Theatre Review: Born With Teeth

Marlowe’s mad and Shakespeare’s sad in Austin Playhouse production

"...humble actor from the countryside could pen lasting works of staggering wit and soul. One popular take is that..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...Red Solo cups were raised in memory of Toby Keith. A Phil Collins song was covered by..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Wakhri

Pakistani teacher turned star faces violent backlash

"...Her bestie Guchhi (Gulshan Majeed), a member of the LGBTQ community, glams her up for a night..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Austin ISD Reduces Budget Deficit by Half

Meanwhile, special ed students are still struggling

"...its $52 million deficit by half by the end of the summer. The bad news: third-graders in special education..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Freight Train Ride Through Lucinda Williams’ Artistry at ACL Live

Former Austinite stands tall on the blues in soundtracked read-along

"...at the Moody Theater on Friday night felt a bit like seeing the movie adaptation...."

Jan. 20, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...With dystopian novels being so in vogue of late, here's one that really hits the mark. Chain-Gang..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Luv Doc: An Upsell for Your Latte

We have pumpkins. The Irish have Guinness.

"...and we have spent Christmases with them two out of the last four years. Also, my mother-in-law loves Thanksgiving...."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Review: Austin Playhouse's The Norwegians

Revised revisiting of this dark comedy remains a guilty pleasure

"...For decades, the vast majority of characters on Broadway who identified as LGBTQIA+ were portrayed..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...MP3 file to fellow KOOP 91.7FM host Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Highest of Stakes

Cryptoscam doc feels like part of an outrage machine

"...his first onscreen interview in new documentary The Highest of Stakes, he’s wearing a Burberry bonnet cap, a teal..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Amelia Nonemacher

Restaurant Review: Ezov

Chef Berty Richter’s upscale Mediterranean restaurant is thoughtful, modern, and inviting

"...the space energy and verve. You have the sense of having entered a party just in time for the..."

July 28, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The War for Change in Kandahar

How Austin filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh made the first major Western film in Saudi Arabia since Lawrence of Arabia

"...the Austin-based filmmaker made his reputation as a director of crime flicks and action blockbusters that tackle serious issues...."

May 26, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

UT Conference Explores Ethics Around the Breakneck Advancement of AI

Humanizing machines

"...At times UT-Austin's Good Systems Symposium felt a bit like listening to a Drake album, with conversations heavily..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe

Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything

"...a bar after seeing Zach Theatre's opening night performance of Lisa Loomer's Roe. The plan was to gather my..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Day Trips: Alamo Collections Center, San Antonio

Get a first look at the Phil Collins Texana collection at the new center

"...rarely seen by the public. Among the items on exhibit are items from the Phil Collins collection...."

March 17, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Luv Doc: Everything Now

99% procrastination and 1% bloviation

"...last week's "Arborgeddon," aka "Icepocalypse," aka "The A-Town Branchdown" of 2023 where the icy finger of the Almighty did..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Ziki Plots Global Culinary Domination

Local startup of Greek/Mexican cuisine potentially unstoppable

"...band’s complicated pyrotechnic needs would also be taken care of, right?..."

Jan. 16, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faith and Fatness in The Whale

Darren Aronofsky and writer Samuel D. Hunter redefine the religious movie

"...Two themes run through the films of Darren Aronofsky: the fragility of faith and the robustness..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Specific Disease

An insignificant linguistic nuance

"...And ... I am bisexual. I am not jealous of another woman ... especially if we make love together...."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Five Gifts of Literary Delight for You or Anyone Lucky Enough to Be Your Friends or Family

Sentence yourself to a long stretch of reading pleasure

"...laugh, maybe make you cry or rage on behalf of the characters and situations therein? Here are five recent..."

Nov. 28, 2022 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

"...such old-world things. Like many emerging from the worst of the pandemic, Tonya was doing her best to work,..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

Austin at Large: Reading the Palm District

A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges

"...I have run out of things to say about the 2022 elections: Anyone who..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Before There Was TikTok There Was Negativland

Pioneering culture jammers come to AFS Cinema this Sunday

"...An incomplete selection of the post-postmodern woes and talkin' internet anxiety blues Austin..."

July 22, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

"...City of Austin employees took center stage July 15 at the..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The American Disparagement

Of what to us is the Fourth of July? Reading the room and rethinking democracy.

"...It's just past the midpoint of an important election year, here in the season of..."

July 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Sweet and funny story of a talking shell will fill your heart

"...The original trilogy of short films was spawned as a collaboration between director..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Romance and Petty Theft in Community Klepto

Author Kelly I. Hitchcock steals your heart away

"...a social panopticon, more so now (in the age of surveillance capitalism) than perhaps at any other point in..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

With “themesong” Video, Mobley Introduces Injustice-Fighting Masked Man Persona

Musician & filmmaker trekked to Johannesburg to shoot latest project

"...arrives with a video that feels like a segment of a short film...."

May 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

AFS Cinema Programmer Jazmyne Moreno Wants to Challenge How We Watch Movies

Shades of gray on the silver screen

"..."big girl job" now. It's evident by the number of notifications that ping throughout our Zoom call. "I'm in..."

April 29, 2022 Screens Feature by Ella Martin-Gachot

Father Stu

Wahlberg, Gibson add swearing to bland faith-based drama

"...makes it easy to tell how much this reeks of cliche Catholic pandering, complete with the hilariously hacky tagline..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

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