Media Watch: All Things to All People Meters

New radio ratings system kicks in

"...This summer about 780 Austinites started carrying small, beeper-sized devices called Portable People Meters, which automatically register..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Earth Day 101: All Things Consignment

Clean the city and your guilty conscience

"...per year to pick up trash, join a recycling challenge, or volunteer for large-scale sustainability events like Earth Day..."

April 20, 2017 Events Post by Chelsea Pribble

Needful Things

"...Leland Gaunt, a Hawthornesque curio store (the titular Needful Things) proprietor who blows into the small Maine town of..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Patching Things Up

Triangle Developers and Neighbors Work Together

"...and 45th Street will soon be filled with a Randall's supermarket, a cinema, restaurants, coffee shops, various retail, and..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Close Calls: Jan Reid's Texasby Jan Reid..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

First Things First

Paradise by UT's Stadium Lights

"...illustration by Jason Stout Football games over Philosophy and Finance? Sounds like an old..."

May 2, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Letters at 3AM: Things Like That

Under Obama, we have been subjected to a Patriot Act on steroids

"...Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Stewart lobbed him a softball when he noted that, in the 2008 election, many..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...surgical center (ASC) standards. Only five Texas cities – Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston – have..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin

An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas

"...us about a year and a half to get all our ducks in a row, but eventually we set..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...it was steady on its feet. Then, we almost all figured, we'd go off to do whatever it was..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...not only gets the formula right, but survives with all its enthusiasm and charm intact. The movie's realism anchors..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Things You Leave Behind

"...old, tattered children's books. When I die, where will all these books go? Will anyone recognize my name scrawled..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Five Arty Things to Do: Oct. 27-29

You’ll do the mash? The monster mash? Alrighty, then.

"...1) Death becomes you, sure, but especially when you’re still alive to enjoy it. And, hey,..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: Things to Do in Texas When You're Lege

The special agenda is not so special

"...(Health Affairs 32, No. 6, 2013). Price and Eibner considered the 14 states (including Texas) that have most strongly..."

June 7, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Local Writer Makes Black History Month Accessible to All

Autumn Arnett knows there are stories to be told

"...that – the school must have some plans. After all, Windermere Ele­mentary in Pflugerville was relatively diverse, with one..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

All in the Delivery

Penn Jillette on 'The Aristocrats'

"...he does a good job, but he can't be considered a good actor"); Don Johnson (should the situation ever..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

All the Dirty Little Secrets: Halina Reijn Digs Up Bodies Bodies Bodies

The director of the Gen Z Clue on why she won't direct on stage

"...II drama, Valkyrie, in her native Holland she is equally well known for her stage work. She's a member..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they are out to get you, either

"...often been an arena for angry minds. ... I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word..."

May 27, 2011 Column by Louis Black

All Good Thoughts, All Good Food

The symbolism and celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese new year

"...Christmas, New Year's, and one giant mass birthday party all rolled into one. It is full of ceremony, mythology,..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...series of crack cocaine buys in Taylor. Those transactions eventually resulted in nine arrests...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

Ray Davies' SXSW Keynote Address

"...panels coordinator Jeff McCord quickly introduced the figure we'd all set the alarm for. The palpable excitement up front..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Race to Witch Mountain

In this updated remake of the beloved Disney series of family movies, two siblings with supernatural powers seek refuge with a cabbie and a UFO specialist.

"...Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarán Hinds and Garry Marshall. Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain, released in 1975, was..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone helms this clash of the titans of action cinema that coasts on its concept while blowing up lots of stuff.

"...Directed by: Sylvester Stallone. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wonder Seven

"...two and three of the Swordsman trilogy and produced all three Chinese Ghost Story films, does an abrupt about-face..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragonheart

"...few unconvincing F/X shots scattered here and there, but, all things considered, the special-effects wizards at Industrial Light &..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Hilary and Jackie

"...Watson, Rachel Griffiths, David Morrissey and James Frain. For all its knock-'em-dead acting and aggressively stylish direction, Hilary and..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Bandwagon

"...Steve Parlavecchio, Lee Holmes, Matthew Hennessey and Doug Macmillan. “Finally… a movie about a band,” the tagline promises, and..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"A Celebration of Writing, and Reading"

Louis Black's notes on the first Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...winning stories, the list of judges, and, best of all, the contest's origin story spun by Chronicle Editor Louis..."

June 14, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Outlaws Training Camp

"...know that would make the joke on them.) Anyway, all things considered, I enjoyed the game. And it was..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Sports Post by Ashley Moreno

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...the building is set on fire, and the office finally moves again, to its present home...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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