ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...the Bones is all Kaya and no Confrontation. – Thomas Fawcett Medeski, Martin & Wood..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...The Natural WorldJohn Graves and Thomas McGuane..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

In Person

Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.

"...The Natural WorldJohn Graves and Thomas McGuane..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...and hers sold better. Hi, Sarah! R.I.P. 69-year-old Ross Thomas began writing in the Sixties, after a career that..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Local Legends, Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts

Get your show schedule worked out

"...frontman Graham Weber's drawl oscillating between yearning and defiance. Jane Ellen Bryant – Jane Leo siren and member of..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards

Plus, which local movie gets an AFCA award screening at AFS?

"...The two films also dominated in multiple categories. Jane Campion's adaptation of Thomas Savage's brutal 1967 Western took..."

Jan. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...I pay for studio time, direct our videos, and Thomas, our drummer, edits them. Sometimes we'll be up 'til..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...five U.S. debuts, and 43 first-time filmmakers. Festival director Janet Pierson, who celebrates a decade at the helm, said,..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW List 8

Peanut Butter Wolf, Kasey Chambers, White Denim and 147 more

"...planet. Also checking in from the local front: Birdlegg, Jane Ellen Bryant, Cheap Fur, Andrea Dawson, DJ Trademark, Eastside..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 8

Chvrches, Mike Watt, MSTRKRFT, and 123 more

"...Dre Prince, Eve & the Exiles, Ex-Legionnaires, Growl, Ruby Jane & the Reckless, Dominican Jay, Lake of Fire, Rebecca..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...Not in the Face, Otis the Destroyer, Pleasers, Ruby Jane, Silent Diane, Town Hall Devils, and the Wolf...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Summer Fun: Some Like It Hot Cold & Dreary

Counterprogramming Gidget: 11 icy, downer movies

"...has three times now mined the miserablist-catnip novels of Thomas Hardy, including 2011’s Trishna (loosely based on Tess of..."

May 19, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries

"...and the debuts of the multi-figurative "Girl Series" in 'JANE RADSTROM: MULTITUDES' and the mandala-based paintings in 'STELLA ALESI:..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...it. Or if you start a novel, "Jack and Jane took their honeymoon in Fiji," you don’t know Jack,..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Beautiful Creatures

She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.

"...Rossum, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Margo Martindale, Zoey Deutch, Thomas Mann and Pruitt Taylor Vince...."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

"...feel like the party is on another planet. – Thomas Fawcett SATURDAY SLEEPERS Butts..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...You, is a scorching blast of R&B bravado. – Thomas Fawcett Tony Joe White..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Cast: Jess Weixler, Justin Rice, Barlow Jacobs, Josh Hamilton, Jane Adams (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Anton in Show Business

Jane Martin's Anton in Show Business satirically skewers everything in modern theatre, and the Vestige Group's production will have your cheeks sore from laughing

"...nagging calls from her mother. This setup allows playwright Jane Martin to provide a satirical commentary on the injustices..."

April 27, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...The Workshop: Tales From the Tom Grimes, Chris Offutt, Jane Smiley Iowa Writers Workshop..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...D: Mark Herman; with Jane Horrocks., Michael Caine, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

The Flintstones

"...you, Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell, and Dharma and Greg's Thomas Gibson as suspects; 3) somehow have Showgirls expunged from..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Anthony Minghella; with Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Invasion of the Lit Flix

Literary Classics Rush the Screen

"...even today, if the subject matter draws from Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the Bible, or some other venerated scribe, our..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Jane Smiley, Lucky..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...will roundtable alongside New York Jets defensive tackle Solomon Thomas...."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

People Wearing Masks on the First Day After the CDC Issued Guidelines

"...mask whenever you are outside your home. Pictured here: Jane Joslin (front) wearing a mask waiting in line for..."

April 6, 2020 Photo Gallery

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...her First Holy Communion. Cast: Lauryn Canny, Bryan Batt, Nora-Jane Noone, Cooper Andrews, Pollyanna McIntosh. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...3) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Mary Moody Northen Theatre) Jane Austen with class – the polished style and the..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saturday ACL Fest Picks

"...stirring pair of recent comeback LPs. (weekend one only) – Thomas Fawcett..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature

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