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A Look Back: Best of 2012
A taste of the year’s brightest newcomers in the restaurant world and a look ahead to 2013
First-time restaurant owners thrilled and thrived with their maiden ventures in 2012, while seasoned restaurateurs added to their portfolios of successful establishments. Standout newcomers included inventive Asian cuisine in an unexpected northwest location, comforting small plates downtown, traditional Italian uptown, classic Mexican in the Rainey Street District and, south of ...
Five bars that changed the drinking scene in 2012, and looking forward to next year
Austin’s beverage scene grew exponentially and diversified with equal fervor in 2012. By embracing fresh ideas from local experts and transplants from the likes of New York City and beyond, our city’s drinking identity attracted the attention of both eager drinkers and the highly-coveted pages of many national publications. Here’s ...
13 Austin albums for 2012
Below are 13 favorite 2012 releases from Austin bands from this year, in no particular order. The records are worth buying, of course, and these acts are worth seeing live in Austin clubs in 2013.Bobby Jealousy“A Little Death”(self-released)Bobby Jealousy, which consists of core members Sabrina Ellis (also of A Giant ...
Charles Ealy’s Top 10 Movies
1) “Zero Dark Thirty.” Anyone who has ever sat down and talked with director Kathryn Bigelow knows that she’s a fierce intellect — and someone who treats her audience with respect. That’s what she does in “Zero Dark Thirty,” which focuses on the hunt for Osama bin Laden and includes ...
Matthew Odam’s Top 10 movies
1) “Amour.” After watching this movie, I wandered out of the theater and just stared at the sun-dappled hills of West Austin, trying to collect my thoughts. Awed, moved, inspired, heartbroken. Writer-director Michael Haneke’s story of an aging Parisian couple takes place almost entirely in their apartment, as former piano ...
Van Ryzin: Austin arts scene may have turned a corner in 2012
Tracing an overview of the year’s news in the arts actually begins in the final days of 2011. In fact, 2012 lacked many of the headline-grabbing news stories of major arts woes — or victories — that characterized much of the last decade. Instead, there were smaller signs that perhaps ...
Dinges: 2012 brought big changes to local TV stations
It’s been a wild, wacky year on Austin’s airwaves. Local TV saw changes aplenty in 2012 – some expected … others, not so much. Let’s take a look at some of the biggies. Anchors away: The on-air shakeup at KXAN continued, with Robert Maxwell settling into the morning and midday ...
Dinges: A lot of moves this year on Austin’s radio dial
Austin’s airwaves will never be the same. Is that a good thing? Depends who you ask. Local radio underwent tremendous changes in 2012 and, as we ease into 2013, even more are on the way. Let’s take a quick look at the year’s biggest events on the city’s AM and ...
2012 in review: Top stories of the year
A look back at the year that was.
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