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Oct. 30, 2015 News Column by Michael King
Tales of Halloween Aims for Spooky Fun
New horror anthology screens this weekend
"...cousin who would tell her the most terrifying urban myths. Now, as one of the 11 directors of new..."
Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Anne Washburn's inventive play shows how, after the apocalypse, we still cling to Springfield
"...our potential future, a timeline of how our modern myths and legends mutate into reverence and, dare we say..."
Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver
Baseless Myth
"...Please do not be fooled into believing the baseless myths that rattlesnakes are useless and of such unlimited bounty..."
July 20, 2015 Postmarks
Mr. Holmes
Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes at 93, as his memory begins to fail
"...director of Frankenstein, Mr. Holmes bores down into the myths that prop up notable figures of the popular imagination,..."
July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Jade Helm and Tinfoil Hats
Abbott, Cruz, Jade Helm, and the death of the sane GOP
"...saying they should "dealing with black helicopters and other myths that are out there by the right-wing extremists."..."
May 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Luv Doc: Spelling and Grammar
Another win for the Republicans, another step toward idocracy
"...You know what? Dental hygiene notwithstanding, he was right...."
March 27, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc
CineMarfa Announces 2015 Lineup
Sci-fi in an out-of-this-world setting
"...book Sun Ra, the Astro Black and other Solar Myths will introduce a screening of Sun Ra's avant-garde sf/blaxplo..."
March 25, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Tug Life
Ben Powell's Barge takes a trip along the Mississippi
"...him to spending time with crews to demystify the myths. While a few have indeed served time, he discovered..."
March 14, 2015 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer
SXSW Music List 10
The Damned, 2 Chainz, War on Drugs, and 242 more added
"...New Myths (New York, NY.)..."
March 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Unfinished Business
The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
"...a variety of venues internationally. She revels in old myths and legends...."
Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Nick Drake
A new tome sheds light on the mythic UK folkie
"...his bedside table. Drake's now such a manifestation of myths upon which cultural canons are built that fans searching..."
Jan. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
The Q&A Hole: Why Is Marijuana Still Illegal in Most of the U.S.?
With Ngaio Bealum, Alan Metoskie, Chris Nicholas, and Maggie Gallant
"...prohibition and pay big moolah to keep alive the myths that were created to get it outlawed to begin..."
Jan. 19, 2015 Chronolog Post
Deus Ex Machina
Deus Ex Machina lets audiences literally play god and choose what happens to the House of Atreus
"...If you're an aficionado of Greek history, myths, and stories, you're likely to get wrapped up in..."
Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Adam Roberts
The Year in Movies, and in Moments
What didn’t make my Top 10
"...a cymbal thrown at him). As for other jazz myths: It’s curious that sex never figures into the mix;..."
Dec. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Revealing The Great Invisible
Filmmaker Margaret Brown dives into the wreckage of the area residents' lives following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
"...A Film About Townes Van Zandt, The Order of Myths) has certainly been informed by her time living and..."
Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer
DVDanger: Every Day Is Halloween
See No Evil 2, The Houses October Built, and LFO
"...This one addresses the urban myths about houses that have hired real killers or sex..."
Nov. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Film Festival: Mental Illness in the Movies
Donnie Darko, Fight Club scribes on the sanity spectrum
"...that maybe untruth is better than nothing. After all, myths might not be real per se, but they provide..."
Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen
Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin
Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering
"...host and Blastr editor-at-large Aaron Sagers explores the urban myths and supernatural location of the 512 (Room 10AB). Friday..."
Oct. 2, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker
The AggreGAYtor: September 25
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
"...The top five arguments against non-discrimination laws are Grade-A..."
Sept. 25, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund
The Long Trip up the 'Dark Mountain'
Writer/director Tara Anaïse brings her wilderness horror to Austin
"...the mountains." She admits she became obsessed with the myths, not just of the mine, but of the aptly..."
July 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
When the Clock Strikes 12
Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen
"...Yet, of all the myths and maybes surrounding Haley, one detail rings true: Bill..."
May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper
Through research and case studies, Robert Bryce argues that human ingenuity will beat environmental collapse to the punch
"...power and energy independence. In these, he adeptly debunks myths of wind and biomass being energy saviors (though he..."
May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by James Renovitch
A Declaration of Independence
Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way
"...on the Trail of Tears. Then last week was myths and folk tales, so I found some tall tales..."
May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Cine Las Americas Announces Full Lineup
Exec. dir. Eugenio del Bosque Gómez walks us through the CLAIFF17 slate
"...“There were myths that he had passed away, that he had been..."
April 10, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
The AggreGAYtor: April 7
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
"...Laws against discrimination actually reduce discrimination. The Bad..."
April 7, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund
The AggreGAYtor: March 18
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
"...If anyone’s especially interested in what’s going on in..."
March 18, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund
SXSW Film Review: 'The Great Invisible'
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has exacted a human toll
"...Peabody Award for her previous documentary, The Order of Myths, Brown was in a good position to quickly mobilize..."
March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown
We're all connected through the Great Invisible
"...Margaret Brown (Be Here to Love Me, Order of Myths) premiered her new film, a documentary about the Gulf..."
March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer
Seeing the Invisible
Margaret Brown dives headfirst into the BP Gulf oil tragedy
"...director (Be Here to Love Me, The Order of Myths) brought her cameras home to grasp the impact of..."
