Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...among them such luminaries as Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Dan Rather, and Min Jin Lee...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

King Frat

"...Directed by: Ken Wiederhorn. Starring: Dan Fitzgerald, Dan Chandler and John DiSanti. This comedy gross-out..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

LegeLines

House of Representatives is finally hearing bills on the floor

"...Zero Dark Thirty and Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler dropped by the Lege as part of the Texas Humane..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Recommended

"...space of the UT Union Ballroom. No room for dancing downstairs in the velvet Cactus? Probably. And, believe me,..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Feature

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of standout films made..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Coach's Corner

"...A few years ago, they got Super Bowl guarantees Dana Stubblefield and Dan Wilkinson, but they've barely smelled the..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

It's a Mystery to Me

"...but in fact it's a novel by genre-jumping author Dan Simmons, who has won various kudos for his previous..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Making Lists

"...as we slouch toward the millennium we are in danger of being listed to death. Earlier this year the..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Possibility of Change) Jessixa Bagley (Duel) Aaron Bagley (Duel) Chandler Baker (Cutting Teeth) Rebecca Balcárcel (Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...of a terrifying supernatural being: The Toll Man. Cast: Jordan Hayes, Max Topplin, James McGowan, Rosemary Dunsmore (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...North American debut. Sorcerous mystery Hereditary comes out of Sundance with the reputation of being this year's break-out horror,..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Zero Dark Thirty

The film is suspenseful, dogged, relentless, and determined – amazing considering we already know the ending of this story about the 10-year hunt for Osama bin Laden.

"...Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler, Harold Perrineau, Mark Strong, Édgar Ramirez, Fares Fares, James..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...for work and Jimmy goes mad. Cast: Matt D'Elia, Brendan Fletcher, Mircea Monroe, Angela Sarafyan (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Election Info

Dates, voting locations, and ballots

"...Dan Ruiz Library, 1600 Grove, 9am-5pm..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Land of Confusion

Michael Simon's first detective novel finds a transplanted New Yorker struggling to solve a murder in a 'completely different' Austin

"...book's hero has an irrepressible fondness. That hero, Detective Dan Reles, parallels Simon in some respect – he's a..."

July 30, 2004 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...take flight when the wind was just right, and Dan Aykroyd's Reverend Mike in Soul Man rode his Harley..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...unremorsefully racist and violent, caught up in complicated and dangerous events. The fiction is based around actual historical characters..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...of a better life, a young woman joins a dangerous scrap metal crew. Cast: Jessica Barden, Gus Halper, Austin..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Mr. Nice Guy

Sweet T is the name of an Irish boxer with fake front teeth and sleeve tattoos

"...First of all, if your name really is Sweet..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...the Slender Man, while today's Festival Favorites announcement includes Sundance smash The Greasy Strangler and Operation Avalanche, a found-footage..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Unfinished Business

The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...R.U. Steinberg, Jason Stout, Kristine Tofte, Brandon Watson, and Danielle White. (FYI: Proof that the contest is known far..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: A Long Goodbye

In the first of four parting columns, Michael Ventura announces his decision to end his bieweekly column

"...As Raymond Chandler wrote, "There are reasons ... and reasons for the..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Beginnings

How I learned that writing for publication wasn't just about me

"...City was to be an Austin Sun cover story. Dan Hubig created terrific illustrations. I'd worked a week on..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The March Primaries and After: The Filing Report

Flurry of last-minute filings

"...Brian Thompson, while Rodriguez is opposed by Libertarian Jerry Chandler...."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

State Results

"...Jerry Chandler (L) 1,889 / 4.7% State Rep., District 51 Eddie..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Theater Company) and Body and Soul (Subterranean Theatre Company), Dan Bisbee in Fractured Greeks (VORTEX Repertory Company), Greg Gondek..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Lady Killer, Skyscraper Souls, Employees' Entrance

"...Del Ruth (1933); with James Cagney, Mae Clarke, George Chandler, Margaret Lindsay.SKYSCRAPER SOULS D: Edgar Selwyn (1932); with Warren..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...with Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Patricia Collinge, Dan Duryea, Richard Carlson...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...April 1999. This year's honors also recognized achievements in dance, classical music, and the visual arts as well as..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

Pushing Boundaries

The Territory Begins 21st Season on KLRU-TV

"...on an event experienced by the filmmaker herself. In Dangerous Waters (New York, 1995) Anniken Fjesme comically explores a..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

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