Cinematic Considerations Kumail Nanjiani, writer and star of the 2017 breakout hit “The Big Sick,” is an extremely funny man. Dave Bautista, former World Wrestling Entertainment performer and “Guardians of the Galaxy” co-star, is following in the footsteps of wrestlers past like Dwayne “The Rock” Jo...

FULL HOUSE Like discovering penicillin and gravity, I accidentally stumbled onto the Secret to All Success while doing something else. It happened while I was driving to town listening to the radio. A story came on about women being allowed to golf at Augusta National for the first time ever. They h...

Hill Country Community Needs Council is on a mission to arm every student in kindergarten through 12th grade with the necessary tools to succeed in school. The organization will collect supplies during regular business hours, now through Monday, July 22 at its offices at 1904 North Llano Street. Don...

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FULL HOUSE There is an artist I want to see. She is coming to “a major theater” in “a nearby city,” so I went online to look at seating and pricing. A...

FULL HOUSE Time for my sesquiannual purge of ideas that don’t rise to column-worthiness. Finally figured out why I so viscerally hate puns. Because th...