We Have an Issue: Politics as Performance, Political Activism as Performance Art

In this week's issue: postmortem on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, a profile of drag powerhouse Brigitte Bandit, and finalists revealed in the Best of Austin: Restaurants Readers Poll (get voting, y'all!)

"...The Ken Paxton impeachment trial sure ended in a wet fart, huh?..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: August Travel Updates

The latest on safe travel during the pandemic

"...The Texas Medical Association doesn’t directly address the dangers of going for a..."

Aug. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Six New Shows to Distract Yourself With This Year

Your 2018 TV preview

"...There seems to be a preponderance of narratives recently that are mining the Nineties for..."

Jan. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Gay Place

Snark, sass, and absurdity will be on display at the Princess Pageant

"...and "perverts" by the mainstream, cis-het world for so long, queers and trans folks unite under our freak flags..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Panel: Good Night & Good Luck: Media in Election Years

Freedom of press in the age of alt-facts

"...The Trump administration wouldn’t provide Washington Post presidential campaign reporter David Fahrenthold..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: Smoke and Fire

Arsonists, burn bans, and heated arguments

"...In this week's News Roundup: Rangers arrest Austin's car arsonist in Iowa; Council approves a temporary ban on fire..."

Aug. 17, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Sue's Turn

After years of thwarting the singing kids on Glee, Jane Lynch takes the stage to belt some tunes herself

"...Remember the bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when the gruff king..."

March 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...Close your eyes and you can hear it – the unmistakable..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

The State's Planned Parenthood Trap

Plans to ban PP from Women's Health may be a problem

"...Tomorrow (Thursday) the Health and Human Services Commission Medical Care Advisory Committee is set to hear public..."

June 8, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Gavel Hunt Is Go

GOP eats its own in House speaker struggle

"..."Smilin'" Tom Craddick, R-Midland, as speaker? Well, it's another session, another civil war, as the most extreme ends of..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bush's Faith-Based Farewell

Final presidential address from the Texan president throws red meat to small government crowd

"...Anyone expecting a Eisenhower-style warning from President George W. Bush..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Talkin' Crack With AG Michael Mukasey

"...Attorney General Michael Mukasey, cities across the country will soon be invaded by teeming throngs of crack-addled heathens hell-bent..."

Jan. 28, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Outlaw Onda

If Tejano music isn't on the radio, does it still exist?

"...When Austin's last Tejano radio station, KTXZ 1560AM, went off the air last October, there..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Texas welcomes 40th historic site, Balmorhea news, and more

"...It’s 2025 and time to get your daytrippin’ shoes on for another year of fun..."

Dec. 28, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Nobody Wants to Stop Voters From Approving Prop A

Pro-legalization and pro-freedom folks see eye to eye on the May 7 ballot

"...Austin voters on May 7 are being asked to approve a city..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...Conundrum one: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has one 140-day regular..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...When All the Way opened at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July 2012, the play's future was..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Victory by the People

Filibuster, parliamentary gamesmanship kill abortion bill … for now

"...for the Texas Senate to determine whether 12:02am occurs on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning – but they ultimately..."

June 26, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

An Okie-Dokey Deadpan

Oklahoma director Mark Potts on his suburban comedy Simmons on Vinyl

"...according to plan. The 26-year-old Norman, Okla.-based director of nanobudgeted Austin Film Festival audience favorites The Stanton Family Grave..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Players, Prisons, Pit Stops, and Girl Gangs

"...in the Philippine jungle. A cannibal family living in isolation. Fistfights, gunfights, catfights, car chases, and explosions. Pistols hidden..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...March 22 was a slow day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season,..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Make Someone Happy – Someone Else, Because Chances Are It’ll Never Be You

Jimmy Durante will bring us together

"...to not be swayed at least a little by your arguments, and not so humorless as to be unmoved..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips plans your travel itinerary for the coming year.

"...Make a New Year's resolution to explore these places in Texas...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM

Al Gore is the only presidential candidate who's hot and bothered about global warming.

"...helpful reader out there could enlighten all of us on the couplet's origin? The Marx Brothers, perhaps? Mama claimed..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...Directed by: Peyton Reed. Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Get the Facts Straight..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks for the article on Melinda Ballard vs. Farmers Insurance about Ballard's moldy mansion..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...The Austin Chronicle caught up recently with Tim O’Brien, an Austin-based author..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Vera Farmiga is a knockout in this otherwise predictable and emotionally manipulative story about the horror of the German concentration camps.

"...Directed by: Mark Herman. Starring: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Richard Johnson, Sheila..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...May 15, 9pm, could not be processed. Please resubmit your letter if sent during this time.Is LCRA Ignoring Planning?..."

May 21, 2004 Column

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