Food & Wine Fest, Día de los Muertos, Celtic Fest, and More Recommended Events

Wake the dead, toss some cabers, and much more

"...Minus One rocks at both those points. The traumatized WWII vet in a postwar Japanese shantytown tugs at every..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...whose self-insert character was a pig who flew a WWII plane! Drawing from his time on Lupin’s television series,..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Church, yeule, Codeine, and More Highlights From Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

Standout sets from the multi-venue Austin festival’s opening dates

"...minutes in a pressure cooker and sounding like a WWII fighter squadron, done! – Raoul Hernandez..."

Oct. 28, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

SXSW Film Review: The Long Game

Bordertown golf story filled with humanity and Cheech

"...Dennis Quaid plays retired golf pro Frank Mitchell, Pena’s WWII war buddy, who recommends membership and offers mentorship on..."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...her to hide his family from the Nazis during WWII. The series shakes the cobwebs off history and makes..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: On Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Americans Still Erased in Texas

With the State Board of Education updating our history curriculum, we have an opportunity now to highlight Asian American narratives for future generations of Texas students

"...Liberties Act, granting reparations and a formal apology to WWII internees...."

March 18, 2022 Column by Ashley Cheng

“We Need Texas in This Fight”

Elizabeth Warren stumps for Casar, a growing progressive coalition in D.C., and affordable housing

"...builders that once built the little two bedroom-one bath, post-WWII bungalow that I grew up in aren’t building that..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...International Premiere, 140 min Director - Gabriele Mainetti During WWII in Italy, after circus director Israel disappears, four performers..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sound Unseen Review: Zappa

or "The Impossibility of a Primer About an Obtuse Genius"

"...transcender-turned-director and documentarian, Zappa starts with a flash of WWII nerve gas, gun powder, and metallurgy in Southern California,..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Russ Meyer Stash

"...being together at the Alameda Naval Air Station pre WWII, and stayed friends. My Dad passed first, then Russ,..."

Sept. 17, 2020 Postmarks

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...the life of a 36th Infantry Division soldier in WWII. www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Suit Filed Against Mobile Voting Law

Young, old Democrats sue Secretary of State over mobile voting limits

"...with limited transportation choices. For Blodgett – a 96-year-old WWII veteran, professor emeritus of UT-Austin’s LBJ School of Public..."

Nov. 26, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival

New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest

"...Writers: Ruby Challenger, Jonathan Wald, Ella Carey In a WWII internment camp in Indonesia, Jan acts out of desperation..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2017

Four novels depict conflict and compassion in WWII Ukraine, present-day Pakistan and Israel, and a future America

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Holiday Viewing: The Gospel According to St. Matthew

“The most sublime Texts ever written”

"...of the Italian New Wave, born out of the post-WWII neo-realism – raw, unapproachable, inaccessible, didactic. Openly gay at..."

Dec. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Nick Barbaro

Holiday Viewing: White Christmas

The one we can't seem to quit

"...(A lot of things were supposed to change after WWII, and they didn’t. A lot of things weren’t supposed..."

Dec. 13, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Review: Mary and the Witch's Flower

Ghibli alums stick to the formula for magical tale

"...writer-turned-fantasy author Mary Stewart, Mary begins with a classic post-WWII literary set-up: young Mary Smith (voiced by Hana Sugisaki)..."

Sept. 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...of power and abuses of power that led to WWII – and it’s the same old story. Too much..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Shortlist of the City’s Most Memorable Museums

Gaze upon objets from the weird to the sublime

"...home to the 17th century French shipwreck La Belle, WWII aircraft the “Texan”, and countless relics from the Civil..."

June 16, 2016 Columns Post by Mary Cantrell

Austin Shakespeare's Macbeth

This military-themed staging of the tragedy gets lost in a haze of design and technical issues

"...generic military feel, varying in branch and era from post-WWII through modern attire. One character wears Korean War-era olive..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Gina Chavez Tour Diary Numero Uno

U.S. State Department ambassadors stake Latin America

"...war stories from my grandfather’s 35 missions as a WWII bombardier. We spent weekends on the road visiting family..."

April 1, 2016 Music Post by Gina Chavez

SXSW Film Review: Alive and Kicking

Swing dancing is back (again) in this charming doc

"...glorious frenzy started in the Roaring Twenties, flourished during WWII, and - until the dance’s resurgence(s) - bit the..."

March 13, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The ATX Arts Scene Will Fill Your Saturday but Good

So much to do in this town, and here are just a few excellent ideas

"...with the story of "a nuclear family, born of WWII, as it blows apart over the globe."..."

July 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

School Finance Plan Headed for Hearing

Aycock promises no losers as Senate obsesses on vouchers

"...AKA the Robin Hood system. Aycock noted that, since WWII, the state has relied increasingly on property taxes, and..."

April 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Live Shot: Public Service Broadcasting

Think Man or Astro-man? and add a degree in astrophysics

"...these retro-futurists is the valves-n-wires glorious future of the post-WWII era, when gentlemen in bow ties and tweed jackets..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

It's a Wonderful Lie

The breezy, sneaky charms of 1945's Christmas in Connecticut

"...domestic bliss – it was America in media res WWII; how else could it possibly end? – but Stanwyck..."

Dec. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...crack the German Enigma Code, helping the Allies win WWII...."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Estate Sale Roundup: September 4-7

Vintage camera and Victoriana lovers, heads up!

"...a career Army Air Force photographer who served in WWII, in Korea, and the Vietnam era, and was stationed..."

Sept. 4, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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