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"...them without charge. I would not argue that all Americans are anti-Muslim or even that such prejudice is official..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

TV Eye

PBS isn't afraid to take chances with its programming.

"...This year marks the 25th anniversary of Roots. For African-Americans, this landmark miniseries revealed the psychic and spiritual cost..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

puh-LOB-o-liss!

How a handful of Dartmouth College stoners started a revolution in modern dance.

"...deep space to become the most exciting word in American dance, Richard M. Nixon was in his first term,..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Feature by John Job

Public Notice

PN takes you through the final weeks of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and looks ahead to events on the public service horizon.

"...2000 Komen Concert for the Cure, featuring an all-star reunion of Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli, and Lou Ann Barton,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...restored lost and ignored titles, courtesy of the non-profit American Genre Film Archive. There will be seven films escaping..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...Expect this tale of the path to their 2017 reunion concert to pair well with I Used to Be..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...Of American Pie?..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...oxymoron" of punk nostalgia and attends the Sex Pistols reunion show in Finsbury Park, the town where Johnny Rotten..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Our Murals, Ourselves

"...uproar in the up-and-coming state capital, leading The Austin American to report that Fogel's murals "startled" viewers and "introduced..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...cogent solutions entirely appropriate and considerate of the problematic American history he's outlined...."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Sxsw

"...label folding and having to change names. Finally, the reunion. It's about time, guys; Dave (Slutes) this is Rich..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...Park to the post-race party at Auditorium Shores. captextri.com. American Football..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

On Swift Horses Rides Into SXSW

ATX true crime series The Yogurt Shop Murders also joins fest

"...There'll also be a family reunion of former Austinites. Jay Duplass was already bringing his..."

Feb. 5, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pool Parties, Pride Picnics, and Other Events Worth Braving the Heat

Get good and sweaty

"...Austin Asian American Film Festival..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sketchfest, Shakespeare, and More Arts Events to Fill Your Week

Things are gonna get cheeky, queer, and local

"...Through July 5, Asian American Resource Center..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...Alice Junior D: Gil Baroni North American Premiere Alice Junior is producing her latest YouTube video..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stoners, Killers, and Kissing Miss Piggy

Topher Grace on assassination comedy American Ultra

"...make him a perfect target for Grace's character in American Ultra...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...Winona Ryder, although clearly the idea of a Waters-Ryder reunion is percolating. "It's not out of the question, and..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The True One

The Byrds' fifth dimension, Gene Clark, eight miles high and as wide as Americana

"...was driving and shaping culture in the Sixties. Few American groups proved to be as important as the Byrds...."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Louis Black

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"...organizations. Investigation of the causes supported by these subversive, un-American groups suggests a common agenda. This is only the..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...a very strange form, the musical. It's really an American thing, you know. The music serves a different purpose,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...In the shenanigans surrounding the July Fourth Tuna High Reunion, they serve more funny lines than Didi Snavely could..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Further Reflections

"...progress in her own life. "Drylongso" is an old African-American term that means "ordinary" or "just the same old..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"..."Rockit" as well as leading the Wynton Marsalis-fronted Davis reunion group VSOP, which had a great influence on the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...This Asian-American dark comedy of pop culture features a frigid wife,..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...screen adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's 1962 novel about an American spy posing as a Nazi sympathizer in World War..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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"...sincerity. As the eponymous title character, she plays an American golf pro who goes Down Under to create interest..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

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"...a blood-streaked arrow and glimpses what he thinks are American Indians riding off through the trees, Gates decides to..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...you know, mysterious, but when film preservation freaks the American Genre Film Archive tease “a neon-soaked, cyber-robotic salute to..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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