McCracken Named Pecan Street Project Executive Director

Former council member to head smart grid group

"...With the legal wrangling that prevented former City Council member and mayoral candidate Brewster..."

Dec. 15, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Evolution: Hanging On by Its Fingernails

Fundamentalists on the State Board of Education (barely) lose their fight against science

"...is Texas’ educational system to becoming a laughingstock like that of Kansas? Only a vote or two away...."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Double Bogey

An ingenious prank -- steal a bad script, make it better, and shoot it all on shaky cam -- turns sour for "The Sean Connery Golf Project" filmmakers, Rhys Southan and Sara Rimensnyder.

"...their bags up with loot. Fresh, Hollywood screenplays. Screenplays that Sony claims are worth up to a million bucks."..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

WTP4 Stoppage Estimate Postponed

Asst. City Manager promises numbers by next week

"...We’d noted that despite its absence from the City Council agenda, the..."

Aug. 18, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

In Memoriam: Frank Benge

Remembering the artist, critic, and man of the theatre

"...many fronts – actor, director, designer, writer, critic – that he seemed to need it to breathe. Theatre was..."

March 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Postcard From Poland

Confronting violence at the Dialog international theatre fest

"...of the Center for International Theatre Development, the entity that's helped bring Russian theatre artists to Austin and send..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The McCormick Method, Revealed

Analyze anything in three words!

"...work can be boiled down to a cautionary imperative that begins, "Look out!"..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Federal Court Strikes Down Republican Book Censorship Law

Fifth Circuit rules that HB 900 violates First Amendment

"...Maybe Texas Republicans aren’t that good at writing censorship laws. On Wednesday, the most..."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

New Study Shows How Scooters Can Hurt

City works with CDC to analyze injuries to riders; Lege weighs in

"...in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control found that about 20 scooter riders were injured for every 100,000..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

First Plates Extra Helpings: The Incredible Edible

Eggs are all they're cracked up to be and then some

"...That’s a stand-alone line in my Tinder profile. I don’t..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Food Post by Andrea Kinnison

A Spanish Futbol Dream Come True

"...As they walked down the tunnel toward the carnival that is the Euro 2008 Final, there were no glances..."

July 1, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Indoor Queers Club: LGBT-Boo!

Queer horror picks from your trusty Chronicle crypt keepers

"...(Shout-out to Gothess Jasmine, who commented on Qmmunity’s Instagram that cave-diving horror The Descent is an all-time fave of..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Brenda Ramos Sues City Over Son’s Killing

Lawsuit argues killing was "a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin"

"...last spring was "a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin," according to a lawsuit..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

ASK: Roland Swenson

JFK symposium exposes SXSW head as CIA operative!

"...called the Assassination Symposium on Kennedy, known as ASK, that drew hundreds of curious characters seeking the truth about..."

Nov. 21, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

On Fraternity

Dead Girlfriends wasn’t what many assumed

"...the woman behind Grimes, has noted on several occasions that she doesn’t read her own press. If she offered..."

Aug. 1, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

From the Vaults: Robert Rodriguez's Early Years

"Ismael Jones and the Eyes of the Devil" debuts and "El Mariachi" at 20

"...It was 20 years ago this summer that Robert Rodriguez filmed El Mariachi. To celebrate the occasion,..."

Sept. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mind Games

New science that gets in your head

"...Pockets to the universal allure of melted cheese – that is, until the realization that Eric Kogelschatz, senior digital..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...a definition would be no small feat, really, considering that while the Taser has become increasingly popular among law-enforcement..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

News Fit to Censor

Observer Among Media That Went After Real News

"...annual yearbook of Project Censored, Censored 1997: The News That Didn't Make the News, is now available, and the..."

May 30, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Truth in Journalism: The Making of The Post

Reporters and researchers on Spielberg's journalistic epic

"...call from assistant foreign editor Gerald Gold. As of that week he was to report to the New York..."

Jan. 15, 2018 Screens Post by Acacia Coronado

TIFs, TPIDs, and Puppy Love

City Council wrestles with Mayor Adler's Downtown Puzzle

"...of last week’s City Council meeting (Sept. 28) is that the juvenile curfew discussion – Item 103 on the..."

Oct. 2, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: How Much Money Is Too Much?

As Uber and Lyft's millions flood, Austin voters may have had enough of Prop 1

"...to promote Prop 1. Even as reporters began to analyze that filing, RWA reported another $1 million about to..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Half True: What Politifact Got Wrong About the GOP and Critical Thinking

Fact checking the fact checkers

"...subject to the same kind of arbitrary true/false analysis that its judgments bestow. Case in point: Do Texas Republicans..."

Aug. 18, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Special Summer?

Gov. Perry and Speaker Straus play down the need for a speedy special session (note the speedy bit)

"...The announcement that Speaker Joe Straus would be holding a press conference..."

June 3, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...false at its core. Director Todd Haynes apparently thinks that upwardly mobile Americans of the 1950s believed in their..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...leisure time contemplating nuclear annihilation or government surveillance. But that’s what’s so great about the dystopia genre: Set a..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fuller Versus IDEA

Charter school group attacks academic's work, he rebuts

"...in-district charter, then you will know how much of that fight has been over Prof. Edward J. Fuller's analysis..."

Dec. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Rainin in Paradize 2

Manu Chao speaks

"...the Austin City Limits studios for the 90 minutes that Manu Chao and his six-man soccer stadium squad did..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Here's a movie that revives a dreaded art-film convention - the one that..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

SBOE: Out With the Old Weaknesses, In With the New

The State Board of Education has accomplished one step forward for science – and possibly two steps back

"...That's his way of saying that science had a mixed..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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