Choose Kind With Wonder

New film about giving launches Austin volunteering day

"...get attention. But it looks like the upcoming Wonder is switching the equation by asking audiences to give back..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Uncle Staple and Austin’s 13th Annual Independent Media Expo

The weekend of fannish revelry and indie-comics celebration returns

"...DIY merch and so much indie-comics-and-related-subcultural-goodness at Austin’s Millennium Youth Center...."

Sept. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

I'm Not Ashamed

The story of the first casualty in the Columbine school shooting

"...Being a teen in modern-day America is no piece of cake. At least that’s true if..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New Direction for Swift's Attic

Matthew Taylor replaces Zack Northcutt as executive chef

"...Chef Zack Northcutt is moving on from Swift's Attic, announced Chameleon Restaurant Group..."

July 21, 2016 Food Post by Adrienne White

Standing Witness

On living through the history of AIDS, and seeing a rising rate of infection

"...in Austin – two years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began reporting on GRID (Gay-Related Immune..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Eco Returns

Panelists take a variety of approaches to environmentalism

"...Sustainability is synonymous with endurance. In its fifth year, the SXSW..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

The Fauntleroys

"...to Lou Reed with Richard Hell & the Voidoids guitarist Ivan Julian, orchestral roots sage Nicholas Tremulis, and powerhouse..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

The Take-Out: August 8

Your guide to the weekend's best bites

"...This weekend, we're preparing for the best...."

Aug. 8, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

The Trials and Success of Tom Laughlin's 'Billy Jack'

Politics and pacifism on the East Coast

"...Years back this would have been much bigger news than it was,..."

Jan. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Louis Black

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...and I met over a table of Austin queers discussing the prospect of a new celebration (which eventually came..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

Brown Makes It Official

Former Dem County Chair Announces Run for Judge

"...night, before a large and friendly Threadgills crowd, former Travis County Democratic Party Chair Andy Brown formally announced his..."

June 8, 2013 News Post by Michael King

The AggreGAYtor: June 7

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...queer Texans, and gay kids and trans soldiers rock our world, as your AggreGAYtor disturbs the stock...."

June 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Dark Horse

Optimistic youth continue to curdle in this latest Todd Solondz outing, even though the film's tone is less shrill and insistent.

"...Directed by: Todd Solondz. Starring: Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Justin Bartha, Aasif Mandvi and Donna..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

UT student frequency KVRX struggles to stave off the nationwide downturn in collegiate media

"...the on-air booth with a load of CDs, LPs, his computer, and a homemade lunch. The dilapidated student radio..."

May 11, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Mr. Show Busy

Michael McKelvey's just a guy who cain't say no (to musicals)

"...of George Foreman, boasting the same first name (in this case, Michael). How else to explain the fact that..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: The Inevitability of the Unexpected

The unexpected always happens

"...It is never possible to foretell every possibility...."

March 25, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Through the Past Brightly

San Antonio's Teen Canteen scene, revisited

"...The real allure of rock & roll is that it’s the fabled fountain of youth. It keeps..."

Aug. 17, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Austin Pride 2009

Event listings

"...The apex of Pride. The openness, the spirit, the display of true acceptance: This is what it's all about...."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature

Inkheart

This fantasy adventure, in which characters come to life when the books they're in are read aloud, boasts a strong cast and an ingrained love for reading and the well-told tale.

"...Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Jim Broadbent and Sienna Guillory. Consider the written word..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"...a world not swarming with ghosts – not supernatural visitations, but marking, locations, and talk that trigger by exciting..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...a Saturday night in January, and Richard "Kinky" Friedman is nervous. So he says, although you wouldn't guess it..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...with the city's best jazz and hip-hop acts and isn't afraid to bring his trumpet to rock shows and..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...While we respect your right to endorse whomever you choose, we wanted to..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column

Be Sure to Vote on Bond Package

"...Proctor May for her in-depth coverage of the upcoming AISD school bond election ["Schools, Sprawl, and Citizenship," News, Aug...."

Sept. 3, 2004 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thank you for your recent article by Mike Clark-Madison regarding the need for..."

March 12, 2004 Column

Nowhere in Africa

"...the known. That’s the crux of Nowhere in Africa, this year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film and..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

The Flatlanders' collective voice of experience still dares the odds and rings true.

"...Near the Troubadour in West Hollywood -- a stone's easy throw (if..."

July 26, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"..."Out here," is how Rick Garcia repeatedly describes the off-the-map, lost-worldness of..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...2000 becomes 2001 (happened by now), whether the Supreme Court realizes just how ridiculous George W. looks up there..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Way of All Flesh: The Romance of Ruins

"...If ever a book had a misleading title, this is it. The Romance of Ruins? Romance?..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Review by Moira Muldoon

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