Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...The Texas State Capitol is currently playing host to an impeachment trial that will surely inspire..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...the movies at this year's hybrid event. The stellar lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2:..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...Bite your nails in anticipation no more! Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...Arthur Phillips' The Song Is You (Random House) opens with a riveting prologue that not only..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...By the winter of 1977, when the Rolling Stones entered EMI's Pathé..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...You can't tell a huge story in a little book. If..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cookin' The Facts

Activist takes swipe at Statesman's Politifact service

"..."Facts," Ronald Reagan famously said, "are stupid things." If you ask long-time..."

June 2, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"..."Dionysus taught me everything I know."..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...-- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin America share..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Brief Encounters With Che Guevara

Ben Fountain's debut collection of short stories

"...by Ben Fountain..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Books Review by Michael Yang

For 2001, a Kubrick Odyssey

In this biographical film documentary, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick is exposed by his brother-in-law and frequent collaborator Jan Harlan for the artist and family man he was.

"...Jan Harlan's Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) often..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Q&A: Henry Threadgill

Master improviser speaks on sustaining creativity

"...Henry Threadgill makes an ultra-rare Austin appearance this weekend. The Chicago-born, New York..."

April 6, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Monday Comes to Austin for Jimmy Buffett

Deep cuts and musical tributes, but no pink Crustacean

"...Medicine’s Rod of Asclepius stamped each shoulder, giving way to..."

May 24, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...Lucie Arnaz comes this Sunday to entertain Austin as a part of Austin Cabaret's 10 year..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Why's Everybody Always Picking On Him?

David Sedaris on nitpicky fact-checkers and spiders' thighs

"...David Sedaris is sitting at a provisional desk in a back room at..."

June 27, 2008 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Food-o-File

Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood reveals who came to dinner on February 5, what they ate, and where their money went, and updates readers on changes in Austin's culinary world.

"...Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

DVD Watch: 'Freaked'

Alex Winter talks cult classics and the Butthole Surfers

"...Twisted hideous monsters. Cows in hats. The Butthole Surfers. Alex Winter's lost gem Freaked,..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on the staff..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Review: The City Theatre’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Steve Martin’s deliciously absurdist tale of art and science

"...There’s no banjo playing, happy feet, or Czech wild and crazy guys..."

July 6, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Everything Went Black: Let's Talk About Pron

Why cineastes should give a fuck about anti-porn rhetoric

"...If you've been paying close attention to the political marketing machine since practically..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...You can divide the world between those who listen to radio..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'

Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.

"...When I first saw Heather Woodbury's solo performance What Ever, I was mesmerized. I had never seen..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Ceviche Sublime

Cool ceviche -- with its clean, fresh flavors of citrus-cured seafood -- is proving to be the hot dish in restaurants all over Austin this summer.

"...Raw fish makes an impression. As many memorable meals as I've eaten since,..."

July 6, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...A man jumps onto the hood of a car and fires..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

La Bush Resistance

France and Israel put in a strong SXSW 07 showing, with Holland, Spain, South Africa, and Germany bringing up the International Bands' rear

"...As the World's Fair of the music industry, the international exhibitions at SXSW bring breakthrough bands into..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Gum King

How Andy Paris cornered the market

"...Some remarkable moments in Texas history are unfairly forgotten, while others end up..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mission to Paris

History Detectives: 'Mission to Paris'

"...History Detectives Mission to Parisby Alan Furst Random House, 272 pp., $27..."

June 15, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Developing Stories: Rent & Roll

French capitalism meets community bicycling

"...Like many another American traveler in Europe, I found fresh cross-cultural..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Love Don't Cost a Thing

A nerdy high school student pays a cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to appear cool.

"...Directed by: Troy Beyer. Starring: Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Steve Harvey,..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...Quick: Which Texas writer or writers merited inclusion on the cover of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

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