Experts at SXSW Debate if AI Will Save Us ... or Destroy Us

Scads of panels ponder a rosy or bleak future

"...“I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Brant Bingamon

#VanLife Isn’t Just a Trend Anymore. It’s a Tether to Home.

A cross-country trip to unite a family in the pandemic

"...read a text message from my editor. "You are Odysseus."..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Luv Doc: More Than Just Friends

Life is not a Merchant Ivory Production

"...she always hugs me hello and goodbye. I would like to have a romantic relationship with her, but every..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Page Two: Let Us Pray and Play Guitar

The revolution is ongoing, the revolution is daily

"...the mid-Eighties when Michael Corcoran as the Chronicle's regular music columnist owned Austin music writing, he was more interested..."

April 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

I Like to Watch

Finding the heart in Syfy's The Magicians

"...could have been terrible and still been huge. I like to imagine how low the stakes would have been,..."

April 8, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

The Oscars may be so white, but TV is all Grey's

"...– the whole world of it – was fascinating, because stories are inherently fascinating: lies that say things that..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Technology, Take Us Away

Are our gadgets and gizmos troubleshooters or troublemakers?

"...mean quiche, and he brought two over to my house on New Year's Day for brunch. I thanked him..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

This Time Just the Girls

The ladies of Austin hip-hop hold court

"...on spitters with clits Hit 'em with this, and ridiculous phrase flow that exit my lips Hey, yo, I..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Michael & Us

Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

"..."fast becoming all things to all people. He is seriously in danger of becoming the new American Shmoo –..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taking the 'Us' out of It

Michael Tucker hears the voices calling him back to the war in Iraq

"...He had been tortured as a dissident under Saddam Hussein and initially welcomed the Americans as liberators. He had..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Devil in Us All

Butch Hancock, like Leo Tolstoy and Bob Dylan, takes on this political world

"...short supply. Not only are the scales of cosmic justice grossly imbalanced, but by even the most basic human..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

No Place Like Home

All Belinda Acosta wanted was a roof over her head that wouldn't explode into flames. Little did she know that jumping into the Austin housing market is like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

"...Dream analysts say the appearance of houses, buildings, and what happens in them are metaphorical expressions..."

July 28, 2000 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

Is the Constitution Just a Screenplay?

"...illustration by Jason Stout Contrary to most of what you..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Walk Like an Egyptian

"...Hollywood refrain) as it has actual films (The Peacemaker, Mouse Hunt, Antz)...."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Writer/Folklorist Kay TurnerBetween Us

"...Kay Turner: Author...Folklorist...Activist...Musician...photograph by Jana Birchum Surprisingly, Between Us: A Legacy of..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Three Kings of “No Kings But Us”

Austin DIY icon Tim Kerr and Houston legends Robert Hodge and Russel Gonzalez create “No Kings But Us”

"...is not an opening or exhibition. This is more like a concert." That's how Houston music producer turned artistic..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Haris Qureshi

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...eyes for entire lifetimes while the hours drain out like gas canisters – silent behind your back...."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Joann's Fine Foods Has Us Wondering How Much Is Too Much to Pay for Chicken-Fried Steak

Top-notch service and attention to detail at SoCo's Austin Motel

"...But South Con­gress is changing; even the vaguely seedy Austin Motel has gotten a face-lift, along with its attached..."

May 24, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

NadaMoo, NadaMoo, Makes Us Do the Fandango

Austin-based purveyors of nondairy ice cream expand their sweet line

"...of the spoon-wielding newshounds were a bit stunned – because some of us were still innocent back then (like,..."

Feb. 26, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...A conversation alfresco with a passionate birder is likely to be interrupted by the birds nearby. Jane Tillman,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

Lege Lines: Respect Us or Expect Us

The House gets its revenge on Dan Patrick

"...the two chambers) will suppress their crazy wings for just long enough to execute something constructive. That hope collapsed..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch: Plugging Into Season 2 of Mr. Robot

The story of the asocial, radicalized hacker continues

"...its first two season 2 episodes last week on USA)...."

July 19, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

On families and finales

"...personal responsibility and autonomy, group dynamics, how we define "us" and "them," how quickly our tech-enhanced conversations reverse and..."

May 13, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Magdalena Jarkowiec's Us Kids Are Alone in the House

The Austin-based choreographer is home alone with her soft-sculpture mutants

"...South of Ben White Boulevard, behind a little house, is a converted barn that artist Magdalena Jarkowiec shares..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

'The Death Penalty Is About Us'

'Dead Man Walking' scribe Sister Helen Prejean speaks in town tonight

"...in multiple Academy Award nominations and an Oscar for Susan Sarandon who played Sister Helen...."

Dec. 3, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

More Than Just a Giggle-O

The Ladies Are Funny Festival brings the distaff laffs and more

"...I mean, seriously...."

May 6, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

We're 49th! ... Or Just Seventh of 10

Union and Austin ISD argue over teacher pay – and what to do about it

"...When it comes to education, Texans are used to being at the bottom of national comparisons. But..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Empire That Dreams of Us

Unlocking Shearwater's The Golden Archipelago

"...confident and composed. Then you notice the eye, squinting just above the water's surface. Slowly the hardened ridges scaling..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...you can't really forget yourself. Now, this will disappear, obviously...."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Just an Old-Fashioned Cat

Eartha Kitt is one funny dame

"...card as any of her top-selling hits. She's a luscious, leggy performer, just shy of becoming an octogenarian. She..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

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