Friday Night Lights

H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.

"...and offer few other avenues for accomplishment or escape. Friday Night Lights effectively keeps its attention focused on football,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saving 'Friday Night Lights'

You knew NBC renewed it, but did you know someone was gonna see God?

"...He beseeched the congregation to come to the Wednesday night service; it was going to be very special. It..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Mike Dolan

Westlake High and 'Friday Night Lights'

Though it's really about Odessa's Permian High School, Westlake figures prominently in 'Friday Night Lights,' which opens in Austin on Friday, Oct. 8

"...about Odessa's Permian High School, Westlake figures prominently in Friday Night Lights, which opens in Austin on Friday, Oct...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature by Christopher Gray

ATX Television Fest: Friday Night Lights Reunion

It's been 10 years since the beloved football drama premiered

"...the fifth and final iteration of ATX Television Festival’s Friday Night Lights event, and with clear eyes and a..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

'Friday Night Lights': Texas Highways Edition

"...more on NBC's decision to continue shooting the excellent Friday Night Lights, see this week's Film News.] The four..."

Nov. 16, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Friday Night Lights Tailgate & Pep Rally

"...Friday Night Lights Tailgate & Pep Rally Blowout on June..."

June 11, 2016 Photo Gallery

'Friday Night Lights': Feels Like Going Home Edition

"...at Temple High School. One more week before those Friday Night Lights go dark until next fall, but, take..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Reagan-McCallum, Westlake-Austin High Top Local Slate

"...Program note: NBC’s Friday Night Lights, filmed in Pflugerville and based on the..."

Sept. 27, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': AISD Teams Choke, 14-5A Flies

"...Churchill. The Chaps earned a trip to the Alamodome Friday night to face San Antonio Jay, who thumped Corpus..."

Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Westlake Bested, Watch Out for Westwood

"...Tonight's pick game is easy: Westwood visiting Leander at A.C...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Running the Numbers

"...This is it, folks. Last night of the 2006 regular season. Next week the second..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Leopards, Buffaloes, Hippos, Panthers Lead Week 6 Menagerie

"...least closer than McCallum's 52-0 blowout over LBJ last night. (Stamp Cedar Park's playoff passport too, though the T-Wolves..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Great Pumpkin Harvests Frighteningly Good Matchups

"...title. Or perhaps House Park, a house of horrors tonight for either Elgin or McCallum, who come in with..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Up to Now

Jan. 12, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Snakes. Why Does It Always Have to Be Snakes? Edition

"...MacArthur from the north side of San Antonio. 7:30pm tonight in Bobcat Stadium, the Rattlers will try to do..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Friday Night Lights': Hangover Edition

"...a single point each) taking on Harlingen South 7:30pm tonight at Laredo's Student Activity Center. Also tonight, 7pm in..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Beck Saw Austin’s Jesse Ebaugh Playing at Mohawk Friday Night, 20 Hours Later They Performed Together at the Moody Theater

The Tender Things frontman spontaneously enlisted to play pedal steel

"...to back them up at a concert the following night at the biggest indoor venue in town...."

March 20, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Red Lights

Leave it to the French to fashion an anguished psychological thriller that, in its last moments, also turns out to be a tender love story.

"...on a novel by crime writer Georges Simenon, Red Lights is an atmospheric study of a married French couple..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Trail of Lights Preview Party Promises Food, a Ferris Wheel, and Asleep at the Wheel

Fundraiser offers early look at annual holiday display

"...Announced today: The 58th annual Trail of Lights will start with a bang on Friday, Dec. 2..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell

World Book Night Doesn't Happen Overnight, You Know

BookPeople hosts planning session this Monday

"...World Book Night, a UK initiative that's now including our side of..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Fest 2014 Opening Night Party

"...The ATX Television Festival celebrated its opening night Thursday with a star-studded red carpet walked by the..."

June 6, 2014 Photo Gallery

Under the Stadium Lights

True-life high school football drama uses a worn-out playbook

"...chaplain Chad Mitchell (Gibson). With that, Under the Stadium Lights sets out its agenda for its audience, which it..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

King Gizzard, Godspeed You!, and more lengthy band names

"...During the first two nights of Halloweekend’s Levitation, the Chronicle music writers found much..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Dart Bowl Closes Permanently This Friday

Iconic local lanes unspared by coronavirus consequences

"...a pin drop again: End of the day on Friday, July 17, is when the alley goes quiet forever...."

July 15, 2020 Sports Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lights, Camera, aGLIFF!

Long-running film fest returns with something for everyone

"...Game Face Friday, Sept. 11, 6:50pm Top-level athletic success requires a winning..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Amy Kamp

El Rey Move Lights Up Austin Film Scene

Robert Rodriguez's network to use Austin as corporate HQ

"..."Matador" Bravo (soccer star by day, CIA agent by night), will debut in July, to coincide with the end..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dale Watson Lights Up the Screen in Yellow Rose

Starring the honky-tonk hero as himself

"...Watson's previous acting confined to brief cameos (Friday Night Lights) and local commercials in Austin before he..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

F-F-FASHION FREAKOUT F-F-FIVE on F-F-Friday, March 2

Fashion Freakout takes over Mohawk on Friday night

"...to stutter when you broadcast your plans for this Friday night, the early half, anyway. They should include the..."

Feb. 29, 2012 Design Post by Anne Harris

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...of Christ shuffles with a sass reserved for Saturday nights, not Sunday mornings. – Chase Hoffberger Brandi Carlile..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...about the exotically decorated bicycles that light up the night with giant wheeled butterflies and a ghost-pale, many-ridered rattlesnake..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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