News/Print

People in the news

"...to send out those checks'" was omitted, relegating the information to non sequitur status. Her "send out those checks"..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Articulations

Memorializing The Public Domain Theatre Company, 1993-2001

"...the Period Gallery of Omaha, Neb. Hicks was honored for "Benjamin," a small, square graphite portrait of a young..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The World Is Watching J. Quinton Johnson

The UT alumnus left Austin to be in "the room where it happens": in Hamilton on Broadway

"...how many high school drama students hit him up for selfies at the Long Center on March 7 (and..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Renewed Faith

On coming back to an appreciation of poetry's remarkable resonance and relevance

"...exactly rank up there with "I was a Communist for the FBI," but I disclose it here as another..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Generation Gets to Talking

Literacy program the Austin Bat Cave anthologizes the words of local high schoolers

"...with young people, ages 6 to 18, who come for the free afterschool tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postscripts

Why Pam Houston's (A Little More About Me, Cowboys Are My Weakness) Austin reading may be a bit more adventurous than most; local bookstore news; and the Chicano / Latina Poetry Power Pack.

"...will be in town under the auspices of the Michener Center for Writers next Thursday, November 18 at 7:30pm..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Short Cuts

"...Robert Altman's new film Cookie's Fortune has been opening around the country to some of..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...airs Sunday, October 11, 8pm on cable 9/channel 18. (For a more complete rundown of the show, turn to..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Winners

"...Jason Scott Katz has been in and around Austin for the past 20 years and loves it. He graduated..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature

The Winners

The winners of the 12th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...it to the semifinal in the 2003 Nicholl Fellowship for his Native American-themed feature-length screenplay, Running Elk. He recently..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature

Life Again in Oz

On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of her play Ozma of Oz, Suzan Zeder revisits Frank Baum's enchanted land to turn the show into a musical and finds a part of herself there.

"...adaptation of the Frank Baum book. "Twice a day, for 20 years, I thought through what I had to..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

TV Eye

Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.

"...not one but two JonBenet Ramsey movies, undying enthusiasm for Who Wants To Be a Millionaire (enough already!), and..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The State of Naomi Shihab Nye

The well-traveled poet talks about loving Texas and being this year’s recipient of the Texas Book Festival’s Texas Writer Award

"...the move that defined her artistic and personal life. For even though the critically lauded poet has been acclaimed..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Book Festival Unveils Its List of Participating Authors

In-person and virtual panels and discussions abound

"...events move to the still relatively shiny Central Library for a handful of adult programming...."

Sept. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

News/Print

Awards, preorders, and Amazon news

"...shattering personal tragedy." Harding's debut novel (and the one for which he took home a Pulitzer), Tinkers, came out..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Humana Festival of New American Plays

Local theatre artists play a major role in this year's festival of new drama

"...film, and tech junkies stream to our town, but for the country's theatre freaks, it's the time to head..."

March 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Merwin, Brands Get Pulitzer Nods

Local ties to the Pulitzer Prize

"...lovely stay-cay, basically plugging our fingers in our ears for a full 7 days, which means we missed the..."

April 27, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems

This lovely, clearheaded collection should serve, for first-time readers, as a fine introduction to visiting professor and poet Marie Howe

"...or don't know what to make of it, we're fortunate to have an esteemed poet like Marie Howe living..."

April 4, 2008 Books Review by Amy Smith

Boom and Bust in a Single-Stoplight Town

Crawford and the commander in chief

"...Like most people, David Modigliani had never heard of Crawford, Texas, before George W. Bush set up camp in..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postscripts

Some opening salvos from Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose's new book Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush.

"...are, with a record about property-tax abatement and tort reform, and if that's not a by-God recipe for bestsellerdom,..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

In Person

"...out typically enough. Professor James Magnuson, head of the Michener Center for Writers, introduced Johnson to the packed room,..."

May 8, 1998 Books Feature

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...rule, a Supreme Court Justice, and The Daily Show's former resident deranged millionaire have in common? Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Bus Stops Here

The How's Your News? crew rolls out its unique brand of reportage on MTV

"...of MTV's new show How's Your News? when Arthur Bradford, the co-creator of the series and a graduate of..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Articulations

Ballet Austin gets a new associate artistic director, and Bodycount turns 10.

"...company that deserve to be passed along. First and foremost, a belated congratulations to Michelle Martin on her appointment..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postscripts

Why Stephen Harrigan's new novel The Gates of the Alamo went into a second printing before the publication date and his upcoming appearances.

"...rank and had already gone into a second printing before the publication date (March 6), which may seem impossible,..."

March 3, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Short Cuts

"..."Thanks for nothing" might be another way of getting across the..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Column

Terminal Stage

With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin

"...play in development titled Adam Sultan. As time passed for the main character – who is based on and..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Long View

John Graves' 'Myself and Strangers' finds the 83-year-old looking back at his past and into his future

"...Forty-six years ago and change, in the winter of 1957,..."

April 30, 2004 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...What do you see? Frogs. Formaldehyde. Dissection tools. The parts of a cell. Kingdom, something,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Postscripts

"...Random House, James Michener's longtime publisher, recently announced plans to establish the James..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

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