UT Austin’s Gender and Sexuality Center Takes Care of Young Adults

Queer students find sanctuary and support at the GSC

Aug. 9, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Probation Failing Young Offenders

Texas Criminal Justice Coalition report says there has to be a better way

"...the use of probation for youthful offenders in Texas. "Young Adults and Community Supervision: The Need for a Devel­opmentally..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Only the Young

This gorgeously shot documentary impression of three teenagers in Santa Clarita, California, effectively captures the sensation of youth on the verge.

"...– days that were largely foot-bound and unwatched by adults, toeing through abandoned construction sites, and spending long hours..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction

'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie

"...TV and film producer Rob Thomas, but rather to young adult author Rob Thomas, whose incisive, thoughtful coming-of-age novel..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

It’s Adults Only at the Thinkery This Thursday Night

A little grownup tippling, a lot of sonic scientific exploranizing

"...youth is, as some have suggested, wasted on the young. But we might complain, just short of whining about..."

April 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Young at Heart

The Austin Teen Book Festival is coming of age

"...and cheekbones that could cut glass. You've discovered the Young Adult section, where every misfit, outcast, and loner has..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Young Entrepreneurs “Dream Like a Teen”

Teach them well and let them lead the way

"...Bees (fka BeeSweet), in a discussion with three other young entrepreneurs to inspire and educate young people interested in..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Food Feature by Katherine McNevins

Center for Young Cinema Screening

"...Directed by: Various. Center for Young Cinema (CYC) is screening more than 12 films produced..."

Aug. 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hey, Adults! Comics! Comics that are Funny, Weird, and Profound!

Reviewed: New School, Superzelda, My Dirty Dumb Eyes

"...the parents, fearing for their firstborn's safety, send the younger brother to track him down and bring him back...."

Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

KidsActing: The Young Ones Take Center Stage

The space known as Arts on Real gets a new name and becomes a theatre of, by, and for kids

"...she's ever been able to reach before. And while adults will be around, Center Stage will be "the kids'..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short Term 12

This indie drama starring Brie Larson has an emotional honesty that reaps fans and awards.

"...the film’s overly familiar storyline: that of teens and young adults needing to make peace with the rotten deals..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Breathe

Home-invasion thriller is more methodical than innovative

"...the get-go that the answer is: not well. Three young adults, each for different reasons, decide to rob the..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleepers

"...in the late Sixties, the other upon them as young adults some 15 years later. Because of a stupid..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Final Girls

Smart homage to the cheesy campsite horror films of the Eighties

"...10-little-Indians formula by magically looping a quintet of present-day young adults into a fictional 1986 slasher film titled Camp..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...The template is familiar: Five attractive young adults are holed up in a remote cabin in..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nothing Hasty About This Retreat

LGBTQ spirituality in the woods? It's only natural.

"...Queer teens and young adults like the great outdoors too, and this weekend,..."

April 1, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

UT Announces Mandated Masks, Flexible Learning for Fall Reopening

News comes amid COVID-19 surge, especially in young adults

"...surging statistics that some officials have attributed to more young adults testing positive in recent weeks. According to Austin-Travis..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Nowhere to Go

The struggles of homeless teenagers and young adults often go overlooked in Austin

"...she needed to survive on her own as a young person with no support system...."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Life, Animated

The magic of Disney unlocks a boy's mind

"...is rarely specified. In Life, Animated – about a young man with autism who found through Disney movies a..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reflections on a May/December Romance

The Adults in the Room

"...discussing his narrative/autobiography/documentary hybrid of a film. Unlike The Adults in the Room, the conversation is a failure. The..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Texas Book Festival 2017: The First Dozen

Lisa Ko, Claire Messud lead off first look at fest lineup

"...for fans of the novel, lit for kids and young adults, and cookbooks...."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

10,000 Anime Strong Throng at Project A-Kon

Dallas hosts the longest-running anime convention in North America

"...geek stereotype, to be sure Ð introverted teens and young adults opening up in the company of their own..."

June 18, 2009 Screens Post by Frederick Stanton

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...gothic to Austin's buzzing eclecticism within the context of Young Adult literature – itself a crazy amalgam of genres..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Towelhead

Alan Ball's film is guaranteed to discomfit and dismay with its dangerous plunge into an adolescent girl's discovery of sexuality and self-identity.

"...that Towelhead is populated with a rash of unconscionable adults and epithet-tossing kids. At times, the film’s sexual predation..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ugly Kid

"...at least a few filmmakers who still consider their younger counterparts worthy of a good story that doesn't speak..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Kid Who Would Be King

The Arthurian myth retold as an entertaining allegory for the hope of youth

"...construction site, he is visited by the wizard Merlin (young, Imrie, and old, Stewart) and warned of a great..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

#TheWorstPeopleInTheWorld

Millennials have gotten a pretty bad rap, but do they deserve it?

"...emergence into the workplace. Beyond deciphering how teens and young adults use social media or working the next marketing..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen wins the Hunger Wars and our hearts.

"...of postapocalyptic Panem, aka America, Suzanne Collins' trilogy of young adult novels has at its core the resourceful, intelligent,..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The White Ribbon

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

"...work ethic. The children appear dutiful and well-behaved, the adults principled and virtuous. So how to explain the peculiar..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cross My Heart

"...thing. Cross My Heart follows the adventures of a young French boy, Martin, that occur in the wake of..."

Aug. 9, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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