The Chili Dog Fest Caps SXSW Local Style

Impressive lineup of musicians to benefit Central Texas Food Bank

"...In its ninth year, the Chili Dog Fest serves as..."

March 15, 2018 Music Post by Mark Fagan

TCB

SXSW 06: Was it all a dream? Or a nightmare?

"...BEDKNOBS AND BALLYHOO"Fate, up against your will" – Echo & the Bunnymen, "Killing Moon,"..."

March 24, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Crackin' Up

The Arm muscles up to 'Call You Out'

"..."I Have a Secret That Will Ruin You"..."

April 14, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sunday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...Lauren Langner Larson's a whirlwind of blond hair and guitar, but that's not what..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"..."That's the thing, the way music is thought or written about now,..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Cult of Personality

Insect Records head and Attack Formation commander Ben Webster has never been photographed with Red River mascot-to-be Butcher Bear

"...six-foot floppy red bear – occasionally baby blue and sporting a bloody apron – with a permanent, sharp-toothed roar..."

June 25, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Postponement of "Deborah Roberts: I'm" Let the Artist Make More Timely Art

A pandemic delay allows the artist to meet the moment in her upcoming show at the Contemporary Austin

"...Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contem­porary Austin was one of the most highly anticipated arts events..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Profile of L.A. radio deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, perpetual handmaiden to rock & roll royalty.

"...Directed by: George Hickenlooper. Everything I know about rock & roll, I learned from..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Liberation and Justice for All

Black Panther William Lee Brent's Exile

"..."My actions in San Francisco on November 19, 1968, were a direct..."

June 14, 1996 Books Feature

National Security

"...Directed by: Dennis Dugan. Starring: Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Robinne Lee, Timothy Busfield, Eric..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dish

"...Directed by: Rob Sitch. Starring: Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Piñero

This film is a sympathetic biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican writer Miguel Piñero (author of Short Eyes).

"...Directed by: León Ichaso. Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto, Giancarlo Esposito, Rita Moreno, Nelson..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye: Forgotten Heroes

The Longoria Affair chronicles a moment in Mexican-American history most people have never heard about

"...All good students of American history know who Lyndon Baines Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

John Sayles

The evolution of American music and Southern race relations in Honeydripper

"...and stakes for musicians when faced with that seismic moment in musical history, the advent of rock & roll:..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Texas Book Festival 2018: Real Romance: Alyssa Cole and Jasmine Guillory

The two on what makes their contemporary love stories sparkle

"...There was an air of conspiratorial camaraderie from the moment moderator Patricia Hayes and authors Alyssa Cole and Jasmine..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Vortex Becomes Safe Haven for Protesters on Sunday as Part of Call for Theatres to #OpenYourLobby

“Police will not be allowed to enter”

"...The Vortex will open as a sanctuary for protesters needing to cool down, recover, and flush their eyes of..."

June 5, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Born Digital, But Then What?

UT professor Craig Watkins on the migratory patterns of the Internet's first flock

"...It's no accident that the title of Craig Watkins' new book, The Young and the Digital, is an..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

David E. Kelley is one of the most gifted and powerful television writers of the late Nineties : so why is he wasting his talents on trips around the belly buttons of the most self-obsessed, spoiled creatures ever created for the small screen?

"...First, a warning: I'm going to talk about race. The reason for..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays, Part 1

Vintage re-releases for unseasonal scares

"...honest, no one is really ready for the holidays this year. It's hard to get festive when it feels..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Last Survivors

A different kind of post-apocalyptic teen heroine

"...Last Survivors star Haley Lu Richardson may be unique in film history. She said, "I got an email from..."

Aug. 4, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

This gangster spectacle based on Hitler's rise feels more than timely in the current election year

"...If ever there was a case for letting sleeping dogs lie, it's The Resistible Rise of Arturo..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

American Hardcore

Crammed with grainy, shot-on-the-fly mid-Eighties video footage, recent interviews, and a genuine love for its subject, American Hardcore encapsulates a largely forgotten moment in maximum rock & roll history.

"...Directed by: Paul Rachman. Ancient history lesson: During the winter-spring-summer of 1985-86 I booked, rented,..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...Pete Gallego, the influential state rep from Alpine, recalled in a committee meeting..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...oppositional voices. Why? Because they are the songbirds, the reflecting pool, the eloquent truth seekers. We are lucky Sebastião..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

All Power to the People

AFS Doc Nights brings out the Black Panthers

"...absolutely free. I was a free negro. I was making up my own rules. You couldn't get in, I..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Texas Tales

For those of you who are still pondering the eternal question that seems to arise wherever beer and English majors appear together in the Lone Star State, the answer is: Texas does indeed have a separate and distinctive literature, Tom Doyal writes. If you have been arguing the other side of this proposition, the writers and publishers of Texas have issued you a sharp rebuke in their new spring releases.

"...Spindletop Boom Daysby Paul N. Spellman..."

May 25, 2001 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Taboo Topics, True Subjects

Reflections on Race in the NBA

"...a photo negative of American race relations: strong young black men have some of the power, much of the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Feature by David Shields

Posse

"...Directed by: Mario Van Peebles. Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Tiny Lister,..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Volunteering, Drag, Birthdays, and More Recommended Events

Let us help you plan your weekend

"...When seeking cool new art spaces in our city, most folks..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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