Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...The Texas State Capitol is currently playing host to an impeachment..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of authors..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat

Visit these five watering holes while you can

"...Welcome to the best a Texas hot spell has to offer. It doesn’t get any..."

April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...bands, the Ugly Americans and the Scabs, but there have always been a lot of people in town that..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

University of Texas Announces Plan to Promote Diversity on Campus

Several student demands remain unfulfilled, including divesting from police and removing alma mater roots in minstrelsy

"...UT-Austin Jay Hartzell released a statement titled "A More Diverse and Welcoming Campus," detailing a plan to better support..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by Selome Hailu

Providers Fight Another Texas Abortion Ban

Health risks and pain for patients

"...Whole Woman's Health medical director Dr. Bhavik Kumar oversees four Texas abortion clinics, but he spends..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Death Watch: Steven Long Spared Execution

SCOTUS’ ruling in Bobby James Moore case spares inmate’s life, for now

"...Steven Long, a Dallas man scheduled for execution on Aug...."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Quiet on Death Row

Pandemic halts the sputtering execution machine

"...COVID-19 has skewed the numbers but they're eye-popping nonetheless. In..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Rockwell Schizophrenic or Faker?

One execution stayed, another set for Oct. 24

"...Court of Criminal Appeals has spared the life of Texas death row inmate Juan Segundo – at least for..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Inmate Again Faces Execution

Blaine Milam, who may be disabled, is set for death Jan. 21

"...With COVID-19 causing the cancellation of most executions, the state of..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Segundo Awaits 5th Circuit

Death row inmate scheduled for execution Oct. 10

"...Ten executions have been carried out this year in Texas, and if..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: U.S. Supreme Court Steps In

Highest court to consider two Texas death penalty cases

"...Court ordered Monday that it will take up two pivotal Texas death penalty cases when it resumes session in..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Dancing About Architecture

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson A Big Hand for a Little Lady

"...After poking fun at Abra Moore's SPIN and SPY magazine appearances, I was asked to..."

March 13, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...Thomas Van Orden's fantasy goes something like this: His legal crusade..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

TV Eye

"Down There" gets its proper due on HBO.

"...I'd like to say I have a funny story about how I wanted to name..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Shout Into the Wind

The Citizen Review Panel takes public testimony on David Joseph

"...Chas Moore had it right...."

March 11, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"...lists, they might include a new category: least likely movie star. One candidate is Oscar Berliner, a cranky, reclusive,..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

SXSW Music Announces First Band Cull

Some 10% of total acts showcasing March 11-16

"...Festival, Texas, keeps rolling as only this town can. Three..."

Oct. 16, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways – workshops, work-in-progress screenings, mentorships..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Stories That Tell Themselves

In town for the Texas Documentary Tour, Albert Maysles -- the man behind such famous documentaries as Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens -- talks about his fierce philosophy of direct cinema.

"...Albert Maysles is one of the kahunas of cinéma vérité -- or, as he prefers, "direct cinema" -- documentary..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Reggie Jackson to Speak at the Dell

"...Reggie Jackson will be making a trip to Central Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 6 to headline the 2008 Round..."

Jan. 15, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...when Nate Paul's spots got raided by the FBI. Over the years, we'd both acquired some knowledge about Paul..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...here I am reading the Chronicle like I do every day at lunchtime on Thursdays at the gym, and..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...This spring, the University of Texas at Austin made national headlines for a..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...Burning Spear's Winston Rodney photograph by John Carrico..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

La Vista at the Hyatt

"...Because La Vista is on the second floor of the Hyatt Hotel,..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Food Feature

Attack of the Cybermen

Activism empowered by the Internet

"...WikiLeaks. Anonymous. Occupy. Exactly when did real life slipstream over into some bizarre yet highly entertaining mash-up of V..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday,..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Family Circle

Charlie and Will Sexton

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson The two young women sitting in front of..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Point Austin: Recalling Eroy Brown

Groundbreaking Texas inmate murder case reflects long fight for justice

"...Michael Berryhill's 2011 book, The Trials of Eroy Brown, provides an illuminating study of recent but nearly forgotten state..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Michael King

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