July Is Crime Month: Batman Day

Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!

"...Seriously, the world. Almost 1,500 comics shops and bookstores, and 1,000 libraries are hosting some sort of activity..."

July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Black Eastsiders: Powers a Friend

Will the next UT president continue Powers' work repairing the relationship between UT and East Austin?

"...UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa had demanded the resignation of UT-Austin President Bill Powers, under threat of dismissal, there..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Never Adult Moment

Artist Michael Sieben ollies his skater years into the Visual Arts Center's vaulted elegance

"...construction site: stoked and ready for action. The University of Texas graduate is the Visual Arts Center's artist-in-residence for..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...radio remains important to many people as a source of information, entertainment, and tribal connection. Music, news, sports, politics,..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Off the Record

Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword

"...In a matter of weeks, the Sword departs for an Australian and Japanese..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: Stagnation Is Apocalyptic

Neil Young's solo tour, Part I

"...kick, I long for the moment where some aspect of life or culture accelerates or stalls, explodes, or disintegrates,..."

June 11, 2010 Column by Louis Black

City of Angels

"...City of Angels..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Shalom, Y'all

Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...special Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) service and screening of Assaf Bernstein's The Debt, with a discussion led by..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature

The True One

The Byrds' fifth dimension, Gene Clark, eight miles high and as wide as Americana

"...I: 2006: A number of ways a blackbird might look at Gene Clark..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Louis Black

Red, White, and Blue

Second place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...crumpled like a sack lunch in the coach class of a discount airline 30,000 feet above northern California, somewhere..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Garth Mueller

Alas, Poor Dubya

The falling Dow throws a spotlight on the president's business career.

"...and weak-kneed investors keep asking impertinent questions and selling off their holdings...."

July 26, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Childhood's End

A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland has been buzzing Austin quite a bit this spring, and here are some thoughts on why Peter Pan is so much in the air these days.

"...March, he flew into the Paramount via a production of Peter Pan by the New York company TheatreWorks/USA. He..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Heyd in Plain Sight

Austin painter Heyd Fontenot exposes more than himself in his new exhibition.

"...There are a lot of naked people on the wall at Studio 107 downtown...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Birth of the Cool: Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant-Garde

"...Birth of the CoolBeat, Bebop, and the American Avant-Garde..."

April 20, 2001 Books Review by Dale Smith

Breaking Barriers With Christ and Rock

A reprint of an Austin Chronicle Q&A from 1982 with U2's Bono Hewson and Adam Clayton.

"...last tour you mentioned putting together a compilation album of American groups you liked. Whatever happened with that?..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

They Knew What They Liked

Herbert & Dorothy Vogel's Extraordinary & Personal Art Collection

"...chance to meet the Vogels -- in a manner of speaking, of course. Seventy-eight minimal and conceptual art objects,..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...on his left, who begin scribbling simultaneously in their notebooks. Because this is no ordinary rehearsal. This play is..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...always been up with comedy, and a quick skim of the just-released feature lineup shows the fest continuing the..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The 1821 Club

Tuning in to the future of Austin's music scene today

"...with rock camps or music schools but formed because of similar tastes – or maybe just because they live..."

July 10, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...happen to elections, or the stupidest blunder our elected officials have ever made; the savior of our democracy, or..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Weak at the Knee?

Chief Stan Knee's tenure at the APD has had many external successes, and several internal failures.

"...Stan Knee was sworn in as the new chief of the Austin Police Department on Oct. 16, 1997, he..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...-- Jeremiah 33:3, Bible verse referenced on the cover of U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

October Previews

"...Scripted by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) from a collection of his short stories, the film is composed as a..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...With the onset of summer, I feel oddly displaced. Disorienting heat aside, summer..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...An American in Paris This has always been one of Minnelli's most popular movies, but even if you think..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...This has always been one of Minnelli's most popular movies, but even if you think..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Live Shots

"...every true Squier fan clutching a worn vinyl copy of Don't Say No, there were at least two idle..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...week's column, in what feels a lot like one of those Saturday morning serials with the cliffhanger endings, the..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Sleazy Listening

Scamping Through the Cocktail Revolution

"...primer to old modern music The Cocktail: The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche by Joe Lanza (also..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

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