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Enormous Wings" by Laurie Frankel brings a new lens to issues of pregnancy and bodily autonomy
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (1009+ words) In the book, 77-year-old Pepper Mills moves to a retirement home and learns she is pregnant. By Sarah Asch May 21, 202611: 45 am Arts & Culture, Books, Texas Standard Original Sarah Asch / Texas Standard Pepper Mills did not choose to move to a…...
Austin's giant troll in Pease Park burns down
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (215+ words) The 18-foot-tall troll, Malin, was completed two years ago by artist Thomas Dambo and cost around $300, 000. By Leigh Walden, KUT News May 21, 202611: 26 am Arts & Culture, KUT News, The Texas Newsroom Ashes are all that remain of the Pease Park troll…...
This week in Texas music history: Zappa and Beefheart at Armadillo World Headquarters
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (487+ words) A Central Texas venue erupts in frenzied bongo fury. By Jason Mellard, The Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University May 18, 20261: 28 pm Arts & Culture, History, KUTX Austin, Music On May 20 and 21, 1975, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Mothers…...
Lou Diamond Phillips says getting a city of Austin proclamation and a Dallas Star Award feels "full circle
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (1176+ words) In my teenage years, I dreamed of being where I am now. And to be able to come back wearing that and owning that and not being done, it's an ongoing career. It's very gratifying and in many ways humbling....
New "Black Austin Matters" season features WNBA legend, "America"s Got Talent" semifinalist and more
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1545+ words) The podcast continues to shed light on some of the names " big and small " that make up the capital city's Black community. By Rhonda Fanning & Miles Bloxson May 12, 20262: 57 pm Arts & Culture, Race & Identity, Texas Standard Original From left, Black Austin…...
This week in Texas music history: Isidro L'pez born
1+ week, 3+ day ago (275+ words) A bandleader dubbed "El Indio" claims the orquesta tejana crown. By Jason Mellard & Alan Schaefer, The Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University May 11, 202611: 33 am History, KUTX Austin, Music On May 17, 1929, bandleader and saxophonist Isidro L'pez was born…...
Long before "Sinners," "Riverbend" told a story of Black resistance
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1370+ words) The Texas-made film was not widely released but is getting new life thanks to a hard-fought, and a bit improbable, effort at restoration. By Laura Rice March 6, 20263: 24 pm Arts & Culture, Film & TV, Race & Identity, Texas Standard Original Steve James, left,…...
Chuck Norris, martial arts star and honorary Texan, dies at 86
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (447+ words) By Bob Mondello, NPRMarch 20, 202611: 26 am Arts & Culture, Film & TV, Partner Organizations Jeff Golden / Getty Image Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films in the 1980s, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger. He's…...
Typewriter Rodeo: Winter Olympics (for Alysa Liu)
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (179+ words) Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin's'Typewriter Rodeo'for a custom poem on Texas topics. By Eli Karren March 19, 2026'11: 00 am Arts & Culture, Texas Standard Original, Typewriter Rodeo Yants Images, CC BY-SA 4. 0, via Wikimedia Commons I don't cry at weddings, haven't…...
Stay focused on the mission: Film shares lessons from pioneering Spacewoman Eileen Collins
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1568+ words) The documentary, in limited theatrical release now, features not just her time at NASA, but her journey there and how her family coped with her dangerous missions. By Laura Rice March 23, 202611: 40 am Arts & Culture, Film & TV, Health & Science, History, Texas…...