Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

The life and pain of the jazz great in his own words and music

"...The legacy in American popular culture of the great jazzman..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Birth of the Cool'

Bargains, film, and live jazz jazz up the Blanton's toast to midcentury modernism

"...Given the torch our town carries for retro/vintage fashion and design,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Brings the Legend’s Legacy to AFS Doc Days

Biographical documentary captures the transformational jazz genius

"...The biographical documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool features..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...The woman leans back into the sleek black sofa, her..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kyle Mooney on Limp Bizkit and the Death of the Monoculture in Y2K

SNL star takes on the missed apocalypse with writer Evan Winter

"...Kyle Mooney was looking for one artist to embody the spirit of his directorial debut, Y2K, it could only..."

Dec. 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...In the beginning, the Geek God rolled an errant dolly loaded..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wine of the Week

Summer Rosés

"...Summer is when dry Rosés shine. The low-alcohol, refreshingly cool wines slake your thirst and cleanse..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Bars Might Suffer: The recent decision by the city to once again allow..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature

AFS Doc Days Gets Cool With Miles Davis

Three day celebration of true tales returns for second year

"...Doc Days, the Austin Film Society's documentary mini-festival, comes back swinging for..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...Even in the very beginning, it was there -- a style. The..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

Setting the Table

New director Ned Rifkin wants to bring more people to the feast that is the Blanton

"...What's a former undersecretary of art for the Smithsonian Institution doing running the Blanton..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Becomes a Legend Most: The Architect or the Photographer?

AFS Documentary Tour: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman

"...Even if his name is not familiar, the architectural photography of Julius Shulman probably accounts, in large..."

April 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl, with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, is an engagingly sordid meditation on protofeminism.

"...Scott Thomas, David Morrissey and Ana Torrent. Oh, for the spare, sartorial flash and conspicuously consumptive Reformation rock of..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

The rise and fall of Eighties skateboard king Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

"...by: Helen Stickler. Skateboarding is not a crime, but the subject of this exhaustive documentary – infamous Vision Skateboards..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Showers of Sound

The Bubble, the only place to record for Austin's indie elite

"...Chris "Frenchie" Smith is working a mop around the scuffed linoleum floor of the (new) Bubble, the Austin..."

March 29, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Today Is Last Day of Early Voting

Do it now, avoid Election Day crowds

"...Go vote right now. If you don't vote today, then you'll have to wait until Election Day (Tuesday, Nov...."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Public Notice: Echoes of History

From the 23rd Street Mural to the Police Academy, in only 50 years

"...When I moved to Austin in the summer of 1975, the 23rd Street Mural was already..."

March 31, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...Last time the Chronicle profiled Mike Wiebe, 14 years ago, the reporter..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

“Cowboys in Space” Exhibit Finds the Frontier in the Stars

Exploring the infinite plains at the Bullock Museum

"...Franck Cordés was a kid, he had a copy of Han Solo at Stars' End, one of the very..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Following the Milk

Take a trip with Whole Foods' anniversary cheeses, from udder to market

"...Foods Market turns 30 years old in September, and there'll be lots of partying going on. Not least in..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

Off the Record

Paying tribute to the Texas Tornado, working out at the Music Gym, and Trail of Dead's Justice for all

"...Dispossessed Men and Mothers of Texas..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fortune and Glory: How The Spiel Celebrates Steven Spielberg

Eric Vespe discusses new podcast, life after Scott Wampler

"...Eric Vespe. After all, when your first memory is the coffins popping out of the ground at the end..."

July 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Retirement and the City

Retirement is tough. Living Downtown makes it all better.

"...Like many longtime Austinites, I've watched the Downtown landscape fill up with high-rise condo towers and..."

March 27, 2009 Food Feature by Linda Ball

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming baritone, and..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Swept From the Sea

"...and Kathy Bates. Conventional wisdom wouldn't seem to bless the idea of a romantic melodrama adapted from Joseph Conrad..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Finding Autistic Cool in Animation Anthology Autistic Mode

The five shorts screen with alt-fest Smash by Smash West

"...Smash by Smash West puts an emphasis on programming other bigger brand name conventions – perhaps ones whose naming..."

March 11, 2025 Screens Post by James Scott

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse

After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing

"...It started off as a cute phrase, purloined from the movie Antichrist...."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: January 22

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...up, Sochi stays cold as ice, and lawsuits sweep the courts, as your AggreGAYtor runs off to California to..."

Jan. 22, 2014 Qmmunity Post

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...was a pivotal year for America, for Austin, for the embattled world-at-large, but most of all for the Mighty..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...We in the News section are accustomed to being bearers of bad..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

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