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Book Review: A Nontraditional Look at Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters
Lynnée Denise eschews her groundbreaking subject’s “Big Mama” moniker
"..."experimental biography," Lynnée Denise tells the story of Willie Mae Thornton through a nontraditional, Black consciousness prism as part..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Photograph
Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets
"...script) explores in granular detail the budding relationship between Mae Morton (Rae), a curator at the Bronx Museum of..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Miller's Tale
Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'
"...Ernie Mae Miller holds in one small hand a framed photograph..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Circle
An absurd cautionary tale on technology
"...Work of Staggering Genius), the movie features Watson as Mae Holland, an ambitious but none-too-bright twentysomething (she takes moonlight..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

She Done Him Wrong
"...Directed by: Lowell Sherman. Starring: Mae West, Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson,..."

June 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thank You and Good Night!
"...Directed by: Jan Oxenberg. Starring: Mae Joffe, Jan Oxenberg, Helen Oxenberg and Richard Oxenberg. Life..."

April 17, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where’s the Fire, Chief?
City announces finalists to succeed Rhoda Mae Kerr
"...Fire Department, the city announced Wednesday. Former chief Rhoda Mae Kerr joined the long list of departing senior city..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Fire at AFD
Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics
"...a rainy weekday in September, Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr is sitting in her office. Apart from books..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Woo
"...are a hoot. She has the same sexy electricity Mae West had, only in a more compact package, but..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Neon Bible
"...hope. Thank God for the brash and flamboyant Aunt Mae, a honky-tonk singer (gamely played by Rowlands) who comes..."

July 5, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Angela
"...Ellie as they cope with their beautiful, manic-depressive mother Mae (Thomson) and their devoted but distracted father Andrew (Ventimiglia)...."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Deep Blues
"...witness performances by Booker T. Laury, R.L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Junior Kimbrough, Roosevelt “Booba” Barnes and the Playboys,..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wisecracks
"...of such trailblazing comediennes as Gracie Allen, Fanny Brice, Mae West, Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball, among others, as..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

What’cha Watchin’?
Editorial intern Mae Hamilton finds something ugly delicious
"...– Editorial intern Mae Hamilton..."

March 23, 2018 Screens Column

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mae West, 'lewd and risqué? Oh, please.
"...Legendary actress/sex symbol Mae West was thrown in jail in 1927 for writing,..."

April 27, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Luv Doc Recommends: KOOP Radio 11th Birthday Party
Maggie Mae's, Saturday, December 17, 2005
"...KOOP radio celebrates its 11th birthday Saturday at Maggie Mae’s with freak rockers Pong, along with the Bloody Tears,..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule
Fri, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 8
"...Maggie Mae's Brainwaves (Portland, OR)..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

The Hour Has 22 Minutes
Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet
"...Call Me Poupée (Montreal, Quebec) Maggie Mae's Rooftop, Thu., 9pm; www.callmepoupee.ca..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Quips & Squealers
Monday, Apr 5
"...how conspiracies are, right? (Esther's Pool, 8pm Mon; Maggie Mae's, 10pm Sat) --J.C. Shakespeare..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

100 Local SXSW Music Acts
A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest
"...Wed. 15, Maggie Mae's Gibson Room, 12mid; Thu. 16, Barracuda Backyard, 8:15pm Local..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Moosehead
Canada gets bigger
"...Creature (CAN), Montreal, www.creatureband.com, Friday, 1am, Maggie Mae's..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule
Thursday, Apr 8
"...Maggie Mae's Judo Intellectual (Chicago, IL) Improv Asylum (Boston, MA)..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

Mud
Salvage Vanguard Theater's staging of Maria Irene Fornes' Mud has plenty to compel our attention, most of it coming from the three gifted actors in the cast
"...We first see Mae at an ironing board, pressing a pair of pants..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Xenophobia?
International Acts at SXSW
"...WHO NEEDS AMERICAN BANDS?... AT MAGGIE MAE'S THRUSH HERMIT (Halifax, Nova Scotia): One press clipping calls..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Seven Decades and One Wall Apart: Finding Friendship on Either Side of a Bouldin Creek Duplex
Two women at different stages of life keep company during a pandemic
"...fire alarm. It's the knock of my next-door neighbor, Mae. Her eyes are wide when I open the door...."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Ali Montag

Dirty Blonde
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde does not always work, but when it does -- such as any time Rosalie Teneth struts and curves and bends around the stage as Mae West -- the show embodies everything truly amazing about theatre.
"...in the center of the star is the name Mae West. The surroundings dictate high expectations -- and they..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Dancing About Architecture
More Austin music news
"...Maggie Mae (Or Mae Not!)..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Is That a Biography in Your Pocket...?
Film Folios and Screen Prints
"...On page 69 of Emily Wortis Leider's biography Becoming Mae West (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30 hard), a vaudeville..."

March 13, 1998 Books Review

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans
International Acts at SXSW
"...are measured these days. (La Zona Rosa, 10pm) Maggie Mae's..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

In Person
"...Wortis Leider at Book People Were she alive today, Mae West would have appreciated Emily Wortis Leider's truncated biography..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Books Feature

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