South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot Song to Song and his directorial debut, Lost River...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...to the principal's office once for wearing shorts to school. The vice-principal cut the threads that held the cuffs..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...set at a Turkish archaeological dig in 1927. The discovery of the lost temple of Pan – yes, it..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads

Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at Grammy-winning "Texican" rockers Los Lonely Boys is a document of persistence, passion, and some of the finest rock & roll since Stevie Ray Vaughan’s untimely exit.

"...Boys get a documentary to call their own in Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at the band, the culture,..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...Notes From the Field – an investigation into the school-to-prison pipeline by Anna Deavere Smith – Zach Theatre was..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Raising Arizona

Arizona Dranes, the gospel beat, and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

"...for embeciles, nor a hospital, but it is a school for the educable blind and deaf."..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Change for the Better

How one West Texas family brought the cows to town

"...it, those opposed to the rapidly developing landscape of Austin are usually afraid we're losing the city we love..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'The Illustrated Geek Cookbook'

Kitchen Overlord wants to invade your kitchen shelves

"...make your own nightmarish Christmas pin wheels? Don't worry. Austin cook book author/kitchen nerd Chris-Rachael Oseland, aka the Kitchen..."

June 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...the boring business end of the music industry. In Austin, the self-proclaimed "live music capital of the world," audiences..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

AISD: Math Debate, More on Kealing

Board members and faculty debate which text to adopt for middle school mathematics, board discusses plans for Kealing Middle School

"...A special meeting of the Austin Independent School District board of trustees ran long into..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Election at a Glance

"...seats, eight proposed changes to the city charter, six Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees seats, two Barton..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

May 4 Election at a Glance

"...seats, eight proposed changes to the city charter, six Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees seats, and three..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trumpet Constant Ephraim Owens Won’t Be Rushed

New Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee substitutes kindness and ubiquity for a back catalog

"...The first thing you note about Austin trumpeter Ephraim Owens, who was voted into the Austin..."

April 7, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...Hancock, and Traci Lamar are the most recognizable, from Austin's Texana Dames, though sharp eyes will recognize Joaquin Hancock...."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Feel-Good Generations

There's a reason scholar Rachel Maines, the author of The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction has survived the various assualts on her intellectual freedom: She's smart, she's funny, and she also "dances circles around reactionary clod-like thinking."

"...The year was 1967. W.R. Robbins, the principal of Austin High, was waiting for Rachel Maines to come to..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Lindsey Lane

Here Yet Ever There

From Austin, New Orleans artists strive to save what remains of their city and work to recover it

"...they generally return quickly. It took me three tries. Austin has been my home for close to 20 years,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Arts Feature

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...of those weekend gigs that kept me out of school on Mondays, however, changed my life. At 2am on..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...By 1936, the family settled in Austin, east of then-East Avenue (now I-35) with the bulk..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...Is there a Latino visual art movement in Austin? Most observers would nod in the affirmative. In the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Fueling the Algorithm and Finding Community: Music Creators Thrive on Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram

On discoverable platforms, Austin musicians experience encouragement, engagement, and unexpected viral moments

"...leaving content creators yet again underrecognized as viable artists. Austin-based musician Allie, one half of the popular Twitch channel..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Adopting a Survivor's Tale

Stephen Mills' journey into the Holocaust leads a community toward tolerance

"...claim on Mills' interest since he was in high school, and in recent years – especially since 9/11 –..."

April 1, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...UT-Austin student Christopher Phillips turned himself in to federal authorities..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Quiet Light Celebrates Debut Album Fourth of July With a Heartfelt Homecoming Show

Independence Day arrives July 1 for folk-minded pop artist Riya Mahesh

"...Hole in the Wall, booked by friends made at UT-Austin radio station KVRX...."

June 27, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Life in Portrait Format in Snapchat Docuseries Lago Vista

Show set in the Austin commuter belt gives a selfie-eye's view of being American teen

"...The Snapchat Original follows a group of seven high school seniors and recent graduates from Lago Vista, Texas, just..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Feature by Avery Wohleb

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...vote in the May 1 special election. Check out austinchronicle.com/elections for how to register, vote-by-mail instructions, and what's on..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature

Other Worlds Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Time After Time

Fest to honor Nicholas Meyer, director of the beloved chrono-romance

"...and director who saved the Federation. Now Other Worlds, Austin's preeminent science fiction festival, will honor him as the..."

Aug. 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Spatula City Limits

Austin music journeys to the desert – and you're not invited

"...There's a secret tradition amongst a certain sect of Austin musicians and venue workers. In late March, after the..."

April 6, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

"Nobody's Right"

Latest Ken Burns documentary to explore all sides of Vietnam War

"...Documentarian Ken Burns visited Austin Thursday, promoting his latest film project: The Vietnam War...."

April 27, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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