South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...is directing goes AWOL. The big budget flick from John Wick co-creator David Leitch opens May 3, but SXSW..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 1-7

"...has "passed through the lungs of Napoleon, Beethoven, and Abraham Lincoln." Tyson would have also been accurate if he..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...this year will honor Ann Patchett, Roger Reeves, and Abraham Verghese...."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Pathaan

India's favorite anti-hero, SRK, as a hard-hitting spy

"...Anand. Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan, John Abraham and Dimple Kapadia...."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review

Does an Expired Execution Drug Make Death Painful?

Either way, the state killed Robert Fratta Tuesday

"...Fratta (killed Tuesday evening in Huntsville), Wesley Ruiz, and John Balentine – asked that the state investigate whether the..."

Jan. 13, 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

"...the life and impact of First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, and a long-overdue reappraisal of the impact of a..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Samuel Seymour (1860-1956) was the last living witness to John Wilkes Booth's shooting of Abraham Lincoln. Two months before..."

April 8, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips: Texas SandFest, Port Aransas

Sandcastles and more in Port A

"...In past years, Muhammad Ali, John Lennon, Abraham Lincoln, and all sorts of other celebrities,..."

April 1, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Screenwriters: Michelle Savill, Eli Kent, Producers: Desray Armstrong, Angela Littlejohn When a broke and anxiety-ridden architecture grad misses her..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The History and Historiography of MLK/FBI

Sam Pollard on the changing challenges of recording Black history

"...the American frontier have evolved. My early feelings about Abraham Lincoln have evolved. My feelings about Dr. King have..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Zealot and the Emancipator by H.W. Brands

This history by the UT professor offers a new look at John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: side by side

"...a book is called The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom,..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 Works That Spoke to Me About 2020

Throughout 2020, performances and books seemed to contain messages about the year – its trials, its traumas, and its echoes in history

"...AND THE EMANCIPATOR (Doubleday) By telling the stories of John Brown and Abraham Lincoln in tandem, historian H.W. Brands..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...was the 57th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. In recognition of that sad..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...Butch Hancock populated Antone's Records, while a future $400 Johnny Hodges box set sold for $40 at Sound Exchange..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...#1) • H.W. Brands, The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...in that fight in The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom...."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The last Valentine's card sent by John Wilkes Booth was to Lucy Lambert Hale in 1865...."

Feb. 14, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Amy Tarver (theatre); and Austin Arts Watch's Ryan E. Johnson (performing arts). Note: Members of the Table refrained from..."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Georgetown – along with the winner of this year's John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility, Delanté G. Keys, and..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Unloads Fourth Artist List

Quin NFN, Cayucas, Gabriella Cohen, and 128 more

"...Abraham Alexander (Fort Worth)..."

Jan. 17, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Robin Hood

This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center

"...Jamie Dornan, Tim Minchin, Paul Anderson and F. Murray Abraham...."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...ill luck set in with its very first performance. John Aubrey, who supposedly knew some of the men who..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...musician Patti Smith (Marianne Rendón) and curator Sam Wagstaff (John Benjamin Hickey), to his death in 1989 from HIV/AIDS..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Night Glitter Ascends

Thievery Corporation singer's Austin project picks up steam, Shakey Graves' new live look, and Terror Fest thrives

"...Night Glitter. Last month, the quintet, co-anchored by singer/multi-instrumentalist John Michael Schoepf and featuring drummer Josh Blue, guitarist Kyle..."

June 22, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...Hidden Room theatre company is officially in cahoots with John Wilkes Booth, the actor who shot and killed President..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.

"...Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell. Starring: Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Alex Sharp,..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...June 5, 7pm, Paramount Pulp FictionD: Quentin Tarantino; with John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis (1994)..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...McDormand, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham, Yoko Ono, Tilda Swinton, Ken Watanabe, Mari Natsuki, Fisher..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ruthie Foster

"...bold set of songs ranging from Chris Stapleton, Mississippi John Hurt, and Stevie Wonder to Black Sabbath. While nine..."

March 31, 2017 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Jackie

A portrait of the First Lady in the aftermath of JFK's assassination

"...Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Richard E. Grant, John Carrol Lynch and Beth Grant...."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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