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Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye
Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival
"...Instead of another concert tour, Nancy Fly's booking herself a long vacation. The Austin tour booker,..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Turtles Can Fly
New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.
"...good because without their beauty and lyricism, Turtles Can Fly might be too horribly bleak and heartbreaking to bear...."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fly Me to the Moon
This animated film is a simple parable of spirited can-do-ism, in which a trio of young houseflies semiaccidentally tags along on the Apollo 11 moon shot.
"...a full-fledged operatic version of their 1986 film, The Fly – in Paris, no less – then chances are..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fly Away Home
In this lovely film, a grieving, 13-year-old girl discovers orphaned geese eggs that she teaches to fly.
"...that suspends it in memory, and it is somehow, briefly, brimming with inaudible love. It is an ending that..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Austin Film Festival Review: With This Breath I Fly
The plight of Afghan women abused by the [in]justice system
"...these that are centered in With This Breath I Fly...."

Oct. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Adrienne Hunter

If I Could Only Fly: Merle Haggard Covers Blaze Foley
Country legend was recording an LP of Foley songs when he died
"...Foley’s music when he cut “If I Could Only Fly” with Willie Nelson in 1987, after which the country..."

May 4, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Listen to This: Harvest Thieves Let Sparks Fly On New Single “Friendly Fire”
A guitar-scorched preview of the sixpiece's first album in six years
"...preparing to release their sophomore effort, As the Sparks Fly Upward, with latest single “Friendly Fire” premiering below...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Review: Harvest Thieves, As the Sparks Fly Upward
Long-awaited alt.country LP sets the political against the personal
"...Reinisch on Harvest Thieves' sophomore album, As the Sparks Fly Upward. The line captures the central tension of the..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Review: 'Born to Fly'
Dancers soar, slam, and crash to stunning effect in bio-doc
"...Born to Fly captures fully both the danger in the work and..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

I'll Fly Away: “Sister” Bobbie Nelson Passes on at Age 91
Soul of Willie Nelson & Family called the piano her "truest friend"
"...They continued to incorporate such spiritual material, including “I’ll Fly Away,” into their shows throughout the following century...."

March 10, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

If I Could Only Fly
Covers stylist Tameca Jones steps out into all-originals territory with a huge voice.
"...(wherein she covered Blaze Foley's "If I Could Only Fly"), and to close during a charged tribute to Small..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

25 Years of Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
Rockabilly crew rolls into the Continental Club Saturday
"...For longtime Los Angeles rockabillyists Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, the milestone comes with August’s What a Dream..."

July 17, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Birds Fly South
The Mastersons’ love story
"...months after celebrating the release of debut album Birds Fly South, recorded in Austin, the Mastersons packed up their..."

July 2, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Hightower Report: Pigs Fly on Wall Street
Citigroup exec wants to be remembered as a reformer
"...Post headline that will be Weill's eternal epitaph: "Pigs Fly."..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

You Can Fly
Freedy Johnston's rainy day album
"...most likely include Freedy Johnston’s 1992 LP Can You Fly. It’s a perfect singer-songwriter album – thoughtful, crunchy, and..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Kiss & Fly Pros & Cons
Kiss and Fly Opens to a packed house.
"...low down on the grand opening of Kiss & Fly (Keep in mind it was extremely crowded; I don't..."

March 26, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

RuPaul Luvs Up on Some Kiss & Fly
Austin has a new gay bar. A really big new gay bar.
"...used to be Vicci. Now it is Kiss & Fly (named after an airport drop off point in gay..."

March 25, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

Food on the Fly
Airport food isn't the same as airline food, especially at Austin-Bergstrom.
"...airport food enters the picture. As a very frequent flyer, I've spent a lot of time cooling my heels..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Let Your Freak Flag Fly
Gonna let it all hang out at Dragon*Con, where 20,000 sci-fi enthusiasts meet up, make merry, and sometimes cop a feel.
"...As they say at Dragon*Con: Let your freak flag fly. But stay away from the Klingon punch. Or hell,..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

How Austin Made DC’s Blue Beetle Fly
Director and Fantastic Fest regular Ángel Manuel Soto reveals his own secret origin

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I'll Fly Away: “Sister” Bobbie Nelson Passes on at Age 91
Soul of Willie Nelson & Family called the piano her "truest friend"

March 18, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Stressed Out? Let Your Freak-Out Flag Fly!
Making stress into a friend instead of a foe

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Sparks Fly at First ACC Trustee Forum
Unexpected chill at the first ACC endorsement meetings

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"
Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Review: 'Born to Fly'

March 14, 2014 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Review on the Fly: The New 'Hawaii Five-0'
CBS reboots a Seventies favorite

Sept. 21, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly
Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Hey Southwest, It's 'Silent Bob,' Not 'Too Fat to Fly Bob'
Southwest Airlines kicks director Kevin Smith off flight for being oversized
"...for breaking -- or maybe not? -- the heavy flyguy rules...."

Feb. 15, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

(Button) Fly Girls
Ahh the power of the gay$; Levis hear us roar.

Jan. 7, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Fly the Friendly Skies
"...re-apply for a passport. But times are different now; flying has become arduous and customs officials evidence even less..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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