My Mother Likes Women

In this mildly daffy Spanish import, a woman's grown daughters react to the news that their mother has taken a woman lover 20 years younger than she.

"...presence. Similarly, the daughters' ongoing efforts to sabotage their mother's new relationship would seem cruel if My Mother Likes..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers'

Marrit Ingman's new memoir: an excerpt

"...on everyday life through the eyes of a new mother struggling with her state of mind. I can't wait..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Not Your Mother's Flamenco

The New José Greco Dance Company

"...more than four decades, José Greco, Sr. "With all my 60 years in the business, I have never been..."

June 16, 1995 Arts Feature

Bass Concert Hall: Park, Pee and Leave (or not)

The musical was great, but the venue is a problem

"...No one likes to bitch - But no one likes to pay..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Post by Andy Campbell

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"..."My color of the day is cherry red," she offers..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...But also, when I was a kid, my father fought in World War II, and my mother..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...then there's really no reason to think otherwise. So my idea was to give a sort of visual reference..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

'Sleep Toward Heaven'

We're not reviewing Amanda Eyre Ward's debut novel, Sleep Toward Heaven, and we're not interviewing her as an author, either, because she has contributed to The Austin Chronicle for more than three years. It would be a conflict of interest. We are, however, excerpting an early chapter of the book, and we are proud and happy to do so.

"...years. I am a friend of Amanda's, as is my predecessor, Clay Smith, and Screens editor Kimberley Jones, and..."

March 21, 2003 Books Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The city of Austin likes to make grand and expensive transportation plans, but fails..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Calling Mom

An essay on the author's mother and her generation of African-American women

"..."We don't say 'nigger,'" my mother told me recently, during a long telephone call...."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Arch Support

Foot Patrol's TJ Wade might just know the meaning of 'toe jam football'

"...where it was going. Several minutes later, I had my feet in his lap...."

April 29, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...leanings." Art Needs Roots "I see the world through my own eyes," says Austin artist Sam Coronado. "I see..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Postmarks

Hey, who put a vegetarian in my aquifer?

"...is part of what causes our underfunding problem (in my opinion). And I don't know that the Art and..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...after years of keeping pace with the red-eyed bull economy of the Nineties, the issues are approximately 160 pages,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...country music. His songs have been recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson,..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

An Unlikely Reporter From the Secret Sexual Jungle

Suzy Spencer sets aside true crime to explore Americans' particular passions

"..."The first advice I got was to meet my sex sources at the IHOP," Spencer says. "It's because..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...1997, when I turned 18 years old and got my first voter's registration card, my mother told me that..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...a voice honky-tonk's dreams are danced to. "He took my rubber duck, and left his tattoo on the table,"..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Frank Lloyd Wright said, "Ugly buildings make my teeth ache!"..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...31, 2015, and I've got a rare blues double-header: My regular Thursday happy hour at C-Boy's Heart & Soul..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

You're Going To Want To Remember This

A few words with Nora Ephron: writer, filmmaker, foodie, and turtleneck enthusiast

"...NE: I don't know. It's truly a mystery to me because I said it again and again.Of..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Keeping Up With the Joneses

A century of Austin music in one arrangement

"...piano and continuing with bass, saxophone, and clarinet. Jimmie likes to qualify his participation as a musician, admitting that..."

June 18, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...but were representative of "the most extreme example of women's attempt to fashion a space within rock's manly arena."..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Here Yet Ever There

From Austin, New Orleans artists strive to save what remains of their city and work to recover it

"...down and let me tell you a love story. My mother refers to me as "the one who escaped."..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Arts Feature

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...a sweltering summer night in 1985. I'm lying on my back on the main stage of the Doll House,..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Editor Louis Black likes the skyline as it "sparkles in the hot Texas..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

The Q&A Hole: What’s Your Favorite Place in Austin?

Because you know that "cabin fever" is definitely a thing

"...Sure, everybody likes to repair to their lair for some mind-soothing downtime,..."

May 29, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...to think of it, the sum total of all my relationships with the opposite sex barely adds up to..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Every Picture Tells a Story

Lone Star Producer Maggie Renzi

"...The Fifth Child -- a great, scary book that women particularly find haunting, about the perfect family who has..."

June 28, 1996 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Postscripts

TIL "News"

"...'president'" in his opening remarks. He also saidthat he likes the "trappings of power" associated with his position. Anytime..."

April 16, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

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