Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...on American soil? Nukes? World War III? The right hunting the left? The poor uprising against the rich? Alien..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...It's one of two headliners added today to the..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Buzz Mill's Lumber Society Teaches Primitive Survival Skills in a Modern Setting

Everything you need to know to survive the great outdoors

"...the evenings) at Buzz Mill Coffee through their survival school, Lumber Society. A sort of adult version of the..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Local Heroes

The 2015 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...children across the state, painting collaborative murals with elementary school, middle school, and high school students in Austin, Del..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Sultan." Four previously unreleased originals from the Winnipeg high school quintet, also penned by Young, include his earliest commercial..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...About Gentlemen Broncos: Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a lovable..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...our hosts, the University of Texas and the LBJ School and Library. And now I want to give you..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

911, We've Got a Smoker

Austin's new smoking ordinance takes effect today

"...if the rules are broken ("Enforcement"). It's your basic grade-school guidelines, written as if by and for grade-school students...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta says bah-humbug to Law & Order and more.

"...year. I don't have to plan a strategy for hunting down toys for the children in my life. (I'm..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...senators took a joy ride in a little yellow school bus to Austin's Eastside to tout a tax bill..."

May 9, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Privatizing management of public schools sounds like a cure-all for problem schools, but Edison's..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Long Fringe @ the Hideout

"...Produced by: The State Theatre Company School of Acting..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...not before humans crossed into North America and began hunting them...."

March 21, 2025 News Feature

Frank Grillo Bites Back in Werewolves

The rough-and-tumble actor on becoming America's grizzled hero

"...to Sergeant Leo Barnes in The Purge franchise to alien-hunting LAPD officer Mark Corley in Beyond Skyline, and the..."

Dec. 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 8-14

"...submitted it to fulfill an assignment in his high school music class, but his teacher gave it an F,..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Ghost Funk, Fast Devo, an Elliott Smith Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in live music with a little help

"...Going to high school in the early Aughts, my brother and I dove..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith’s “Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze” in Our Father

Dick Wolf, Chicago, and the politics of writing female leads

"...of bringing a new paternal figure into their lives. Hunting Jerry down proves difficult, and Beta and Zelda meet..."

March 26, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

Day Trips & Beyond: Skiing in Boone, N.C.

North Carolina’s ski slopes offer something for everybody

"...Mountain Ski opened in 1968, the skiing and snowboarding school has developed fun classes for beginners and wily veterans..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...announced its annual screenwriting workshop, co-hosted with the Austin School of Film. Previous events have been led by Matt..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Other Forms of Life" at the Contemporary Austin

With her mysterious and compelling artwork, Huma Bhabha puts us face to alien face

"...of water in a thick jungle, like it was hunting for prey. I stared at him and he at..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Arts Feature by Sumaiya Malik

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...buying tickets in advance (including tickets for my high school teachers, who were also excited at the time)...."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jarrott Productions' Prodigal Son

The opposing worlds of John Patrick Shanley’s textured script are conjured with powerful stillness and restless energy

"...troubled teen from the Bronx in a private boarding school, a love of poetry and literature hidden within a..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...130 min. D: Nattawut Poonpiriya A quartet of high school students are better at cheating than anything you’ve ever..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Grrrls of aGLIFF

A strong presence of queer women at this year's fest

"...story so believable is that the characters are high school kids. There's a tangible vulnerability that anyone who's been..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

"...about how hungry he is. But if you were hunting Peter, I'd bait your field with pianos. They seem..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

DVDanger: A Christmas Horror Story

Seasonal horror anthology is a holiday delight

"...to one simple seasonal tradition: as one family goes hunting for the perfect Christmas tree, another goes to visit..."

Dec. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSWedu Announces 2016 Speakers

Autism thought leader Temple Grandin to deliver keynote speech

"...court controversy. Former Google engineer Max Ventilla founded the AltSchool group, and faces broad criticism as another representative of..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing

Mira Jacob's novel tracks an Indian family torn by grief

"...did this trend start? With The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing, which came out in 1999? The Hitchhiker’s..."

Aug. 2, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...the full edit (complete with genuine and graphic tribal hunting sequences) and one for those whose tastes are limited..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food Is People

Look at Jody Horton's photographs of food, and you'll see the passionate folks who make it

"...the switch to cultural anthropology and headed to grad school at the University of New Mexico. While there, he..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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