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They Got Nothing on Lacresha

"...to gather medical evidence, but will take livers from young autopsy subjects and see if he "can break it,..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column

The Texas Gamut

Titles From Texas

"...a Penn State M.A., currently an Austin landscaper, 47-year-old REYOUNG has just had Unbabbling (Dalkey Archive Press, $13.95 paper),..."

May 15, 1998 Books Feature

Homage To An Old Marquee

"...a movie). A grown-up place (I was often the youngest there). A place that, though it was certainly public,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...He may not have known yet that he was dying, but he surely suspected. His skin was colorless, his..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...name, 1985 follows Adrian (Cory Michael Smith), a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...U.S. Premiere, 120 min. D: Michael Matthews A troubled young man returns to the town he fled as a..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...shadow. His mother had died at 69 in 1987, younger than he was in this August of 2014. Donna's..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

The General Specific

AFS Essential Cinema: Love on the Largest Continent: Ten Asian Films

"...On the plains of Mongolia, a young boy discovers a Ping-Pong ball gleaming in a nearby..."

May 29, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

15th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...Hutchison, Jill Meyers, Amanda Eyre Ward, and Abe Louise Young. It should be said that all of the reads..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

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Our readers talk back.

"...with people's lives. But "See the Elephant" is about young people going to attend a military recruiting event. "See..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Column

Letters at 3AM

A Little Late, For Bix

"...he was white) to perform with lesser (white) talents, dying of liquor early (age 28) -- at best, a..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...including a two-inch-deep slashing stab wound just above the young man's rectum and a nine-inch-long slice to his neck..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Exhibitionism

Picasso at the Lapin Agile: Expecting the Best

"...Through two particularly important creative geniuses of this dying century, Picasso and Einstein (and a third, blue-suede-shoed late..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Review

Woman-Run Catholic Charity Dissolves After Serving Austin for Over a Century

Running soup kitchens, covering funeral bills, these ladies showed up

"...legacy, the Austin chapter is calling it quits. “We’re dying,” Roa said of the struggle with membership retention...."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Amber Williams

Dungeons & Dragons, Trivia, Comics, and More Recommended Events

It's a new year! Why not try some new things?

"...Wurlitzer’s nomadic lifestyles afforded them, the film follows a young musician trying to balance a desire for financial success..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Do or Do Not

SXSW sports docs follow heroes' journey

"..."You can do what you can do," young Allan Kournikova tells the camera, blond hair flowing over..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

We're a long way from Rob and Laura Petrie. Here's why that's a good thing.

"...series Life Unexpected. In this series, we have a young girl named Lux (Brittany Robertson), the product of a..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

FronteraFest Schedule

"..."Christian U2ber" by Tom Truss. A look at a young teen's naive YouTube exploration and the dangerous fallout that..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"..."Dying is easy," goes the old chestnut; "comedy is hard."..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...Ann Richards, but why is her named school "for Young Women Leaders"? Is there a boutique school for "Young..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

How to Breathe Underwater: Stories

Debut author Julie Orringer, who is 30, belies the old bromide that young people can't write about youth convincingly, and she'll be at BookPeople on Friday, Oct. 24.

"...Orringer, who is 30, belies the old bromide that young people can't write about youth convincingly. The children and..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Review by Michael Schaub

The Reason Why

"...booming, as is the case in all wars. While young Americans die, profits go up. But our economy is..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...tempo that MCs like Slug and Sage Francis are dying to flow around. (Zero Degrees, 7:30pm) -- Christopher Coletti..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...courthouse and a few doors down from the much younger but equally renowned Square Books stands a shorter man,..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...Fords await the centurions. A cheetah stalks the procession, embodying the painter's racing imagination. In The Visit, a series..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

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"...you want us to be outraged that a promising young person was murdered and the mainstream media didn't seem..."

March 3, 2000 Column

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"..."On His Deathbed, Holding Your Hand, the Acclaimed New Young Off-Broadway Playwright's Father Begs a Boon." It is a..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...The youngest of seven kids, Amy Gebert was the beneficiary of..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Screamlines

"...Scott (1983) w/Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, Cliff DeYoung, Dan Hedaya..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Aquatic Anime and Crafty Options in This Week's Recommended Events

Getting out isn't just for the weekend

"...a university student who swoops in to keep a young disabled woman from being struck by a car. Their..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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