Playback: Being Christeene in 2018

“I’m a collection of all the shit that you’re throwing around in this stratosphere of online media conversation.”

"...came out six years ago. Why is 2018 the right time for a new Christeene album?..."

May 25, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Southwest Theatre Productions' The Understudy

Southwest Theatre's focused cast overcomes the oddities in the script to serve up a snarky, funny look at the theatre business

"...the stage manager – who, it turns out, was left at the altar by Harry some six years prior...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...author of the novel Loving Day, which we've reviewed right here, just out via the Spiegel & Grau imprint..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Downton Abbey' Season Premiere: Part One

The denizens of Downton are back (some of them in black)

"...When we left our beloved Downton, Matthew had just perished in a..."

Jan. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

DVDanger: 'The Incredible Melting Man'/'Swamp Thing'

Morphing, melting and transmogrification clog up your screens

"...Seriously, that leads to Twilight and that can stop right there...."

Aug. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Laziest Girl in Town

Asleep at the Wheel's feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility

"...of good-time Texas swing, a job that's called musicians left and right into the spotlight. A few were Texas-born;..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Aztex Stadium/Aztex Station at Highland Mall

A fanciful site plan for an ailing mall

"...in a mixed-use design, rapid bus transit and rail right across the street, and structured parking. So, here's a..."

June 3, 2009 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Powerhouses Begin to Emerge in the ASL

Waterloo, Wheatsville, and C3 Presents remain undefeated

"...3B, 5 RBI) smashing a towering two-run homer to right field that gave the Loungers a tenuous lead. This..."

April 20, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Former Chilean Prez Has Common Sense – Can We Get Some of That?

Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos gave a speech on globalization at UT

"...past 18 years in Chilean politics and what "the left" is doing right. Lagos served as Chilean president from..."

March 7, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Note to Texas Coaches: Success = Opportunity + Preparation

"...full support of Mack Brown. Burnt Orange faithful were looking for the second coming Saturday. Remember how Snead was..."

Nov. 13, 2006 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Letters at 3AM

Right now, and for at least the next three years of this administration, the United States of America is not being governed. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, and Iraq every day confirms, that the powers-that-be are dysfunctional. We are on our own.

"...it's evident there are thinkers from all political perspectives looking at more or less the same facts and coming..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Flight Patterns

The Texas Documentary Tour: Judy Irving's 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill'

"...film to use up a few rolls of film left over from another shoot because she "didn't think there..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...have no obligations beyond the generous checks to purchase right-of-way that each government turned over to the state in..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"...are the Great Streets Master Plan, which details the look and feel of Austin's ideal pedestrian environment, and the..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...least expected, a tiny dimple flirts on the upper right. Julia Roberts wishes she had Sara Hickman's luminous smile...."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Food for Thought

Ken Rubin, Culinary Scholar

"...sounds sadly benign: there is no great polarisation between left and right and there is no thin-skinned minority with..."

April 27, 2001 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Articulations

"...and 17th-century French art and 18th-century German art will look right nice next to that fine collection of 20th-century..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Not by the Book

Charter Schools Gain Respect Right and Left

"...gained currency state by state, liberals have had to look on the bright side, and have decided to beat..."

Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Bully Pulpit II

Jim Hightower Stages an On-Air Comeback

"...be done live in the middle of the restaurant, right in front of the lunch trade. Hightower often seemed..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center

RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative

"...goal instead of football and bought him art supplies “left and right.”..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Fortlandia Brings the Art of the Fort to the Fore

Outdoor exhibit returns to the Wildflower Center

"...to come out experience our arboretum,” says Zastrow, “To look at the landscape and appreciate our Texas trees.”..."

Oct. 2, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"..."Stella Blue," his white hair and beard making him look like God – except wearing sweatpants. A year later,..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Roar

Drafthouse Films reissues this truly trippy oddity from 1981

"...its merits, the film is abysmal, any way you look at it. Still, you can’t take your eyes off..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...good food, a lake location, a well-equipped bar, and righteous prices make this one of the best choices in..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Bicycle Dreams

A closer look at the Downtown bike boulevard proposals

"...announced at the January workshop that she will be looking at three scenarios: 1) no-build (leaving the street as-is),..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Chaos in Rhythm

Sing-alongs and smelly shirts at SXSW

"...Austin Music Hall; some of the best new alternative Left Coast material was on display at Back Alley Social..."

March 26, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

More on CD 10

The Democratic candidates discuss the issues

"...tax cuts. And this isn't really an issue of left or right – it's about what's financially sound. I..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Constant Follower: Meet the Hypnotic Folk Songcrafter Who Lost His Childhood Memories After a Gang Beatdown

Scotland's Stephen McAll overcame brain trauma to discover a new self

"...like a popped balloon, the shattering of your consciousness left you with nothing but rubber shreds in your hands...."

March 14, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post

The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him

"...[inset-1-right]..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...in. Their pupils will dart up and to the left, accessing the memory part of the brain, their lips..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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