APD Chief Lisa Davis Reorganizes Department Top Brass

Only three assistant chiefs from previous admin staying on

"...Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis has reshaped the executive team at the Austin Police..."

April 25, 2025 News Post by Austin Sanders

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Brings the Legend’s Legacy to AFS Doc Days

Biographical documentary captures the transformational jazz genius

"...The biographical documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool features acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Real Crash Davis

Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream

"...In many ways, Zinter is the real Crash Davis, the perennial minor leaguer portrayed by Kevin Costner in..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

Adios, Jeff!

Davis statue graces South Mall no more

"...The statue of Jefferson Davis no longer stands over the University of Texas..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Steve Davis' Top 10 List

"...8. Inside Llewyn Davis Cynical? Yes. Dark? Oh, yes. Funny? In the way..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal (Blindspotting); Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara (The Favourite); Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian (Searching)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

King of Kombat Komes Back

MMA at the Crockett center to see championship bout

"...the WCCF welterweight championship bout between Kamal Shalorus and Jeff Davis. Globe-trotting amateur all-star Shalorus, now based in Austin,..."

March 28, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Sweetening the Pill

Seeking Arrangement and the Wendy Davis kerfuffle

"...As scandals go, Wendy Davis' biography-gate ranks near a Michelle Obama fist bump in..."

Jan. 27, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Then There's This: War on Wendy

When it comes to Wendy Davis, there's a whole bunch of mansplaining going on

"...Wayne Slater reported that "facts have been blurred" in Davis' rags-to-riches narrative. Turns out she became a divorced mother..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Wendy's Daughters Stand Up

Open letters respond to charges Davis was a bad mother

"...the uproars over the minor inconsistencies in the Wendy Davis biography, none expose the right-wing psyche more than the..."

Jan. 28, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Aural History

Jeff Lofton, son of an Army drill instructor, sure doesn’t play trumpet like one – or does he?

"...to be an African-American in the U.S. Army," states Jeff Lofton with a hard smile. "So, for him to..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The New Age

"...Directed by: Michael Tolkin. Starring: Judy Davis, Peter Weller, Adam West, Patrick Bauchau, John Diehl, Paula..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Low Down

John Hawkes plays junkie jazz musician Joe Albany in this film based on his daughter's memoirs.

"...Directed by: Jeff Preiss. Starring: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Lena..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin at Large: The Way We Got Here

On the journey to today’s Austin, Ron Davis helped make the road by walking

"...that even in death, former Travis County Com­missioner Ron Davis stayed one step out of the spotlight while other,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Libertarians on TV

Conspiracy Theorists at Home on Public Access

"...of these guys. Another leading member of the cadre, Jeff Davis, estimates there are about 20 such programmers, depending..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Wendy and Lucy, are Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected (starring Jeff Goldblum), videogame adaptation/fanboy-bait Max Payne (from local screenwriter Beau..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, Unsane, Lola Tried, Nick Shoulders, Esme Patterson/Sabrina Ellis/S.L. Houser, and Jeff Lofton's tribute to Miles Davis

"...realization conveying the feeling of finding yourself. – Kevin Curtin Jeff Lofton's Electric Thang Does Miles DavisStateside at the Paramount,..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...for the removal of the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, one of several Confederate monuments that stand tall..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

ATX Television: TV Fantasy Goes Mainstream

Tales from 'Firefly,' 'Teen Wolf,' 'Supernatural,' & more

"...with a lot of love to shower on panelists Jeff David (creator of Teen Wolf and Criminal Minds), Ben..."

June 2, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Amy's Orgasm

"...Directed by: Julie Davis. Starring: Jennifer Bransford, Mitchell Whitfield, Jeff Cesario, Caroline Aaron,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

day trips

"...photograph by Gerald E. McLeod Fort Davis National Historic Site is regarded as the most outstanding..."

June 13, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Senate Committees Announced

Lt. Gov releases committee appointments with few changes for Travis delegation

"...Brimer and Kyle Janek gone, their replacements (Sens. Wendy Davis, D-Dallas, and Joan Huffman, R-Houston) both get a smattering..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...County Judge Sam Biscoe and Pct. 1 Commissioner Ron Davis, the ordinance would regulate expansion of existing solid waste..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Who knew our beloved president also worked the graveyard shift? This capable rewrite of American history delivers its splatter with a straight face.

"...the plot of this enjoyably pulpy alternate history, wherein Jeff Davis and the Confederate States of America support the..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Tragedy times two: Nathan Jensen and five fellow artists lose their work in a studio fire, and musical star Steve Barton, an alumnus of UT, dies unexpectedly.

"...trailer in front of the Art Hive at 5614 Jeff Davis Ave. (just off Koenig Lane between Burnet Road..."

July 27, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Guide to Confederate Monuments in Austin

Where to find them, for as long as they're still standing

"...Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederacy. Jeff Davis Avenue runs..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature

News Ticker: August 7

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Apple Sale, Kathleen Sebelius keeps it weird, and Wendy Davis fuels speculation. Pressure is on the News Ticker...."

Aug. 7, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Aural History

Hannibal Lokumbe and Jeff Lofton's Jazz Traditionalism

"..."I don't know him," admitted Jeff Lofton of Hannibal Lokumbe a few weeks before this..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rename Austin? Not Likely.

City name not going anywhere anytime soon

"...Azie Morton, the first African-American U.S. treasurer, and scrap Jeff Davis Avenue for Will Holland, a former Travis County..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

UT Took Down Some Confederate Statues On Sunday Night

Lee, Johnston, Reagan out; Gov. Hogg getting moved

"...in Charleston, which spurred the removal of statues depicting Jefferson Davis and Woodrow Wilson...."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

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