Something Weird

How Tim League discovered 110 drive-in films in an East Prairie warehouse and other stories of disappearing celluloid.

"...recommend East Prairie, Missouri. Situated in the southeast corner of the state (in proximity to Charleston and Sikeston), there..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

G-L-O-R-I-Aftermath

"...was played by the Brooders and a few dozen of their friends for a total of 24 hours starting..."

July 30, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Get It While You Can

"...Chronicle rock & roll section generated e-mail from two of the authors I reviewed. Patricia Butler was pissed about..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Roll 'Em

March

"...see a psychiatrist. Sounds awfully similar to the premise of HBO's The Sopranos; however, this movie stars Robert De..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cozying Up to The Faculty

"...Todd V. Wolfson Robert Rodriguez is onstage in front of a packed Paramount Theatre introducing the first public showing..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...South by Southwest speaker list for the conference side of this year's festival (running March 10-19) may be its..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Editor’s Note: You often don’t know you’re witnessing history in the moment you’re..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...is the 2016 Liz Carpenter lecturer at the University of Texas LBJ Auditorium on Wednesday, and her talk is..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Come One, Come All!

Here’s Your Early Tipsheet of the Folks Running for City Council

"...Over the last several weeks, we've been compiling a catalog of potential November..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Post by Michael King

David Lindsay-Abaire: The Interview

The 'Good People' writer goes back to the old neighborhood

"...your last chance to see the Different Stages production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, the most produced play in..."

May 11, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...Tom Penn knows the meaning of "rude awakening." He endured a couple this spring –..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Viva Belize!

You may have to fly to Belize to see Jerry Jeff Walker perform these days; just don't call out any requests

"...at Wet Willy's, a thatched-hut bar at the end of a pier on Ambergris Caye, an island off the..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Kevin Brass

Essential Man-Thing: Vol. 1 and Showcase Presents: The Unknown Soldier

No nostalgia: discovery and rediscovery

"...DC Comics, 548 pp., $16.99 One of the encouraging recent trends in the comics industry has..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "The job of majority leader and the..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...that is the way it should be. The citizens of Williamson County want it that way, which is why..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

The House

The House, director J. Ed Araiza's third collaboration with the student artists at St. Edward's University, is unapologetically about them, which makes for the show's strengths and its weaknesses

"...The HouseMary Moody Northen Theatre at St. Edward's University, through April..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

TV Eye

What's the real meaning of Christmas? Well, it's doubtful you'll find it in the typical cheery holiday TV programming. But two upcoming documentaries -- The Forgotten Americans and First Person Plural -- remind us of the importance of home and family and offer a thought-provoking alternative to more traditional holiday fare.

"...glittering holiday specials and seasonal cartoons to holiday-themed episodes of Ally McBeal and Touched by an Angel, television casts..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

B. Iden Payne Award Nominations, 1999-2000

"...On Monday, August 14, the Austin Circle of Theatres released its nominations for the 1999-2000 B. Iden..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...Hyde Park seems an unlikely outpost for a contingent of religious pioneers. The neighborhood, built in 1889 in what..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Fastball wound up generating a platinum album, a year of solid touring (Everclear, HORDE), a pair of Grammy nominations,..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Appetite for Reading

A Summer Spread of Captivating Cookbooks

"...more. What's a publisher to do now that most of the world's identifiable cuisines have been recorded for posterity..."

June 13, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Catching His Breath

For Performance Artist Sxip, It's All in the Breathing

"...This testimony comes to me from the friend of a friend, another Austin music fan who has encountered..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

Chris the Conqueror

Chris Roberson takes on Superman, Elric, Captain Kirk, and Cinderella – and wins

"...Take two icons of 20th century fantastic fiction. On one side is Superman,..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Roundup: 7/4/11

Your patriotic drug news roundup

"...Barney Frank filed legislation to end the decades-long prohibition of marijuana. That's right: Frank – and his co-sponsors, including..."

July 4, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Carnage, Wrath, and Righteous Waves

What's the story with Doug Dorst's The Surf Guru?

"...The Surf Guru (Riverhead Books), is about the CEO of a surfboard and accessories company who seems to ride..."

July 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...The twin stories of Steve Bilich and the film he made are,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Entranced

Remembering one who fascinated us all: Karen Kuykendall, 1937-2007

"...entered a room, you knew it. She made sure of that. She might announce herself with a slightly too..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

15th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...It's my fifth year of heading up this thing, and each one has begun..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Council ponders limiting McMansions

"...the beleaguered members bide their time – before shuffling off the mortal coil of May elections – sweating over..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...And that you'd be happy instead of sad..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

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