Batfest Flies to South First Street
Fest schedule resolved; reservations about Downtown closures continue
"...last week's City Council meeting has been ironed out: Batfest, the outdoor Labor Day festival scheduled at Ann Richards..."
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Advanced Bathtub RefinishingAlvin Patterson Annual Battle of the Bands and DrumlineAustin Bat CaveAustin BatworksAustin Energy Home Performance With Energy Star Rebate ProgramAustin Energy Solar Rebate ProgramBarton Springs BathhouseBat BarBat City Brew ToursBat City ReviewBat Conservation InternationalBatakotoBatch Craft Beer + KolachesBates Motor Home RentalBates Recital HallBaton CreoleBatsBatteries PlusBetter Batter BakeryBracken Bat CaveCity of Austin Electric Vehicle RebateClawfoot Bathtub WarehouseDos BatosIce BatsNational Tire & BatteryNational Tire and BatteryNight Wing Bat SculptureRechargeable Battery Recycling CorporationBates Motel (CLOSED)Blue Fin Sushi & Robata Bar (CLOSED)Discovery Incubator (CLOSED)
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Aug. 13, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Everyone's Hero
Everyone's Hero displays its heart firmly on its sleeve as the pedestrian animation celebrates the pursuit of one's dreams.
"...(Austin) uncovers a plot to steal Babe Ruth's lucky bat before the 1932 World Series. With the help of..."
Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark
Qmmunity: Luv, Luv, Luv
Poo Poo Platter’s Valentine Kai Kai, anti-Valentine’s Day burlesque with Bat City Bombshells, and more queer’d events
"...(Feb. 12), flipping the bird to V-Day with the Bat City Bombshells burlesque babes on Saturday (Feb. 13), and..."
Feb. 12, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan
Making New Friends an Old-Fashioned Way – Through Letter Writing
A collaboration between Austin Bat Cave, Foundation Communities, and Letterpress PLAY encourages pen pals to bridge generational divides
"...letter-writing program organized by literacy and writing nonprofit Austin Bat Cave. The program matches younger students with older Austinites..."
Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Clara Ence Morse
Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20
Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests
"...in with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Creed’s Scott Stapp at Bat Fest on Saturday. And Sunday’s the holiest day with..."
Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch
The Chronicle's Second ASL Win
Scoring three to Emo's two during the ninth, the Chronicle wins, 19-18
"...Maybe it was our new at-bat theme songs. Maybe it was my new red cleats...."
Aug. 7, 2008 Sports Post by Kristine Tofte
World Series: Red Sox in Five
"...World Series but with Ted Lilly coming up to bat with the bases loaded I knew it was going..."
Oct. 24, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt
L’Oca d’Oro Co-Owner on the Future of the Restaurant
Right now, they can’t do what they do – so what’s next?
"...This week we were invited to a virtual bat mitzvah. A family of regulars was supposed to celebrate..."
April 27, 2020 Food Post by Adam Orman
Fences
Denzel Washington scores big in August Wilson's great American play
"...This is Denzel Washington’s third at bat behind the camera while directing himself and, holy smokes,..."
Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Yakuza Apocalypse
Japan’s nuttiest filmmaker Takashi Miike strikes again
"...When it comes to weird-ass, bat-shit crazy showstoppers, there’s prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike and..."
Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Being Evel
Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc
"...the Guinness World Records – remains the bloodied and battered father of modern, non-Olympic, crazy-horsepower spectacle. (Like every Seventies..."
Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Dracula Untold
Prince Vlad fights off the Turks with with a little old-school vampirism.
"...to summon and control millions if not billions of bats as his foot, uh, wing soldiers, but, of course,..."
Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Septic Man
This Canadian horror film wades through a cesspool of human waste and challenges our gag reflexes.
"...gives a performance that can only be described as bat-shit crazy. Fitting, eh?..."
Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Blended
America's favorite screen couple, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, mosey through another rom-com.
"...boys need someone who can teach them how to bat balls, and Jim’s girls need someone who can educate..."
May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Great Gatsby
A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.
"...(co-scripted with Craig Pearce) is the fifth whack at bat, and it gets some elements right, others spectacularly wrong,..."
May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Push! Push!
Austin Bat Cave thisclose to Kickstarter goal
"...To call the Austin Bat Cave a writing and tutorial center for kids is..."
Nov. 9, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
Anonymous
Normally a maker of big, explosive movies, Roland Emmerich directs this conspiracy-minded potboiler which questions the veracity of Shakespeare's authorship.
"...the tone of a Hallmark Channel holiday special gone bat-shit crazy...."
Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Adult Education
Three chances to sharpen your writing tools
"...The O. Henry Museum and the Austin Bat Cave are known for the fine work they do..."
Sept. 7, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
The Way Back
In this film set in 1940 and directed by Peter Weir, seven multinational prisoners in a Siberian labor camp escape and walk 4,000 miles to safety in India.
"...curmudgeon, Mr. Smith, puts it bluntly right off the bat when he tells new gulag arrival Janusz (Sturgess) that..."
Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
ZONK!
Mayor Leffingwell proposes Austin Keep It Batty
"...is expected to announce a proposal to make the bat the "Official Animal" of Austin. Bats in the belfry?..."
March 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Be There, Love Them
Screening of the Townes Van Zandt doc Be Here to Love Me to benefit the Austin Bat Cave
"...We're big fans of the Austin Bat Cave, the West Lynn-based literacy nonprofit that offers tutoring..."
Sept. 2, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
Orphan
A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.
"...normally dysfunctional nuclear families and proceed to go absolutely bat-shit. When it comes to vile little preteen pyschopaths, it's..."
July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Obsessed
Idris Elba and Beyoncé co-star as a married couple whose happy life is disrupted by a stalker.
"...attentions, so by the time he discovers just how bat-shit crazy she really is, Lisa has already invaded his..."
May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Eating Out
Crude comedy of sexual errors falls flat.
"...as Kyle urges the none-too-bright Caleb to pretend to bat for the other side in order to woo his..."
May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Two Weeks Notice
"...it began. Lawrence's direction -- his first time at bat -- is equally uninspired. It's a botched job through..."
Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Head Over Heels
"...-- that's whacking as in with a large baseball bat and a body bag to hide the evidence. But..."
Feb. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
House on Haunted Hill
"...and hell's spawn into the mix right off the bat, which then makes it all that much more difficult..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Original Gangstas
"...as our heroes, backed up by a handful of baseball-bat-wielding housewives, take to the crime-ridden streets of Gary, Indiana..."
Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.
"...incarnation by Tim Burton. For the uninitiated, this big-screen Batman is animated, the work of the folks behind the..."
Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Lunatics: A Love Story
"...gobs of dementia tossed in. Armed with a baseball bat and wrapped in about a dozen rolls of aluminum..."
