SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...their beautifully crafted and intensely melodic debut for New West Records due out in April. – Michael Toland Dan..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

South by So Real 2010

Checking in with SXSW's hip-hop head

"...all over. Of course, the South, the East, the Midwest, the West coast. We’ve got Canada represented; Anita Tijoux..."

March 15, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...of Austin – High Flying First Night Fun, tent west of Triangle Island: Make a beautiful kite to fly..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...local bike crusader Eric Anderson to create a dedicated east-to-west bicycle route across Downtown, is finally under way. After..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"...the agency's estimated traffic counts indicate that US 290 West could see up to 157,000 cars per day by..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The 2006 Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Schedule: May 24-Sept. 8

"...May 27 3pm, West Side Story; 7pm, The Maltese Falcon; 9:15pm, Casablanca..."

May 12, 2006 Screens Feature

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...newly cast Kid Carnivore, which they toured along the West Coast, using a pickup truck borrowed from their new..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Underclassman

Nick Cannon from Drumline plays a smart-aleck LAPD bicycle cop in this movie awash in clichés.

"...some edgy jokes at Biff and Muffy and the West Side Kids ("Y’all beat me so bad I thought..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Creationism Alive and Kicking in Glen Rose

Monkeys, schmonkeys – a museum in Glen Rose argues against Darwinism

"...Situated 55 miles southwest of Fort Worth where the Hill Country gradually gives..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Greg Beets

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...is embedded in the grander projects of human reality. Adam Smith, the father of us all, was as adamant..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Postmarks

Plan for People, Not Cars

"...let's see, we don't want CSC to build in west Austin because of automobile pollution. Building downtown will cause..."

March 26, 1999 Column

Crucial Concert Countdown: New Year’s Eve Edition

"...Henry has racked up work with everyone from Kanye West (with whom he earned an Album of the Year..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Column by Greg Stitt

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...A daredevil photographer, an aspiring swimsuit model, and a midwest girl next door are all looking for the same..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Easy Living D: Adam Keleman Sherry Graham, a self-destructive makeup saleswoman, hopes a..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...enlisted Queens of the Stone Age and Nirvana producer Adam Kasper to accomplish the Austin trio's most polished, ferocious..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...elements," says company co-Artistic Director (and Chronicle Arts contributor) Adam Roberts. "But we also knew that the show's central..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Michael L. Gillette (Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History) Adam Goodheart (1861: The Civil War Awakening) Alice Gordon, contributor..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Shake Your Rump

Me, my dad, and MCA

"...wandered towards Southern California, married a girl from the Midwest just over a year after meeting her, and spent..."

May 5, 2012 Music Post by Luke Winkie

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...returns to the scene of previous astounding South by Southwest performances with new work, the tracks from his self-produced..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

FF2011: Sharni Vinson Says 'You're Next'

From Australian soaps to home invasion horror

"...You're Next. Why did you want to work with Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett?..."

Sept. 25, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...Farber and his Reel Talk attendees at the Landmark Westside Pavilion Theatre in L.A. five months later. It's a..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Adam Carroll: South of Town

"...Adam CarrollSouth of Town (Down Hole) From the opening strums..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Prod: David Hayter, Anthony Miller; Exec Prod: Bryan Singer, Adam Duritz, Steve Jensen; DP: Peter Blue Rieveschl; Cast: Randall..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...in Desert Solitaire) what's left of the pristine American West by searching for the perfect fishing hole. In his..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

The 'V-H-S' Rewind

Before tonight's last screening, the SXSW debut

"...talent with a habit of working together. Segment directors Adam Wingard (who directed the wraparound), Ti West (the 'Second..."

March 16, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks

"...League fashion, Vampire Weekend coined its own genre: "Upper West Side Soweto." It's a combination of traditional Afro-pop, Trinidadian..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...stop. This one starts early -- literally - with Westlake high schooler Arson Optics grabbing the mike, as Nova..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Expectations of Future Growth

Third Time Lucky?

"...with the label actually date back to South by Southwest 1994, when Robbins heard the local singer's "This Kind..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Madame X, Ann Ciccolella..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Americana but failed to mention the station nominated for "Southwest Americana Station of the Year." Where was that? Tuscon?..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

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