SXSW Turns the Tables on Comedy Connoisseur Dick Cavett

The veteran talk-show host matters because he took the art of being funny seriously

"...this month, a diminutive Nebraskan muscled his way onto the cluttered TV talk-show landscape, carving out a tiny spot..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Greatest Meets the Brainiest in SXSW Doc Ali & Cavett

Outside the ring and on the couch with Muhammad Ali and Dick Cavett

"..."It was instantaneous," said Dick Cavett, recalling the first time Muhammad Ali was a guest on his..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Nicolas Cage Takes Over the Alamo

Watch the mega-acting star perform Edgar Allan Poe

"...after four years, he got to introduce Nicolas Cage – or, more accurately, "the inexhaustable, unstoppable freight train of..."

Jan. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

National Top 10s

Eight critics, 80 lines by genre

"...5) Russo Passapusso, Paraíso da Miragem (Oloko)..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Gay Place: FEARBOMB!

Don't fear the creepers: That's just the Weird City Sisters

"...The twisted sisters of perpetual weird are raising dough and..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Column

If I Had My Way

Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!

"...The old man in a hat walked up to Dale..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Funny How Time Slips Away

ACL staff members reflect on their first memories of Studio 6A

"...Like most patrons of the beloved PBS program, Lyle Lovett first visited Austin City..."

Nov. 11, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize the..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...for Private Music featured whip-smart songwriting and graceful performances. – Andy Langer..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

TCB

Conrad Keely and Juliette Lewis? Getting it on with the Trail of Dead, Frenchie, Cheap Trick, the Austin Music Commission, and our own Todd V. Wolfson.

"...Total Eclipse of the Heart..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

A Brief Chronology

"...Council Member Eric Mitchell denounces his victorious opponent, Willie Lewis, saying: "Austin lost the day. You can't stand the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Christmastime comes to Austin.

"...... And hopefully he's not doing it where the old Pocket FishRmen song suggested. Much more refined holiday..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Starbucks vs. the Chronicle: Who's zoomin' who?

"...tirade against George "Dubya" ["Page Two," Sept. 8] and the style and content place you in the forefront of..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...I vividly recall stumbling across a cache of my father's old film equipment secreted away in our spacious, chilly,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...They came, they pedaled, they guzzled margaritas. It was all..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature

Homage to a Road

"...illustration by Jason Stout In the music of the Southwest, one image is constant: the..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Do a Little Dance

"...is it possible to define independent filmmaking by its aesthetic, attitude, or sensibility? Maybe the form is predicated by..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

"...Frankenstein Love: Daniel Johnston Live at the Houston Room 1992 (Stress)..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Postmarks

VanScorned

"...I think you're reading a lot more into the response you got from city council staff to your..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column

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