Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers, Joe Spano, and Ron Howard in his first major “grownup” role after growing up..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

School Voucher Plan Moves to the Floor of the House

Opponents are demonstrating and calling Republican lawmakers up

"...to the rally from Kealing Middle School. Union President Ken Zarafis made brief remarks before they departed. “This legislature..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Silver Linings?: It seems our criminally minded attorney general, Ken Paxton, would have been fine with violent protests from..."

Nov. 8, 2024 News Feature

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"...Trump Supporter Booted from Voter Roll: In August, Gov...."

Nov. 1, 2024 News Feature

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"...Takes a Whack At Voters: Our elected Attorney General Ken Paxton is still looking for ways to stop voting...."

Oct. 11, 2024 News Feature

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"...could unseat House Republicans who voted to impeach A.G. Ken Paxton. Defend Texas Liberty was in hot water last..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature

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"...R.I.P. Howard Waldrop: A legend of science-fiction short stories and a..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature

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"...Quiet at TrialSuspended Attorney General Ken Paxton won't testify in his Senate impeachment trial, his..."

July 7, 2023 News Feature

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"...Ken Paxton v. Texas House of Representatives: Attorney General Ken..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...young woman trying to find her place in evangelical Kentucky...."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

November 8 Election Endorsements

All our endorsements collected on one easy-to-print page

"...Zwiener HD46: Sheryl Cole HD47: Vikki Goodwin HD48: Donna Howard HD49: Gina Hinojosa HD50: James Talarico HD51: Lulu Flores..."

Oct. 20, 2022 News Post

Chronicle Endorsements for 2022 Travis County Elections

Our picks for state and local races

"...use policy and practice is still weak, obsolete, and broken, not just creating suboptimal outcomes as in the Nineties..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Wrenching Issues Face First Dobbs-Era Texas Legislature

Pulling the trigger

"...to any part of their body. Texas Attorney General Ken Pax­ton's lawsuit over that guidance, though, claimed that law..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

"...himself with a knife. In that case, DeSilva was taken into custody and hospitalized without incident. In May 2019,..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...the dive bar to the polished dance hall of Ken Burns' Country Music on PBS. As expected from the..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Howard

The soaring music and short life of the man who made Disney sing

"...– isn’t it neat?You wouldn’t begrudge the brilliant lyricist Howard Ashman for showing off his body of work with..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...Lani, and Riders Against the Storm. The event includes spoken word contributions by Ebony Stewart, Faylita Hicks, Stephanie Lang,..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County

The votes are in!

"...TX-17 (Austin to Waco to Bryan), 2016 nominee Rick Kennedy faced late-filing challenges from Austinite David Jaramillo and Prairie..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Chronicle Endorsements for the March 3 Primary Election

From local judges and representatives to the presidential candidate, here are our recommendations

"...earned our primary support. U.S. Rep. District 17: Rick Kennedy..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pika pika pika? Pika pika pika pika pika pika pika.

"...Rob Letterman. Starring: Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, Rita Ora and Suki Waterhouse...."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

"..."Let me put it this way," Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, told the Chronicle. "I've been here for over..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...Stalwarts such as Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, and newcomers such as Rep. James Talarico, D-Round..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Election Coverage: The Texas Lege: A Tight Squeeze

Texas Dems put incumbents through the wringer

"...The sailing wasn't so smooth for Ken Paxton; the indicted (and confessed!) felon held on to..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Schilling, Bryn Vale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein, Kate McKinnon, Fabrizio..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...by a unanimous vote from Council on Tuesday over Howard Lazarus...."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature

2018 Primary Election Filing Time

And the candidates are ...

"...District 17 R: Bill Flores D: Dale Mantey, Rick Kennedy..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...this, if you will. The AFS Cinema reopens this weekend with double the screens and programming than were offered..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...just the first of three big birthday screenings that weekend, with Titanic hitting the big 2-0, and a glorious..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frankenstein’s Babymama & Friends

Brooklyn's Invulnerable Nothings bring the G-g-gothic goodness

"...The director Ken Russell filmed it as Gothic, as you likely already..."

April 26, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...closer to $1.9 billion. House Appropriations Com­mittee Member Donna Howard, D-Austin, called it "a step in the right direction...."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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