"Jan Heaton: New Watercolors"

When a true artistic talent is at home with watercolor, the results are stirring, and so it is with Jan Heaton

"...in its subdued palette than the Ascension series, the Cacti series offers a more experimental – hinting at haphazard..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars

Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite

"...steal a car, and cruise across a desert of cacti and stone pillars, aiming for the last constellation of..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Savin' the Desert, One Thorn at a Time

New legislation may help save the state's prickliest plants.

"...zones - has lead to a lucrative market in cacti. So lucrative, in fact, that thieves have been hauling..."

April 20, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

House of 1000 Corpses

"...the animated idiots desperately swallowed a fistful of hallucinogenic cacti and dreamed themselves into a Zombie-created hellhole, has a..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

"...his original sources of inspiration spring eternal. The six cacti cuttings he planted in the late Nineties are now..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Theatre Review: Queer Madness and Mayhem in Lipstick

Austin Rainbow Theatre's production is a fast, frantic farce

"...Yes, in set dressing and onstage style, with googly-eye cacti and colored doors and a conspicuous “Jesus” swear jar..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Trains, Dance, and Lesbionage in This Week’s Recommended Events

Find some art and community this weekend

"...for a plant market featuring houseplants, tropicals, succulents, and cacti so you can get more greenery going at home...."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art in Motion, Pride Kickoff, and More Weekday Recommendations

Arts and more to keep you busy

"...desert settings, settings where Younger’s comedic cowboys and stately cacti comfortably dwell. A West that never was, but is..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Proms, Humps, and Queerbombs Highlight This Weekend's Events

21 ways to get out of the house

"...gallery in South Austin to showcase her colorful pop-inspired cacti, sagebrush, and other life flourishing in an arid Southwest..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Visual Arts Review: Malou Flato: “Greatest Hits”

Texas nature artist presents a garden of vegetal delights at Davis Gallery

"...displays a panoply of paintings – stunning portraits of cacti, succulents, deciduous flowering trees, lupines (the beloved Texas bluebonnets),..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Abilene State Park, Tuscola

An unexpected wooded oasis in the West Texas bushland

"...known best for spindly juniper trees, feathery mesquites, and cacti...."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

With Breakneck Development in Williamson County, Native Plant Rescue Teams Step In

Pocketful of posies

"...like plateau milkvine, or more unusual species like pineapple cacti. Once they sequester the plants and seeds from construction..."

July 21, 2023 News Feature by Emily Engelbart

Day Trips: The Desk, Alpine

Beat-up desk attracts visitors to a West Texas desert hilltop

"...terrain was still littered with sharp rocks and sharper cacti. From here the view of Alpine and the Twin..."

June 30, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Brief Guide to the Yard in South Austin

Encountering the true ATX spirit in our bustling modern metrop

"...tops planted with rows and rows of prickly pear cacti; you realize that, hey, there's quite a lot of..."

May 13, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Opinion: In Permian Highway Pipeline Fight, Property Rights Are the Answer

Eminent domain reform allows us to protect our environment and the rights of Texas landowners simultaneously

"...their property. Under this proposal, the warblers, toads, and cacti have an advocate in the process...."

May 1, 2020 Column by Cutter W. González

"Lone Star Wild" at Davis Gallery

In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall

"...or bigger replicas of specific fish and birds and cacti and lizards and so on, and all finished in..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Cowboys in Space” Exhibit Finds the Frontier in the Stars

Exploring the infinite plains at the Bullock Museum

"...But the truth is, it may as well be cacti, and the cantina on Tatooine could be in Tijuana..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert

Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city

"...Simpsons and heralded by Anthony Bourdain, Marfa remains a cacti-embellished arts haven. So, when ACL Fest promoters C3 Presents..."

May 3, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Gifts From the Greenhouse

Cohabiting nurseries double the fun this holiday season

"...Wispy tillandsia dangle from sea urchin shells, and woody cacti, gemstones for chakra alignment, and tiny dinosaur figurines are..."

Dec. 15, 2018 Chronolog Post by Melanie Laporte

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mexican cochineal – insects that swarm on prickly pear cacti – rather than crimson...."

Nov. 23, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Restaurant Review: Hank's

Windsor Park's latest dining destination is hit or miss

"...metal and honeyed wood fixtures, hanging basket lamps, and cacti. The menu reminds diners that Hank's is on Instagram,..."

July 20, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Solo Gallery Exhibition “Anthony B. Creeden: Cacti and Semaphore,” grayDUCK Gallery “Bucky Miller: Grackle Actions,” Umlauf..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Peruvian-Inspired Food Bus Serves Killa Brunch

East Airport eatery Killa Wasi elevates casual dining

"...on trend. There's a baroque breakfast sandwich, a minimalist cacti mural, quinoa oatmeal, and cold brew for days. But..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

ACL Review: Kacey Musgraves

East Texas country upstart reclaims her former stomping ground

"...a Samsung stage that was decked out in neon cacti in front of a desert sunset backdrop. Despite the..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

West Austin Studio Tour 2016

"...An assortment of painted wooden cacti by Lawrence Jolly at LincCollective, 6406 N. IH-35, #2850A..."

May 16, 2016 Photo Gallery

Local Heroes

The 2015 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...endearing domesticity: two women and a girl tending flowering cacti, a father with a baby in his arms watching..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Record Store Crawl

The day after Record Store Day breaks the bank

"...A room once full of guitars now brims with cacti from another merchant they share space with. The small..."

April 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: Dominguinhos

Brazilian music doc’s charm lies in its archival footage

"...grew up in the Pernambucan sertão, a land of cacti, bandits on horseback, and periodic catastrophic droughts. We in..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Michael Agresta

Food-O-File

Remembering Southern food historian John Egerton, and Austin's century-old history of Eastside farming

"...metro area: hardscrabble limestone with limited topsoil, plenty of cacti, and scrub oak are west of the Fault; arable..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Ransom Acquires Ruscha

Influential artist who made art of words sends archives to UT

"...ER: Yeah. Palm trees and cacti and all that, 'cause we're basically in a desert..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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