Convergent Chaos

Metalcore innovators Converge shred micro-set for Chaos in Tejas

"...see a lot. What they got was all the Salem, Mass., mayhem they could take, crammed into a half-hour..."

June 9, 2011 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...years, ever since reading the embossed, black-jacket paperback of 'Salem's Lot, and so, technically, I already knew what lurked..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Crucible

Despite its faults, City Theatre's staging stirs up strong emotions

"...In 1692, Salem, Mass. – a community of Puritan farm families who..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Offender Story Kudos

"...absurd criminalization system – a modern version of the Salem witch hunts. Kudos to the Chronicle...."

Sept. 15, 2010 Postmarks

Page Two: Abandoned Ship

As distrust grows, cooperation becomes impossible

"...equity, it seems that we have descended into a Salem witch trials mentality, in which the drive is to..."

May 28, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Air Force Has Witch Squadron

"...Air Force built a Wiccan temple but after the Salem witch trials, we already had our first witch squadron...."

March 27, 2010 Postmarks

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...next generation of post-emo alt.country. Not so with Michigan's Salem, which owes at least as much to the soaring..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

My SXSW

"...first South by Southwest show in 1993. Guitarist Kevin Salem and I came down from Hoboken to play at..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Freedy Johnston

In Play

Beauty and the beasts: why Bayonetta wins and Army of Two's blood-soaked bromance is passé

"...team sport. The blood-soaked bromance tells the story of Salem and Rios, soldiers for hire who choose the wrong..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Prudish, Repressed Teetotaler Idiot

"...the while being persecuted and hunted like witches in Salem. The young couple in question are tragic casualties of..."

Aug. 10, 2009 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Saltwater crocodiles, Beatles, toddlers, and more

"...In 1697, five years after the Salem witch trials, the General Court of Massachusetts declared a..."

July 24, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"...far more risky than being thought a witch in Salem...."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Article Is Flawed

"...The defense introduced Richard Gardner’s book Sex Abuse Hysteria: Salem Witch Trials Revisited (1990) into evidence. The prosecution called..."

March 31, 2009 Postmarks

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...the defense, laid out his version of the infamous Salem witch trials and described how this case was definitely..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men from very different worlds forge..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Pushing Boundaries

Eight new dances that spoke engagingly to the place individuals have in groups

"..."The Accused," the show's final dance. Inspired by the Salem witch trials, Villarreal's work presented a quartet of dancers..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Movin' on Up

Melissa Villareal's life was changed by Ballet East

"...she began researching the history and psychology of the Salem witch trials. She considers herself a storyteller type of..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

testsite 08.5 ~ Temporary Services

A Chicago art group brings Austin punk and the mighty congresswoman together

"...one-third of Temporary Services, along with Brett Bloom and Salem Collo-Julin. "We are always digging around the cultural and..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Strawberry Fields Forever

Future Clouds & Radar float to the magical kingdom of … Peoria?

"...of Cotton Mather, the infamous Puritan preacher from the Salem witch trials, Harrison began writing avant-garde music with a..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Page Two: To Whine Is to Love Again

The GOP masterfully weaves a tapestry of deceit

"...position are anathema to them: the witch hunts of Salem, directed at this one poor hockey-mom target...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Natural Science

Rush

"...after which a glowering “Witch Hunt” burned hotter than Salem, Massachusetts. The hits just kept avalanching. The encore, Vapor..."

April 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"..."Mutated." There's nary a single uncursed track on this Salem's Lot. Miami arsonists Torche their first for Isis growth..."

April 4, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Spotlight: Blitzen Trapper

Blitzen Trapper: the hip-hop of indie rock?

"...years ago, the band actually grew up together in Salem, Ore., playing and shifting through any number of musical..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

In Memoriam: Linda Pace and Javier Arista

Remembering San Antonio artist and patron Linda Pace and Austin actor Javier Arista

"...at the Joan Grona Gallery. Following treatment at the Salem Oncology Centre in Houston, Pace returned to San Antonio..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cute Band Alert!

W-S Burn creeps through the woods.

"...they've been playing as W-S Burn (W-S stands for Winston-Salem, which is where Beddard is from), spinning blues and..."

July 24, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Witch Hunt of Wal-Mart Just Demonizing an Easy if Innocent Suspect

"...reminds me of the good old days of the Salem witch trials. Where you have a problem – find..."

Dec. 27, 2006 Postmarks

In Memoriam

Bil Pfuderer, an actor, director, and designer in Austin theatre for 20 years and producer of the Zilker Summer Musical from 1980-1995, died in Canton, Ohio, on June 4

"...in the States, he worked with theatre companies in Winston-Salem, N.C.; South Bend, Ind.; Milwaukee, Wisc.; and Chicago. Ill.;..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...in 10 markets – Austin, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Fresno, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Kansas City, Memphis, Rochester, and San Antonio – in..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

The Blurbing of SXSW 06

"...a cross between Juliana Hatfield and Shawn Colvin, the Salem, Mass., native took folk to the fringe of alternative...."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

Where There's Smoke, There's a 'Vérité-Enhanced' Legacy

The Texas Documentary Tour: Ross McElwee's 'Bright Leaves'

"...and theorist Vlada Petric, who happens to be in Winston-Salem to deliver a lecture. Petric, the crazy Russian, insists..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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