'The NFL Beat': Lombardi and Kopay

A gay player's memories of a legendary coach

"...of a few minor "senior moments," as he describes them. It's easy to get lost in thoughts and ideas..."

Feb. 3, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Stop the Loss

Austin veterans turn away from Iraq and war

"...Eight years ago, Casey Porter and his father started rebuilding a '68 Chevrolet Camaro. It was a..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Back to the Drawing Board

Process for Mapping School Boundary Lines Improved, Still Difficult

"...Harner spends his days developing attendance zone plans for the district, only to have a new concern voiced by..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Note: The new book isn't an Understanding Comics follow-up. In fact,..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Video Game Gift Guide

Gifts for every kind of gamer

"...FOR THE MATURE SHOOTER..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Return of 'The Ozo 3'

Andy Langer interviews Ozomatli bassist on band's arrest during SXSW, and its aftermath

"...When the band Ozomatli hit town for last month's South by..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Andy Langer

Fox and CBS Pull the Switcheroo Musical Affiliates

KEYE Channel 42

"...affiliate. Upah's 6'3" frame moves swiftly and purposefully across the station's empty parking lot to show visitors where a..."

June 16, 1995 News Feature

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...Because this is the day, right?..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Learning Curve

Bill Hader on his schooling in comedy at SNL

"...up in rehearsal. Saturday night, you sell it to the country in a live television broadcast, where you're expected..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking Back the House

Texas Democrats say this could be their November

"...Five seats. That's what it would take for the Texas Democratic Party to take back the Texas House..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Betting the Farm

Gamecock helps indie video-game developers play with the big boys

"..."Honestly, I'm at my stand-up desk at the tiki bar, staring into a computer like everyone else,"..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...especially now, when it's not even necessary to leave the house for groceries. But for someone who must have..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dance With the Devil

Getting Austin Artists in Step With Their Audience

"...in New Orleans will be a little different for the Krewe of Sinbad this year. They've been driven into..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Best of SXSW: Best Stage Banter, Best Show, Best Repeats

… and other observations from Kevin Curtin’s notebook

"...handwriting as evidence of Multiple Personality Disorder. Looking at the back page of my notebook, where I log a..."

March 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: GSC - the Place to Be

Hoof on down to the Longhorn home of gender diversity as the GSC celebrates 10 years

"...The University of Texas at Austin's wonderful Gender & Sexuality..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Column

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...During the week of March 19, legendary journalist Seymour Hersh was..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...In making this statement to the crowd in the lobby of the B. Iden Payne..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Next Next

Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing

"...In the fifth novel of Jasper Fforde's series starring Thursday Next,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

'Magic' Game Day at the Dragon's Lair

"...call it a sport," Brian Melcher (events coordinator at the Dragon's Lair) told me Saturday, July 14, when I..."

July 16, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...For better or worse, when The Crazy World of Arthur Brown released "Fire" in 1968..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Breaking Chains, Bending the Knee

'Game of Thrones’ complex consideration of freedom and slavery

"...In modern popular culture, the depiction of slavery usually involves stories set in the..."

May 7, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Inside the Mind of the Muscles

Jean-Claude Van Damme on being Jean-Claude Van Damme

"...Translation: "I am fascinated by air. If you remove the air from the sky, all the birds would fall..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Future of Film on the Web

Part I: The means

"...The Web was going to be a bottomless well of..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"..."Theatre gets to create a topic of conversation for a..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...When bureaucrats in Washington changed the laws that govern radio some 70-odd years ago, a..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Off the Desk:

"...Black churches have burned throughout the South; redistricting to give blacks a voting majority was..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...Ric Roman Waugh admits that there’s a degree of humor in calling his NCAA drama..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Q&A: John Lee Hancock on The Highwaymen

Texas director retells the Bonnie and Clyde story from the cops’ view

"...see Bonnie and Clyde as devil-may-care heroes careening through the South and making chumps of John Q. Law. It’s..."

March 9, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Weathering the Storm

The Austin Lightning look to gain a foothold in Austin as soccer is primed for the national spotlight

"...A soccer ball slices through the steamy June sky at Bohls Park near downtown Pflugerville...."

June 22, 2007 Sports Feature by Joe O'Connell

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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