Nick Cave Returns to Austin

Pre-sale begins Tuesday for Aussie icon’s Moody show

"...13 dates into one of the most extensive North American tours the bad Australian seed has ever embarked upon...."

Nov. 18, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Film Festival Drops and Gives Us 10

Lineup includes latest from Jonathan Demme, Alexander Payne

"...The Austin Film Festival’s full slate drops in mid-September, but the..."

Aug. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

5 Minutes with American Sharks

Local trio enflames Red 7 tonight with the Sword

"...Tuesday night, I dropped in on the American Sharks just in time to catch the hard-charging local..."

July 26, 2013 Music Post by Derek Van Wagner

How to Prepare a Possum: 19th Century Cuisine in Austin

Austin History Center exhibits local food history

"...In the view of Michael Miller, archivist at the Austin History Center, the beginning of our city was rooted..."

May 16, 2013 Food Post by MM Pack

America's Music at Austin's Libraries

Austin Public Library gets noisy for this music doc series

"...At least one of Austin's libraries is going to be a little louder than..."

March 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Austin Food Blogger Alliance Cookbook Debuts in April

Collection of recipes now available for pre-sale

"...Community cookbooks are a treasured American tradition dating back over a hundred years, providing revealing..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Point Austin: Getting What We Pay For

It costs real money to build a great city

"...It's a fitting coincidence that the consultant's report on Austin Police Department staffing arrived almost simultaneously with an Austin..."

July 20, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Austin Bullfighting Book on BBC Radio

Wena Poon's novel Alex y Robert will be serialized on BBC Radio 4

"...radio plays. And now BBC Radio 4 has tapped Austin author Wena Poon's new bullfighting novel Alex y Robert..."

July 28, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

'Spaceship Austin Downtown Cruisers'

Now docked at the airport are two spaceships that depict Austin's skyline

"...large alien spacecraft are hovering above the concourse at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport right this minute. Alien, because they don't..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Asian American Film Festival: '9500 Liberty'

A free screening of Eric Byler's immigration doc has been added to the schedule

"...with State Representatives Elliott Naishtat and Mark Strama and Austin City Council Members Laura Morrison and Bill Spelman: They’re..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: In Memoriam

How can we best honor those who have died in our names?

"...Chronicle we were dutifully grateful to be subject to Austin American-Statesman Managing Editor Debbie Hiott's Sunday op-ed (under the..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Board Games

The AISD trustees play superintendent poker – by uneven rules

"...That said, the Austin Independent School District board of trustees seems to have..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Austin Film Critics Association 2008 Awards

The AFCA goes batty for the Batman

"...Austin Film Critics Association 2008 Awards..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature

Point Austin: Reading the Roots

They came, they saw, they blogged

"...there at the beginning of the effort to reclaim American democracy." Waiting for Obama..."

July 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Austin Tracksters Heading to Beijing

Local runners, jumpers, and throwers do well in Eugene

"...A quick roundup of how Austin/UT athletes fared (A finish in the top three, provided..."

July 9, 2008 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Heat Wave

From Philadelphia to Austin, the air is burning

"...a record-breaking, torpid, East Coast heat wave that made Austin's current dry 90s seem relatively balmy by comparison. So..."

June 13, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Poor Rich's Almanac

Three cheers for Oppel's Statesman

"...a local era. I've read (and subscribed to) the Austin daily for nearly 30 years (with a decade's interregnum..."

March 28, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Special Treatment

The Statesman goes after Glen Maxey – and gays, and the mentally ill

"...been buffeted among emergency rooms and jail and the Austin State Hospital while the authorities tried to determine what..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Union Goons

In Coxworld, the unions are always the enemy

"...of them, but because those good folks at the Austin American-Statesman editorial board, in their latest hysterical rant against..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Counting the Dead

Whatever their number, the Iraqi casualties lie at our feet

"...we approach daily in the same way we approach American deaths: with wire service reports on what happened in..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Blue Spectre

The 'Statesman' discovers a sinister plot to take control of city government. The culprits? Those union goons, of course

"...A spectre is haunting Austin...."

June 30, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Luv Doc Recommends: Dr. Seuss: An American Icon

Austin Museum of Art – Downtown, Saturday, November 19, 2005

"...Seuss, you’ll want to make it over to the Austin Museum of Art Saturday night for “Dr. Seuss: American..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Point Austin: Budget Frenzy

It ain't where they live

"...the police officers and firefighters, to live within the Austin city limits. As the editors of that esteemed publication..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Smoke This!

Austin voters have a chance to confirm that everybody has a right to breathe free

"...that I consider the proposed smoking ordinance appearing on Austin's May 7 ballot. Just as Chronicle employees enjoy a..."

April 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

A slow summer news week means we get to take some well-deserved potshots.

"...the agency. (Funny, they never say that about the Austin Police Dept.) And while Cap Met is now turning..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...enterprise") program -- focusing as it does all of Austin's neuroses about race and equity, economic growth, and good..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Political commentary on the prospects of single-member districts

"...was in fact white folks in Northwest and Southwest Austin who brought us Eric Mitchell, the favored (if not..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...to offer free HIV testing.   – James Scott Austin RV Expo..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...to finishing a project. For the recipients of the Austin Film Society’s 2023 AFS Grant for Feature Films, the..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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