Syndromes and a Century

Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul creates a baffling yet intriguing film of meandering abstractions. (AFS@Dobie)

"...that I spent the majority of Syndromes and a Century completely lost. In my defense, I hung in there..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

(Robert) Plant Life

Another sort of homecoming for the Led Zeppelin rock god

"...“masterful combination of soft rock and REO Speedwagon,” Robert Plant also failed to update his 40-year-old stage moves last..."

June 24, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Robert Plant Crowns Austin Music Awards

Fortune teller to unspool vintage Twine Time at local Grammys

"...Led Zeppelin oracle Robert Plant will perform on Wednesday at the Austin Music Awards..."

March 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

“Pio Pulido: The Last Exhibit of the 20th Century” at the MACC

This retrospective is like visiting an artist’s crowded studio and yet provides just a glimpse of this visionary’s output

"...Visiting Pio Pulido's "The Last Exhibit for the 20th Century" is like visiting the crowded, colorful studio of a..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Projecting the 21st Century

"...a stint as director of the same organization's 21st Century Project. He is currently director of the University of..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Century Plant: Trancer's Paradise + Metafiction = Bliss

Think trancer's paradise + Donovan -- the hippie-dippy stuff + a clever metafictive show in which a live performer conducts an orchestra on film, and you'll have a sense of Andrew Baron's Century Plant.

"...Century Plant:..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Embrace of the Serpent

Scientists and an Amazonian shaman interact in this unique film

"...in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant, Embrace is purely fiction...."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rush Hour Two

"...watch him use a trash can and a potted plant as fight props and squeeze his whole body through..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Four Trailblazing Tequilas Reinvigorating the Spirit’s Reputation

When it comes to the tequila renaissance, sip it, don't shoot it

"...referring to a different species, Agave weberi, a smaller plant in Mexico that can also be found in Texas..."

July 7, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Andean Spirits Finds Family and a Calling in the Mountains of Ecuador

Agave, alpacas, and a love story

"...an amazing relationship with their arid landscape and one plant in particular, andean agave.”..."

Feb. 8, 2023 Food Post by Jessi Cape

King Crimson

Gift guide

"...King CrimsonThe 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One 1969-1974 (Discipline Global..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by David Lynch

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place – the high-concept horror from John..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Barbacoa Smackdown

Hey, sweet cheeks!

"...The leaves of the maguey (Agave americana or century plant) steam underground, keeping the meat moist while breaking..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Unstable Element

Are Austin's water fluoridation policies dangerous? It depends who you ask.

"...of "Ten Great Public Health Achievements" of the 20th century, along with other noble causes like vaccinations, infectious disease..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Art That Speaks for Itself

"...Time has rendered the grave bond of secrecy between 17th-century alchemists null and void, and in place of that..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith

One More Detour on Holly Street

Power plant demolition delay reprises neighborhood history

"...Before there was the Holly Street Power Plant, there was Lela Castro's childhood home. In the late..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

This Thanksgiving, Consider Native American-Inspired Dishes

Cooking with Indigenous ingredients

"...ingredients in New England, home of those hotly contested 16th-century meals, might include wild blueberries, clams, maple syrup, and..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Estate Sale Roundup: May 22-25

Take Monday to admire your loot.

"...Vintage to Mid-Century Estate Sale This modern stone house is full of..."

May 22, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...running the regular buses all night? (One night per century is a start.) We'd be like the other cities..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Council: Nights of White Linen

As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed

"...Henry Green Madison (1843-1912), appointed to Council exactly a century before Handcox's ascension (1871) by Reconstruction-era Gov. E.J. Davis,..."

Aug. 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips

"...James Denoyer's collection of fans covers a century of cooling devices. The shotgun-style store houses about 100..."

July 16, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dr Pepper, Texas

What makes the Dr Pepper in Dublin, Texas, so much better than that made anywhere else?

"...Spreading from Waco to the four corners in its century-plus history, DP (as it is commonly known) has inspired..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Features Feature by David Lynch

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...affection for their familiarity and longevity, the Seaholm Power Plant is cutting-edge urban industrial cool. If Austin's mob of..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...the single's menacing bassline. – Derek Udensi Two Player: Power Plant..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Recap: Foodways Texas Fourth Annual Symposium

Foodways Texas looks at agriculture through different lenses

"...of Houston, gave a talk on Saito Saibara, a turn-of-the-century ex-samurai who became a successful rice grower in South..."

March 25, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Letters at 3AM: The Inevitability of the Unexpected

The unexpected always happens

"...create undreamed-of possibilities that set in motion this last half-century of cultural flux...."

March 25, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Developers float a proposal to reduce the size of the Green Water Treatment Plant on Town Lake and build something more profitable there, but they'll have to get in line -- the city already sees the site as a prime location for the new central library.

"...Austin's favorite little downtown utility, the Green Water Treatment Plant, about to go the way of Liberty Lunch? The..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...years of aluminum smelting at one of the dirtiest plants in Texas, less than an hour's drive from the..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Light and Power

The Future of Seaholm

"...the cavernous quiet. This is Seaholm - a power plant that elicits poetry, a public trust to inspire a..."

May 8, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...-- better than that, flourish -- in the 21st century...."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

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