Becoming Astrid

Pippi Longstocking creator's life story isn't for kids

"...and becomes an intern at the local newspaper, copyediting obituaries and proofreading articles for her editor Blomberg (Rafaelsen). The..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Page One: Inside The New York Times

The slow death of print media and the often shambling efforts of newspapers to reinvent themselves is one of the main topics of this documentary.

"...media desk – a department often tasked with writing obituaries for its own industry – including Media Desk Editor..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Closer

Love’s fractured fairy tale, writ small and petty and almost too real to bear without flinching.

"...the face of romanticism. Law plays Dan, writer of obituaries and aspiring novelist, who spies young Alice (Portman) crossing..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thunderbirds

A TV show from the Sixties that starred marionettes gets the live-action treatment … or does it?

"...news of disaster like flat-hunters eagerly scanning the day’s obituaries. The order of the day is fun and adventure..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kissed

"...Matt grows increasingly jealous of Sandra's corpses, scouring the obituaries daily to deduce his competition. It's an obsession that..."

May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Have an Issue: The Gift Guide Issue

On supporting local businesses and surviving a challenging holiday season

"...My father and I muddled through Thanksgiving, our first..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

“Keep Austin Weird” Originator Remembered for Choosing Community Over Capital

Red Wassenich passed away Feb. 28

"...an "irreverent observer of life," according to tributes and obituaries they wrote in the days following his passing. They..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Francesca D'Annunzio

Austin Film Festival Review: The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

A recurrence not at Owl Creek Bridge, again and again

"...police officers. Tunde stands in for those whose keening obituaries we’ve already read: Trayvon Martin, Stephon Clark, Alton Sterling,..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fiore De Henriquez Is In Love With Clay

New documentary sheds light on intersex sculptor

"...De Henriquez being intersex. “If you look at her obituaries,” he explains. “It seems like… [De Henriquez being] intersex..."

Jan. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Giving Proper Credit

Nov. 19, 2018 Postmarks

Fabulous Realism at Atelier Dojo's Art Gym

Artists are ready to school you in their new studio at Canopy

"..."We'd always paint together with Pablo Taboada, who hosted..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: This Is Not Traditional

Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group

"...Banned from Kerrville: Here's a never-before-published photo of Blaze..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

But you can still put your arms around Margaret Moser

"...death had become her accepted companion while writing frequent obituaries in recent years. "I am at peace with leaving..."

June 16, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Uncool!

Yes, you should stop checking his phone

"...Here's the thing: I've been dating my boyfriend for..."

July 1, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Guy Clark 1941-2016

“The thing about writing songs is, everything is songwriting”

"...this year, confirmed his passing in a statement. The obituaries will carry the requisite details, but his life was..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

To Have and to Eat

A Chronicle food writer says goodbye to Austin

"...to her from the paper, sometimes Dave Barry, sometimes obituaries, but always sitting on the floor with the newspaper..."

Dec. 31, 2015 Food Post by Anna Toon

MAD's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs

Collecting 50 years of the satire that's made MAD the preferred reading of smarty-pants fifth-graders everywhere

"...is Hil-la-ry.") "Babar's Final Adventure"? An environmental spanking, while "Obituaries for Comic Strip Characters" just plain crosses the line:..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The AggreGAYtor: June 1

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Beau Biden, a truly fierce ally, has died...."

June 1, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Segle George Fry III, 1937-2015

Restaurateur, musician brought two scenes together at Good Eats Cafe

"...a newspaper long enough, you eventually end up writing obituaries for people you knew and cared about. I got..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The AggreGAYtor: September 5

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The world has lost Nicky da B and Joan..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Food-o-File

Austin's food scene expands ... and contracts

"...of Tamale House co-founder Moses Vasquez in all the obituaries and tributes published after his passing last week at..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The AggreGAYtor: April 24

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...A San Francisco street is being renamed for trans..."

April 24, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Pete Seeger 1919-2014

Did the folk overseer ever play Austin?

"...Impossible to contextualize Seeger’s lifetime achievements without turning this..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

T.R. Fehrenbach Dead at 88

Historian celebrated for 'Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans'

"...As Maria Luisa Cesar put it in the Express-News’..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Food-O-File

Remembering Jill Lewis, co-founder of Austin Slow Burn and a true friend

"...in 1995, I should have realized I'd be writing obituaries for other food business people in the years to..."

June 14, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The AggreGAYtor: January 25

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• University of Texas alum Julia Penelope - lesbian..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: January 18

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Here’s one of the reasons why Abby remains..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: November 12

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Writer and activist Brandon Lacy Campos has passed..."

Nov. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Cracks in the Ceiling

An extended Q&A with Ann Richards biographer Jan Reid

"...Jan Reid: Well, [they released serial murderer] Kenneth McDuff...."

Oct. 25, 2012 Arts Post by Michael King

DVD Watch: 'We Were Here'

SF survivors remember the early days of the AIDS epidemic

"...somber, and jarring visual aids (including a sea of obituaries)...."

June 1, 2012 Screens Post by Russ Espinoza

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