Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...reward for its return, the grill’s owner John Konstin, Jr. spent the money on a new version of the..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...“I'm The Most Racist Person I Know” directed by Leela Varghese..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...The Baltimorons Director: Jay Duplass, Producers: David Bonnett Jr., Michael Strassner, Drew Langer, Screenwriters: Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Baby Buc-ee's, a bonfire ban, and bluebonnet planting top our fall news

"...Depression Era Photographs Photographers Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shahn, Jack Delano, John Vachon,..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Black, Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, Josh Wiggins, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L'Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...thriller. Cast List: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New TV and Streaming Shows to Catch in February

Plus 2020’s year-end best movies debut on streaming services

"...Best Picture nominations; Minari (Feb. 26, available to rent), Lee Isaac Chung’s lovely autobiographical retelling of his Korean American..."

Feb. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...• Candace Bushnell, Rules for Being a Girl • Lee Merrill Byrd, Birdie's Beauty Parlor • Kacen Callender, Felix..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Just Mercy

True-life story of prison injustice can't escape procedural bonds

"...Rafe Spall, Tim Blake Nelson, Rob Morgan, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Karan Kendrick and Darrell Britt-Gibson...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Booksmart; Texas Film Hall of Fame 2019 inductee John Lee Hancock's period crime drama The Highwaymen; and Kathy Griffin:..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream, and Bryan Mealer's The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...like "One Big White Nightmare." – Greg Beets Gary Clark Jr...."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Terrence Malick Film to Open SXSW

Ryan Gosling pic about the music industry filmed at ACL, Fun Fun Fun

"...Feb. 7. Previously announced keynotes and featured speakers include Lee Daniels, Gareth Edwards, Kathryn Hahn, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Jill..."

Jan. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...in a Spinal Tap-esque poof. Yo, Eddie, eat it. – Bryan Rolli..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Everybody vs. Injustice

Using hip-hop to build a just city

"...according to architects Mike “The Hip-hop Architect” Ford and Bryan Lee Jr. who spoke to a packed Convention Center..."

Oct. 13, 2016 News Post by Annamarya Scaccia

SXSW Eco: A Better City Built to a Hip-Hop Beat

How architecture can be used to challenge injustice

"...imposed behavior that permeates in modern times, says architect Bryan Lee Jr., Place + Civic Design director for the..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...record-setting eight covers; a SXSW staging of Gary Clark Jr., Black Joe Lewis, and Brannen Temple posing as businessmen..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...forget he exists. Cast: Andre Royo, George Sample III, Kellee Stewart, Ashley Wilkerson, Kevin Jackson, Antonio D. Charity, Celestial,..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Chris Doubek, Olivia Grace Applegate, Chase Joliet, Alex Dobrenko, Bryan Casserly, Augustine Frizzell, Trey Edward Shults (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Oscar nominations. They include Best Picture (Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland), Best Director (Richard Linklater), Best Original Screenplay (Richard..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...the civil rights movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., pressing for more federal support with voting rights legislation..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...and sets out to find her. Cast: John Gallagher Jr., Kate Lyn Sheil, David Call, Louisa Krauss (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Jimmy Jalapeeno: In Memoriam

The late artist's loved ones gather to celebrate his life

"...Born Albert James Bonar, Jr., the Bryan native began to be drawn to art..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...trek across Kentucky’s Sheltowee Trace Trail. Cast: Timothy Morton, Bryan Marshall, Karrie Crouse, Harrison Cole, Michael Abbott Jr. (World..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Primary Prospects

A rundown of primary election battles shaping up

"...CD 10 R: Michael McCaul*, Ernie Beltz Jr.; D: Dan Grant; L: Richard Priest..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...Cast: Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter and Nick..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...as a tie-in to his upcoming book (written with Bryan Connolly) DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!! The Complete Guide to Punks..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...directed by Joseph Ifantolino, The Myth of the American Sleepover, directed by David Robert Mitchell, Phillip The Fossil, directed..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...past, especially when it comes to music. Novelist Billy Lee Brammer's book review of The Improbable Rise of Redneck..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Film News

Under Tim McCanlies' Spell; plus, accolades aplenty all over Austin

"...Duetz's script. Also in the cast are Frank Sinatra Jr., Joe King Carrasco, and Chasen's lovely Pillow castmate Viviane..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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