Seven of the Best With Owen Wilson

From small-town crook to the ultimate speedster, the most unmissable roles of the Texas actor's career

"...major talents of indie cinema – Owen Wilson, his brother Luke, and Wes Anderson. In 1994, the trio collaborated..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pleased to Meat You

Five recommendations for a happy carnivore’s kitchen

"...Dai Due or Salt & Time, or heading a little north to Nolan Ryan’s Goodstock in Round Rock...."

Nov. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"...at East Austin Piano Shop, adding that his mother's brother turned him toward jazz. "Uncle Don would pick up..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...an advocate of basic human rights for all our brothers and sisters all over the world irrespective of their..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Savannah Welch a Year Later

After losing her leg, the Trishas singer revisits the accident and her blessings

"...her to shimmy, shimmy shake, she'd do this cool little wiggle that cracked us all up," he laughs even..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Duran, choreographer and dancer Heloise Gold, and composer/music director/Biscuit Brother Allen Robertson. As always, the public is welcome, and..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...in a rented van – to pick up the brother of a distant cousin's son – he was on..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...Maggie Mae's Rooftop Touched by tragedy (frontman Billy McCarthy's brother killed himself, as did his mother), this sprawling, hard-rocking..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...Father riff says that to all the "Little T&A," the song after the one he's introducing...."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...That changed little in Flores, who's remained an eclectic, punk- and rockabilly-loving..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Fay Grim

The lunatic charm of Parker Posey is the best reason to see this wild, borderline-screwball sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 film, Henry Fool.

"...Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Thomas Jay Ryan, Chuck Montgomery and Elina Löwensohn. There's no other woman acting today..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...Fairchild (played by Hepburn) before she steals Linus' playboy brother David (William Holden) away from his fiancée and destroys..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

'Possession Arrow': Barnes<->Huggins

"...a bit like a small, frail bird. Like a little egret. I enjoy pretending to coach Durant. Wait, why..."

Feb. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...might have responded to the midsentence noisemaker with a little humor, but Strayhorn never even broke pace. She merely..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Without Evidence: Executing Frances Newton

Another Texas death row case marked by official carelessness, negligence, and intransigence

"...she'd heard earlier that day, between Adrian and his brother, Sterling, who'd been staying with the family. "I couldn't..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Rap-a-Lot label, the lifelong Coughee Brotha sees hip-hop a little differently than many of his ever-clashing peers...."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...in New York," chuckles Curtis. "This girl, real sweet little girl, she's about 16, something like that. This girl..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bell, Book, and Candle

The comic skill of the actors in OnStage Theatre Company's revival of Bell, Book, and Candle makes magic

"...building and sets her pointed cap for him. A little spell disentangles him from another woman's arms and propels..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mitigating Circumstances

James Allridge was sentenced under death penalty laws with no gray areas

"...life until shortly before Clendennen's murder, when his older brother Ronald returned to Fort Worth after serving most of..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fame

Fame, a fictionalized but not entirely glamorized look at the High School for Performing Arts in New York, requires a complete suspension of belief, but once suspended, it's as easy to swallow as ice cream.

"...director Parker's film The Commitments portrays the struggle a little more accurately. Having also made Bugsy Malone and The..."

July 26, 2002 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Mountain Style

Chatting with Dr. Ralph Stanley, a pioneer of bluegrass music before there was such a thing

"...was a 20-year-old making his first records with his brother Carter, Ralph could easily have been mistaken for a..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...he referred to neo-traditionalist up-and-comer Brad Paisley as "that little moron."..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

The rains came, sweeping away parking at Noahfest, Boozoo Chavis, and DJ Muppetfucker's name. Clifford Antone, meanwhile, remains in the pokey, while Schatzi prepares to go the same route and sign a record deal.

"...to start at 5:30pm with a performance by Monte Montgomery. "Cliff's favorite foods" will be provided by Antone's for-real..."

May 11, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Transforming Herself

Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies

"...will be short. Along comes the brash and determined Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn (Jones), confounding the parents and sweeping Loretta..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...Mathers LP, don't believe the hype. Puerile crap having little to do with music and everything to do with..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Denise, Alan Haynes, Uncle John Turner, Appa Perry, Monte Montgomery, and the Keller Brothers to name a few others...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...Seventies, Doug and Jerry remained as close as two brothers."..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...felony -- to the informant, a 47-year-old ex-con from Montgomery County, north of Houston...."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Hectic but Good

Profile of country / bluegrass singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale

"...notables like Harlan Howard, Dixie Chick Emily Robison, Melba Montgomery, and longtime Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Lauderdale has..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Cultural Imperative

"...Jodie Christian, and guitarist George Freeman, with his "legendary" brother Von on tenor. Koester has also put stuff out..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

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