Listen to the Mockingbird!

Before her new book's out, hear Harper Lee's first read aloud

"...became of Scout Finch and her father, Atticus, as Harper Lee's novel Go Set a Watchman, set two decades..."

July 13, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Everybody's favorite pretty woman descends from Notting Hill to play a down-on-her-luck legal secretary who uses her..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Eyez on Me

Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic

"...Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham, Annie Ilonzeh, Hill Harper, Jamal Woolard and Dominic L. Santana...."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get on the Bus

"...Andre Braugher, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Hill Harper, Harry Lennix, Bernie Mac, Wendell Pierce, Roger Guenveur..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Loving Jezebel Dir/Scr: Kwyn Bader; Cast: Hill Harper, Justin Pierre Edmund, David Moscow, Laurel Holloman, Nicole..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Hollis Chacona

The Luv Doc: Dogs Can't Talk

The Luv Doc has serious reservations about dogs' ability to judge character

"...Here's the problem with having an adopted son who..."

July 14, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Boy Next Door

Jennifer Lopez stars in this brazenly dumb MILF thriller.

"...Ian Nelson, Kristin Chenoweth, John Corbett, Lexi Atkins and Hill Harper...."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

For Colored Girls

Tyler Perry tackles Ntozake Shange's beloved play.

"...Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Whoopi Goldberg, Macy Gray, Michael Ealy, Hill Harper and Omari Hardwick. What at first sounds like..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Constellation

A 40-year-old biracial love affair affects an extended family as it reunites at a funeral.

"...Starring: Zoë Saldana, Lesley Ann Warren, Billy Dee Williams, Hill Harper, David Clennon, Rae Dawn Chong, Gabrielle Union and..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Skulls

"...Starring: William Peterson, Steve Harris, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Bibb, Hill Harper, Craig T. Nelson, Paul Walker and Joshua Jackson...."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Too Deep

"...Rymer. Starring: Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Nia Long, Hill Harper, Stanley Tucci, Pam Grier, Nas and Mya. …..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hav Plenty

"...Christopher Scott Cherot. Starring: Christopher Scott Cherot, Chenoa Maxwell, Hill Harper, Tammi Katherine Jones, Robinne Lee, Reginald James and..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Cherot; with Cherot, Chenoa Maxwell, Tammi Jones, Robinne Lee, Hill Harper, Reginald James...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

He Got Game

"...Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Ned Beatty, Hill Harper, Bill Nunn, Jim Brown, Zelda Harris and Lonette..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Shark Bites Back

Mitchell Says the Eastside Needs Sharp Teeth

"...election day for Austin's 1994 city council races, James Harper and Carol Hadnot rose before dawn to stand outside..."

April 18, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...or in treatment programs. The surrounding Windsor Park, University Hills, and Pecan Springs neighborhoods argued that the zoning is..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature

Council Set to OK New Contract for Downtown Homeless Shelter

Council ready to take next (Front) Steps

"...interesting to study new members Paige Ellis and Natasha Harper-Madison and their respective idiosyncrasies, though how anyone could top..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Off the Record

The Low Lows make a fresh start in Austin, Jon Dee Graham returns to the stage, Tim Kerr and Mark Arm talk Monkeywrench

"...from A Tribe Called Quest to Metallica," rapped Ben Harper just prior to Sunday's Nike+ Human Race, the worldwide..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...Grow a Woman From the Ground (both on Sugar Hill) reveal his complete mandolin mastery, while siblings Sean and..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Barrel Chested Again

Chewing the fat with Brent Best of Denton tub-thumpers Slobberbone

"...his lips. Bass player Brian Lane and drummer Tony Harper keep the rhythm in lockstep, Lane looking about eight..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

A Black Man Is in Critical Condition After Being Struck With “Less Lethal Impact Munitions” at Sunday's Demonstration

Chief Brian Manley addressed police response at Monday presser

"...documented by spectators, while many yards away, on the hill along the northbound I-35 access road beneath several luxury..."

June 1, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Oops!

"...City" report on the massive tree kill in Oak Hill, we mistakenly wrote that Cadence McShane Corp. President Neal..."

June 20, 2008 Column

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...Stanley Marcus, Liz Smith, Whitley Streiber, Stephen Ambrose, Tony Hillerman, John Graves, Leslie Marmon Silko, and -- could it..."

June 23, 2000 Books Column

Coach's Corner

"...the poor bastard back to the bottom of the hill, over and over again. I, for one, can relate...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...Lee Hill's new biography, A Grand Guy: The Art and Life..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Austin at Large: The Road Goes on Forever …

After 30 years of effort, East 12th Street is still a long way from its envisioned future

"...To recap: I live in Swede Hill, the neighborhood on the north side of East 12th..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...the long-awaited game-to-show version of groundbreaking FPS Halo. Meanwhile Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka headlines the serial..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“I Want Peace, but I Want Justice First”

Austinites protested against police brutality. Police responded with brutal force.

"...range of the "less lethal" beanbag rounds, on the hill on the east side of I-35 at Eighth Street,..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...bad to live in Elgin or Taylor or Liberty Hill." And Central Austin townies, for whom moving to those..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dramatic Turn

Actress Meredith McCall is about much more than musicals

"...of Teddy Roosevelt leading the charge up San Juan Hill, and she builds this anthem to the well-lubricated life,..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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