Lucien Smith Was Planning a Comeback
The artist Lucien Smith has died at 37, according to ARTnews. His death was confirmed by his longtime friend and galleri...
The Fall Restaurant Preview
Everyone needs a neighborhood joint, that back-pocket place where it’s easy to stop by without making a reservation a month in advance, order dinner without looking at the menu, and return again and...
Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire
One of our part-time Austin neighbors, tech tycoon Joseph Lonsdale, recently made national headlines. Not just any head...
Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire
One of our part-time Austin neighbors, tech tycoon Joseph Lonsdale, recently made national headlines. Not just any head...
Jordan Tannahill Always Orders Fish Where He Shouldn’t
The author and playwright Jordan Tannahill — his 2025 production, Prince Faggot, posited “what would happen if, just a few steps down the line of inheritance, there were... More »...
Expansion Joints
New York is a tongue town. Katz’s has been slicing it by the pound for decades. It’s a Jewish classic. My grandfather Sam often ordered a tongue omelet, an object of perverse and horrified fascina...