Category: Texas

Austin / Austin City Limits Music Festival / city / music / party / Texas

October 5, 2016

My ACL First Weekend Experience

I was busy with a thing, but here are some thoughts…

art / Arts / Austin / city / events / Texas / travel

October 4, 2016

Why Keeping the Sekrit Theater is Important

I come from a very social family. When my paternal grandparents got married during the Depression it was the social event of the season in Chinquapin, deep in the piney woods of East Texas....

Austin / books / Guest Post / memory / reading / Texas

July 25, 2016

Cactus Pryor; Prophet or Just Full of Common Sense?

I’m pleased to present another offering from Austin writer Teresa Kohl! Bad habits sometimes lead us to unexpected benefits. One particular bad habit of mine is cruising into Half Price Books to examine the...

Austin / Austin City Limits Music Festival / blog / events / festival / media / music / Texas

June 7, 2016

Austin City Limits: Snapshots from the cheap-ish seats

Since my column last fall on the Austin City Limits Music Festival left quite an impression, I thought it would be good to share some of the pictures that I took of my experience...

Austin / Austin City Limits Music Festival / blog / city / festival / music / Texas

June 6, 2016

Talking About the Austin City Limits Music Festival

Today a front-page above-the-fold story “Should Austin charge ACL organizer more for use of Zilker Park?” in the Austin American-Statesman referenced my op-ed column from last fall on the Austin City Limits Music Festival. If you missed...

blog / ethics / events / politics / Texas

May 8, 2016

Sisten Helen Prejean at Southwestern

Last month Sister Helen Prejean was at Southwestern University. Prejean is known for work with death row inmates, and is the basis for the movie Dead Man Walking. You can watch her...

Austin / festival / Levitation / Texas

April 13, 2016

Levitation Pick: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard

Hanging out at a friend’s party this past weekend, discussion turned to the upcoming Levitation festival, and the Australian psychedelic act King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I like what I’m hearing from them,...

art / Arts / Austin / blog / events / festival / sxsw / Texas / theater

April 7, 2016

That Crazy Irish Parade at SXSW!

One of the most visually incredible events at this year’s South by Southwest was the show from Ireland’s Macnas. It made SXSW feel more like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe than SXSW. It was magical, complete with...