Covering Music, Film and Pop Culture
Dallas Morning News May 4, 2017 Ever since I saw the movie Colossal at Fantastic Fest this past fall, I’ve been waiting for it to come out in theaters. I wanted to write about its perceptive...
Dallas Morning News March 16.2017 As fashion shows in Paris bring us next season’s trends in wearables, the South by Southwest conference has built the reputation for unveiling future ideas. Unsigned bands play in...
Last November I had no idea that the presidential election would lead me to a packed Washington D.C. metro car full of pink-hatted people speeding towards the Women’s March on Washington, singing me a spirited...
When I was an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library was free for everyone. My big family was often looking for something to do on their...
On the last day of early voting, I went to the Travis County Airport Boulevard Offices and stood in line a full one and a half hours to cast my ballot. I had checked...
By Anna Hanks – Special to the American-Statesman Updated: 11:01 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 | Posted: 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 The Austin City Limits Music Festival isn’t a place where one usually starts...
By Anna Hanks – Regular contributor I’ve spent the first weeks of January at home with the kind of severe cold that justifies not getting out of pajamas for days. While contagiously confined to...
By Anna Hanks – Special contributor Every year I cringe when I read about the crowds on “Black Friday,” the biggest shopping day of the year. Even more terrible is reading about the various...
By Anna Hanks – Special to the American-Statesman As I was hanging my laundry out on the line on the day following the South By Southwest Eco Conference earlier this month, I realized that...
I usually love the cultural circus of the South By Southwest festival, but I’m having a hard time reconciling the party atmosphere of the event with the tragic incident on Red River Street that...
