Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...Power's paper animated fable When You Get to the Forest...."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

East Austin Doesn’t Get the Same Shade, and Consequences Ripple for Health and Equity

Beating the heat

"...of air conditioning or the cooling effects of the city's pools and springs. But the city's urban forest also..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Day Trips: Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico

"...Overlooking the forest of the Gila River Valley must have been an..."

March 4, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...gone big, with a recreation of many of the city's recognizable landmarks and favorite venues, including the Paramount Theatre,..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Into the Woods at Scream Hollow

Behind the scenes at the local destination horror house

"...to have a permanent location, we want a creepy-ass forest in the woods, and we're going to build a..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

'Disenchanted' Enchants

Austin-based Ren faire sitcom is just as funny as it sounds like it should be

"...the same time, independently. ... Then we secured Sherwood Forest as the shooting location, and it just took off...."

Oct. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...to the Science and Industry Museum; went to the forest preserves out in the suburbs. They set aside land..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

LegeLand: Firefighters Hosed by the State

Perry's slash-and-burn handiwork is visible for miles

"...Assist­ance Program, a vital resource administered by the Texas Forest Service that provides volunteer firefighters with training and equipment...."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 11/19/10

Waterlogged meeting for council

"...whether the $300 million would include construction of the Forest Ridge transmission main, which the utility hasn't been especially..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'Shoddy' and 'Rushed'

Spicewood neighbors blast WTP4 water line plan

"...Treatment Plant No. 4 construction continues as long as City Council's current majority in favor holds, new opposition is..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

One Man's Junk ...

South Austin icon could face city's bulldozer

"...landmark and an icon of roadside Americana. Now the city of Austin's Public Assembly Code Enforcement unit has given..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Saving Rain Forests, From Austin to the Amazon

Nonprofit links people to people for a sustainable future

"...decided her calling in life was to save rain forests. Then, like many adolescents with noble objectives, she went..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

Los Adaes, the first capital of Texas, once stood on the edge of the world stage

"...the world stage. A tiny outpost in the thick forest of western Louisiana, Presidio Nuestra Senora del Pilar de..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...have stalled the purchase of surrounding land as the city grows ever closer. The park is open to the..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...patiently. While hurtling through Bangkok's intense traffic at breakneck velocity, I was impressed with the sheer bravado of the..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Postmarks

"...issue in his campaign finding out who ordered the city clerk to invalidate 14,000 of the 29,000 signatures on..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column

Elvis Lives!

Detective and Then Some...

"...the film version of the bestselling Robicheaux novel Dixie City Jam and TNT is preparing a television film of..."

July 25, 1997 Books Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a dangerous city, where she must use the power of destiny and..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...her world is irrevocably changed, a successful New York City architect struggles to regain intimacy and control in her..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

We did not fall from the Garden; we journeyed away

"...mechanisms of society going. We wanted holiness – and publicity. We wanted the self-knowledge of meditation – and to..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Time to Wake Up

"...and I also hate to call out an entire city, but it is seriously time to wake up! What..."

Aug. 16, 2008 Postmarks

Day Trips

The Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne.

"...in the heart of Texas are covered by a forest canopy that often obscures the diversity of the environment...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Have the Christians on the Austin City Council not read Matthew 6:5-6?..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...unique character. No matter where you are in the city, there are projects taking place nearby where you can..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...BAD CITY D: Kensuke Sonomura Japan, 2022, North American Premiere, 118..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

WTP4: Still Bitter Waters

The controversy that won't die

"...Despite her opposition to City Council's 2009 approval of Water Treatment Plant No. 4,..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Sustainable Biodiesel: Made in Austin

How two guys are putting Austin on the biodiesel map … again

"...Austin had more biodiesel pumps than any other U.S. city, a distinction that owed much to Jeff Plowman, who..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Day Trips

The Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin houses nearly 800 animals representing every continent except Antarctica

"...Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin uses the thick pine forest of East Texas to its advantage. The footpaths wind..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Jim Jarmusch; with Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach De..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: Taking Yourself on a Date

Make sure to make time for the coolest queer you know, aka you.

"...found people I love who love me back, the scarcity mindset I developed as a dorky teenager still rears..."

April 18, 2025 Column by James Scott

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