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Austin-Based Cinema Chain EEG Begins National Expansion
Former Evo adds Florida, North Carolina, Virginia sites
"...the "smarthouse" Violet Crown Cinemas by the more blockbuster-friendly Evo Entertainment, is on the fast track to national expansion..."

Jan. 29, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cinema Heavy Hitter Joining Austin-Based EEG Theatre Chain
Cinemark exec, Top Chef star hint at big plans
"...Entertainment Group, the parent company of Austin-based cinema brands EVO Entertainment and Violet Crown Cinema, has some major new..."

Jan. 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

State Health Care Agency Urging 55-Hour Christmas-Themed Work Weeks
The request is an effort to address Medicaid and SNAP backlogs
"...For the last three years, workers at the Texas..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Hundreds of Thousands Denied Medicaid and Food Assistance in Texas
It's a department of dysfunction, and it isn’t getting better
"...Impoverished Texans, the vast majority of them children, could..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Amid Near-Miss Crisis, City Fast-Tracks Safety Tech at Airport
Meanwhile Reps. Doggett and Casar urge federal action
"...So why can't the FAA staff up quickly? In..."

Nov. 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Evo Entertainment Acquires Violet Crown Cinemas
Firm to be renamed Elevate Entertainment Group
"...chains are merging into one with the announcement that Evo Entertainment Group is taking over the Violet Crown Cinemas..."

Oct. 23, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Democrats Continue Urging Federal Investigation Into Medicaid Coverage Losses
More whistleblowers flag broken screening process
"...The congressional delegation, including U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Greg..."

Sept. 21, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane Reopening This Weekend
First Austin location offering free Bill & Ted screenings
"...doors under strict hygiene protocols, such as IPIC and EVO Belterra...."

Aug. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Coming Attractions
Our guide to which Austin-area cinemas (may) re-open in July
"...Evo Creekside Cinemas (New Braunfels) www.evocinemas.com..."

June 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Announces Mandatory Masks, But No Opening Date
Alamo policy comes as AMC reverses course
"...which chains will jump on that date). In Texas, EVO Cinemas (which already has several locations working at partial..."

June 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: What’s Next, and How Fast Can We Get There?
In this week's issue, the rallying cry to defund police catches on, and Republicans try to quash vote by mail for good
"...theatre to return to operations in the city; plus, Evo takes over the Sky Cinema space in Dripping Springs...."

June 12, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Evo Takes Over Former Sky Cinema in Dripping Springs
14-screen theater to become micro-chain's seventh location
"...Evo Cinemas, the Texas chain with locations near Austin in..."

June 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Cinemas Staying Closed Despite Abbott
Theater chains place safety over politics and profit
"...Central Texas theatre taking up Abbott's offer is the Evo chain, which is only opening two of its five..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle
He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.
"...Evo Morales was their president. He now has to live..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Screen Shots
A miscellany of film news and events
"...Tiramisu for Two, so he reached out to Kyle-based EVO Entertainment, and they agreed to screen the film at..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Screens Column by Josh Kupecki

End of the Silk Road for the Dread Pirate Roberts
Online blackmarket founder Ross Ulbricht faces 20 years
"...is so sympathetic: Ars Technica reports that users of Evo, one of Silk Road's successors, have mocked him for..."

Feb. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Tour de France Report: Stage 4
The scenery may be different, but Marcel Kittel continues to dominate
"...Though this type of stage (not purely flat) tends..."

July 8, 2014 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

Fun and Games With Stratfor
APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'
"...Burton (April 27, 2010), musing nostalgically on Bolivian President Evo Morales and then Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez: "Back in..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

Attention iPhone Freaks!
T-Mobile announces 4G network in Austin
"...ends. This will be the rival to Sprint's HTC EVO 4G phone that also operates on a growing 4G..."

July 21, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Politics Gift Guide
Deck the halls – or get decked – with these last-minute suggestions from the News staff
"...by Elizabeth Kolbert, Bloomsbury, $22.95) and the latest contemporary evolutionary theory (The Great­est Show on Earth: The Evidence for..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

GOP Betrays Trust
"...courageous few Democrats in Texas, it is like being Evo Morales, president of Bolivia. All he ever wanted was..."

Aug. 6, 2009 Postmarks

The Mercers
"..."The World It Has Forsaken Me" and chilling closer "Evo" become heartbreaking odes to faraway lands. The Mercers' take..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

The Death of Brad Will
An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way
"...Bank during riotous street protests. In Bolivia, they interviewed Evo Morales, not yet the president, and traveled in the..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

ScreenBurn
The gaming arm of SXSW Interactive gets pumped
"...ScreenBurn 2007, the arm of South by Southwest Interactive devoted to gaming. At that moment, gamers with eyes like..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

The Hightower Report
The war on drugs attacks poor Bolivian farmers, not drug kingpins; and Halliburton still has its snout in the war trough.
"...but also the livelihoods of peasant families. Then, when Evo Morales, the foremost advocate of these families in Bolivia,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

2 Fast 2 Furious
"...Mendes, Cole Hauser, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, James Remar and Devon Aoki. John Singleton’s sequel to last year’s sexy and..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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