Playing God – Literally

A smartphone's all you need to let loose your inner Zeus and control the action in Deus Ex Machina

"...play has enough intervention points built into it to foster a dozen storylines, say the masterminds at Whirligig Productions,..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Listings

Blurbing Friday ACL

"...Dutch artist Nick Van Hofwegen designed album art for Foster the People and Robin Thicke before launching his alter..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...begins in New York, with NYU anthropologist Harold Monroe (Robert Kerman) dispatched to find out what happened to a..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces 2012 Lineup

Hot off the press: Justin Cronin, Junot Díaz, and Cheryl Strayed among 200 authors to attend

"...Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy, and Robert Caro returns to chat up The Passage of Power,..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Electric Lounge's second act on the Eastside, catching up with Scratch Acid and Austin's other Voice contestants

"...asked to perform Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love," not exactly the Great American..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Building a Place to Build Community

Northeast center built on progressive foundation

"...Resource Center. As the project got going last fall, Robert Jensen of the Resource Center (and UT School of..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

One Last Gasp

Geezerville 2009

"...stamp on her father’s view of the classics to Robert Earl Keen rocking out harder than ever to the..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Informers

Bret Easton Ellis' collection of linked short stories are translated for the screen, but the result is less than zero.

"...Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Brad Renfro, Chris Isaak, Lou Taylor Pucci,..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...recorded October 2004 with the late Henry James Townsend, Robert Lockwood Jr., and recent Cactus Cafe visitor David "Honeyboy"..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Study: Everyone Benefits From Pre-K

If Texas improved and expanded its prekindergarten program to include all children, state would get $8 back for every $1 invested, new research indicates

"...children are now in their 20s, and study author Robert Lynch says it's clear they've done much better than..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...the person who – as former Austin Chronicle writer Robert Bryce phrased it – "nailed us to the Nuke."..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...one day invest in the infrastructure to protect and foster bicycle transportationalists. I, for one, cannot wait that long...."

June 16, 2006 Column

The New Texas Family Planning

Slashed budgets and anti-abortion politics undermine women's health care

"...Specifically, under a rider authored by State Sen. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, DSHS must use up to $20 million..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Film News

The pair behind 'Dear Pillow' is at it again; plus, IFP issues, Cannes kudos, and Digital Light Processing lightsabers

"...was formed in 1979 in New York City to foster filmmaking outside of the studio system. "We're stoked," organizer..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TCB

Field trips to Houston and San Antonio, to see people coming to our own field in September

"...NAPPY ROOTS: Widespread Panic, Black Crowes, Allman Brothers, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Cliff,..."

May 6, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Warren Chisum's HJR 6 doesn't discriminate against anyone ... except gays and lesbians

"...bill with a separate bill authored by gay foe Robert Talton, the Pasadena Republican who riled folks in 2003..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...A note to Danny's brother Robert ["Postmarks," Aug. 27]: Danny always spoke highly of you..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...The gay-rights lobby's biggest victory was Pasadena Republican Rep. Robert Talton's biggest defeat. Talton tried to ban the placement..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

The Hills Are Alive

The Hill Country is teaming with Austin songwriters.

"...sidebar) provide an alternative to the Dallas-Houston-Austin circuit and foster a relationship with their audience. Musically, the Hill Country..."

May 9, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Biennial Bash

Gay-bashing bills are a biennial tradition.

"...HB 1911: Pasadena Rep. Robert Talton defended his anti-gay foster-parent bill at a public..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...find ways to support across-the-board ambience, but also to "foster the continued growth of creative jobs." In his mayoral..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

In such intense and crazed times, film and music of soothe and feed the soul; SXSW 2003 provides plenty to feast on.

"...Assassination Tango will be introduced by director and star Robert Duvall, a film legend who has appeared in so..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Happenings

"...Akwasi Evans, Will Harrell, UT professors Ray Marshall and Robert Jensen, and Doris "Granny D" Haddock. Activist photographer Alan..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature

Big Trouble

"...Janeane Garofalo, Dennis Farina, Jason Lee, Patrick Warburton, Ben Foster and Zooey Deschanel. Based on a novel by beloved..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Night of the Hunter

1955's The Night of the Hunter stars the terrifying Robert Mitchum as a reverend with an evil-Elvis swagger, complete with knuckles on his right-hand tattooed with "LOVE" and knuckles on his left with "HATE."

"...The Night of the Hunter (1955)D: Charles Laughton; with Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...upcoming album. It is actually co-written by Haynes and Robert J. Ritchie (aka Kid Rock). As far as getting..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Yoga and Starbucks. Karaoke and republicans. Squirrel rifles and Al Gore. Together for the first time in this week's letters to the editor!

"...Mr. Robert Bryce's great (short) story (7-21-00) about Austin's streetcar system..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Kay Foster..."

May 19, 2000 Column

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...and Thirties with the likes of immortals such as Robert Johnson, Son House, and Charlie Patton; the Forties with..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Art of Conversation

Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication

"...Men's Project, a "community building project" that aims to foster a supportive environment in which young gay and bisexual..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Clay Smith

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