Anti-Death-Penalty Nun Talks “Bible Belt” and “Death Belt” in Austin

She calls execution the “apex” of a flawed punitive system

"...into the dark world of death row began with letters. It was part of her order’s community outreach program...."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...they are divided by a desert, continues through the letters he sends her. They give the film the same..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas to Execute Father Accused of Murdering Child Despite Innocence Argument

Will Gov. Abbott allow Robert Roberson to be put to death?

"...after he entered death row, he wrote judges handwritten letters trying to get a new attorney. In 2016, two..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Instigators

Shaggy dog crime flick starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck plays like knockoff Tarantino

"...As criminal love letters to Boston go, well, let’s just say this is..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...my truck at the fire station and wrote final letters to my children – letters with love and explanations..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...in April, KUT reported. At least six students received letters from the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Letters from Solitary: “I have friends in hell,” is the..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature

Wildcat

Ethan Hawke directs daughter Maya as Flannery O’Connor in an imaginative exploration of the artistic process and faith in crisis

"...imagines stories inspired by the people around her. In letters, she details her struggles following a lupus diagnosis to..."

May 31, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Joan Baez I Am a Noise

The public, private, and secret lives of the folk icon

"...(family home movies, audiotapes, journals, drawings, photographs, film footage, letters) maintained by Baez’s late mother, who passed away 10..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 24 - January 4

"...21-July 22): Cancerian author Franz Kafka wrote over 500 letters to his love interest Felice Bauer. Her outpouring of..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

American Fiction

Cord Jefferson's literary comedy lets the Black middle class shine

"..."Monk," bangs his head against the wall of American letters with little commercial reward. He watches other Black writers..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Hundreds of Thousands Denied Medicaid and Food Assistance in Texas

It's a department of dysfunction, and it isn’t getting better

"...in the state. However, as documented in the whistleblower letters, this year the agency's reapplication process for Medicaid has..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: Proposition A ... and A and A and A: The Case for Reforming How We Label Ballot Measures

Opinion: It's time for us to do something revolutionary – go through the whole alphabet before starting over again at A

"...amendments be numbered, while local measures be labeled with letters. The reasoning makes sense – it's so that voters..."

April 28, 2023 Column by Ed Espinoza

Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent

Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

"...play – Theo finds those words here by sharing letters that were exchanged between the two...."

March 31, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Moving On

Misguided rape-revenge dramedy depends on Tomlin and Fonda's charm

"...Allie (Burns) confesses to Evelyn that she found love letters written by Evelyn to her mother, still kept after..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

City, County Join the I-35 Resistance

Council and commissioners ask for big changes to TxDOT plan

"...Council and the Travis County Commis­sion­ers Court to issue letters to the Texas Department of Transportation demanding changes to..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

She Came From the Woods

Not another 1980s summer camp horror homage

"...glut of these kind of Eighties summer camp love letters to Friday the 13th. If you’re going to make..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

The 50-year relationship between a legendary writer and his editor

"...Lizzie Gottlieb’s documentary portrait of two titanic men of letters. It smartly sets the tone for the film to..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

East and West Sides Converge at the Austin Studio Tour

Here are a few recommended events to get you started on your arts odyssey

"...a campfire.Sat., Nov. 12, 7-9pm7315 Cooperrosycampanita.com Prizer Arts & Letters: "May You Open" Opening Party ..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fire of Love

Fascinating true romance in the shadows of the burning Earth

"...artfully interlace their dangerous and often life-threatening adventures with letters and diary entries that reveal the couple’s more intimate..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Phantom of the Open

Mark Rylance raises this fantastical golfing biopic above par

"...peers, working with his wife, Jean (Hawkins), to write letters and even design costumes so Flitcroft can tour under..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...Essential Work: "Smudge," Love Letters (2022)..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

The 13 Hours That Changed Texas in Shouting Down Midnight

Shouting Down Midnight stands by Wendy Davis during her filibuster

"...that," Stoeltje said. She was most drawn to the letters from those once pregnant throughout the state that Davis..."

March 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cyrano

Musical rewrite of the tragic love triangle never hits the high notes

"...outside the main narrative, as three soldiers pen goodbye letters on the eve of battle. Performed by Glen Hansard,..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin at Large: Your Servants Are Listening

Angry readers, busted City Hall aides, triumphant politicians: The system works!

"...weeks, which riled up some old-time readers who've written letters to accuse me of egocentric ad hominem fact-free attacks..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Blakchyl x Hyah!, Empyrrean, Homemade Bangs, the Applicators, and more sounds for your week

"...metal cheese. – Julian Towers Homemade Bangs Writes "Love Letters"..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Five Things to Stuff Your Literary Stocking

Supercharge your personal, locally sourced library

"...by its resident genius, B----. As Gala writes fan letters (probing, revelatory letters) to this reclusive B----, wanting to..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Godspeed Michael

"...Dear Editor, Such a pleasure to see Michael Ventura's “Letters At 3AM” make a return to the Chronicle ["Until..."

Nov. 28, 2021 Postmarks

First Thing to Turn to

"...Dear Editor, To Michael Ventura, whose “Letters at 3AM” were for years the first thing I..."

Nov. 27, 2021 Postmarks

A Rhythmic Ray of Light: Austin Community College's Hip-Hop Production Instructor Ray LaManna

From prisoner to professor, he wants to change people's lives

"...His interest in education was inspired by the vivid letters of his future wife, Ericka Marsalis-LaManna. The two had..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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