Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW

SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in

"...for Austin's business owners and event organizers preparing for the March megafest...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas French Bread

Two steps forward, one step back at Texas French Bread

"...When we first reported on the planned transformation of Texas French Bread from a full..."

July 24, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention

The Austin Record Convention – the biggest in the country – returns Downtown

"...Inside a humongous storage shed in the Hill Country west of Austin, Doug Hanners assesses his..."

May 22, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

FFF Sunday by the blurb

"...Cities Aviv12:10pm, Blue stage Cities Aviv is the patron saint of weirdo rappers. A Memphis lifer committed..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature

Housecore Horror Gets Heavy Again

Metal/horror festival announces first bands and a very special guest

"...Most music festivals announce their musical headliners first. Not the Housecore Horror Film Festival,..."

June 24, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Geppetto Dreams Puppet Company

For his company's final show, Ricki Vincent takes a look at the end of it all

"...In the end, there is always a new beginning. One of..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Yours Ever: People and Their Letters & Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves

In praise of dead and dying art forms, Parts I and II

"...Yours Ever: People and Their Lettersby Thomas Mallon Pantheon, 352 pp., $26.95 Cassette From..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

There Can Be Only One

'Chronicle' beats BookPeople for the millionth time to capture ASL title

"...was a game – and a season – that the late cultural critic John Leonard would have loved, its..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

'New American Talent – The 19th Exhibition'

"New American Talent – The 19th Exhibition" merits repeated visits, for the abundance of energy and originality of vision among its many featured artists

"..."New American Talent – The 19th Exhibition"Arthouse at the Jones Center, through Aug. 22..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Omaggio a Tropicalista

Putting Brazil's musical poet laureate in his place.

"...There is no discussion: Brazil's Caetano Veloso is one of..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

Greening It Up

The Texas Green Party holds its convention in San Marcos.

"..."We are the cutting edge of social justice, peace, and the nonviolent..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Conception of Fate

The Austin Symphony's performance of the program Conception of Fate, with its works by Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven, melded craft and style into a profound, spirited, joyful night of art.

"...Music Director Peter Bay has led the Austin Symphony into a new era of exquisite and..."

March 1, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

After a Fashion

An open letter to Sandra Bullock, and a Bad Customer Service (BCS) Report redux.

"...particularly consider yourself a fashion maven, your support of the fashion industry here would be invaluable. We offered last..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Hoots and Horrors

Planning Your Hootenanny

"...Though the modern day Hoot Night may be a direct descendent..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...The South by Southwest speaker list for the conference side..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Dispatches From a New Decade of SXSW

Our favorite musical moments from the fest

"...The first South by Southwest to transpire this decade felt..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard rock and..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Mabuta no Ura

The Japanese rainbow spectrum of Boris' amplifier worship

"...A mask of gray smoke clouds the Mohawk stage, thickening the mid-October air. The three members..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...In the hills outside San Antonio, we may be about to..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...night in 1985. I'm lying on my back on the main stage of the Doll House, one of Austin's..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Curiosity, Tough to Crack

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Don Bernier's 'In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian'

"...Comparisons to wacky Edie Beale of the Maysles' Grey Gardens – perhaps even to Miss Havisham..."

June 9, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"Let me be perfectly clear: I oppose HJR 6...."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...When I walked into the polished granite lobby of the Renaissance Hotel at the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Dancing About Architecture

Freddy Fender is diagnosed with Hepatitis C, as news comes in that Direct Events owner and longtime local live music promoter Tim O'Connor is getting ready to retire.

"...Little more than a year after the tragic death of Texas Tornados founder Doug Sahm from..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Ken rants about moving under the Congress Ave. bridge.

"...not alone, it seems. My rant last week about the hell I was going through finding a new place..."

May 5, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. After..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Further Reflections

"...Elizabeth Hurley at the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Weird Bands From Texas

"...New Year's resolution to start a record label at the cusp of this decade, years of recession and regurgitation..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

That Was the Week That Was

"...to make one weak. By six, I'm including just the South by Southwest music festival and the obligatory further..."

March 21, 1997 Music Column

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