Turn the Other Cheek

Q&A with guitar virtuoso Kaki King

"...Kaki King, 29, from Atlanta, Georgia, and now Brooklyn, is one cool cucumber...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Owls, Hooters & the Devil: Graveyard Part II

Graveyard Part II

"...8pm: That’s what time Graveyard lifts off at Stubb’s on Saturday. The..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

South by So Real

Hustling SXSW hip-hop with Matt Sonzala.

"...Houston hip-hop scene way before anyone outside the 281 area code knew the names Paul Wall and Mike Jones...."

Feb. 12, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Enviro-Rentalism

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

"...The upside of global warming? You get to do fun things like buy a cool..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Split Parties

Away from the table, several sides to the tipping story

"...and ends with Joe demanding, "Cough up a buck, you cheap bastard." Mr. Pink rubs his thumb and forefinger..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hot Spot

How Richard MacKinnon and the Wireless City Project are making Austin the center of the tech universe – again

"...free of charge – than anywhere else on the planet. Walk into almost any coffeehouse in town and you'll..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Our Bodies, Our Selves

An unusual convergence of dramas dealing with women and disabilities prompts a conversation among four actors about what playwrights are trying to say through characters who are disabled, and how actors approach playing a disability.

"...Still, you don't see someone pull apart their body without being..."

March 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Year in Books

What New Book Did You Most Enjoy in 1998 and Why?

"...Stuart Wade: Kurt Vonnegut's intentionally unfinished farewell Timequake. Nowhere close to his best work, Timequake is..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Feature

Tackling Texas Truisms

Filmmaker Don Howard and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...school quarterback either, though he is. His documentary Letter From Waco (which aired nationally on PBS in September) took..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

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March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Writer/Folklorist Kay TurnerBetween Us

"...love other women, is the first such volume. Drawn from thousands of letters gathered by Austin folklorist, writer, and..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Does Farm-to-Table Still Matter?

What happens to a trendy movement once the buzz dies down

"...more of a community than a big city. Its shared values about food were a pivotal part of that..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...Levchuk would have laughed her wry, post-Soviet laugh if you asked her how much Ukrainian food she was eating..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...From moon explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Where in the World Is Andreas Fabis' Heart?

Austinite's new website charts bi-cultural couples worldwide

"...Is anyone from New Zealand, say, hooked up with someone from Kazakhstan?..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Riddick

In this third outing, the science-fiction antihero played by Vin Diesel is stranded on an inhospitable planet.

"...dialogue, the better to telegraph his artful awfulness. There are, let’s face it, worse ways to wile away a..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man on Fire

Mike Henry and the 'Slam Planet' recovery benefit

"...When former Electric Lounger and current Slam Planet: War of the Words director Mike Henry was but..."

April 15, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Geostorm

It's not just a storm, it's a ...

"...Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Mare Winningham and Amr Waked...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Making Curiosity a Reality With 'Waking Mars'

Mars Mania helps a locally developed game

"...Thankfully NASA decided to bring sexy back to the planet via Curiosity which touched down a few weeks back...."

Aug. 22, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Chewing Up the Scenery

Last thoughts on Planet Earth

"...be that way." – Sir David Attenborough narrating the Planet Earth episode "Seasonal Forests"..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Pitch Black

"...Mitchell and Vin Diesel. It's sci-fi season once again, what with this opening volley from Twohy (The Arrival) and..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thor: Ragnarok

The Marvel Universe's funniest movie to date

"...part where we talk about the plot? Even after you see the movie, you’re not liable to retain much..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Space Between Us

There is life on Mars

"...Aiming for a star-crossed young lovers story – something along the lines of The..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

The Q&A Hole: How Is Humanity Most Likely to Destroy Itself?

The Earth will abide, but not necessarily old Homo Sap.

"..."We're destroying the planet!" shriek the more histrionic environmentalists among us...."

Feb. 25, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...the spirit of Earth, has had enough. "I need young people to help now," says she, who is old..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Carpenter's Apprentice

Robert Rodriguez on "Planet Terror"

"...ADD in check for both the zombie-bio-horror-goregasm of Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" and Tarantino's surreal, shockingly violent, high-octane bloodbath "Death..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

"...new film, the host turned to him and asked what Ghosts of Mars was about. Carpenter, grinning chummily, hesitated..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Jammin' To the Oldies

"...enough tryptophan-laced turkey so that the number 105.9 beaming from my 35'' Magnavox failed to ring a bell. It..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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