Small Towns Can and Do Thrive

"...many of the responses he got. I'm from a small town, and nobody there seriously blames the liberals for..."

May 6, 2007 Postmarks

Having Grown up in a Small Town

"...Editor, I've spent most of my life living in small towns until I went to college ["Letters @ 3am,"..."

March 31, 2007 Postmarks

A Glimmer of Tasty Hope in a Small Town

Where to find the good eats in Wimberley

"...over the place; something that is much needed in smaller towns. I can get a bratwurst, seared tuna, edamame..."

April 24, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Small-Town Life

"...March 30]. I was born in one of those small Kansas towns and still have many family members either..."

March 29, 2007 Postmarks

Small Town Crime Is a Nasty Bit of Noir

The Nelms brothers and John Hawkes team up for trouble

"...Hawkes' wiry frame stumbling drunkenly out of bed in Small Town Crime, one recalls Elliott Gould's conversation with his..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Small-Town Surprises

Dining around Central Texas: part II

"...The small communities north and east of Austin are transforming: Once-quiet..."

July 27, 2007 Food Feature

Small World and Blurred Boundaries: AFS Essential Cinema

Crossing Borders: Immigration in Global Cinema

"...to his character, however, upon his arrival in a small town in rural Iran, Djomeh makes it his goal..."

April 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Red Hill

Genuine passion for the Western genre is displayed in this Australian take on High Noon that stars True Blood's Ryan Kwanten.

"...lone lawman facing down a brutal killer while the townspeople cower or flee. High Noon's mellifluous refrain, "Do not..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Little Red Truck

A chronicle of the work of the Missoula Children’s Theatre, which travels the country to introduce children to the joys of musical theatre.

"...theatre sends dozens of teachers (aspiring actors all) to small towns and big cities all over the country, the..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...so, they've defied economic trends that have reduced most small Texas towns to dust, especially towns in semi-arid and..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Main Street, U.S.A.

Round Rock = Small Town, Texas?

"...length between Mays and Sheppard Avenues -- verily shouts Small Town, Texas. But murmuring beneath are whispers intimating that..."

Feb. 9, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Where the Heart is

"...you stuck with a noggin full of cobwebs and small-town platitudes. The fact that the film opens with Novalee..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beautiful Girls

"...fragile and sensitive the next. Set in a snowy, small town in Massachusetts, Beautiful Girls features a host of..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

About AIDS

AIDS is not just a big city disease.

"...HIV and AIDS are far more common in small towns and rural America than many people realize. The..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Sandy Bartlett

"Andrew Blanchard / Jonas Criscoe: Call & Respond"

The two printmakers take familiar signage from rural roads and the small-town South and flatten them into one another

"...free afternoons: wandering around back roads and stumbling into small towns to explore their junky antique shops, blasting country..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Beto's On His Way: "We've Got To Show Up, And That Means Coming to the Capitol on Sunday"

Weekend rally wraps up "Texas Drive for Democracy" tour

"...Again, Beto O'Rourke is driving into small towns in red Texas to talk about democracy. Yesterday's..."

June 18, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...behind - the tract home, the highway strip, old towns swallowed by sprawl - isn't amenable to the sorts..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Whole Schmear

The First Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...wider variety." Flesher adds that, though the selection is small, "the festival was designed to appeal to the Jewish..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Maya Churi

Wendy and Lucy

From the director of Old Joy comes this minimalist story about a girl (the elfin Michelle Williams) and her dog getting by in society's margins.

"...illustrates the current American climate by telling a very small-scale story – the micro in the macro – about..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Flight of the Phoenix

Sticking closely to the tone of its predecessor, this remake of Robert Aldrich’s 1965 adventure film lacks the tang of the original, and trades the late-vintage Jimmy Stewart for the shirtless Dennis Quaid.

"...predecessor in both tone and tenor. Quaid plays Frank Towns, pilot of an aging cargo plane sent to pick..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...So it's small wonder that more and more Austin leaders slyly covet..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...a wild and very sparsely populated place. Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...cities, gobbling up the weaker populations and stripping these towns of their resources. When London leader Thaddeus Valentine (Weaving)..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

David Cross Goes Cross Country

In "Making America Great Again!!," David Cross cracks up fans from sea to shining sea

"...DC: I've always had a small frustration when I was out on tour. When I..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

The best small towns in Texas

"...The best small towns in Texas cover a lot of ground. Rural..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Fantastic Fest: When a Bingo Hall Becomes Bingo Hell

Granny get yer gun

"...Gigi Saul Guerrero loves a small-town horror romp. Her previous film for Blumhouse, Culture Shock..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Pride festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was near the small town where I'm from. It was then a really..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

AFF Review: Six Man, Texas

Not your usual Texas football

"...When your town’s small, so is your football team. High school football is..."

Oct. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Mark Fagan

Welcome to Mooseport

Ray Romano, Gene Hackman, Maura Tierney, and Marcia Gay Harden search in vain for a laughtrack in Mooseport, Maine.

"...Sturges or Howard Hawks might have made from this small-town brouhaha. Welcome to Mooseport is in desperate need of..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...by but seldom visited, neglected but not destroyed. Ghost towns hidden in the boomtown...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

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