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Austin's Blue Surge Pushes Wendy Davis and Mike Siegel Toward D.C.
After losing recent elections, two candidates come out fighting
"...been a fundraising juggernaut, substantially outpacing Roy, and a magnet for attention from both state and national Dems. The..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

AISD Students Can Learn From Home. Teachers Have Fewer Options.
Big mess on campus
"...co-workers at Austin ISD's Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy magnet high school, many thought it could not be true...."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Motorblade Postering Returns, With a New Owner
Austin’s premier postering service is no longer on the Fritz and is ready to roll & rock with Ricardo
"...peers, he wields synths and samples as Lost Cat Magnet. Graphically, his coffeetable book of photography, Night, was among..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

What’s Happening With Austin Cinemas
Who's open, who's closed, and who went online
"...the archives of Magnolia Pictures and its genre sub-brand, Magnet (austin.violetcrown.com). Closed..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers
How their family history glistens in their New York story
"...but what was cool was that he was a magnet for the outcasts of the diamond district. A lot..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Destroying Some to Save Others
City, Austin ISD look for similar changes in similar places
"...longstanding inequities and racial divisions, expand access to the magnet programs, extend school hours to support working families, strengthen..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"
And why do we want him to scare us?
"...Fest, before arriving in cinemas on Oct. 4 through Magnet Releasing) isn't his first film dealing with America's nightmares...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: The Oldest Story in Town
Will Austin ISD's "School Changes" be our last chance to learn our lesson?
"...we encountered over the years, Pease is not a magnet school, just an intentional community. Its ability to stay..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Settling in but Never Settling at the Old Settler's Music Fest
Executive Director Jean Spivey looks back at three decades of roots music
"...including marquee alt.country bard Jason Isbell and recent Grammy magnet Brandi Carlile. OSMF's most expensive lineup drove ticket sales..."

April 12, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin ISD Begins to Move Eastside High Schools
New Eastside Memorial campus breaks ground, and more school shuffling
"...with moving LASA because, he said, moving the LASA magnet school out of LBJ would deprive the district's east..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin At Large: Fractured Fairy Tales
Will no Prince Charming come to save our school district in distress?
"...means, of course, closing schools, cutting popular stuff like magnet programs, redrawing attendance zones, and other things that have..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Could AISD Shutter 12 Schools?
District discloses ideas for $55 million in budget cuts
"...a sliding-scale fee for enrollment in the district's four magnet schools ($1.2 million in savings) to offset associated transportation..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Charles Dickens' Prolific Work Comes to Several Austin Stages
There's more than Scrooge on Austin stages this holiday season – which is just as his creator would want it
"...overall amount of Dickens onstage. His work is a magnet for the theatre in a way that's singular among..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Into the Night With Joe Taslim and Timo Tjahjanto
Indonesian action flick The Night Comes For Us pulls no punches
"...be around is Ito, because he's such a bullet magnet...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Live Review: Greta Van Fleet
The Darkness 2.0
"...Weekend-one-only magnet, the quartet anchored by drummer Danny Wagner took to..."

Oct. 6, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Longhorns Football Preview
Will talent beget success?
"...offer. Collin Johnson's six-foot-six frame makes him a red-zone magnet and someone Texas should look to target anytime he's..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Features Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze
The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly
"...a songwriter, an aristocrat of the spirit, and a magnet for women, already mythic if not famous. Friendship with..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Terror Fest Interview: Acid King
"...in the local paper for fellow lovers of Monster Magnet and Kyuss, which led her to initial bassist Peter..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

"Andrew Blanchard / Jonas Criscoe: Call & Respond"
The two printmakers take familiar signage from rural roads and the small-town South and flatten them into one another
"...totems function as a type of Dirty South refrigerator magnet poem as you read them top to bottom: "GRAVE..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Chronicle Endorsements
Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments
"...is the great East Austin switch: giving the LASA magnet its own campus, and moving East­side Memorial High to..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Chronicle Endorsements
Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments
"...is the great East Austin switch: giving the LASA magnet its own campus, and moving East­side Memorial High to..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Half Price Books: Where Rare Is Well Done
Does the rare books room at Austin’s North Lamar location owe its success to alchemy?
"...day, considering that the place is a sort of magnet for printed rarities, we had to ask: What's the..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chronicle Endorsements
Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments
"...is the great East Austin switch: giving the LASA magnet its own campus at the former John­ston High, moving..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Best WTFs of ACL Fest Weekend One
The good, the bad, and the myriad Tom Petty covers
"...Hurry (as Slow as I Can)" (Dolly Parton), and "Magnet" (NRBQ)..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

American Made
Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playback: Touring Austin's Latin Record Stores
Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops
"...an "internationale" section brimming with platinum pop/rock (Colombian Grammy magnet Juanes), as well as youth-resonating reggaeton, including Puerto Rican..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AISD’s Big Balancing Act
The Austin Independent School District is considering bringing a $1 billion bond to voters in November. That's a lot of money. What all would it do? And can the package keep everybody happy?
"...in theory for greater enrollment, and adds a medical magnet program...."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Ted Gordon Believes
Is it too late to fix the AISD bond package?
"...see what it ends up being); like, for example, magnet schools, and LASA in particular, which I think is..."

June 23, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Fun Is Where You Find It
Some things to look forward to(?) this summer
"...whether to include $125+ million to move the LASA magnet high school away from the campus it shares with..."

May 19, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: Officer Downe
Slipknot's Clown turns director, plus more home releases
"...Officer Downe (Magnet) is on DVD and Blu-ray now. Also available on..."

April 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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