First Came Memphis Minnie

Maria Muldaur digs deeps into the blues

"...and a Sunday night gig in Fredericksburg at the Hill Top Cafe. If all you know of her is..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...11 of the 12 major categories (the late night chills of the Midnighters, plus all the shorts, always arrive..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Macbeth

This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?

"...Directed by: Geoffrey Wright. Starring: Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet, Steve Bastoni, Mick Molloy,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Master Gardener

A lesser study in collapsing masculinity from Paul Schrader

"...Starring: Joel Edgerton, Quintessa Swindell, Sigourney Weaver, Esai Morales, Victoria Hill, Eduardo Losan, Amy Le and Jared Bankens...."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

First Reformed

Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.

"...Schrader. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Van Hansis, Michael Metta,..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Princes of Punk

New Kinks “Picture Book”

"...Picture Book, the new 6-CD overview of the Muswell Hill(billy) quartet, isn’t quite perfect, but it sneers in all..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

December Boys

In his first film role post-Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe plays an orphan in Australia who's pals with a bunch of other boys born in December.

"...McQuade, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers, James Fraser, Sullivan Stapleton, Victoria Hill and Teresa Palmer. The four orphaned protagonists of..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gilded Palace of Sin

Downtown Mystic isn't only the title of Lomita's second disc

"...site of his first show in his hometown of Victoria, overlooks the San Marcos River on the outskirts of..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Get ready for spring with travel tips and eclipse news

"...One wild ride. The Texas Hill Country, roughly defined as the area west of Austin,..."

March 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Critics of ARA Deal Still Wary

When is a dead deal really dead?

"...be a skilled-nursing facility built by the Dallas-Fort Worth-based Victoria Gar­dens company in the 1100 block of East 12th,..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What Part of 'No' Don't You Understand?

12th Street corridor residents oppose convalescent center

"...Victoria Gardens, which operates several nursing home and residential care..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Texas travel news and more

"...Lentz Parkway (Loop 463) in the northeastern corner of Victoria. It turns out the replicas of the moai, the..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

A heroic swimmer falls from grace and becomes addicted to dope. A story ripped from the Olympic headlines? Why no, it's the strange tale of Priscilla the Pig, whose memory is enshrined in a Houston home.

"...woman's "Shrine to Swine." The brightly painted home of Victoria Herberta and Judy Ganske has become not only a..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Start April with a scenic drive along fields of flowers

"...Victoria TX Independent Film Festival April 5-8, Victoria, www.vtxiff.com..."

March 31, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more

"...to the tiny hamlet north of Austin for Liberty Hill’s International Sculpture Symposium. The result was an internationally recognized..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Before the October floods that hit South Texas, the..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Kay Miller, Cheryl Collins, Art Fernandez, Sarah Hatfield, Diane Greenhill, Bill McCullough, Ceri Bernis, Gene Cockrell, Dragon, Robert Bostick,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Find fall foliage in Texas and stop and smell the roses

"...city of Cuero on the coastal plains northwest of Victoria. Few places in Texas could be further from the..."

Oct. 3, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Spring has sprung, and here's 100 ways to celebrate

"...Independent Film Festival April 4-7, Victoria, www.vtxiff.com..."

April 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...Messina Hof Hill Country Festival Sept. 1-2, Fredericksburg, www.messinahof.com/harvest-festival..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Sxsw

"...1/100th bad. The rest is Brown pickin' music from hillbilly to hellfire on his custom guit-steel guitar. It takes..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Fall is full of fairs and fests

"...Bootfest Oct. 5-6, Victoria, www.bootfest.org..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Texas fun is heating up with grape stomps, outlaw festivals, and rodeos

"...18, Messina-Hof Winery, Bryan • Aug. 4-5, 11-12, Pleasant Hill Winery, Brenham • Aug. 4, 11, Dry Comal Creek..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Start 2018 with some Texas travel

"...and James Dick in Concert Jan. 13, Round Top, www.festivalhill.org..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Seize the day ... trip

"...Victoria Independent Film Festival April 6-9, Victoria, www.vtxiff.com..."

April 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...daisies. It would look like any other patch of Hill Country wildland, if it weren't for the conspicuous lack..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

Moosehead

Canada gets bigger

"...Beasts & Superbeasts, Victoria, www.myspace.com/beastsandsuperbeast, Wednesday, 8pm, Wave..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...and delightfully eccentric Magic Castle, a château on a hill in Hollywood where admission is limited to members and..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...(Distrito Federal,, Mexico) Max Burgundy (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Kathryn Calder (Victoria, Canada) The Cambodian Space Project (Taroona, Australia) Califmera (Berlin,..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...continue to be owned by the Catholic Diocese of Victoria, but operated by THC. The Diocese will continue to..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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