Search

1-30 of 363 results, sorted by relevance | sort by date
The Last Texas Ranger
They don't make 'Rangers' like Walker anymore.
"...If you've never seen a real Texas Ranger, your first glimpse might be surprising. Not long..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Who's Texas?
The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers
"...year that when he was growing up in West Texas, he was sometimes called a "good minority" -- the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Paul Qui to Receive Texas Honors
Alamo gala honors Texas notables
"...when he walks the red carpet at the gala Texas Honors event being held at the "Shrine of Texas..."

May 18, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors
Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal
"...and one of the city’s premier fall fests, the Texas Book Festival...."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Rangers
"...of the trade -- panoramic beauty shots of “southern Texas” (actually Alberta, Canada), double-exposures of dusty trail rides and..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tall Tales and Texas Rising
Fact battles fiction in new History Channel miniseries
"...life was entangled with the History Channel's 10-hour miniseries Texas Rising, a sometimes historical, sometimes quite fictional account of..."

May 22, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself
"...we look at comics and at the past, particularly Texas' past...."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Craft Brewers Festival Debuts Beer List
The Texas-only beer celebration returns to Austin
"...beer-related queries. This week, we’re answering questions about the Texas Craft Brewers Festival presented by the Texas Craft Brewers..."

Sept. 1, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974
"...highway. One of the first images in 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the icon of Austin as..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Eyes of the Ranger Are Upon You
Chuck Norris' WCL rocks the Erwin Center Saturday, January 20
"...founder of the league he won’t be going Walker Texas Ranger on anybody’s ass, but he’ll be cutting checks..."

Jan. 18, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Texas Titles in Toto
"...Of the estimated 3,500 songs written about Texas and Texas Places, most of the votes came from..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title
Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years
"...A history of Texas is not something that should be entered into inadvisedly..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List
Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more
"...the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas Book Festival has announced the full menu of authors..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

What's a Good Texas Movie?
Would the Lege have given tax breaks to North Dallas Forty?
"...Academics and film buffs seem to agree – Texas legislators shouldn't act as arbiters of good cinematic taste...."

June 18, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Big, Bright Eyes of Texas
Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards
"...and sometimes brutally honest, to family, friends, and complete strangers drawn to her magnetic charm. She was nearly always..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
Artist/Historian Jack Jackson
"...included Gilbert Shelton, who worked at the University of Texas humor magazine, Texas Ranger. In 1964 Jackson published what..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Exclusive Reveal: Texas Craft Brewers Fest Rotating Tap List
Limited tickets remain for 25+ rare brews only available Sept. 28
"...lactose gluten implied IPAs (and more!) during the annual Texas Craft Brewers Festival, the largest beer event focused entirely..."

Sept. 17, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Top 10 Most Embarrassing Moments in Texas Politics
2013: The year Texas sent in the clowns
"...California may have the Groundlings, but Texas has no shortage of improv talent. Give Lone Star..."

Jan. 8, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Texas Youth Commission Trouble
Scandal enveloping Texas Youth Commission has only gotten worse in last week
"...The scandal enveloping the Texas Youth Commission has only gotten worse in the last..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Platters
"...THE TEXAS PHILISTINES..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

Will Border Crackdown Cause Ranger Drain?
Perry dispatches Texas Rangers to the border
"...Gov. Rick Perry is sending the Texas Rangers to the border – but border mayors are..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Spirits of Texas
Texas spirits to keep your spirits up
"...Bert Butler "Tito" Beveridge II started the modern Texas liquor business with Tito's Handmade Vodka ($19), and folks..."

July 29, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Top 10 Texas Liquors
"...below, are made elsewhere and bottled and/or blended in Texas. I care mostly about how good something tastes, but..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Texas Craft Brewers Festival
The festival returns after a hiatus
"...The recent surge in craft brewery openings in Texas, especially in the Austin area, has caused quality-beer lovers..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

The Lone Ranger
The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams
"...the album's appearance in 1971, Williams was back in Texas milking cows to pay the bills. "I milked 90..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
in box
"...Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysThe Tiffany Transcriptions (Collectors' Choice Music)..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Filmmaker David Lowery Updates Pete's Dragon
Reimagining the Disney classic
"...their friendship when they are discovered by a forest ranger (Bryce Dallas Howard), her logger fiancé (Wes Bentley), and..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Perfect World
Shot in and around Austin, Eastwood's first film after his Oscar-sweep with Unforgiven is a taut, occasionally touching chase film that pits a prison escapee/kidnapper (Costner) against a Texas Ranger (Eastwood) in 1963 Texas.
"...touching chase film that pits prison escapee/kidnapper Costner against Texas Ranger Eastwood in 1963 Texas. Having broken free from..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
A double murder in an East Texas town draws a black Texas Ranger deep into the shadows of the Piney Woods and the tangled race relations there
"...Anyone who's spent any time in the East Texas Piney Woods can tell you that the shadows there..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hell or High Water
Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster shine in West Texas crime film
"...This West Texas crime movie barrels in with the force of a..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT    13 »
One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle