Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...The Big Winner: A New Austin Indie Auteur..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...any technical experience. The others are former bartenders and bookstore dwellers. One's a part-time firearms instructor. Another previously worked..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hugo Rising

The nominees for science fiction's best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old

"...and fans for five days of keynotes, readings of new work, autograph sessions, roundtables, academic panels, contra dances, films,..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

The Smell of Death

Not your typical get-in-the-van account

"...signs and reads from The Smell of Death at Brave New Books, 1904-B Guadalupe, on Thursday, May 29, 7pm.)..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Reza a 'Real Clown'

"...last week’s Chronicle [“APD Occupies 'Occupy': A Half-Dozen Infiltrators?,” News, March 1] sure looks like a goofy kind of..."

March 8, 2013 Postmarks

World's Impending End by Ocean Fishing

"...It was pleasing to see that the talk at Brave New Books on the world's impending ending by ocean..."

Aug. 20, 2012 Postmarks

Civics 101

"...know, the fate of the world. Join him. 7-9pm. Brave New Books, 1904-B Guadalupe (downstairs), 320-0511. Free...."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Column

Inside Out ... Outside In

The growing influence of fringe movements on City Hall reflects either a healthy populism or the implosion of civic engagement

"...Pressley coalition at the local liberty movement's unofficial home, Brave New Books, an anti-government bookstore located, strangely enough, downstairs..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Civics 101

Calendar of civic events, Oct. 6-13

"...MEET THE WEED EXPERT Former Yippie Jonah Ras­kin, whose..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Column

Headlines

"...• Austin Energy's new general manager, Larry Weis, began his first week on..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, June 11-18

"...returns to Austin on her Myth America tour. 7pm. Brave New Books, 1904-B Guadalupe. Friday12..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, June 4-11

"...CINDY SHEEHAN (See Wednesday.) 7pm. Brave New Books, 1904-B Guadalupe. Ongoing..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

Good times for good citizens: Feb. 27-March 5

"...CAPITAL METRORAIL OPEN HOUSE Check out the new passenger rail line set to begin service March 30...."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature

Respublica

"...Texas Town, for a discussion and screening of the new documentary Tulia, Texas. 7pm. Mexican American Cultural Center, 600..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Off the Record

Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot

"...seeing it this way as well." Backed by the new promotion venture Transmission Entertainment, FFFF ups the ante this..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Work in Progress

How technology is shaping the way we tell stories

"...1936 essay, "The Storyteller": "Every morning brings us the news of the globe, and yet we are poor in..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Virgin Fiction

First-time publication is like a cotillion for writers, Martin Wilson writes as he reviews five new first novels. And debut novelists are the gussied-up belles at the ball, with butterflies in their stomachs, dreaming of the glorious future that awaits them.

"...Gob's Griefby Chris Adrian Broadway Books, 358 pp., $24.95..."

April 27, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.

"...younger brother Edmund (Keynes); sweet, maternal Susan (Popplewell); and brave lad Peter (Moseley) – are sent by their mother..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Photography, History & Accounting 101

Learning with Henry Rollins, us the shareholders.

"...the singer/poet/author/publisher/raconteur is now a travel photographer, with his new book Occupants establishing him as punk’s great ambassador/multi-tasker...."

Nov. 3, 2011 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Cyber Swindle

Beware the Net Racket

"...with an 809 area code (or a dozen other new codes). This area code sounds innocuous, like it might..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Word Up, Showdown

Austin's teen poets unfurl their flag in Silicon Valley

"...can (as it turns out) teach an old dog new tricks...."

July 13, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Alexander Evans

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time?

With Michael Schaub, Kathryn Rogers, Matt Bucher, and more

"...Michael Schaub of Despair.com: No book has ever moved..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Taking Pictures

This year, for whatever reasons, Dick Holland writes, we have been blessed with photography books of great beauty and intelligence. Several of the leading figures in the canon of 20th-century photography are represented in this season's unusually rich outpouring, among them Eugéne Atget, Walker Evans, and Edward Steichen.

"...task of shopping. Desperate, you stagger into a big bookstore, only to be assaulted by looming walls of coffeetable..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

LoneStarCon 3: The Lois McMaster Bujold Interview

The Hugo Award nominee and past winner on biology as politics

"...Miles’ dashing cousin Ivan Vorpatril. In the first 15 books in the series, Bujold freely mixed farce and tragedy,..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

The Hightower Lowdown

Wal-Mart cares about its employees -- especially the dead ones; giving the finger to corporations could cost you your privacy; and Tattered Cover stands up for its customers' rights.

"...But in today's Brave New CorporateWorld where everything -- even death -- can..."

May 24, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...The new front corners of the Ransom Center exterior are impressive..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: The Book of Levi

Alaskan redneck meets Greek tragedy

"...had been saving room for one of the two books penned by Snooki from The Jersey Shore. But then..."

Oct. 3, 2011 Books Post by Mike Crissey

Culinary/Literary

There's a lot to chew on at this year's Texas Book Festival

"...Oldman are part of a national lineup that includes New York Times culinary columnists Amanda Hesser and Melissa Clark,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

DeWitty Center Helpful

"...one puzzled by Oppel's comment about diversity in his newsroom ["Postmarks," Vol.16, No.47]. I am a former Austin-American Statesman..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 1-7

"...connected to dynamic magic that will make you a brave and valuable ally...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

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