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“Shanie Tommasini: Slippery Clump” at the Umlauf
The Umlauf Prize-winning artist uses big, playful shapes and environmental manipulation to look at art, nature, and conservation
"...The most unnerving aspects of fictional eco-dystopias involve synthetic intrusion..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

"ANGRY CLOUD + DESCND: Return of the Litvak"
The clouds are angry in this solo installation, but the spirit of the show at DORF is doggedly hopeful, fresh, and invigorating
"...It could be any house in the South Austin neighborhood: blue front door, xeriscaped front yard,..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

SXSW Turns the Tables on Comedy Connoisseur Dick Cavett
The veteran talk-show host matters because he took the art of being funny seriously
"...this month, a diminutive Nebraskan muscled his way onto the cluttered TV talk-show landscape, carving out a tiny spot..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse
After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing
"...It started off as a cute phrase, purloined from the movie Antichrist. "Chaos reigns," a fox declares as it..."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art
By building this structure, the Blanton enabled a major modern artist to realize his masterwork
"...Ellsworth Kelly made plans for a building. And at the time he made them – that would be 1986..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Truth in Journalism: The Making of The Post
Reporters and researchers on Spielberg's journalistic epic
"...as Renato Perez came home from his shift at The New York Times, he got a call from assistant..."

Jan. 15, 2018 Screens Post by Acacia Coronado

Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?
Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.
"...There was a possible game-changer at Mon­day's joint work session..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The World Is Watching J. Quinton Johnson
The UT alumnus left Austin to be in "the room where it happens": in Hamilton on Broadway
"...school drama students hit him up for selfies at the Long Center on March 7 (and as the kids..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects
Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge
"...is made by its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius and fragility, its..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

“Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s”
The Blanton Museum of Art’s retrospective may tap nostalgia for a certain generation, but it can be deeply moving, too
"...school wearing blue because, I don't know, it was the color of his eyes, I didn't understand. Eventually, I..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Once and Future Library
New library committed to creating community gathering space
"...create an iconic landmark that is a tribute to the love of knowledge that this community has ... a..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin
Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering
"...Wizard World, the traveling celebration of all things geek, wondrous, collectible and..."

Oct. 2, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'
A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies
"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alejandro Escovedo: R-O-C-K with the U.S.A.
Iconic rocker’s love affair with the Austin, part two
"...It’s obvious Alejandro Escovedo took his time picking the acts both highlighted and performing in his United Sounds..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

La Barbecue Turns Up the Heat With Secret Pit Technology
Is this special new smoker a brisket game-changer?
"...It's an age-old question that persists even today in the dark art of Meat Alchemy: Does the wand make..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Is the Third 'Graphic Canon' a Decent End to the Ambitious Project?
Does this collection of illustrated literary classics succeed?
"...Verdict: Russ Kick brings it on home – to the home library – with style...."

April 22, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVD Watch: 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Hitchcock's original 1931 take, newly restored, debuts on Blu-ray
"...Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much may be the more..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Going With the Flow
The next life of Waller Creek
"...Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern world and at the same time to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

From the Vaults: Jonathan Demme's Music Docs
Neil Young, Talking Heads, Hitchcock, & the one that got away
"...Neil Young Journeys sounds familiar, that’s because this is the third time the Oscar-winning filmmaker has made a movie..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Way It Is and Isn't
Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now
"...time – and not just because it kicked off the cocktail hour. That was the time, in the Central..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Intergalactic Nemesis' in Four Colors
Is the world's first live action graphic novel a good graphic novel?
"...The Intergalactic Nemesis has been called the world's first live..."

Aug. 11, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Is 'This' the New 'That'?
A brief pondering as to whether Poly is the "New Gay"
"...Fashion says it all the time: "Plaid/chartreuse/aquamarine is the new black!" This phrase is..."

Dec. 9, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

The Tire Mound of Mystery
Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance
"...Stacked in long rows and towering piles in the middle of a field southeast of Downtown are thousands..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Violation From the Brewster Nation (Updated Again)
Mysterious pro-McCracken group pinches Leffingwell on parking
"...to find a bright yellow “violation” notice stuck to the windshield. It’s not a real ticket, but a flyer..."

May 4, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)
"...So Charlie Kaufman is the best screenwriter of the 21st century, eh? Compared to..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Page Two: Music of the Spheres
We cannot work together unless we can talk to each other
"...As I cautioned they might in last week's column on the Waller Creek..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Art of the State
Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts
"...When Ricardo Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph Briscoe..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory
The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"
"...Hopin' for the best..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Down the Hill, Up the Hill, Into the Cave
Where the bad man in the ape suit and diving helmet touched me
"...The reason I'm so comfortable insisting that films work on..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Meet the New Neighbors
A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado
"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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