Looking Over His Shoulder

‘Alex Katz: Small Paintings’ brings you unexpectedly close to the artist

"...small works, paired with a mini retrospective of Robert Frank's photographs, including excerpts from "The Americans." Taken together, the..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...as Monika Bustamante, realmdanceproject, Emily and Rick Fordyce, Hans Frank, and Hyde Park Theatre Artistic Director Ken Webster --..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...1962, saw David Lean's British-American Lawrence of Arabia, John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate and Birdman of Alcatraz, Sidney Lumet's..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...Reyes We've gone Green for comptroller, because we are frankly flummoxed by the Hobson's choice between Carole "Grandma Grandstander"..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature

HAIR

Director Dave Steakley has assembled knockout performers for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of HAIR, and he synthesizes their individual energies into an electrifying whole, but his valiant efforts to make the show's scope inclusive of our modern world fall short.

"...with HAIR, written in 1967 by Gerome Ragni and James Rado. While the show is no Hamlet in its..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips scares us with spooky stories of Texas.

"...One of Austin's original 300 colonists, Dr. James Phelps didn't keep dogs at his remote plantation. The..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Twenty Flight Rock

Burton Wilson's photos of old-world Austin and An Album of Texas Songwriters

"...Leon Russell, a smirking Gram Parsons, and a sheared Frank Zappa abound. Another shot backstage posits Mance Lipscomb, Bill..."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Postscripts

Austin literary agent Jim Hornfischer hasn't been sleeping. He's taking the bar at the end of the month, he and his wife have three children, and he recently founded his own agency, Hornfischer Literary Management, Inc., after eight years with The Literary Group, an agency headquartered in New York known for handling celebrity books.

"...all kinds, really. Flags of Our Fathers (2000), by James Bradley and Ron Powers, about the Battle of Iwo..."

July 13, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Muppet Movie

"...Directed by: James Frawley. Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard..."

July 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taking Pictures

This year, for whatever reasons, Dick Holland writes, we have been blessed with photography books of great beauty and intelligence. Several of the leading figures in the canon of 20th-century photography are represented in this season's unusually rich outpouring, among them Eugéne Atget, Walker Evans, and Edward Steichen.

"...Adams, Diane Arbus, Brassaï, Larry Clark, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Dancing About Architecture

Broken Spoke is broken into and thieves ride away with owner James White's family heirloom: a saddle, mister.

"...a 1940s Hollywood saddle that was given to owner James White by his father, who rode it for 20..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...and reams of stoney poetry to the beat of James Brown's drummer has endured way too many 20-minute bullshit..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Bookshelf

D.A.: Prosecutors in Their Own Words

"...2. Built to Last by by James C. Collins..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Review

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...-- if any -- instances in which comparisons to James Taylor are good. Thus, when Bruce Robison's light tenor..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

(Re)Flex: Opposing Dance Camps

"...Frank Delvy and James Hampton are stand-outs as poets Bunthorne..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Review

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: James Wood, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trawling Panthalassa

Sound Sorcerer Bill Laswell Takes Miles Davis

"...century, chances are you've heard and enjoyed his work. Frank Zappa, often cited for his prodigious quality output, has..."

May 1, 1998 Music Feature by David Lynch

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...drama about hereditary male violence which stars Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe, and Mary Beth Hurt...."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...set to dock on the July 4 weekend. This James Cameron event is purported to be the most expensive..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, Jon Seda. (R, 130 min.) Terry Gilliam may..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Arts, Comedy, Theatre, Movies, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Jackie and Foxy Brown?! Yes please!

"...GREAT!” How could you ever say no?   – James Scott The Roxy Horror Picture Show: Frankenhooker..."

June 7, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Muñoz rips like the second coming of the Stooges' James Williamson, letting loose all this crazed, gibbering voltage...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Harvey Can't Mess With Texas Benefit Concert

"...Edie Brickell, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Ray Benson, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon..."

Sept. 25, 2017 Photo Gallery

The Groupie Chronicles

Groupies part one: Morgana Welch; groupies part two: Catherine James; groupies part three: Pamela Des Barres

"...of a world barely in her grasp. She's Anne Frank with an all-access pass...."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...no long hair, no beards, nothin' like that," recalls James White, Broken Spoke proprietor and the man responsible for..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Our Recommended Events Include Broods, Books, and Barking Buddies

The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house

"...put by the Chron’s own Qmmunity & Calendar Editor James Scott, who programmed this one for Hyperreal. Be there..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Dictator, a Weird Wednesday, and an Election in This Week's Events

We're not stressed about the week ahead at all!

"...us.” Fingers crossed we see that future.   – James Scott Mr. Smith Goes to Washington..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events

Get arty this week with our recommended happenings

"...concentration of Black Austin’s immense comic talent.   – James Scott One From the Heart: Reprise..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...in the nation. The books removed have included Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, Toni Morrison's The..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Flamin' Hot Director: Eva Longoria, Producer: DeVon Franklin, Screenwriters: Linda Yvette Chávez, Lewis Colick Flamin' Hot is..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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