Crop Circles: Quest for Truth

"...Directed by: William Gazecki. Timed to coincide with the similarly themed M. Night Shyamalan film Signs, this exhaustive..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Capital Grille Steaks Its Claim on Fourth Street

And, boy howdy, does it come through with flavors flying

"...Yes: The Capital Grille, in the heart of Downtown, right where..."

April 30, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Grandmaster

Visual master Wong Kar-Wai tells the story of the legendary martial-arts practitioner and teacher Ip Man.

"...can’t be told without footnotes or what-might-have-been frustration, and the book hasn’t closed on it, not by a long..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Horseman on the Roof

The film captures the heroic exploits of an Italian resistance soldier who falls in love with a French noblewoman during the French cholera plague of the early 19th century.

"...Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, Francois Cluzet and Paul Freeman. The Horseman on the Roof combines a love story of..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Laziest Girl in Town

Asleep at the Wheel's feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility

"...an unseasonably warm January afternoon, Elizabeth McQueen lounges on the curved tangerine sofa in her East Austin home, glasses..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Luv Doc: Faking It

Some really heavy, dark, first world, existential shit

"...he said he "needed to do some stuff on the computer.” He NEVER needs to do stuff on the..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hideout Theatre's Grand Misery

This improvised send-up of the musical Les Miz is as much fun as the real show is serious

"...Expected at nearly every single rehearsal, we made one another laugh to pass the time: making up alternate lyrics..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Slamdance Interview: Chris Jericho Takes The Death Tour

Wrestling GOAT on his new role as documentarian

"...In professional wrestling circles, there have been two legendary trials of fire for..."

Jan. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

UT Football: The Best and the Worst

Emerging Horns transition out of a season of gross extremes

"...In typical Texas football fashion, the Longhorns turned Baylor's salvageable season from Sugar (Bowl) to..."

Dec. 8, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Austin at Large: Storms Along the Waterfront

How much should the city invest in the Statesman PUD? Zero, or $400 million?

"...And now we're back at 305 S. Congress, the former home of the Austin American-Statesman, the place we..."

July 29, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...spent staring at screens, it's time to change with the leaves. Music festivals in and around Austin fill up..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

In With the Old, in With the New

An epic Saturday at Old Settler’s

"...By the time Wood & Wire took the stage Saturday afternoon,..."

April 24, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...in June, you expect local teens to be marking the summer break in the time-honored ways: minimum-wage-slaving it in..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...one. And if you are, you were likely among the attendees of the Austin Game Conference...."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

The Body Is the Music

The Beginnings

"...of ceremonial rituals such as marriage, death, and birth. The origins of Middle Eastern dance movements, such as undulating..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Wrong Side of the Tracks?

Light Rail May Be a Heavy Burden for East Austin

"...While light rail is being touted in some circles as the best solution to relieve traffic congestion, curb..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Adrian Quesada and the Long Path to His First Official Solo Release

Austin's unassuming superstar is a travellin' man

"...unimpressed with himself. Yes, things are very good for the multihyphenate, to say the least. Of course, Quesada has..."

July 15, 2022 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Out With the Old ...

Upgrades, Updates and New Toys for Your PC

"...you bought your computer, but you can still hear the salesman's voice like it was yesterday. "Is it upgradable?"..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Death Metal Symphony in Deep C. It's just what the name implies - a full metal symphony - and..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kendrick Lamar, Brandi Carlile, Red Young, Chucky Blk, and more recommended shows

"...guiding conscience returned. Though our decaying world expected salvation, the messianic MC rose bearing an evasive, eremitic double LP..."

July 15, 2022 Music Column by Julian Towers

Five Takeaways From the New Austin Music Census

2022 survey shows musicians moving farther from city core

"...The latest appraisal of Austin's music economy shows that the..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...considered recollections of older black men from Texas and the broadly American South below the Mason-Dixon line generally bear..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Editor Louis Black spoke with Shrake in 1985 about the critically acclaimed Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson,..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Inside the Spinning, Whirling World

"...In 1997-98, Dr. Joni L. Jones of the UT Speech Communications Department received a Fulbright fellowship to..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

The Color of My Parachute

120mph Straight Down

"...From up about 13,500 feet, the human body descends at a rate of approximately 120mph...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

None of the Hits, All of the Time

Austin's Real "Alternative," KVRX

"...Thursday nights on KVRXphotograph by John Anderson "C'mere!!" motions the affable station manager. "I want to show you the..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

The Heavy Circles

"...The Heavy Circles(Dynamite Child)..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Lady Gaga’s Love-In

Electro-dance validation brings Austin to its knees

"...Unrequited love couldn’t score a ticket to the Erwin Center on Tuesday night as a sold-out crowd..."

Dec. 6, 2017 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

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