Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...David Mark Cohen New Play Award The Afterparty, Reina Hardy The..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...three sons each plot to assume the throne. This remarkable cast was playing a game of thrones before HBO..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Had proceedings ended there, success would’ve marked Music Awards No. 2 and its fledgling biweekly publication/sponsor...."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...– though it spares us the SXSW clusterfuck. Gary Clark Jr.'s first appearance came in a curiously timed camera..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music List No. 9

Spoon, Atmosphere, Charles Bradley, and 243 more added

"...Bump Band; the Return to Austin High reunion (Gary Clark Jr., Shakey Graves, Phranchyze, Eve Monsees, Suzanna Choffel, Elias..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...Keen. "That's also when I started listening to Guy Clark and Jerry Jeff [Walker] and Jimmy Buffett, and of..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The New Look of Fine Dining

Austin's emerging restaurant empires

"...changed a lot in Austin since the days when Mark Miller's Coyote Cafe famously flopped after less than two..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...and Make Conservation Go Viral A. Scott Berg, Wilson Mark Binelli, Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Playback

R&B, race relations, and rap: Black Joe Lewis and the League of Extraordinary G'z, plus Ginny's Little Longhorn

"...When I ask Joe if he ever considers Gary Clark Jr.'s skyrocket to fame and wonders, "How do I..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Shirley Ratisseau’s Last Blues

Pioneering Texan dies at 84

"...maybe the first in Austin,” local blues guitarist W.C. Clark affirmed of her veteran participation in Texas music scene..."

April 16, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders )** Marcia Clark (Guilt by Degrees) William J. Cobb (The Bird Saviors)..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Then There's This: Austin Energy Readies Its Defense

New report shows suburban ratepayers don't have it so bad

"...training" of the new rate changes. AE spokesman Ed Clark said the utility will know by the end of..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"...Until Materiality required it, she had no website, no marketing, and virtually no budget for her work. In the..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...on local imprint Sundae encore. – Kevin Curtin Gary Clark Jr...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Chris the Conqueror

Chris Roberson takes on Superman, Elric, Captain Kirk, and Cinderella – and wins

"...canned his story for Superman issue 712, which had Clark Kent team with new hero Sharif – who happened..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...award-winning jazz band throughout the 1970s, as documented in Mark Landsman's film Thunder Soul (see "Kismet in Kashmere," Screens,..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...in early August, complete with a PowerPoint presentation on "Marketing and Research for Fun" ("Stage diving is forecasted to..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Political Dust Clouds 201st: Patterson vs. Meachum

Is the candidate with most experience also a liability?

"...court and has given her opponent, civil litigator Amy Clark Meachum, a decided political edge. Indeed, without Patterson's precipitating..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sherlock Holmes

This movie reinvents the chilly, brainiac sleuth as a tortured genius and occasional backroom brawler, and Robert Downey Jr. almost makes the character work.

"...Ritchie. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, James Fox, Hans Matheson..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...the tax rate," commented former Chronicle City Editor Mike Clark-Madison, who spent many years writing about city budgets. "That's..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Steep

The glories of extreme skiing are proclaimed from international mountaintops.

"...Directed by: Mark Obenhaus. The word "extreme" has gotten such a qualifying..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Viva Belize!

You may have to fly to Belize to see Jerry Jeff Walker perform these days; just don't call out any requests

"...Walker retains a loyal and committed fan base, who mark moments of their lives by the first time they..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Kevin Brass

After a Fashion

Stephen and the rest of town remember Clifford

"...Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Tessmer, Lou Ann Barton, Gary Clark Jr., Storyville, and Derek O'Brien (who spearheaded the arrangements..."

June 1, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

AMD Not Budging Under Pressure to Reconsider Move

Enviro groups, public officials still pitching an eastern option

"...yet to see anything. That, according to SOS's Colin Clark, is starting to look funny. "It raises questions as..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...the No Depression route, Timms spins songs by men (Mark Eitzel, Ryan Adams, and Mekon Jon Langford), applying her..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Point Austin: Call Us in 2105

As the city drops its time capsule, we hope there'll be something to drink to – and with – in 100 years

"...by now, longtime Chronicle staffer and City Editor Mike Clark-Madison has shaken our dust from his boot heels and..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I read with interest your reply ["Postmarks," Oct. 15] to Mr. Bradley regarding the article "If..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...readers of The Guardian to write to voters in Clark County, Ohio – a swing county in that swing..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I am a fan of toll roads, but Mike Clark-Madison's "For Whom the Road Tolls" [News, May 21] provided..."

June 4, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...amendment somehow manages to ignore the most important points ["Postmarks," Jan. 23]. Wynn praises the company's idea of capturing..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column

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