TV Review: 'Parade's End'

HBO miniseries is sumptuous and intellectually rigorous

"...Parade’s End, an adaptation of Ford Madox Ford’s four linked novels,..."

Feb. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Parades Go By

The history of the rainbow lineup rolls forward into a spectrum of Austin Pride 2012

"...positioned me outside the rights I was marching to defend. My internal erotic identity made me an alien to..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

Football and Parades

"...Lucy Lawless: “Oh say, can you see?” The weekend came, quite unexpectedly, in black & white. Various shows..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Ms. Veteran America's Mission to End Female Veteran Homelessness

Molly Potter raises awareness for mental health issues

"...background, she says. Unemployed, she relied on family and friends to keep her afloat, financially and emotionally. "I was..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

City Unplugged

"...World War. Across the tiny Baltic nation (and recently independent Soviet satellite country), the people are celebrating with much..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chicago

This film adaptation doesn't so much recall the glory days of movie musicals as give it a new, era-specific reason to wake up and shake its tail feather.

"...stay and maybe death row. That's where the similarities end, though. Velma's a nightclub sensation, a star; Roxie just..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mardi Gras 2015: Carnival Digs

Where to laissez lay those bones during Mardi Gras season

"...New Orleans-style glitz all wrapped up in that unmistakable friendliness that makes all folks and families feel welcome...."

Jan. 23, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Tuesday Newsgay: Dec. 27

Let's unwrap some news under the Kwanzaa kinara

"...GAY CELBS LOVE SAYING "TRANNIES" ON TV: Lance Bass..."

Dec. 27, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Daniel Villareal

My Gang Don't Bow Down

Big Chief Kevin Goodman sew, sew, sews a new history here in Austin

"...the top of the structure. In the imagination, plumes extend four or more feet into the air in a..."

May 5, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Scanlines

The American Patchwork Series

"...ex-convict named Joe Savage, a hell-fired sermon from a Reverend Caesar Smith, a classic toast of the signifyin' monkey..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Fly Away Home

In this lovely film, a grieving, 13-year-old girl discovers orphaned geese eggs that she teaches to fly.

"...a casually intimate moment brought to a sudden, unexpected end. The sequence is shot in a preternatural silence that..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...there's at least one major event going on every weekend of the year – ranging from ACL Fest to..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

The Times of Bill Cunningham

The NYT fashion-lover revealed as really a lover of people

"...Cunningham died in 2016, it wasn't so much the end of an era as the loss of a connecting..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mardi Gras 2015: Wendy Colonna to Home and Back, Pt.2

Her "strange little circle" led right back home and to the Real Thing™

"...Our road trip/conversation with Wendy Colonna continues: A few weeks ago, as she and..."

Feb. 9, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The AggreGAYtor: July 1

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

"...Here’s a quick roundup of this past weekend's Pride parades, with lots of pretty pictures...."

July 1, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"This ruling will hasten the end of DeLay's white-collar crimes against democracy. It sends a..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler, Already!

Cultivating a Mardi Gras tradition in River City

"...Authentic Creole Cuisine (8105 Mesa Dr., 372-9529), where chef/owner Brenda McGowan will prepare a four-course meal, complemented by wine..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Film Reviews

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"...a dutiful daughter and her desire to cut an independent path for herself, Jade's irreverence and insistence on her..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

'The NFL Beat': 2012 Draft Needs

An inside look at all 32 teams

"...This is "The NFL Beat" and I have friends in 32 places. It is draft season and phone..."

Feb. 11, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution by..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...SB: I'm friends with the Go-Go's from many years back, and we..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Ah, Laughter's Sweet Release!

"...is to be funny what they think of those end-of-the-work week patrons, and you can expect to be told..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...of the Rings reference. His parents happily let him spend his money on art and drawing supplies, but not..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bringers of Joy

20,000 Austin kids are happily learning to make positive change in their lives through Creative Action

"...are all writing a play together. And at the end, that's where you do hear a lot of stories..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Home Slice Makes Annual Pizza Pilgrimage

Sharing hundreds of slices was writer's plum assignment

"...pizza in its home environs. Everyone lucky enough to attend will tell you that the trip is informative, inspirational,..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Food Post by Phillip Pantuso

Here Yet Ever There

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

"...trips back to New Orleans to check on family, friends, and belongings. I asked them if they had plans..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Arts Feature

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...logo-emblazoned brochures, pencils, flashlights, Frisbees, visors, and discount coupons. Vendor booths hawk everything from smoked turkey legs to purses..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...This July morning we are traveling from one end of the new District 10 to the other. Before..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...priority is reducing property taxes." – State Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, chair of the House Select Committee on Anti-Tax..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...some cases, and the Environmental Research Center at Hornsby Bend has not ever achieved its full potential. The abandoned..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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