Not Your Mother's Hockey Puck

Austin's Women's Hockey Team, the Roadrunners, Face Off Against the Gender Gap.

"...Oklahoma City. One tense second. The ref drops the puck, and the starters' sticks strike for it like axes..."

June 29, 2001 Sports Feature by Emily Pyle

What the Puck?

A Yankee sport finds an unlikely home in Central Texas

"...the older, heavy-set goalkeeper who goes down for the puck just fine but needs some time getting back up...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Ice Bats Drop the Puck on a New Season

Oct. 19, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Mighty Ducks

"...really neat effect that creates the illusion of a puck-cam capturing the POV of a hockey puck as it's..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...in motion, and Tucci as his amiably maladroit sidekick, Puck. Kline's Bottom (the actor/ass with whom Pfeiffer becomes enamor'd..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Stars Lose 4-3

OT loss still jumps Texas up a notch

"...A little luck with the puck goes a long way, as the Stars fell in..."

Jan. 19, 2011 Sports Post by Eric Pickhartz

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In director Lucien Douglas' staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," folly comes to the fore and makes for pretty pleasant company

"...of Shakespearean comedies, and by the time the fairy Puck gets to deliver it in this Mary Moody Northen..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Altering the recipe for Iron Chef's success is inviting failure, isn't it?

"...Chef America team: Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, and Wolfgang Puck. Assuming the Dr. Hatori role as play-by-play commentator is..."

April 16, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ballet Austin's original adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream delivered two ballets, really -- a highly accessible story-driven first act, followed by a more traditionally balletic second -- which offered an easy way into his clever and fanciful yet intricate work.

"...three loves and four lovers through his sprightly sidekick, Puck, who screws things up right royally -- and who..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Philadelphia Freedom

Hockey, My Brother, the '74 Flyers, and Me …

"...much sense to me beyond the obvious: sticks, a puck, nets, and all those brutal, brutal white men. I,..."

March 23, 2001 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...Real World 3: The Puck Year Just for the record, I am not a..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Beer Food

The Bitter End Pairs Well

"...Take the case of Wolfgang Puck: Puck is one of the originators of the California..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Food Feature

Review: Austin Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Less-than-magical production salvaged by a night of unexpected spontaneity

"...fairies and their manipulations of the human heart. As Puck, the most impish of fairies, observes early in the..."

May 13, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Amanda & Jack Go Glamping

A couple try to reignite their marriage

"...lives on the farm – Jack mumbles something about Puck during a drunken bro-hang – there’s nothing so whimsical..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Red Army

Doc presents the Russian team members' views of their stunning defeat by the U.S. during the 1980 Olympics

"...tower blocks for any kid who could put the puck in the goal nine times out of 10), and..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dream

This rock & roll take on the Bard aims for spectacle more than meaning or heart

"...and Jenny Larson, and the excellent Alejandro McDonald-Villarreal as Puck, most of the dialogue delivered is flat and tired...."

May 14, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Cloud Cult Following

Kate Getty raps with the man behind the (cloud) cult.

"...as being as studio project. So with Who Killed Puck?, there was never really any intention of having a..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Luv Doc Recommends: Bikes Across Borders Light Up Your Bike Night Ride and Vigil

Zilker Park, Friday, May 13, 2005

"...case, you should probably avoid all of the major puck sports. Any activity where you need a mask with..."

May 13, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Good Cuisine and an Interesting Scene

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...dollop of caviar... Such visiting celebrity chefs as Wolfgang Puck gave Austin high marks for the organization of the..."

April 22, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Miracle

The Cold war provides the background for this Olympics ice hockey miracle starring Kurt Russell.

"...extras unfurl a banner that reads "Soviets get the puck out of Afghanistan!") There’s a certain inevitable nationalism afoot,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...hockey discussion -- "No one was feeding me the puck, even after I scored, but did you see the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Home Grown

Why Chef Louis Lambert's Palate Is a Product of his Texas Roots

"...midst of his training there to work with Wolfgang Puck at his San Francisco restaurant Postrio. This was when..."

April 26, 2002 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Field of Dreams

Confessions of a Sensitive Jock

"...any other sport. But how could I chase a puck on ice if I couldn't even skate on it?..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...estranged queen, is, naturally, Catwoman. Oberon's brisk young sidekick Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is, duh, Robin. Holy..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

A Mid-Indian Summer Night's Dream: Missing the Bluebonnets

Second Stone Theatre's A Mid-Indian Summer Night's Dream takes the play out of Athens and sets it in Austin (kind of), but while the idea is striking, the production doesn't make the transition as completely as it could.

"...speech in which Oberon, chief of the fairies, orders Puck to find Demetrius ("Thou shalt know the man by..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Articulations

At the Ballet

"...byChristopher Hannon and Lisa Washburn as the flirtatious faeries Puck and Cupid.This was a dance that understood lightness of..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Column

She's All That

On a bet, a high school jock turns a plain-looking girl into a prom queen.

"...tooth for these roles) is tossed onboard as a Puck-like refugee from MTV's The Real World, although even his..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

"...just didn't get hockey because you can't follow the puck or you don't like Russians and, "Really, Jason, all..."

June 6, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Farming Local Connections With Barton Creek Farmers Market

Austin’s longest-running farmers’ market continues to support small farms from a mall parking lot

"...has been, as their website brags, endorsed by Wolfgang Puck (of frozen pizza fame) as well as secured eight..."

March 1, 2024 Food Feature by James Scott

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate

"...little bit more mesmerizing. 2) When You Give a Puck..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

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