of Trees

"...Dear Editor, Amy Smith reports on the attempts by some state legislators to end cities' rights..."

April 8, 2013 Postmarks

The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...it's hard to top a clamshell excavator dumping full-grown trees onto a bonfire. That's the scene a group of..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...Lodged just beneath the national mainstream, R&B and its ever broadening spectrum enjoys..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Luv Doc: The Price of Admission

Emotionally unstable, overly dramatic people have a real flair for creating stark memories

"...something like this: A guy runs into his doctor's office and frantically says, "Doctor! Doctor! It's my brother! He..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Notes From the Larder: A Kitchen Diary With Recipes

"...Perhaps nothing is more universally entwined with the holiday season than cooking and sharing meals. And yet,..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Louisiana Seafood Bible: Fish Vol. 2

"...Fish Volume 2 is the last in the Louisiana Seafood Bible series, and definitely..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Keeper of the Nog

"...The Keeper of the Nog My great Aunt Rose's annual..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Luv Doc Recommends: The Art of Andy Warhol

Ao5 Gallery, Saturday, November 18, 2006

"...gallery is, at best, a challenging proposition. Even at the wildest gallery openings, you don’t see a lot of..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

The Gates of the Alamo Reviewed

Mark Busby reviews Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo.

"...The Gates of the Alamo: A Novelby Stephen Harrigan..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...in a bathtub, in a house on Hollywood east of I-35, in the very early Eighties. The water has..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

The Making of Olympia

"...Olympia for two reasons: love and money. I loved the filmmakers, I loved the film's characters, and I loved..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Bill Stott

The Art of Film Producing

Lynda Obst's Hollywood Survival Manual

"...Hollywood producer Lynda Obst is the author of Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths From..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...Vile, humid Houston heat permeates Fitzgeralds' cramped backstage. In the wings, Charlie Sexton's nine guitars stand sweltering at attention...."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Public Notice: In the Name of Fairness

Times change, and so do schools

"...It was high drama at the AISD board meeting Monday evening, climaxing with Trus­tee Ann..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life

"...by the editors of Garden & Gun magazine HarperWave, 304 pp.,..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Katrina Through the Eyes of an EMT

Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT, drove to New Orleans and spent 24 hours working with a local police department as an EMT.

"...Last Sunday, Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Philipp Meyer

Review: Donya Stockton’s “Endless” Weaves the Shape of Things to Come

Solo show at Northern-Southern runs through Feb. 18

"...At Phillip Niemeyer’s intimate Northern-Southern gallery Downtown, topology itself is quivering in delight. Yes,..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Making Music from the Sound of Speech

Austin's JoySpeak Project brings light from conquered darkness.

"...Lise' Creed is hoovering up the joy in the world – kind of like the..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Politics of Alliances

An Interview with Zapatista Subcommander Marcos

"...I was in the middle of organizing the Nahualli Festival in Austin, when..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

The Price of Being a Pierce

Yogurt-shop investigation haunts grieving family

"...Pierce, who was once jailed as a suspect in the infamous 1991 yogurt-shop murders, was shot and killed by..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin and the Academy

'The Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...Terrence Malick is no stranger to the Oscars – he was previously nominated in 1999 for..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin and the Academy

'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...The Tree of Life, filmed throughout Central Texas by longtime..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Quote of the Week: Steve Adler

The mayor speaks on anti-Semitism after the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh

"...– Austin Mayor Steve Adler, recalling a past episode of anti-Semitism targeting him, at a vigil Sunday to honor..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Column

The Fountain

Like some epic figure of yore, writer/director Aronofsky has allowed his hubris to get the better of him: The Fountain is a dry well.

"...Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Patrick..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Hidden Life

Malick's Nazi-era drama sees the heart and soul overriding the State

"...conscientious objection in this, Terrence Malick’s finest film since Tree of Life took home the Palme d’Or at Cannes..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Void

A gory serving of cosmic horror

"...Steven Kostanski. Starring: Aaron Poole, Kenneth Welsh and Daniel Fathers...."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Dan Gentile

The Help

Based on a bestseller, this Southern civil-rights era story about white women and their black maids is saved by the film's deeply moving cast.

"...A major complaint brought against Kathryn Stockett's 2009 bestseller The Help was that a white woman didn't have any..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jeff Nichols Enters Texas Film Hall of Fame

Loving director, Hector Galán, and Tye Sheridan honored

"...Awards season is just around the corner, but the first accolades of the year are..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Although this sendoff to the young leads feels a little thin, the culmination of the Harry-and-Voldemort show more than satisfies.

"...Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Lewis, Tom Felton, Kelly Macdonald, Evanna Lynch and Maggie..."

July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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