One in a Crowd: Ultimate World

Austin-made surreal comedy needs your crowdfunding help, plus music poster doc and cartoon killers

"...as famous as the musicians they publicized by backing Robert Simmons' documentary via Indiegogo...."

May 24, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...year's lineup, including three intriguing-sounding documentaries about black comedy (Robert Townsend's Why We Laugh), screenwriting (Peter Hanson's Tales From..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

WilCo Sheriff's Office Lawsuit: 'Stuff rolls downhill'

Williamson Co. and its sheriff, James Wilson, could stand trial on civil charges for violating the First Amendment rights of two former deputies and the Texas Whistleblower Act

"...demoting the deputies. On Nov. 1, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Pitman recommended denial of a motion for summary judgment..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Skies Partly Cloudy

Two years down the road, liberal network still struggles to establish itself

"...President" bumper sticker on the rear window of Lisa Simmons' aging BMW. She's a single mother, a divorced transplant..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Petty Nastiness in WilCo

After more than a year of legal wrangling, federal judge sets date for jury to decide whether Williamson Co. Sheriff James Wilson demoted former WCSO officers Barry Simmons and Ralph Fisher in retaliation for reporting wrongdoing within department and/or for supporting Wilson's rival, former sheriff Jim Wilson

"...Wilson demoted former Williamson Co. Sheriff's Office officers Barry Simmons and Ralph Fisher from supervisory positions to patrol deputies..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Patty Ruland

Producers of Piquant Pods of Perfection

"...Marianne Simmons of Onion Creek Farms photograph by John Anderson..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...During this time, Sidney Brammer became managing editor; Bob Simmons, a friend of Brammer and Ed Ward, became associate..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

It's a Mystery to Me

"...Robert B. Parker, who created Spenser, the hero of mystery..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

WilCo Lawsuit Settlement: Public Information Politics

County commissioners approve settlement of 2005 lawsuit by former sheriff's office lieutenants against Sheriff James Wilson and county, but why did plaintiffs settle for nothing?

"...lawsuit by former Williamson County Sheriff's Office lieutenants Barry Simmons and Ralph Fisher against Sheriff James Wilson and the..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Postmarks

Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.

"...Up until last year, Halliburton was owned by Harold Simmons under his Valhi umbrella. Simmons is a scary Dallas..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column

Capitol Chronicle

Living on the Dole

"...Welfare Poster Child of the 77th Lege is Harold Simmons, owner of Waste Control Specialists (WCS), who looks closer..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Bentzin's Tangled Web of Backers

An elite crew of critters helped bankroll Bentzin's unsuccessful, half-million dollar District 48 campaign

"...Harold Simmons, $6,000: Corporate raider, Dallas billionaire, and Republican fundraiser with..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Enter the Hugos

We Take On the Best of SF

"...Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer Tor ($23.95, hard)..."

July 31, 1998 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Naked City

Harold Simmons' political contributions could get him a West Texas Waste Dump & Austin environmentalists rally around the documentary film Green.

"...Texans for Public Justice's Lobby Watch (www.tpj.org) is Harold Simmons, the corporate raider who in 1995 purchased Waste Control..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Front Runner

Jason Reitman revisits a long-ago time when a sex scandal could ruin a candidate's shot at the presidency

"...by: Jason Reitman. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Sara Paxton, Kevin Pollak, Mamoudou Athie, Molly..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...at least a couple of romantic comedies starring Julia Roberts -- Notting Hill and Runaway Bride...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...24 hours may cost them their lives. Cast: Johnny Simmons, Gabriel Luna, Clifton Collins, Jr. (World Premiere) DOCUMENTARY FEATURE..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Support Your Local Farmer at Farmgrass Fest

Farm-to-table connection only works when farmers are healthy

"...organic farming and AmeriCorps activism. Through her friendship with Simmons Family Farm matriarch Penelope “Penel” Simmons, Bryce learned about..."

March 26, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

"...of high principle: Dr. Martin Luther King and General Robert E. Lee. Men who, in their time, served as..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Accountant

Math, mayhem, and murder abound in this somewhat confusing thriller

"...by: Gavin O’Connor. Starring: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Tambor, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, John Lithgow, Jean..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...Harris, and Other British Travelers by historian James C. Simmons; one chapter of the book describes what it was..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and David Robert Mitchell's follow-up to his breakout It Follows, offbeat noir..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Houston Confronting Peak Oil

2007 Houston World Oil Conference focused on eventual point at which world oil production outpaces global demand

"...is projected to be 88 million barrels per day. Robert Hirsch, who wrote the first peak-oil report to the..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Local energy experts gather to discuss the peak oil theory

"...Gas, Jim Baldauf; and writer (and former Chronicle scribe) Robert Bryce...."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from under the pink granite dome

"...Natural Resources tackled their own nuclear option Monday, as Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, laid out SB 39, which "transfers jurisdiction..."

July 1, 2005 News Column

Naked City

Lawmaker seeks to keep Texas from becoming national nuclear waste dump

"...nuke gunk from the likes of GOP contributor Harold Simmons' Waste Control Specialists, said Colin Leyden, legislative director for..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Top 10 Media Stories

The year in print and broadcasting

"...of righteousness when Austin's Viacom-owned KEYE-TV fired sports anchor Robert Flores after he muttered the f-bomb on an outtake..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

After a Fashion

Blow by blow details of Stephen's night out, including an up-to-the-minute sunglasses-acquired count. Do not miss it!

"...work of Tom Baril, who worked in association with Robert Mapplethorpe. The new gallery (714 Congress) is beautiful, and..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Galleries in Bloom

The times being what they are, you don't exactly expect to see new galleries sprouting across Austin's cultural landscape, but two just did: Oswald Gallery, showing fine art photography, and Jean-Marc Fray, displaying paintings by French artist Robert Bourasseau.

"...of Jean-Marc Fray, the artwork is by French painter Robert Bourasseau, who renders landscapes, still lifes, and figures with..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1976, 114min/color, DCP) Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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