Gritos: Essays

"At the heart of these encounters is the burning knowledge that nobody seems ready to recognize," David Garza writes of the largely self-made "literary superdude" who will read at the Yarborough Branch Library on Wednesday, July 30. "Gilb is a legitimate and undeniable talent."

"...For most in the United States, the Rio Grande and the rest of the Mexican border constitute an..."

July 25, 2003 Books Review by David Garza

Can Rodney Reed Be Freed?

New testimony rivets court as 1996 murder case reopens

"...Reed's last, best chance to gain a new trial and clear his name after 23 years on Texas' death..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Gay Place

Queer comedy returns to ColdTowne

"..."all the horrible things going on in our country," and instead chose to "celebrate ourselves, our identities, and the..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

2018 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...103 years young, this grande dame of Austin theatres has hosted somewhere in the..."

March 1, 2018 SXSW Post

Gay Place

Can you handle a week of PRIDE? We know you can!

"...WITH MS. WRIGHT The legendary Margaret Wright on the black & whites is a great way to head into..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Also Recommended

"...Call Me KuchuDocumentary Feature D: Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature

Postscripts

"...Nancylee Novell's The Underground Stream won the Nonfiction Award, and Debra Monroe's A Wild, Cold State won the literary..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Books Column

Local Palette

"...Mojo exhibit set the tone for what the gallery and exhibit are all about: young, untested artists given free..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Arts Feature

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...to go!" chanted around 100 labor, immigrant, environmental, disability, and social justice advocates outside the JW Marriott Hotel Downtown..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...experts widely predicted a smaller sideshow surrounding SXSW – and it did feel refreshingly manageable – the hallmarks remained:..."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...awards various monies to Texas filmmakers' production, post-production, equipment, and travel grants, so they can rep their film at..."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Mobile Food

Some tips on getting a foot in the door of the trailer business

"...or truck is the new wave of Austin eatery, and it's taking off like gangbusters, attracting national TV, radio,..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Keepin' It Jungle

Austin company plans an eco-colonial retreat in Mexico

"...ruins of Tulum, the temperature is moving past "steamy" and closing on "flop sweat" as Matthew Schnurr guides a..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...of said object, elegantly unwrapped, into your sad little hands. You know that saying "It's the thought that counts"?..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

There's a Light Beyond These Woods

An unrestrained celebration of Nanci Griffith

"...it's the last winter storm of the season and such..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

'Romeo'

First place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...I know Romeo he would go up to gurls and ask them for a dollar and it worked, you..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Robert Byington

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...The bar inside the Coupland Dance Hall & Tavern is a thing of beauty...."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mind Wide Open

D: Fuse, one of the world's biggest emerging DJs, hails from A-town.

"...modest North Austin home he shares with wife Jenny and a smallish dog, he mixes a protein shake after..."

April 12, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...good industry, filmmaking, because it's clean. They come in and hire a lot of people, they throw a lot..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

These letters spell highway violence, the environment, and a lost bracelet.

"...Bryce points out the facts and figures needed for a regional commuter rail. Especially the..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column

Coming of Age

"...Dawn Cooper and Cyndy Kirkland of Reel Women inside the Alamo Drafthouse,..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Shoreline Sounds

"...disposal, one -- Lake Austin -- right in town, and the second -- Lake Travis -- just outside. What..."

May 21, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

It's All in the Game

"...punched out this season, it's no wonder. The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal left a stink on the White House lawn large..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Book Reviews

"...is in many ways his most off-beat, outrageous yet. And, coming on the heels of his last two, Dead..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Offering

"...creatures blew out of a wind wanting to carry. And the two-footed animals were generated from smoke that was..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Club Cafe

The Open Road

"...The highways were lined with billboards in those days, and my brother and I repeated like a rosary the..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

Record Reviews

"...conference. Each review is tagged with the day, venue, and time the artist is playing, but all information is..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

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