Theatre Review: Bottle Alley Theatre Company’s Trash Planet

Hell is not other people, but can we find heaven within them?

"...Enter the eternal optimism in Bottle Alley Theatre Company’s Trash Planet, which presents a barren world filled with galactic..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Slime and Screams: Producer Matt Manjourides on the New Street Trash

The splatter punk sequel gets its Austin premiere

"...risk making a sequel to splatter punk classic Street Trash, but producer Matt Manjourides is exactly the man for..."

May 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Planet Terror

Robert Rodriguez goes for zombie violence and fun

"...say, is only half the story. So welcome to Planet Terror...."

April 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eat Trash, Save the Planet

Fighting food waste locally via Too Good to Go

"...us hasn't eyeballed a perfectly good donut in the trash and seriously contemplated eating it à la George Costanza?..."

April 21, 2023 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Easy Ways to Save the Planet

How to take saving the Earth into your own hands

"...What to do with that giant pile of trash and recycling that you've painstakingly purged from your home?..."

April 21, 2017 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Where does the food go?

"...carts by the curb every week next to our trash. I’m still getting the hang of which disposables go..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inaugural Austin Theatre Critics Awards Drop 2024-2025 Nominees

Delicious drama of awards anticipation

"...Love Story and Jersey Boys, ZACH Theatre Cody Arn, Trash Planet, Bottle Alley Theatre Company Ann Marie Gordon, Sunny..."

May 21, 2025 Arts Post by Cat McCarrey

@GayTrashCleanupCrew Helps Save Austin Green Spaces

Whole Foods millennial and partner inspire Instagrammers to pick up trash

"...Noticing more and more trash near the Greenbelt trails over time, especially abandoned dog..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Mars Needs Moms

Based on a children's book by Berkely Breathed, this animated film looks good but lacks emotion.

"...lot noisier and more disturbingly illogical. Mars is a planet run by giant-hipped females under the rule of the..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

WALL-E

By turns sad, hilarious, exciting, and ultimately, hopeful, this is a film of Great Truths masquerading as child's play.

"...years after the last human being abandoned the dying, trash-strewn planet for the pristine safety of the stars. WALL-E..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men in Black II

"...Jones as a pair of earthling cops keeping the planet's native populace safe from a ceaseless stream of alien..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zeus and Roxanne

"...off again here, whipping up a bland but semi-palatable trash soup of leftovers from The Parent Trap, Flipper, and..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Local Supplement Brand Pledges to Clean Up Litter With Every Purchase

fitppl sees the link between healthy food and a healthy planet

"...ideas became one. "If you look at all the trash and plastic that's in our communities, it's coming from..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

The Top 10 Works of Austin Art of 2024

The things that reignited my faith in the human capacity for creation

"...a joy to watch. 3) Bottle Alley Theatre Company’s Trash Planet..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

ACL Live Review: Abhi the Nomad

The toxic treasure of Modern Trash

"...“This planet is garbage and so are we, so let’s have..."

Oct. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta is not amused by the two rich chicks on Fox's farm.

"...Chanukah on Planet Matzah Ball (Dec. 16 at 1:30pm, Dec. 19 at..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Daily Hustle: 4/20/10

Richard Garriott. 4/20. Coincidence?

"...his announce campaigns to lessen your impact on this planet. Plus: How can we miss you if you won't..."

April 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

World, Interrupted

Saving the world, one Web warrior at a time

"...imagination to bear on the limited resources of our planet, and below you'll find just a glimpse of what..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Vortex Repertory Company's Last: An Extinction Comedy

The magic cast by the company of this devised show pulls laughs from the impending demise of the planet

"...sketch comedians under the leadership of a woman named Trash Panda (Julie Moore), wandering the desolated earth in search..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...weekend's Other Worlds Austin has returned to its home planet, but the inaugural year of the city's first dedicated..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Enviro-Rentalism

Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in

"...You can't put CFLs in the trash, as they contain mercury, but the city provides recycling..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Can Austin Waste Not?

City vows to cut landfill-bound garbage to zero

"...than 4 billion years. The bitter truth is: "The planet is fine; the people are fucked."..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...good book. So, go ahead. Pick up your favorite trashy romance or thriller author. We won't shun you, we'll..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Postmarks

Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...you more than when you see some self-serving jerk trash your people, and is then too thick-headed to let..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for your article regarding landfill problems in Austin ["Talking Trash," May 17] ... very enlightening, and reflective of a..."

May 31, 2002 Column

Artist Calder Kamin Envisions "A World Without Waste"

With animals crafted from plastic bags, the Austin native turns our eyes to nature

"...plastic bags. The creative reuse crusader, known for turning trash into art, crochets the darnedest critters out of plastic..."

July 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...cries out against the corporatized, segregated, racist, and sexist "trash that floods the airways," he is taking it further,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to shut down high-dollar electric utility projects like the trash burner, the lignite plant, and the proposed coal-burner plants,..."

April 25, 2003 Column

A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program

How can a whole city compost, is it working, and can we reach zero waste by 2040?

"...and traveling a different route each day. Between compost, trash, and recycling, Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) is the only..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...Enter the Planeteers, media mogul Ted Turner's teenage cartoon eco-heroes. With the..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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