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The weekend in arts and culture

"...Cody Arn, written and performed by Madi Luebbers, Emily Green, Meg Hobgood, Hashir Wallace, Mon Darter, Ciara Cook, Aurora..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Talking George Lucas, Pop-Up Hanukkah, and More Events

Get out this week with our recommended happenings

"...nationally recognized Dai Due, recent winner of a Michelin Green Star and Bib Gourmand, will play host to Off..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

The story is lacking but the spectacle is stupendous

"...George Miller. Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Alyla Browne, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Nathan Jones, Josh Helman, John Howard,..."

May 24, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...Tuesday’s kickoff film comes from directors Jan Vejnar & Tomáš Pavlíček and netted both Best Director and Actress at..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Restaurant Review: Ezov

Chef Berty Richter’s upscale Mediterranean restaurant is thoughtful, modern, and inviting

"...lamb butter. The cucumber was a glorious tangle of greenery atop rich smoked labna, adorned with green herbs and..."

July 28, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Asteroid City

Wes Anderson is at his most enigmatic in a UFO tale within a tale

"...Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Liev Schreiber, Steve Carell,..."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...for singalongs. Closing the first night of C-Boy's Soco Stomp! free show series, which extends through Sunday, Hubbard and..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Review: Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility

Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen's classic work

"...Just for the hell of it, playwright Tom Stoppard wrote 15-Minute Hamlet, an abridged version of Shakespeare's..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...his music industry charity EarthPercent and Beatie sharing 'From Green to Red,' an environmental protest piece built using 800,000..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...TODAY All Day’s Al Roker, NBC News NOW Anchor Tom Llamas and Peacock’s The Choice from MSNBC Host Symone..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Death on the Nile

Brannagh's back for another ride under the detective's moustache

"...Directed by: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Emma Mackey, Annette Bening,..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35

The two candidates race to the left

"...Donna Howard, and Celia Israel, and U.S. Reps. Al Green of Houston and Marc Veasey of Ft. Worth, both..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What We're Listening to Right Now

Duel, Cactus Lee, Kady Rain, Sweetfeed, Startographers, and the You're Gonna Be Great 2 comp

"...gallops in on a NWOBHM maelstrom voiced by foghorn Tom Frank. Intonation from the mount – resonant, vast –..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Learning to Love Austin FC's Roster Through Their Native Cuisines

International players' kitchen

"...7301 N. Lamar), including their award-winning mofongos (fried mashed green plantains), pernil asado (slow-cooked pork shoulder), and a refreshing..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Adam Wood

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Cast: Maika Monroe, Jeremy Allen White, DeRon Horton, Marisa Tomei, Sasha Lane, Joe Keery, Gina Gershon, Dean Winters, Olivia..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced

Best radio station, record store, club, and many more

"...6) Rock n Roll Rentals 7) Switched On 8) Tommy’s Drum Shop 9) Westbank String Shop 10) Fiddler’s Green..."

March 6, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

William Clark Green

"...William Clark Green strikes while the iron's hot. Capitalizing on the Top..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...Directed by: Kevin Reynolds. Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, María Botto, Luis Callejo,..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...nothing and left fragrance at my feet, at the bottom of my boat.“And everything I wanted most slipped to..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Review: The Invitation

A great cast chews into the "dinner party from hell" subgenre

"...that severed his marriage two years ago, Will (Logan Marshall-Green) brings his new girlfriend Kira (Emayatzy Corinealdi) to the..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

'Slap Noir'

BigBoy Medlin's dark comic novel of West Texas: an excerpt

"...scene of loosely organized chaos unfolded before him. Bob Green being loaded into an ambulance; Molly Green crying hysterically;..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by James BigBoy Medlin

Austin's Water Prospectors

New city rules have slowed the demand, but urban wells remain a hot commodity in wealthy neighborhoods

"...down the road, former House Speaker and current Rep. Tom Craddick, an oil man from Midland, began pumping water..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Rock, Then Nosh

ACL aftershow eats

"...sure that their rib-stickin' Buffalo chicken, waffle fries, fresh greens, fried okra, and LGBT-allied concoction Gay-fil-A sandwich live up..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Food Feature

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...Marcel, King of Tervuren Director: Tom Schroeder Greek tragedy enacted by Belgian roosters...."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...Dallas at Carolina: Customarily travelling with the team, Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones is..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman,..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tour de France 2012: Stage 12

Bradley Wiggins wears the yellow

"...• Looks like Tom Veelers (Netherlands) has also just abandoned the Tour. In..."

July 13, 2012 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...honors this year was the Austin Shakespeare production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, winning four awards. The UT Department of..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The NFL Beat': Championship Edition

Ice down the Champagne

"...and are a team in disarray from top to bottom. Expect the Steelers to lean heavily on RB Rashard..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week 10

'Chronicle' fantasy column debuts

"...in the other, it is becoming apparent that A.J. Green is not the only valuable piece in that receiving..."

Nov. 10, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

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