Day Trips: Japanese Tea Garden, San Antonio

Reflect and enjoy a tranquil moment in nature in the big city

"...Built in a former quarry, visitors enter through a large rock structure overlooking the..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

At Besame Mucho, a Latin Music Capital Por Nosotros

Inside the all-star, 84-band, Spanish-language spectacle

"...dust and grit akin to festival staging in a rock quarry. A decade hasn’t improved conditions much, but the..."

March 4, 2024 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...The Quarry D: Scott Teems, Screenwriters: Scott Teems, Andrew Brotzman A..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Review: The Nude Party

Expertly cruising a Sixties-drenched patchwork

"...Psychedelic surf rock licks kicking off the Nude Party’s early-afternoon set Sunday..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Dangerous World of Jean-Paul Belmondo

AFS explores the action star beyond Breathless

"...who never said no to falling down an enormous rock quarry. And if that is not enough to entice..."

July 6, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

March 6 Party Primaries

Early Voting Feb. 20-March 2

"...NORTHWEST Old Quarry Library, 7051 Village Ctr. Randalls, 10900-D Research Ben Hur..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature

Early Voting

Through Friday, Nov. 3

"...Farms, Pflugerville Hartfield Performing Arts Center, 5800 McNeil, Round Rock..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature

Early Voting

Oct. 23 - Nov. 3

"...Farms, Pflugerville Hartfield Performing Arts Center, 5800 McNeil, Round Rock..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature

Early Voting

Oct. 23 - Nov. 3

"...Farms, Pflugerville Hartfield Performing Arts Center, 5800 McNeil, Round Rock..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature

Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts

Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park

"...Days for its annual free outdoor production in Round Rock, and as writer-director Emily Rankin has changed Phileas to..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: The FABPAC Reaches Out

Plus: Calling all filmmakers, landscape architects, dog & car lovers

"...• Wed., Jan. 25 at Crockett High School..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Sophisticated Ladies Vincent J. Hooper, Hairspray Jessica Hughes, The Quarry Aaron Johnson, Skylight/Tribes Iris McQuillan-Grace, Tribes Michael Miller, Disgraced..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Hateful Eight

Tarantino's latest opus screens in 70mm this week at two Austin venues

"...a hellacious snowstorm. Sitting beside him is his captured quarry, the killer Daisy Domergue (a startling Jennifer Jason Leigh)...."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hyde Park Theatre's The Quarry

Greg Pierce's play is rough and has sharp edges, but in the end there is heart that is worth discovering

"...because, like Jean (Katherine Catmull), the center of The Quarry, it's a place where a lot of people would..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program

The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall

"...Already Showing Memorial, by Olivia Martin Moore Convict Hill Quarry Park, 6511 Convict Hill Rd. What appears to be..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Birth of Joy

"...Birth of Joy, rips Sixties psych and Seventies arena rock a new fissure. Like a sugared-up Wolfmother if they'd..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.2 – Day One

Repulsion, Headcrusher, Goblin, and Down – killing it

"...Following the deafening Little Rock quarry that is Pallbearer, grindcore pioneers Repulsion put in..."

Oct. 26, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...due west of Fredericksburg, Texas. I'm in a working rock quarry watching one of the final days of shooting..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline

Twenty years of progress

"...proposes a recovery plan for Barton Springs salamander. Buda rock quarry in Barton Springs recharge zone spurs legal fight...."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, July 3-9

"...(No alcohol allowed; reusable dishes provided.) 6:30-10pm. Zilker Park Rock Garden picnic area. www.texas.sierraclub.org/austin. Wednesday08..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature

This Charming Man

Morrissey enraptured the Bass Concert Hall Sunday night

"...evening’s host himself doing his best Elvis. First wave rock & roll transformed Austin’s dimly lit Bass Concert Hall..."

April 14, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

Enchanted Rocks & Jewelry sits near the center of one of the richest geological areas in Texas

"...Enchanted Rocks & Jewelry in Llano sits near the center of..."

March 20, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Stonehenge? In Texas? Yup, yonder down in Odessa.

"...gained traction when Connie Edwards, owner of a local rock quarry and another Stonehenge fan, offered to provide the..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Fort Richardson State Park outside of Jacksboro mixes the story of the Old West with outdoor recreation for the modern family

"...with swimming access. The reservoir and the fort's flooded rock quarry are also popular fishing spots...."

Aug. 22, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...lines would only ensure the continued rush of concrete, Sheetrock, and tar paper...."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...Those Peabodys, antipodal high voltage bolted the brand. On rock-solid third LP Animal Saturday (Little Mafia), the Austin trio..."

June 6, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

A Place to Gather Again

The Long Center recycles not only Palmer Auditorium's materials but also its civic purpose

"...and dance. And when Grupo Fantasma got Dell Hall rockin', they danced themselves, right in the aisles...."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...at Cook Elementary School last week. Cedar Park, Round Rock, and Leander – just outside the eastern boundaries of..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature

Happenings

September 27-October 4

"...Rep­re­sentatives with everyday people. 7pm. Antonio's, 16912 I-35, Round Rock. www.goooh.com...."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

"...• Buda-area rock quarry and crusher operators, Austin's KBDJ LP, suffered another..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

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