Inside Full Service Circus’ Musical Festival

Can’t get on the bill at ACL? Start your own backyard fest.

"...brother and drummer, David "Hoag" Kepner. Here, in a backyard practice and recording studio that also serves as Hoag's..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Music Feature by Bryan Rolli

The YIMBYs Come to Town, and City Council Joins Them

Yes in Austin’s Backyard

"...on the University of Texas campus. Yes in My Backyard is not just a movement to push for more..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Mirai

Delightful anime explores growing up from a kid's viewpoint

"...teenage version of his baby sister (Kuroki) in the backyard one day, initiating by incremental degrees a brotherly maturation..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winebelly Pours One Out

Today's Austin food news

"...Johnson's Backyard Garden hustles and flows, Hops & Grain has a..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Jambalaya Festival Moves Downtown

Hip-hop bill relocates from the Backyard to the Austin Music Hall

"...for shows: next Friday’s Jambalaya Festival scheduled for the Backyard has been moved downtown to the Austin Music Hall...."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Studio Visits: Akirash

This intermedia artist from Nigeria isn't satisfied unless his studio includes his backyard

"...a lot of ground between his living space and backyard...."

May 10, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Make Those Food Truck Dreams Come True

Scoot Inn owner offers Trailer Truck-Off Challenge

"...right chef to operate a food trailer in the backyard of his newest property, the legendary Scoot Inn. He's..."

April 19, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday

"...Wimberley's Blue Hole by buzzing over to Bee Caves' Backyard for Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis & the News...."

July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Project X

In the vein of John Hughes, this movie celebrates that innocent time of life when a badass backyard party is the ultimate key to social success.

"...moment prior to actual adulthood when throwing a badass backyard party could instantaneously elevate your social status, and cement..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Party on the Patio

Live review of ZZ Top's 1st Annual La Grange Fest.

"...an unlikely setting: ZZ Top’s actual performance at the Backyard...."

Oct. 24, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Leaves of Grass

Edward Norton plays dual roles as twin brothers from Oklahoma in this off-kilter mash-up of comedy and drama that co-stars Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss.

"...Quonset hut overflowing with high-grade hydroponic pot in the backyard, is in trouble with a Tulsa drug boss. He..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Invincible

Mark Wahlberg plays footballer Vincent Papale in this story about how he captured a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles team in an open tryout.

"...of Vincent Papale (Wahlberg), a lifelong football fan and backyard pigskin enthusiast who's plucked from the depressed and depressing..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Danny Deckchair

Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.

"...title role) who, during the course of an inebriated backyard party, ties a bunch of helium balloons to his..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Explorers

"...about three kids who invent a spaceship in their backyard and are contacted by aliens. Explorers can be seen..."

April 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Waiting Game

"...off-Broadway Manhattan bistro with the odd moniker of Peter's Backyard, The Waiting Game plays like a Woody Allen ensemble..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blast From the Past

"...as his brilliant and paranoid mind to construct a backyard bomb shelter that would withstand even a direct nuclear..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Kurt and Courtney

"...fails to offer much support either way. It's all backyard gossip with nary a shred of solid proof. The..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Supper

"...on what's transpired, the guest is lying in the backyard, pushing up tomatoes from six feet under. A ruckus..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brady Bunch Movie

"...angst. As real as the Astroturf in the Brady's backyard and as eager to please as Alice's meat loaf,..."

Feb. 24, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Highway 61

"...life until he finds a dead body in his backyard and a beautiful rock & roll roadie in his..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

White Dog

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

"...would only shift the battle line to someone else's backyard. He believes in scientific reprogramming, in possibility, in the..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: The Lucky Rabbit, Jonestown

Old-fashioned roadhouse offers bands, burgers, and a big backyard near Lake Travis.

"...It's the pet-friendly backyard that is truly special. There is lots of room..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Verde Report: Already an All-Star, Sebastián Driussi Is Making His Case for More

A special player is having a special season, and he’s doing it in Austin’s backyard

"...a special season, and he's doing it in Austin's backyard. Q2 Stadium has fully caught on, too, serenading "El..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

A Giant Dog Teases Impending Concept Album

Austin punk quintet transports partygoers to “Avalonia”

"...sequence of career-spanning sing-alongs to attendees of a private backyard concert on Friday, A Giant Dog revealed the show’s..."

May 24, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: Introducing, Selma Blair

The Cruel Intentions star, waving and drowning

"...Selma Blair’s escape from the world is her backyard pool: a safe space where she goes to free..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Uncancel the Olympics With a DIY Decathlon

How one man became the world's greatest athlete* (of his backyard)

"...musician basketball game, I built a hoop in my backyard. The backboard is plywood, the rim a curved piece..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

6 Austin-Based Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

These homegrown podcasts are original, diverse, and sure to entertain

"...start, where better to look than in your own backyard?..."

June 17, 2019 Screens Post by Katelyn Landry

Hot Luck Fest Reveals 2019 Chef Lineup & First Wave of Music Acts

Buy that Whole Enchilada pass before they sell out

"...Hot Luck Fest is bringing their signature backyard hangout good time celebration of celebration of fire, food,..."

March 4, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Robert Faires' Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016

The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing

"...11 dances in 11 months was a bit of backyard enchantment in Tarrytown, with dancers as naiads cavorting around..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...relaxed with a noise level akin to the average backyard barbecue. Reichert says he issues tickets to some events..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »