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Aug. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
The director of Twenty Feet From Stardom does another music doc
"...Music can uplift the human spirit. This is the drumbeat that drives Morgan..."
July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
End of the Silk Road for the Dread Pirate Roberts
Online blackmarket founder Ross Ulbricht faces 20 years
"...No one knew who the real Dread Pirate Roberts was. That was a core..."
Feb. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Unmasking the Dread Pirate Roberts in Silk Road
Filmmaker Tiller Russell looks at the man behind the internet's black market
"...It was the arrest that changed how people looked at the internet...."
Feb. 19, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Silk Road
Story of the Dread Pirate Roberts versus the FBI falls into bothsidesisms
"...Silk Road, the notorious online drug marketplace, was the brainchild..."
Feb. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Ornette Coleman Quartet is coming to the Bass Concert Hall
"...rare date with Neil Young and has now upped the ante with the announcement of its 2010-11 season. Highlights..."
April 14, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell
Rally Road Racers
Animated race movie about a slow loris with speedy dreams
"...One of the complaints leveled against the recent smash hit The Super..."
May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies
Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc
"...The history of union activism in America has rarely been..."
May 3, 2022 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Beat Goes On
Harry Ransom Center hosts the Kerouac scroll
"...As curators in the Ransom Center Galleries unrolled the yellowing 120-foot manuscript, cameras..."
March 14, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull
The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks
A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks
"...Urban Cowboy, Scott Glenn is explaining to Debra Winger the intricacies of worm swallowing. "Mess-kins say eatin' the worm'll..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
Boutique of the Week: Soigné Boutique
Soigné Boutique makes the world safe for fashionistas who give back this week.
"...will host a pre-holiday mixer and fashion show benefitting The Miracle League,..."
Nov. 9, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris
The Puffy Taco Invasion
Two San Antonio-influenced Mexican restaurants are the newest residents of Manor Road's Restaurant Row
"...Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-10pm After spending a decade across the parking lot from Güero's and two blocks off the..."
April 30, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
A Quarrel With the Status Quo
Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.
"...Charlie Baird: Well, I'll tell you, honestly – and the reason I'm hesitant is because I think it sounds..."
Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature
WEST Pop-Up at the Neill-Cochran House Museum
For the West Austin Studio Tour, 15 artists show their work in this historic Austin home to varying and delightful effect
"...There has never been a better time to explore the..."
May 18, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean
Beyond the Norm
The Impressive Euro-Asian Fare at Bistro 88
"...Bistro 88 2712 Bee Caves Road, 328-8888..."
Feb. 18, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery
The Dead Climb on Top of You
Third Place winner
"...was in my house. I was living alone for the first time, it had not even been a month..."
Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff
How Green Is the Music?
Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony
"...Last October, Thom Yorke, frontman for the British band Radiohead, told the UK's Guardian newspaper he..."
April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Turning Tricks With The Amazing Ray
With nothing up his sleeve, Esther's Follies resident magic man Ray Anderson pulls wonder -- and laughter -- out of thin air.
"...his size with only his hands sticking out, and they're shackled. Meanwhile, suspended over him is the Claw, a..."
Sept. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails
Ex-Austinite accused of being one of the Internet's biggest crime lords
"...In The Princess Bride, it's a shock when Princess Buttercup works..."
Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails
Austinite accused of being one of Internet's biggest crime lords
"...In The Princess Bride, it was a shock when Princess Buttercup..."
Oct. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Reefer Roundup: 6/17/11
Your drug war news, all in one place
"...This week it's Happy Birthday to the Drug War, drugs through the mail, a shoot-out on..."
June 17, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith
Laura Poitras Takes a Risk
Oscar-winning documentarian on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
"...she contends with planned obsolescence. "I can't believe that they changed the mini-jack. It's highway robbery that they make..."
May 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Film Review: Deep Web
Alex Winter's cybercrime doc takes up Dread Pirate Roberts' case
"...Call it the most unexpected Bill and Ted reunion. Keanu Reeves narrating..."
March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
A Beginner’s Guide to Persian Food in Austin
What to order and where to find fare from one of the oldest global food traditions
"...Persian food is incredibly diverse, with historical implications shaping the cuisine for centuries. American diners tend to lump it..."
Jan. 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape
Claus & Effect
The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed
"...Oh hell, it's the holidays...."
Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill
The Silk Road Gourmet, Volume One: Western and Southern Asia: A Journey Through the Cuisines of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka
This is the first of a three-volume set covering 30 different cuisines of Asia
"...The Silk Road Gourmet, Volume One: Western and Southern Asia:..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann
Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'
Local distro house acquires newest shocker from Ben Wheatley
"...Drafthouse Films will be releasing A Field in England, the new historical horror from subversive British film maker Ben..."
May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
National Top Nines
"...1. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)..."
Jan. 8, 1999 Music Feature
Holy Smoke!
The Barbecue! Bible
"...Live fire cooking is the world's first cooking method; it's the easiest and most..."
June 25, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann
SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup
Circling the Thunderdome
"...SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015 festival...."
Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
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