He Who Must Not Be Named Returns to TV News

Ron (mumble mumble) is back at the anchor desk

"...of yesteryear. With two anchors old enough to remember Richard Nixon, KEYE also will present a stark contrast to..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...produced by Don Was, it's striking both for its stark gravity and its lyrical precision; "In the News," the..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Events of 2005 That Engaged and Endure

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite performances of dance and classical music from 2005

"...in that dark stain in human history. His spare, stark choreography, bravely executed by his company of dancers, distilled..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Statesman' Gets Creative

'Statesman' explores new ways to spark circulation and revenue, often taking a pickax to traditional Ad-Editorial boundaries in the process

"...Faced with the stark numbers, the Statesman is exploring new ways to spark..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Nobody Runs Forever

No. 26 in Richard Stark's, aka Donald Westlake's, Parker series finds the master thief taking us on a thrill ride among armored cars and badass female bounty hunters

"...by Richard Stark..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...American art has without question been shaped by the stark and extraordinary American landscape and our fraught, sometimes destructive..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"...keep from being overwhelmed by the horizon. "It's so stark out there," Allen says. "And it's awful hard to..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...RICHARD JULIAN: Based in NYC, Richard Julian just finished a..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...him of course," Lynn Smith, wife of seasoned contestant Richard Smith, explained over the phone. "Plus," she continued, "I've..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...at the April Texas Monthly Book Club; capering with Richard Stark in his boffo Breakout (Mysterious Press); communing with..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Top 10 Onstage Works of Wonder in 2002

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

"...David Nancarrow's sumptuous colored lights, and composer Andre Previn's stark, spiky score. Bold choices by director Brad Dalton made..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Mars Music store goes the way of Halley's Comet.

"...and on Tuesday musicians such as Sarah Brown and Richard Fenno were spotted prowling for bargains at the crack..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Firebreak

"...Firebreakby Richard Stark..."

May 10, 2002 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...During the summer of 1989, Richard Linklater and a merry band of Austin filmmakers shot..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...years." In its final form, the story sets the stark underground life of the twentysomething organizers in a strange..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...unflinching truth when no one seems to be listening. Richard Buckner he's not, especially when Rosenthal's rocking with his..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David

"...shining stars of 20th-century food and wine writing -- Richard Olney, Gerald Asher, Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson, and Alan..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Food Review by MM Pack

Still Life

Whether it is the coterie around the world's most famous photographer or a group of cowboys on a West Texas ranch, Laura Wilson, who peeked inside a reclusive Christian sect for her new photography book Hutterites of Montana, has an instinct for penetrating insular, tightly knit societies.

"...In 1978, Richard Avedon came to Dallas for an exhibition of his..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

How Robin Got His Groove Back

Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.

"...must spring into action to protect the subjects of Richard the Lionhearted. And off he goes, bounding onto horses,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nick Drake

"...his best, an almost-hopeful pop gem made transcendent by Richard Thompson's electric guitar. The entirety of Five Leaves Left..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...coattails and big bank account helped Jim Mattox, Ann Richards, Garry Mauro, and Jim Hightower win statewide elections before..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...children to hear... Marcy Garriott (sister of Origin founder Richard) directs Split Decision, the story of Jesus Chavez, a..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Naked City

A tape disappears from George W. Bush's campaign office and lands on an Al Gore supporter's desk. No one knows who did it, but fingers are pointing at two Bush advisors.

"...News that Lozano's situation was akin to that of Richard Jewell, the man who was wrongly made a suspect..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

B. Iden Payne Award Nominations, 1999-2000

"...four nominations, and for Peyton Hayslip, Lana Lesley, Sarah Richardson, Kirk Smith, Scott Thompson, and Joe York, all of..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...Time Again in Oz, Suzan Zeder and Richard Gray..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Billy the Kid by Frederick Nolan 3. Comeback by Richard Stark 4. Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

The Cry Pitch Carrolls: Winter Wonderland

RobertFaires examines Salvage Vanguard Theater's production of The Cry Pitch Carrolls

"...girlish glee radiating from Lana Lesley's Norma and Becky Stark's Alice, and a beguilingly crotchetiness in Shawn Sides' Edith...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Point Blank

"...(from a novel by Donald Westlake under the name Richard Stark) and turns it into a movie that is..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seconds

"...term "brainwashing" didn't even exist before the early Fifties. Richard Condon's novel and Frankenheimer's film builds on this idea,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

The Outfit

"...Robert Ryan, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Timothy Carey, Richard Jaeckel, Sheree North, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Bill..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

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