How Negin Farsad Sees the World … and How You Should See It Too

Social justice comedian on her new book How To Make White People Laugh

"...Social justice comedian Negin Farsad’s book, How To Make White People Laugh, will not only have..."

June 20, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters throughout the Philadelphia quartet’s four-LP oeuvre, and..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

"...as a director for Stevenson, and also the first writing credit for her creative partner and cowriter, Tim Smith...."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...days of ArmadilloCon's founding, such writers included Bruce Sterling, Howard Waldrop, Steven Utley, Lisa Tuttle, Tom Reamy, and their..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Doug Dorst, Part Two: The Coffeehouse Transcript About 'S.' Continues!

Shout-out to JJ Abrams, who would've LOVED that peanut-butter cup.

"...… and welcome back to the Doug-Dorst-and-four-other-literary-types-talking-about-S. transcript here in the everbright pixels of your Austin..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Plain Speaking About Complex Things

Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it

"...readers without pandering. Although his primary work is teaching, writing, and speaking, he's always maintained a secondary occupation as..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Terrence McNally Knows About Lasting Impact

About to open a new play at Zach Theatre, the Tony Award-winning playwright talks about what endures

"...time to talk to a host of media outlets about all of the above. And somewhere in there, he's..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The One About Erotic 'Harry Potter' Fan Fiction

Filmmaker Clay Liford on fan fiction from '50 Shades' to 'Star Trek'

"...film at Fantastic Fest this year is the one about erotic Harry Potter fan fiction...."

Sept. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Clay Liford

How Rooster Teeth Built Meaningful Diversity Into gen:LOCK

Austin studio emphasizes representation in its animated show

"...How can a show created by a bunch of self-described..."

July 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

Here They Came (& Went)

"...Mike Nesmith makes it to any of the [U.S.] shows," Davy Jones of the Monkees is said to have..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Column

How Robin Got His Groove Back

Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.

"...says, it was "more than just a screening; the showing of a film until 1929 was a dramatic event."..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Conspiracy Theory #404

"...with songwriter Marshall Crenshaw, sent me an e-mail detailing how in 1970, Beverly Hillbillies producer Paul Henning took a..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Top 10 Arts Stories You Cared About the Most

From racist comedy to new books, returning theatre, and new textile joy, the most read stories about the Austin arts scene in 2021

"...Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires talked with the author about his love for the writing program, his move to..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

How's Yer Johnson?

"...including stops in San Antonio and Dallas. "They're talking about an Austin date," says Priesnitz, "but there's nothing definite..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Howard Waldrop, Upright & Writing

Five decades into his career, the brilliant science fiction writer still isn’t taking any shortcuts

"..."Just sit down in the chair and start writing and then after 10 or 12 years you'll figure..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Writing by Degrees

The Unfolding Now

"...hard to discern in a thicket of undiluted observations about the screenwriter's art. What started as a point about..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Jay Hardwig

"A Celebration of Writing, and Reading"

Louis Black's notes on the first Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...Monthly); novelist Elizabeth Harris (then a teacher of fiction writing at the University of Texas and recent winner of..."

June 14, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

It Came From Corsicana

Mrs. Telling Meets Mrs. Not Telling

"...my sister Stella-Rondo just separated from her husband and came back home again. Mr. Whitaker! Of course, I went..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Last September, Late Iron Age Sonic Architect Wade Allison Spoke About Composing a Crossover Metal Standard

Eighteen days after the death of Power Trip frontman we uncover an unseen interview with the late guitarist

"...of complex thrash, roaring hardcore, and cosmic doom – became a seminal influence on Lone Star heaviness after them...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Owen Egerton Gets Spooked Writing The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin author on his new haunted house movie

"...out IMDb, and Axe Murders is only Egerton's second screenwriting credit, after his own directorial debut Follow. However, that..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...Speaking to the Chronicle about their new baby, Meyers tempers her optimism with careful..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...to this new one, is a list of the screenwriting. In 1990, her own adaptation of The Boyfriend School..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...or no one would know what I was talking about. So it's really wonderful."..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mat Johnson on Writing

With his new novel, Loving Day, Mat Johnson finally owned up to the fact that he writes funny books

"...you'd think he might be just a skoshie blasé about reviews by now. But, at least when the man..."

June 19, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"..."Did you see the end credit, where it says how many jobs were created? That was pretty awesome, honestly."..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro

The author of The Path to Power shares the methods and motivations he employs while producing his award-winning biographies

"...In his sixth book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, Caro shares the methods and motivations he employs while..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Roberto Ontiveros

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...bailiwick is Starr County, an arrowhead-shaped stretch of land about an hour west of McAllen that abuts the Rio..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Writing Austin's Lives

"...I got connected to Writing Austin's Lives without even meaning to, by taking Carton's..."

July 4, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Letters at 3AM: It Came From the White House

Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant

"...signed by President Obama, American citizens are not exempt. How did that happen?..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

How Much Mold?

AISD's notion of mold remediation might be too little money, too few schools.

"...mold-testing practices, combined with a general lack of understanding about mold issues, an ongoing failure to track health complaints..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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