Response to the Number Nine

Honorable Mention

"...Second, I don't like numbers. They have no real connection to my life, and they..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Rebecca Beegle

Breaking Down the Barricades

Aussie songstress Kasey Chambers becomes Austin's darling.

"...America had ever heard of singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers, despite the fact she's something of a phenomenon in her homeland..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...A youth leaves home to seek fulfillment in the wide, wide world, only to find that that fulfillment..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Head of the Class

With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.

"...Once there was a kid who attended Catholic high school in..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Huntress Captured by the Game

"...From Diana by Irène Frain This may be the last time she still looks fresh to us. Another..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

The Full Monte

"...Lubbock was an auspicious event for 14-year-old Monte Warden. The Lubbock Hilton was abuzz with the names of Tornado..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...Take all the lingering ghosts and graying sages out of the American..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...Don Walser at the granddaddy of South Austin live music venues, the Broken..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The English Patient

"...Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth and Julian Wadham. Based on the Booker Award-winning novel by Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sitting Around on "The Corner"

Drive, They Said

"...I was surrounded by people desperate for their 15 minutes of fame, and all I wanted was..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

Fox and CBS Pull the Switcheroo Musical Affiliates

KEYE Channel 42

"...affiliate. Upah's 6'3" frame moves swiftly and purposefully across the station's empty parking lot to show visitors where a..."

June 16, 1995 News Feature

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...a fountain, a formula, a program, a chance meeting, the lucky fall - Providence. That is magic, pure and..."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

Alejandro Puyana Explores the Humanity and Hardship of Venezuela With His Debut Novel

You can’t go home again

"...The seeds of Alejandro Puyana’s debut novel, Freedom Is a..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...cinemas, even rarer that two are on release at the same time. So Dean Fleischer-Camp can't help but laugh..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Billy Perkins in living color, Paul McCartney, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie, Dee Dee Ramone, and Joe Strummer swirled a..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

“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

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...If there's one thing that almost everyone can agree on in..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War

Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time

"...Sitting on the porch of the Evins Mill resort just outside of..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Before You Know It

Theatre family gets more drama than they expected in this sweet tragicomedy

"...a stage manager, to be prepared to deal with the demands of artistic types. Those pressures are multiplied for..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

The Luv Doc: Real Choices

The Luv Doc is a bad planner

"...I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain as much as the next guy, but I..."

June 3, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Review: Before the Sun Explodes

A weird and crazy night in West Hollywood

"...filmmaker Deborah Eisenstadt is interested in uncomfortable spaces, and her new feature Before the Sun Explodes is lodged in..."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...A dead armadillo in the middle of the highway. One of the first images..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...dilapidated street, my car comes to a T in the road. I turn my head side to side; neither..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Fantastic Fest Goes for the Big 10

Kevin Smith's 'Tusk,' 'ABCs 2' and 'V/H/S 3' in first titles

"...Get giddy. Fantastic Fest, Austin's world-renowned celebration of all cinema geeky, strange, terrible and bizarre,..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...a bestselling author of young adult novels? With typical Southern modesty spiced with just the faintest whiff of irony,..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Diamond in the Rough

Shawn Colvin's memoir in song

"...and no mirrors. No opening act. Shawn Colvin takes the One World Theatre stage this mid-September Friday night the..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...Our last City Council contest, in 2009, which filled the mayoral chair and three council seats, garnered a whopping..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Revolution Will Be Tweeted

Harnessing social media's potential for political change

"...Last May, Mona Kasra visited Iran for the first time since leaving her native country nine years..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

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