An Opera for Wartime

Philip Glass' Waiting for the Barbarians arrives when its message is urgently needed

"...Dark days frequently call forth mighty works of art...."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself

"...talking about Jack Jackson, it all comes down to history. If this wildly talented artist and scholar wasn't studying..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

Advice for artists, inspired during the whirlwind of SXSW 2005

"...One of the local arts/creative communities recently held some general meetings,..."

March 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Definitely Famous

Heart's Nancy Wilson, younger, wiser

"...Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson took their teenage love of rock & roll out of the bedroom and onstage..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Best-Case Scenario

After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.

"...don't have particularly high expectations for whatever comes out of Envision Central Texas' regional vision project. You can find..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Riding the Tech Titanic

Austin looks for recovery after the dot-com bust.

"...time by simply running the above haiku in place of the Chronicle news section -- along with a list..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...progressive, environmentally friendly candidates. However, your "close call" endorsement of Karen Sonleitner over Jeff Heckler, after great editorial "deliberations,"..."

March 8, 2002 Column

DVolution

Local filmmaking classes for the digital auteur

"...If you're one of the many people who've gotten their hands on a..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.

"...running through my head. Y'see, it was a couple of months ago, at an Austin Music Commission meeting I..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

Writer / director Kevin Smith discusses his new film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

"...the Austin Film Society will present the regional premiere of Smith's latest funny movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Their Gay Movies

The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival presents the First Annual My Gay Movie Challenge, a call for amateur movies with a queer sensibility.

"...is feeling a little relieved. He's the artistic director of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF;..."

June 22, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Gray Matter

Milkshake Media's Katherine Jones was trained in medical illustration -- but with her work on Fight Club and The Cell, she got a lesson in Hollywood.

"...career in technology (including a job as senior VP of creative development at Austin's Girl Games), Jones was trained..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Postmarks

Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...choose my successor on the Austin Community College Board of Trustees ["Naked City," April 14] contains several errors. Taking..."

April 21, 2000 Column

The Blue Noise Band

Austin neo-jazzsters the Blue Noise Band

"...As the title of their debut suggests, the Blue Noise Band is a..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Austin's most popular band, the Scabs have become something of a local cottage industry. Last year's live-in-the-studio debut, Freebird,..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...clearly a codeword. Speak it to unlock the secrets of the dark soul. Walk this way with the man..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

No False Moves

Bill Paxton

"...But, of course, there is so much more to talk about..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

A Conversation with Stephen Harrigan Telling Ghost Stories

"...Comanche Midnight is the second terrific collection of Stephen Harrigan's essays published by University of Texas Press..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature by Robin Bradford

Qmmunity: Andie Flores and Sam Mayer’s 3 Scenes From Queer Utopia

Taking the stage in a cage

"...unavoidable prospect. Confronting the self has been a staple of local queer artists Andie Flores and Sam Mayer’s individual..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Column by James Scott

Glen Powell Clears His Throat for The Best Man's Ghostwriter

Austin's movie A-lister on his new Audible audiobook comedy

"...his own wedding imminent, and a whole unresolved minefield of emotions about his ex-best friend, is Nate really in..."

Sept. 11, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...settlement, a clearing beside the river in the heart of the jungle...."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...the people cheered, and Arinna Dior Heys, the host of the Cyber Queen drag showcase, called up the next..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Art-Punks Transy Warhol Carve the "Space to Figure Everything Out"

Quartet seeks Control in transphobic Texas on gushy, unabashed debut

"...lawmakers find House Bill 643 necessary and 2023's version of church ladies are up in arms about drag queens..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Swoop House’s Hospitality Honcho Has All the Luck

Stephen Shallcross carries on with Happy Foods and De Nada and more

"...back in 1922. "The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have."..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...are, six months into the big coronavirus pandemic shutdown of 2020, and cabin fever is no longer just an..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Series Motherland: Fort Salem Conjures a Magical Post-Patriarchy Present

Freeform gets bewitched, bothered, and goes to war

"...Laurence was obsessed with witches. It was his costume of choice at Halloween, and an occasional source of concern..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...conversation about the play and their experiences on and offstage...."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...bends down and up again, following the graceful curves of his lettering. He works quickly, laying down letters, then..."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Katherine Catmull at the Texas Teen Book Festival

Like a fairy in her YA novel The Radiant Road, Katherine Catmull keeps transforming the mundane into lovely art

"...hasn't left much time to celebrate the critical success of her latest YA novel, The Radiant Road (Chronicle review,..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...the race for Place 3, in the June 18 run-off with Kathie Tovo. At her announcement, Shade said she..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

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