Chicago Remixes Chicago

Founding keyboardist Robert Lamm’s gym kismet

"...Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire pull into Circuit of..."

July 16, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

Chicago

This film adaptation doesn't so much recall the glory days of movie musicals as give it a new, era-specific reason to wake up and shake its tail feather.

"...musical, those extravagant Technicolor, pomp, and pancake make-up parades. Chicago doesn't either, exactly – it's too fierce and lean..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chicago 10

The trial that resulted from the demonstrations outside the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago were a media spectacle that is well-captured here.

"...Directed by: Brett Morgen. Chicago in late August 1968 was a madhouse. You could..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Chicago Whole Foods Protest Reaches Austin

Nationwide petition demands reinstatement of fired worker

"...group of Austin workers joined Whole Foods employees in Chicago demanding the reinstatement of Rhiannon Broschat, a Chicago employee..."

Feb. 17, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Austin FC Bounced From Open Cup By Chicago Fire

El Tree overcomes sloppy start, but goes scoreless in 0-2 loss

"...night, falling 0-2 in a Round-of-16 match against the Chicago Fire at Q2 Stadium. It was the first competitive..."

May 25, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Page Two: SXSW and 2011 Chicago International Movies & Music Festival

Part One: My Beginnings and Chicago

"...This past weekend I was at the 2011 Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, which ran from April..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Louis Black

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The famous anti-protestor show trial recounted

"...the trial, writer/director Aaron Sorkin diverges from 1970's The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, 1987's Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Chicago Comparison

"...annual report (and the plan it contains) against the Chicago Climate Action Plan, released Sept. 19, 2008. The Chicago..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Chicago

Hello, suckers!

"...the top of the second act of the touring Chicago, hoofer-turned-femme fatale Velma Kelly (Texas State University's own Logan..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Chicago

A cast of familiar faces conjures Kander and Ebb's Jazz Age classic in an entertaining way

"...mix and you know you've taken a trip to Chicago. Any lover of musicals is likely to know the..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

SXSW Film Review: 'Born in Chicago'

Archival footage meets contemporary performances in this music doc

"...“You cannot play music that hasn’t passed through Chicago.” So declares Marshall Chess, scion of legendary Chess Records..."

March 15, 2013 SXSW Post by Michael King

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

The Chicago troupe's dances, grounded in contemporary ballet, ranged from ceremonial to intimate to absurd

"...Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoBass Concert Hall Jan. 29..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Scott Blackwood Adapts to Chicago

Austin's loss is Chicago's gain as the award-winning writer moves on to Chicago with a new novel set in the Deep Eddy neighborhood.

"...the MFA Creative Writing Program at Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he fittingly read from the Association of Writers..."

Feb. 16, 2009 Books Post by Joe O'Connell

Return to Chicago House

"...the feel-good transplant miracle of the decade! Party at Chicago House! Details to follow..." Well, follow there have, albeit..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Column

Reunited Chicago Extremists Indian Try to Top Their Swan Song

Austin Terror Fest welcomes reignited doom quartet

"...LP From All Purity, it left a hole in Chicago's extreme metal scene. The band agreed to put the..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Possessed by Paul James at Chicago’s Moonrunners Fest

ATX folker proves a reaffirming antidote to shocking violence

"...pushing our tour van through the pissed-off crawl of Chicago’s rush hour, arriving at the crash house, and scooping..."

April 28, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Foreign & Domestic's Indie Chefs Table: Chicago's Jason Vincent

Ex-Nightwood maestro tag-teamed up a fine menu with Ned Elliott's crew

"...this series, the guest chef was Jason Vincent of Chicago, the man who's led the Windy City's award-winning Nightwood..."

April 25, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hard Road to Chicago

Texecutioners head to nationals, face Bay Area

"...all head to the Uproar on the Lakeshore in Chicago, Nov. 8-10. However, Kansas' top slot means they get..."

Oct. 13, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Won't Be Surprised When Chicago Political Machine Takes Over Country

"...of the way, at least), and positioned by the Chicago political machine has, with the support of millions of..."

Nov. 10, 2008 Postmarks

David Mamet: Textual Perversity From Chicago

For his first residency at UT, Mamet discusses his work and career in a public conversation

"...his current television series, The Unit; his days in Chicago; his feelings about Hollywood; and maybe even the state..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Casino el Camino: The Chicago burger

Casino el Camino - the Chicago burger!

May 20, 2009 Food Post

Twice That Jazz

Double the mayhem, double the heat when Austin Playhouse and Georgetown Palace both stage Chicago

"...not be a hit? Well, in the case of Chicago, it helps to have sprung from the brilliant musical..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Interrupters

The Hoop Dreams filmmaker, Steve James, has a new documentary about a group working to halt crime in Chicago.

"...1994 doc, Hoop Dreams) to merit multiple mantelpieces, tackles Chicago's soaring crime rate, and in particular the work of..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cadillac Records

The story of the birth of Chicago blues is well-told through this ensemble portrait of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Little Walter, and their label, Chess Records.

"...at one of those primary musical wombs – postwar Chicago and the musicians who gravitated there, such as Muddy..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: Cloud Column, Houston

Houston gets into a bean war with Chicago

"...Houston provoked some good-natured ribbing from the folks in Chicago when it was installed in the Space City's museum..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

From the ATX to Chi-Town

Kyle Henry explores Chicago in Rogers Park

"...ATX Aughts indie film Room, may have relocated to Chicago in 2010, but even his position as an associate..."

March 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Family Thing

"...Faith,Country) tells Earl's story as he leaves Arkansas for Chicago in order to find his brother Roy (Jones), who..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...preceding it, the genre counts among its late-Eighties pioneers Chicago's Ron Trent, who debuted in Austin playing a three-hour..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

TV Eye: Crazy for Cop Shows

Cracking The Chicago Code

"...not simply like, but that I love. It's The Chicago Code, one of a slew of new series premiering..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

CM Punk and Travis Stevens Hunt for the Girl on the Third Floor

SXSW Midnighter follows a haunting in Chicago

"...neighborhood. Frankfort, Ill., is a leafy dormitory community in Chicago's commuter belt. It's the kind of community where a..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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