Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

This Chinese film presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Cultural Revolution.

"...makes rural bourgeois re-education look like a stint at summer camp, replete with skits, movie nights, and spying on..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

It's All Gone Pete Tong

A superstar DJ goes deaf in Ibeza in this mockumentary that observes his process of coping.

"...ever, who, in the midst of a coke-addled, sex-fueled summer residency on Ibiza, discovers he's losing his hearing and..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Air Bud

"...far more craftsmanship than is typical in a humble summer low-budgeter of this ilk. There's some bright, imaginative shotmaking..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Page Two: Earth, Stones, and Thorns of the Wild Ground Growing

The poetry of the right-wing soul: an appreciation

"...movies or listening to music, especially in the car. Reading usually takes me somewhere else, somewhere emotionally encasing and..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Change in the Weather

A different kind of summer for the city arts funding process

"...Summer in Austin traditionally means a painfully long run of..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

New Voices

"...the time when: a) Christmas books are sold, b) summer reading is sold, c) sweet Mother's and Father's Day..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Your Saturday’s a Boldly Bookish Thing

Immerse yourself in local stories of print and voice

"...air with an old Caedmon recording of Sylvia Plath reading her poems, some medium-roast Jamaican Blue Mountain automatically dripping..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Monday, Monday

Elizabeth Crook's new novel charts the ripples radiating out from the Whitman shootings

"...Mayor's Book Club will kick off with Elizabeth Crook reading from Monday, Monday and a conversation between Crook and..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Danielle White

Bedside Manner: Midnight Library

The more books there are, the less reading there is

"...along either side, I have a mini-library of nighttime reading options at my fingertips – most of which goes..."

Nov. 29, 2010 Books Post by Nora Ankrum

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

This Swedish film is an icily sleek masterwork of sustained suspense, much like Noomi Rapace's visceral, envelope-pushing performance.

"...Dan Simmons' Black Hills off the top of my summer reading list. On the face of it, the film..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

Joy Peppers, June books, festival news, and a roving French supper club: The Austin food scene is heating up

"...Keep Reading..."

June 11, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

F&W on EPA and Barton Springs, portable toilets for Sixth Street flushed, job vacancies at the Sheriff's office & lack of education at Barton Springs

"...his honeymoon one year prior to his wedding this summer," reported The Baton. "Just prior to the scheduled event,..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two

"...Summer Fun Issue May 19..."

May 5, 1995 Column by Louis Black

The Q&A Hole: How Do You Beat the Heat?

Answers from Hilah Johnson, Bob Khosravi, C. Denby Swanson, and more.

"...by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer."..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: The Calm Before ...

How to talk about talking about CodeNEXT

"...Austin Humane Society's sixth annual Summer Kids Series offers free weekly sessions to help kids..."

June 1, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

John Oliver

'The Daily Show' correspondent on his summer job, failure, 'Breaking Bad' and Texas politics

"...anchor chair was occupied for two months over the summer by its snarky "Senior British Correspondent," John Oliver, few..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Bedside Manner

So I'm trying this new thing …

"...some time (she was behind the Awesome! And Great! reading series, chronicled here). Apparently she's abandoning us for New..."

June 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Hop, Skip, 'Jump'

Ballroom Marfa reading series hosts Austin writer Andrew Lanham

"...two full drafts of the script. After a public reading sponsored by UTFI, Lanham submitted his script to the..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Family Matters

Downtown dining with young ones doesn't have to be daunting

"...for families. String several together to create a family summer "stay-cation" exploring Downtown Austin. (Yes, you'll have to pay..."

June 11, 2010 Food Feature by Katherine Gregor

Joe Strummer: 'Punk Rock Warlord'

"...have been translated out of spittle, while a campfire reading of "Junco Partner" by Mekons Jon Langford & Sally..."

May 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

News/Print

"...In the apocalyptic battle known as Keep Austin Reading, the city has struck yet another blow: On Friday,..."

May 21, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...technicality hasn't stopped the Olympic Committee from taking the "Summer" Games deep into southerly latitudes, to Sydney, Australia. The..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...– to channel that era's simmering fears into the summer's most frightening film, The Black Phone...."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Surpisingly Cold

Every summer day under 100 degrees means that a thousand enthusiastic well-meaning folks will move to Austin

"...speaking. It has been an exceptionally cool late spring/early summer this year, which makes all the unicorns extra edgy..."

June 11, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

July Is Crime Month

As summer heats up, the 'Chronicle' runs afoul of the law, in fiction and nonfiction

"...of new mystery and true crime books slated for summer release was dumped off at the Chronicle offices like..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

Half-price appetizers at American spots old and new this week

"...cookbook, Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way, in our summer reading section this week on p.38... Congratulations to Austin..."

May 28, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Book Reviews

"...What defines a "summer book"? Is it a novel's ability to withstand the..."

July 23, 1999 Books Review

Drake and Future: Day and Night

Hero worship vs. antihero debauchery

"...A fourth grader-scribbled headline, “If You’re Reading This We Made It,” flashed along the backdrop of..."

July 21, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Books on Film

Tower director on punk and Capote

"...a lot of my favorite music. Usually as I'm reading about music, I'm looking up songs and live performances..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Let's Go to Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers

Front lunatic Gibby Haynes escapes the Butthole Surfers' first bio, but nothing else did

"...Danceteria in 1986 and their triumphant outing at the Reading Festival in 1989. Meanwhile, a thorough timeline of interpersonal..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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