The Kids Are All Right

A grin-cracking great portrait of a modern American family in minor and major crises.

"...Directed by: Lisa Cholodenko. Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia..."

July 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...cocktails (i.e., bottled gasoline bombs) and that he was planning on throwing them at cop cars parked in a..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

In Creative Hands

How artists shape the ancient medium of clay into works of stunning variety

"...opportunity to get more familiar with what local potter Lisa Orr calls "art you put in your mouth."..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Exhibitionism

New Paintings By Sarah Higdon: Nonsense and Sensibility

"...curtain to rise, I reprimanded myself for getting a "nosebleed" seat. No place to stretch my legs. No way..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Review

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...illustration by Lisa Kirkpatrick..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...tells the story of a son's struggle with his tyrannical father. (May 15)..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Postmarks

For the Record

"...I had a good laugh when I read Lisa Tozzi's recap of the AISD Board elections, complete with..."

May 15, 1998 Column

Just Desserts

Austin's Pastry Chefs

"...fruits in season supplied by Heart of Texas produce. Lisa Fox, Coyote Cafe Lisa Fox, pastry chef at Coyote..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Scanlines

"...Mutante effectively re-interprets genre clichés in an affectionately crazed manner and more than delivers the goods for those foreign..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature

Photos From 2022-2023 Austin Music Awards

"...is just such an incredible honor,” said bandleader Jonathan Horstmann...."

March 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

Last Flight Home

The decision to embrace death becomes a touching affirmation of life

"...to national and international flights. Timoner and his wife, Lisa, raised two daughters and a son, were heavily involved..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 7-13

"...LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The poet Anne Sexton wrote a letter to a Benedictine monk whose..."

May 7, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Local Comedian Prepares New Show for CBS in Shuttered Venue

Laura de la Fuente gets in on the Ground Floor

"...be featured in the 2021 ViacomCBS Showcase, that network's annual tele-event highlighting diverse talent...."

Nov. 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Baja

Kerouac-loving road trip stalls out fast.

"...the two team up with their high school buds Lisa (Mandi) and Jessica (DeShon) to make the trip together...."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Kate Shindle Talks Fun Home

The former Miss America on why she loves starring in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical

"...She's been incredibly open and generous with [book writer/lyricist] Lisa [Kron] and [composer] Jeanine [Tesori] and David [Zinn], our..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

2016 Long Fringe Canceled

Permit issue leads FronteraFest to shut down part of festival

"...of ScriptWorks and Ken Webster of Hyde Park Theatre announced that the 2016 Long Fringe, scheduled for Jan. 18-31,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...are, pirouetting, lunging, stomping, leaping in scores of works annually, the eclectic mix of styles typical of our town:..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

DVDanger: 'Haunter' / 'Hellbenders'

A supernatural weekend in home releases

"...Every day, 15 going on 16 year old daughter Lisa (Abigail Breslin) wakes up to the same annoying squawk..."

Feb. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Layers of Change

Story-centric documentary reveals the power of a child's vision

"...the collection "Modern Day Slavery" by award-winning humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine, who intended to document "the pain of modern..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The Homesick Texan Cookbook

2011 Texas Book Festival cookbook reviews

"...The Homesick Texan Cookbookby Lisa Fain Hyperion, 357 pp., $29.99..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...rhymes with "Bilbo" but is better known as "General Lee."..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...(visual art), David Mead (music), Joey Seiler (theatre), and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts) and the Chronicle's Salvador Castillo..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lisa Loeb

Record review

"...Lisa Loeb..."

June 9, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Harvesting History

An appreciation of the pecan

"...earlier and another perfect November afternoon. In a time-honored, biannual ritual, my father's family fans out across my grandparents'..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Invasion of the McMansions

Tarrytown neighbors outraged over demolition of house they considered historic

"...Wheeler's wife, Lisa, didn't speak to what was said between her family..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Backward 'Spin'

Catherine Berry explains how to reverse engineer your very own musical

"...one written for you. You can sing yourself to sleep with "Send in the Clowns" every night of your..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre: What Must It BeLike to Fly?

Choreographer Lisa Giobbi seems to have found a way to affect the act of flight with grace and apparent ease, and in the intimacy of the One World Theatre, Giobbi and her company used flying and falling to describe all manner of human interaction with beautiful, hypnotic, and occasionally comedic results.

"...Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre: What Must It Be Like to..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

HAIR

Director Dave Steakley has assembled knockout performers for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of HAIR, and he synthesizes their individual energies into an electrifying whole, but his valiant efforts to make the show's scope inclusive of our modern world fall short.

"...the actors' stellar voices with choreography (by Steakley and Lisa Holmstrom) that's tight in the midst of the drug-induced..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

Dr. Dolittle 2

"...teenage daughter Maya (Pratt) has begun dating; and wife Lisa (Wilson) is demanding that, at the very least, the..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Other Voices, Other Rooms

"Sharon Bridgforth's works aren't meant to be read silently," Suzy Spencer writes. "Some folks would say that's like eating barbecue without the sauce. But if it's good barbecue, you can do without the sauce because it has plenty of flavor on its own."

"...Month 1997, as part of the Austin Writers' League's annual Writers at the Met, Bridgforth's deep, melodious voice rolled..."

July 28, 2000 Books Feature by Suzy Spencer

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