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The Kentucky Derby-winning horse Mine That Bird sprints to glory in this equine biopic.

"...Anyone who watched the 2009 Kentucky Derby remembers the rush of watching the..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...query are two interrelated questions – one about financing, the other about political coalition-building and regional partnering. Both are..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Transformations

A Conversation with the three directors of the SXSW premiere Cruel & Unusual

"...My first viewing of the documentary, Cruel & Unusual, was an eye opener. First..."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The woolly mammoth has entered the chat...."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

"Sanctum" Explores Ancestral Memories in Our DNA

Alyssa Taylor Wendt and five other artists look at inherited memory in this group show at Big Medium

"...You have your mother's brown eyes, your father's strong chin. But do you..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...When the Chronicle sat down with David Bologna to talk about..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Talk Show Host

Heather Gold is not here to push your product

"...So I was supposed to interview Heather Gold, but it didn't quite happen that way. There's..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...was born here. Maybe it's because so much of the best of my work life has originated from this..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

Bell Whether

Ready or not, W. Kamau Bell is leading us into a conversation about race

"...W. Kamau Bell wants to have awkward conversations. The longtime Bay Area comedian has been probing uncomfortable..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Little Big Plan

The Austin Creative Alliance proves it can think big by thinking small

"...This question has been at the forefront of David Sandal's mind for about a year..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...Last month PublicAffairs published The Hammer: Tom DeLay, God, Money, and the Rise of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...as if she could not recognize her face, and there were her hands, desperately trying, again and again, to..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Our Free TribFest Picks

Texas Tribune Festival introduces Open Congress

"...The Texas Tribune Festival is back for its eighth year..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Events Post by Ray Emerson

Darling

A woman appears to go ’round the bend in this well-done horror film

"...ink (some actual, mostly digital) has been spilled on whether a cultural property that refers back to other, earlier..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kitchen Scales

The cost of Austin fine dining

"...In November, fast-food workers across the country went on strike to demand a living wage..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

We Are Your Friends

A wan Saturday Night Fever wannabe about four millennials

"...don’t know me,” a character warns a stranger in the vacuous drama We Are Your Friends, a Saturday Night..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rampart

Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.

"...The Nineties were not a good decade for the Los..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fame

Fame: Some stories live forever. It's more or less the same story as before, just a different generation.

"...Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and Asher Book. There’s a terrific story from an episode of This American..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

This Week's Waste of Time

Two free online games keep it short and less than sweet.

"...If on the off-chance that all the gaming options given to you..."

Sept. 17, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Carson McHone: Still Life, Still Alive

Potent Austin songwriter, now married and living in Canada, explores themes of attachment and longing, uncertainty and loss on new album

"...There is one near universal pandemic experience we can point..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Defend Our Hoodz Denies Responsibility for Vandalism at Austin Creative Alliance

Group “applauds the hood for defending itself from greedy sellouts”

"...at about 3am, a small group of people vandalized the offices of Jim Hightower on San Marcos St. They..."

Feb. 12, 2019 News Post by Michael King

“Anti-Gentrification” Protesters Target Austin Creative Alliance

“Hoodz” vandalize Jim Hightower offices, next to ACA

"...of people apparently connected to “Defend Our Hoodz” vandalized the offices of Jim Hightower on San Marcos Street. They..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...Chris Richards is the pop music critic for the Washington Post. For the..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Crisis & Opportunity: An Open, Structured Dialogue

A conversation about the state of the arts turned out to be open and frank

"...That last was especially important to the folks who sponsored Crisis & Opportunity: An Open, Structured..."

June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...Schumann is meant to be doing. When she's at the piano, she doesn't just make sounds with it; she..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...with seeming unequivocal and immovable has been frequent in the Oval Office. During the Vietnam War, such fixations were..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

Morbid Curiosity: A Card Game About Death

Shedding the stigma of the inevitable

"...a young girl, she dreamed of having tea with the Addams Family. She never made it to 0001 Cemetery..."

May 12, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Panel and Event Picks

Not sure what to do at ATX? Start here.

"...If the first half of this decade was the Golden Age..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

They Knew What They Liked

Herbert & Dorothy Vogel's Extraordinary & Personal Art Collection

"...too late. You still have a chance to meet the Vogels -- in a manner of speaking, of course...."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Crossing Literary Borders

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith

"...author David Rice mentioned Dr. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, author of the Klail City Death Trip series, during an interview, the..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

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