The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...Everybody knew it was coming, but no one knew when. As Downtown Austin was..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Then There's This: Final Column

Do not stand at my grave and weep – I'm just heading off into the unknown

"...The hyperventilating started on Monday. That's when it hit me that..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...It's the day before Thanksgiving, and there on your chair, you're already zoned out,..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

An Eye for History

"...David Douglas Duncan, the celebrated combat photographer and Life magazine photojournalist, is working late. He takes one of the..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence

Director on PTSD, Westerns, and the world's greatest dog

"...Western is a forgery. There are white hats and black hats, and bullets leave no blood. Not in In..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Treatment for the Really, Truly (No Kidding This Time) 'Last Picture Show'

The Rolling Roadshow takes over Archer City to screen Bogdanovich's classic among the people who inspired it

"...FADE IN: A two-lane highway a few miles from Archer City,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...Long Island singer-songwriter cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

This Magic Moment

15 Years of the Austin Music Awards

"...Lou Ann Barton and Paul Ray opened the first Austin Music Awards at Club Foot by presenting a batch..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...Austin's character is made by its people, objects, and places...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The History and Historiography of MLK/FBI

Sam Pollard on the changing challenges of recording Black history

"...rights struggle. His latest, MLK/FBI, may be his most challenging yet, because it runs into that thorniest of challenges...."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South by Southwest Film and..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...the end of the Shamrockers' dirgelike track "Hangman Drums," Kevin Russell erupts into a fumarole of guttural tongue-speak. It's..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Right as rain (pun intended), Austin Blues Festival and Austin Psych Fest..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

The Verde Report: Oh, You Thought This Would Be Easy?

Looking back at game 1, as game 2 approaches

"...rifled a venomous strike toward the top corner of Austin FC's goal 27 seconds into the latter's competitive existence,..."

April 23, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Playback: Black Metal, Gray Skies, Red-Hot Love

Sex, love, and nostalgia – recapping Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015

"...to Hell. Welcome to Texas," growled Conrad "Cronos" Lant, staring over a fearsome mosh pit where certified Angus metalheads..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Continental Club, Monday 31..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Crossroads, Crafts, and Close Encounters in Our Recommended Events

The workweek is chockablock with do-able things

"...Craft your way to a prettier home through this lesson from mindful art teacher Sari Fujimaru, who’ll instruct..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art in Motion, Pride Kickoff, and More Weekday Recommendations

Arts and more to keep you busy

"...Native America: In Translation..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Burning bright, burning fast, Austin's White White Lights torched up..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...Sit down and roll up your sleeves, because this is one place where eating is a serious campaign..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Is That a Biography in Your Pocket...?

Film Folios and Screen Prints

"...On page 69 of Emily Wortis Leider's biography Becoming Mae West (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30 hard), a..."

March 13, 1998 Books Review

Donald Trump Relies on Eugenics Concepts, UT Prof Argues in New Book

Examining modern effects of the American eugenics movement

"...“They’re poisoning the blood of our country”..."

Aug. 16, 2024 News Feature by Neha Kondaveeti

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...of October, if you wanted to contact the Texas Minutemen for a look at their El Paso maneuvers, you..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin

The rise and fall of the Junkyard King

"...Though his most recent book, Last Gangster in Austin: Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert

…with sympathy for the parking lot

"...May 24, 2020: a mild morning forecast sold short what would transpire: hail, lightning, and..."

Nov. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"..."Austin was boring in 1975," snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Bonnie Whitmore works musical alchemy, turning the hardest material into anthems that belie their underlying..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Laziest Girl in Town

Asleep at the Wheel's feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility

"...warm January afternoon, Elizabeth McQueen lounges on the curved tangerine sofa in her East Austin home, glasses whimsically askew..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...In a city like Austin, it is downright invigorating to..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Frantz

A bitter-sweet romance in the aftermath of WWI

"...Directed by: François Ozon. Starring: Paula Beer, Pierre Niney, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber, Anton..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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