Zach Theatre's Tribes

Nina Raine's award-winning drama explores the different forms of language and how we understand each other

"...At its outset, Tribes seems like a story about what it's like to..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Gathering of Tribes

Timmy Hefner sleeps in a fortress of vinyl just to bring you Chaos in Tejas

May 22, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Mardi Gras Indian Tribes From New Orleans

May 5, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Taiga

"...Ottinger. A genuine “epic,” Ottinger's documentary on the nomadic tribespeople of Outer Mongolia runs for 8 hours and 21..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Harvest

"...as the problems created by warfare among the various tribes. Connolly and Anderson's film opens with a prologue of..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Black Robe

"...bring “civilization” and “the word of God” to the tribes who commute along the northern waterways. He is accompanied..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

My Gang Don't Bow Down

Big Chief Kevin Goodman sew, sew, sews a new history here in Austin

"..."my enemy's enemy is my friend," that native Louisiana tribes sheltered runaway slaves. Another theory suggests that Buffalo Bill's..."

May 5, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...nations have been joined by more than 200 other tribes and a variety of non-Native allies in what is..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Mardi Gras Indians and Po'Boys

Chef Darold Gordon brings New Orleans traditions to Austin

"...there, so the respect he garners is well known. "Tribes? Chiefs? Is she just misspelling chefs? What is going..."

Feb. 9, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.

"...divisions separate the lifestyles and appearances of all the tribes. Although meta-debates have recently sprung up regarding the film’s..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

The Brazos Indian Reservation began as an effort to provide native Texans with a homeland, yet ended in tragedy

"...The Caddo Indians and associated tribes once inhabited the northeastern corner of Texas and portions..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...and unearthly, the company for Zach Theatre's production of Tribes was well on its way through the second dress..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Prayer Robbers

A fantasist's view of the rise of monotheism.

"...admirably. At the point of discovery, several of these tribes had developed the rudimentary forms essential to civilization: cities,..."

May 17, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Who Owns the Ancestors?

Excavations near Victoria promise a scientific gold mine, but possible objections from Native American leaders leave the project's fate uncertain.

"...Native American tribes sometimes use the Native American Graves Protection Act to..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...into the middle of an endless war between three tribes: the warrior Yacumos, the hunter-gatherer Yanomamö, and the predatory..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

A replica of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas is the centerpiece of the Mission Tejas State Park north of Crockett

"...Cadohadachos between the two. Each group included several smaller tribes. Tejas was the Caddo word for members of allied..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Hightower Lowdown

Brazil's indigenous people battle corporate biopirates; the Bush appointee calendar is 12 months of ugly; and the Century Club lets in the riff-raff.

"...protect our country's poor pharmaceutical companies against the indigenous tribes of Brazil...."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...merriment. "Read it again!!! It was too short."The Disgusting Tribes of Planet Plurp Jolted to life by Lost Boys..."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

"...mine of arrowheads, bones, and debris left behind by tribes that have since vanished...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Burning World: Into The Territory With Alex Pritz

Documentary explores the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe's fight for the Amazon

"...fascistic administration of President Jair Bolsonaro to drive the tribes out, burn the forests, and turn the region into..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: “Peace Circle,” Grapevine

Statues depict meeting between Native Americans and Sam Houston

"...efforts to foster peace and friendship with Native American tribes...."

July 1, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

West Side Story

Bernstein. Shakespeare. Sondheim. Spielberg. ’Nuff said!

"...dare to pursue a romantic destiny beyond their respective tribes. For example, Maria’s ambitious friend Anita (DeBose) is constantly..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 27 - December 3

"...nightstand for the next 30 years. Of all the tribes in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are most likely to..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Day Trips: Chief Duwali Bowles Driving Tour

A Chief Duwali driving tour in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day

"...Lamar sent the Texas militia to expel the emigrant tribes from East Texas. After unsuccessful negotiations, the Texans attacked..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 4-10

"...19-March 20): In June 1876, warriors from three Indian tribes defeated U.S. troops led by General George Custer at..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Herzog on Chatwin becomes Herzog exposed

"...at length a series of photos of nomadic Patagonian tribes, where the meaning of their actions is lost; there's..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tainted

Cold Canadian crime drama wears its sins on its sleeves

"...with the Aryans, and vague asides about complicit indigenous tribes and meth-cooking farmers. Basically, don't look for the kind..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Pecos National Historic Site

Travel tips for the Land of Enchantment

"...of Puebloan territory, the community enjoyed trade with other tribes from around North America, but the location also made..."

Oct. 31, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...J. Hooper, Hairspray Jessica Hughes, The Quarry Aaron Johnson, Skylight/Tribes Iris McQuillan-Grace, Tribes Michael Miller, Disgraced Amy Nichols, Guys..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Embrace of the Serpent

Scientists and an Amazonian shaman interact in this unique film

"...also echo each other. Trading stops with various native tribes and at a berserk Catholic mission illustrate the filmmaker’s..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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