Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...in common? Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, and John Hodgman will all be at the 2019 Texas Book Festival, along..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

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

"...Okay, readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Best and Worst of Fall TV

Andy Samberg and Michael J. Fox have promising shows lined up

"...than the recent Tim Burton movie in that it will actually be, you know, good...."

May 17, 2013 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Jonah Hex

The disfigured Weird Western Tales antihero gets his own movie, which mixes elements of the Western and the supernatural.

"...Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Aidan Quinn, Michael Shannon and Tom Wopat. Jonah..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen

Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?

"...In coming to Austin, Hurwitz will take a break from several of his ongoing projects,..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Hot Rod

Cross Napoleon Dynamite's endearing optimism with Ben Stiller's total commitment to his goofy characters, and you'll wind up with a character something like Andy Samberg's hapless stuntman.

"...Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek, Will Arnett and Chris Parnell. Imagine if Napoleon Dynamite were..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

RV

Robin Williams loads his family into a camper and goes on vacation.

"...Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld. Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque,..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Bibo Bergeron, Will Finn, and Don Paul; with the voices of Kenneth..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...and (WP) indicate regional and world premieres. Additional reviews will run next week...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

I Still Believe

Christian singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp's cancer biopic is light on the evangelism

"...Sinise, Shania Twain, Melissa Roxburgh, Reuben Dodd and Cameron Arnett...."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rosetta, My Rosetta

"...Rosetta Wills and Ray Benson photograph by John Carrico Three months..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Opinion: As Educators Scramble to “Do School” During a Pandemic, Tremendous Inequities Are Evident

What the shift to remote learning means for students who already had fewer resources and more hurdles to clear

"...An education system that is funded by property taxes will always ensure more resources, more staff stability, and more..."

April 3, 2020 Column by Autumn A. Arnett

Book Review: The River at Night

In Kevin Huizenga's graphic novel, one man's speeding mind breaks time

"...evocations of his hero’s internal states: The way time will shift in jump-cuts or blurrings between (or even within)..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Destroying Some to Save Others

City, Austin ISD look for similar changes in similar places

"...at the height of the Vietnam conflict, journalist Peter Arnett filed a dispatch for the Associated Press that included..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...McCall-Smith. The ridiculously prolific (also quite dapper!) Scottish author will be repping To the Land of Long Lost Friends..."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Out of Bounds 2016

"...All-Star Stool Pigeon With Ricky Williams The Heisman Trophy winner/College Football Hall of Famer/Longhorn Network..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Speaker Blotter

Here's the lineup

"...• Karen Bartoletti: "I will be giving an update on the Austin Rowing Club..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...honeymoon) is roughly like trying to do so for Arnett Cobb. It can be done, one supposes, but the..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

West Side Horns

Texas Platters

"...with the honey-dripping saxophones of Eracleo (Rocky) Morales, Spot Barnett, and Louis Bustos blending with Al Gomez' trumpet, Jack..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Review by Joe Nick Patoski

Roadkill

"...the series' revelation. Among the Lone Star class of Arnett Cobb, King Curtis, and Don Wilkerson -- and having..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...be a greater one. Hopefully, this solid, extensive compilation will at least forestall that sad event. 4 Stars --..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Review

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