The Road to 10-1: Fundraising Highlights

First period $$ deadline brings early numbers

"...District 3: In now a nine-candidate race (including just-filed Frank Guajardo), Susana Almanza raised $11,170 and Fred McGhee raised..."

July 16, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Pols Just Keep on Coming

Your Guide to Candidates for the New 10-1 Universe

"...Frank Coniglio, small businessman, longtime state employee, and Dem activist..."

Feb. 3, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Critics Poll

Our music team weighs in on the year's best shows, venues, and more

"...Paul McCartney, Frank Erwin Center (Hernandez)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...musician and international culture icon Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process,..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Thomas Graves, Agnes and Alfred..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...their Sixties heyday – shut the patio down. – Thomas Fawcett..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Top 10 National

"...10) Punch Brothers, Who's Feeling Young Now? (Nonesuch) Thomas Fawcett..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Partisan

"...Rebecca Bell-Metereau (D) challenges incumbent Ken Mercer (R), a frank educational reactionary; also in the race are Mark Loewe..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

IFP Gotham Awards Announced

Linklater, Zellners among Texans who score nods

"...The Master Paul Thomas Anderson, director; Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson,..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...William Friedkin. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon and Marc Macaulay...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dem Results: Few Surprises

Several Democratic incumbents easily secured victory Tuesday night

"...the incumbent will face former Travis County Sheriff Raymond Frank, a local personality among old-timers, Hamil­ton is expected to..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

"...feel like the party is on another planet. – Thomas Fawcett SATURDAY SLEEPERS Butts..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Thursday night showcases, trips to Austin, Colombia, Mexico, Scandanavia, and Staten Island (RIP ODB)

"...vintage soap-opera dialogue into one schizophrenic dance party. – Thomas Fawcett Naco..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

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

"...annual Philadelphia block party of record label Mad Decent. FRANK FAIRFIELD Director: Austin Wilson Living proof that time travelers..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Thomas Jefferson is dead. Sally Hemings is not. Jefferson's ideal..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Food-o-File

Local restaurants offer recession-friendly options

"...the recession-inspired deals at their famous restaurants. According to Frank Bruni's piece, high-profile NYC restaurants formerly accustomed to monthlong..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Fun Fun Fun Fest Saturday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...making MCing one twisted laughing matter. – Chase Hoffberger Frank Smith..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Weed Watch: DPS Says Drug Seizures Up

Troopers collect $160 million worth of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana, department reports

"...record books the last several years," DPS Director Col. Thomas Davis Jr., said in a press release...."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two

The artistic genius of 79-year-old cinematographer Haskell Wexler is only the beginning of his story; the passion and eloquence of his lifelong political commitment stand equal to his cinematic achievements

"...In the Heat of the Night (1966) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Milos Forman's One Flew Over the..."

June 10, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...competion at Cannes this year? Rodriguez and graphic novelist-cum-co-director Frank Miller's va-va-va-violent ode to all things noir is, with..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

How badly did Stephen's illustrious editor screw up his column last week? You'll just have to read to see -- but trust us, it's worth it, if only for the amazing list of haute fashion events listed herein. Your social calendar will thank you.

"...to their dressing rooms where we can have a frank discussion about ... you know -- clothes, boys, hairdos,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Headlines

"...being vacated by Will Wynn, two (including incumbent Danny Thomas) in Place 6, and four (including incumbent Raul Alvarez..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

After a Fashion

Stephen makes the party rounds this week and finds out which celeb made an appearance at Flipnotics.

"...gown brigade was out in force, with both St. Thomas and Giada making a good showing. Though much of..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Capitol Chronicle

A farewell to Maury Maverick Jr.

"...as a "pantheist," or a "deist," like his beloved Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine...."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...as Monika Bustamante, realmdanceproject, Emily and Rick Fordyce, Hans Frank, and Hyde Park Theatre Artistic Director Ken Webster --..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...1962, saw David Lean's British-American Lawrence of Arabia, John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate and Birdman of Alcatraz, Sidney Lumet's..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...piece of evidence that the City Council under Mayor Frank Cooksey deserved its pro-environment reputation." This snide, damning-with-faint-praise comment..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar get Grease-y and posh all in the same week!

"...site (www.chaosinaustin. com/fotoj/index.html). Lonny Stern appeared as an Elvis-ized Frankie Avalon in the "Beauty School Dropout" routine, and Michael..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Goodbye to the Hole, hello Trail of Dead. Imus falls for the Flatlanders.

"...with the Rockland Eagles (Cris Burns, Mark Hutchins, Andy Thomas, Jason Crow, and Ken Domaschke). New York's Cameo by..."

June 28, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

"...Capitol Hill, U.S. Reps. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and Barney Frank, D-Mass., have joined forces to support House Bill 2592,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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