A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

An Austin woman confronts Internet cruelty with compassion

"...resulting in some pointless violence or suicide. Austinite Lizzie Velasquez discovered this inescapable trend when she logged on to..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

What if you beat your bullies with a message of love?

"...Lizzie Velasquez takes her bullies' word daggers and reshapes them into..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Fare Fight

The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

"...Roy's Taxi's 75-year run of the city as a family business, its gauge slowly easing down to empty. Less..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Russell Brand Movie Kicks off SXSW Film 2015

SXSW Film divulges its first seven titles for 2015

"...world premieres, and one, A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story has Austin connections. Ondi Timoner’s BRAND: A Second..."

Jan. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips & Beyond: Two Travelogues

A couple of tales with ties to Austin

"...of the book is the history of the Roy Velasquez family of East Austin. Roy Sr. and his sons..."

Feb. 24, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...Fire Department and Texas MHMR, several other office and multi-family developments, and -- don't forget -- the newly approved,..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...workers, and Sara Hirsh Bordo profiles local activist Lizzie Velasquez in A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story. Switching..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone

Texas-made luchadores-meets-wire-fu playful adventure

"...Lee, Marko Zaror, Sal Lopez, Sofia Pernas and Cain Velasquez...."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film 2015 Rundown

Reviews, interviews, photo galleries, and more

"...Kill Us First Deep Time Nina Forever Dominguinhos Manson Family Vacation All Things Must Pass A Woman Like Me..."

March 22, 2015 SXSW Post

Separation Anxieties

New Section?

"...in 1985, but, because of opposition from the Buratti family, was not listed. Stocklin reaffirmed that only the building..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...period, for now. We stay in contact with our family and friends via email and a landline telephone. She’s..."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"...pop every week. Austin, owned by East Austin's Means family since its conversion from Harlem Cab in 1984, lays..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

In Person

Dorothy Allison and more at the Jump-Start Performance Company

"..."We don't have a family Bible?" the young Allison asks her mother at one..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Local Bestsellers

This week's list of bestsellers is from Resistencia Bookstore, 603 W. Live Oak.

"...3. I Used to Be a Superwoman by Gloria Velasquez..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Column

Kermit the Frog, Tyler Childers Play Willie’s Luck Reunion

Annual fest still seamlessly threads contemporary country

"...proved the biggest breakouts though, as Jobi Riccio, Mali Velasquez, and Ogi each delivered very different but equally compelling..."

March 15, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Naked City

Downtown neighborhood battle ends with a thud instead of a bang

"...space. Rainey Street is not three-story garden-style apartments and single-family homes on peaceful tree-lined streets. If downtown living still..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

City Council evenly split on redevelopment proposals

"...proposals – Daryl Slusher has recused himself because a family member has an interest in a house on Rainey..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Rainey Street, Ready to Go

Neighbors weigh in on compromise plan to transform Downtown neighborhood

"...and Historic Preservation Officer Steve Sadowsky, met with Bobby Velasquez and about four dozen Rainey Street neighbors on Tuesday..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...D: Adam Egypt Mortimer Troubled Luke suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend to help..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...peace with a life he left behind at his family's run-down farm. (Apr. 14)..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Please Try This at Home

Local Cookbooks Bring Ethnic Food Traditions to You

"...the only meals where we share and preserve our family food traditions. Food and cooking are ties that should..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Who Is Cast in the Story of Austin Food?

Eight underrepresented views from the local food scene

"...Jose Velasquez, who grew up watching the changes on the East­side,..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Lucifer Star Kevin Alejandro Heads to the Lake Travis Film Festival

Devilish star and rising filmmaker honored by fledgling fest

"...Douche) in Lucifer on Netflix, or sorcerer brujo Jesus Velasquez in HBO's True Blood, he's been a regular on..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rancho Alegre Fights to Be the Cadillac of Conjunto Festivals

The music fest returns the native Texas genre Downtown where it once flourished

"...Brackenridge Hospital to express his concern about missing the family's annual sojourn to see conjunto music legend Johnny Degollado...."

May 3, 2019 Music Feature by César E. López Linares

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...Chaves. Starring: Linda Cardellini, Marisol Ramirez, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Sean Patrick Thomas and Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen...."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Hot on the Trail

Tejano legends get their due around town

"...the 1940s and 1950s. Names such as the Ramos family and Nash Hernandez are well known across Austin, but..."

Feb. 23, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Election Ticker: Tidbits From the Campaign Trail

District 3 candidate forum keeps it quick and Celia gets a PAC

"...for those making 30% or less of the median family income...."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Bluebird, set in East Texas. Min Jin Lee's epic family saga Pachinko was one of the most eagerly anticipated..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Brothers Rise in the East

Newly formed "Hermanos de East Austin" targets voter registration

"...The brainchild of longtime Eastsider José Velasquez and his family Hermanos de East Austin is an..."

Feb. 16, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Goya

Robert Hughes' description of Goya is tinged, unconsciously, with the image he himself presents to the public: the art critic as macho, for whom the acuteness of response to the occasions of sensibility becomes one of the fine tests of masculinity.

"...court painter displaying his official position. You cannot imagine Velasquez, one of the most dedicated snobs that ever touched..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Books Review by Roger Gathman

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