What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Austin Community Television's First Quarter-Century

"...So begins the 25-year-old story of access television in Austin, Texas - with Mick and Keith and a temporary..."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

City Arts Funding Tempest

Unexpected Cultural Contracts cuts cause concern

"...– upwards of $70,000 in the cases of the Austin Symphony and Austin Film Society. According to figures cited..."

Sept. 17, 2018 Arts Post

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...on the county front, starting with the Travis County Commissioners Court where all five seats are up for grabs...."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Commissions, Committees, and Comments

"...Both the Austin Aqua Festival and the Sixth Street Music and Heritage..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Brutalist

Epic achievement about an immigrant in America

"...The film – Brady Corbet’s third feature, and an epic achievement..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lege Lines: "Texas Plan" Hits Home

School finance heads to the House floor

"...recapture payments and per-pupil funding should it become law. Austin ISD's recapture payment would drop by $194 million in..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

So Much Specialness

David Byrne's cult classic True Stories captured a lost Texas and a prescient picture of today

"...special screening of the new 4K restoration of the film at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival on Wednesday, March..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Indie Shorts on Display

The Territory Begins New Season

"...embarking on its 22nd season, the co-production of the Austin Museum of Art, the Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP),..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Then There's This: People Get Ready

You don't need no baggage, you just get on board

"...so, tens of thousands of people will descend on Austin, and many of them will experience an epiphanic moment..."

March 9, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Getting With the Program

Dukes files bill to shore up Texas film industry

"...873 – the latest push by Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, to reform the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and in the official filings with the Texas Ethics Commission he identified himself as the "Person Appointing Treasurer," and..."

March 19, 2004 Column

Postmarks

"...harm of temporarily remanding the deal to the Z.A.P. commission while fully inclusive negotiations can take place? Does Austin..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Short Cuts

"...Texas Production Manual is now available from the Texas Film Commission. The 1999 directory lists 1,330 Texas-based film crew..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"..."Texas Writers, Texas Films" is the title of a panel discussion that will..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Entertaining Thought

Can Chamber Task Force Sell Our City?

"...Glasco, vice president of economic development at the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. "We're on a big learning curve..."

June 21, 1996 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.

"...Louis Black Award at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival, gets technical fast. Luckily, fire is an incredibly..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

An Industry Perspective

Would Villa Muse revive Texas film industry? Not necessarily.

"...the savior of the local economy and the Texas film industry? That's what its backers claim, and they present..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

Cast & crew calls for two upcoming productions, plus get Dad drunk in Super-8 style.

"...(which can be accessed in full at the Texas Film Commission's online-production hotline: www.governor.state.tx.us/film/hotline/casting.htm) of things needed is a..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Rookie Sneak Preview

"...Hernandez and Brian Cox. Dennis Quaid stars in this Austin Studio-lensed story of Jim Morris, a Texas high school..."

March 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of the first Austin Music Commission Town Meeting; the Antone's Blues Festival looks to have a bright future.

"...swelteringly hot, due to the lights used by the Austin Music Network and the fact that the AC and..."

May 19, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Slusher Kicks Ass!

"...VanScoy thinks Daryl Slusher has an "image problem" with Austin activists and environmentalists ["Council Watch," Vol.17, No.25]. Funny, almost..."

March 13, 1998 Column

Gay Place

Austin’s 10 most defining headlines of 2017: the good, the weird, and the unexpected

"...find more about where to ring in 2018 at austinchronicle.com/newyears! Silver Linings of 2017..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...first day of early voting with an appearance in Austin to drum up cash for his re-election effort...."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Crew Stories

Second Assistant Camera Courtney Harrell

"...an Army commercial in Killeen. It turns out that filmmaking and the military have a lot in common when..."

May 28, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Postmarks

CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...positive impacts that the CSC proposal will bring to Austinites for generations to come, but also trivializes the position..."

April 2, 1999 Column

Culture Flash

A dozen NEA grants, an Austinite for State Artist, and Austin High takes state

"...studio-based art education programs for area high school students Austin Chamber Music Center: $39,000 to support chamber music instruction..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...told me that during elections to always check The Austin Chronicle because they invariably endorse progressive, environmentally friendly candidates...."

March 8, 2002 Column

Who Will Rule Mueller?

Can the city keep the Mueller redevelopment project on course?

"...Sometimes -- OK, lots of times -- Austin does nothing but talk and worry about an issue,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...711 acres but for much of Central and East Austin, will reside in the hands of whatever private-sector partner,..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Vision of a New Republic

Plans for the Revitalization of Republic Square

"...of Southern Union Gas, was chair of the Downtown Austin Alliance in 1997-98, she was determined to focus attention..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Chale Nafus

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