God of Carnage

This show offers a gleeful thrill like that long, first drop on a roller coaster

"...carefully stacked pillows on the floor and large art books on and under the coffee table, the green fruit..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Estate Sale Roundup: September 18-21

More than the usual tchotchkes await this week.

"...dining chairs (four captain's cars, two armchairs); Ethan Allen coffee table; gold mirror; large ottoman; Oneida silver-plate Floral Queen..."

Sept. 18, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...Don Walser at the granddaddy of South Austin live..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Off the Stack: Home From the Hardware Store by Stephen Antonson and Kathleen Hackett

Finding new inspiration from hardware

"...us, and present Home From the Hardware Store (Rodale Books, $22.99) just in time for spring projects. Antonson, a..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...Rolling Stone Images of Rock & Roll (Back Bay Books/Little Brown, $24.95 paper) is a raucous result. But what..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Living Legacy

The Many Facets of Kelly Fearing

"...years ago. The living/studio space has sofas and chairs, tables, and oriental rugs to one side, and an easel..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

No-Cost Travel

Cookbook Heaven II

"...or biographies. When you check out the stacks of books around my office and bedroom, it's predominately cookbooks: cookbooks..."

July 7, 1995 Arts Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...online, but you can always invest in a smaller portable device charger instead. Our Editor-in-Chief Kimberley Jones recommends this..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...made locally – this year dropped some truly stellar books, y’all – can be purchased here (check out our..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Estate Sale Roundup: January 23-25

Swing your wallet in any direction, and you'll find an estate sale.

"...converted to lamp; mid-century modern wood X-base folding dining table; three black modern bar stools; large fold-out dining table,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Design Post by Anne Harris

Estate Sale Roundup: November 21-23

We cover a lot of ground this week, so gas 'er up!

"...art, airplane propeller, glassware, household items, lamps, vintage cookware, books, tools, sofas, dinette set, entertainment center, king-size bed, full-size..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Arts Afire

On the Small Screen: American Visions

"...Robert Hughes' American Visions valorizes American art, persuading viewers..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Stories Telling Stories

Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel tests her own meme and comes out for SXSW

"...we lived them. Numerous comics collections, graphic novels, and books later, she's certainly achieved iconic status: Her autobiographical Fun..."

March 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Mrs. Santa's Book Bag

"...Baking books were a hot commodity in the publishing world in..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Homophilic Bibliophile

Homo up your house with these gay history titles

"...Have you dedicated a section in your bookshelf for books of LGBTQI interest? You haven't? Well, let's..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

Estate Sale Roundup: October 10-12

What's a little heavy lifting?

"...with furniture and collectibles such as a Bassett dining table and five chairs; Bassett buffet; antique occasional table; Sohmer..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

'Small Stories That Feel Huge'

'Veronica Mars' creator Rob Thomas shares his youthful energy

"...walls and a solitary, browning houseplant sitting on the coffee table. Rob picks it up and shudders. "This is..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Cyber Slice of Lives

"...24 Hours in Cyberspace appears to be just another coffee-table book out in time for the holidays, a follow-up..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Screens Feature

Subversive, yet Fun

Artist Bill Barminski Goes Multimedia

"...fill up a whole disc with paintings and comic books, but you really have to try and go further..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Screens Feature

Keep Date Night Alive With Our Al Fresco Dining Checklist

You have the time, why not make it special?

"...Maybe it's just a fried egg with toast and coffee, or a cheese and natural wine hangout (distanced or..."

May 29, 2020 Food Feature by Alex Detmar

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...Other Things) series. Like all of the medium-sized but coffee-table-worthy texts, it's full of asides, at times microscopically focused,..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Chef Matt Jennings Collaborates with Olamaie’s Chef Michael Fojtasek

The Austin Food and Wine Alliance dinner series starts June 28

"...– a cookbook people actually use, not just a coffee table book that sits somewhere with a glass of..."

June 27, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Austin Filmmakers’ Creative Spaces

"...characters. Comedy is deadly serious business. Liford sees the inevitable hard work ahead and knows it must be done...."

Nov. 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

Gift Guide: Local Flavor

2014's best regional cookbooks – for giving and keeping

"...Used to be that local cookbooks were little more than a few typewritten pages held..."

Dec. 8, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Estate Sale Roundup: June 5-8

Four big ones are on our map this week

"...serving, and everything for entertaining. See the walnut low-slung coffee table, desk and chair, dining room set, bedroom vanity..."

June 5, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Swoon for 'Dunes at Noons'

Brad Tucker gives young art critics something to chew on

"...art book that isn't meant to go on your coffee table. A small-sized board book with stiff, durable cardboard..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Breezy Reads

Stuff your stockings and top your toilets with these just-for-fun picks

"...Sure, there are always the classics, and great coffee-table finds, and fiction favorites from the past year, but..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Monica Riese

Manresa: An Edible Reflection

"...Usually, I'm not a fan of ponderous coffee-table food tomes written by chefs and full of multilayered..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

B. Krigstein Volume 1

"...came across a stack of molding and coverless comic books in the backroom gloom of a secondhand bookshop in..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Playwright as Architect

In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.

"...write for the stage, as opposed to just writing books or short stories or whatever?..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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