The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...this second Tuesday of the month, 11 youths have forsaken the usual rituals of the season to be in..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Abandoning Illusions

Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire

"...decade of war; 2) a breezily mendacious commentary ("Don't forget the women of Afghanistan") from former chief Bush propagandist..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Living Maya

Austin becomes a hotbed of past and future Maya knowledge

"...and it fed her enjoyment in being at the forefront of research on the ancient Maya. And unlike many..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...front lines of the social justice movement in Latin America share an understanding that there's always a bullet out..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...We have been Dreaming the Americas...."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...appreciate the Chronicle's interest in things Latino, Mexican, and Mexican-American. Certainly a review of exhibits at Mexic-Arte is a..."

July 22, 2005 Column

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...adequate introduction. The filmographies are selective (rarely complete); credits for films are woefully incomplete; the crew descriptions and members..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

The Bush administration tries to roll back union gains; and Wal-Mart wants to dominate the banking world.

"...The schools don't teach it, the establishment media avoids mentioning it, and most..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Making Everyone Happy

The state's textbook adoption process focuses more on pleasing everyone than on teaching children.

"...If we are what we teach, who shall decide what is taught? Texas' recent hearings..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Postmarks

World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives

"...I've read the Chronicle for many years and although I am not always impressed..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is some writer! Her article about Mr. Sanchez ["Looking for Tony," Dec. 8] was filled with really important information,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

Contemporary Art from Cuba: No Need to Be American

Local Arts Reviews

"...Contemporary Art from Cuba: No Need to Be American..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Review by Sheri Jacobson

Man of the Hour

Superintendent Pat Forgione discusses his goals for AISD in a Q&A interview with reporter Kevin Fullerton.

"...the new chief of Austin's public schools, Dr. Pat Forgione, who for the past two months has been hogging..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Viva Bilingual Ed

Texas Not Likely to Follow California's Lead

"...Students Christian Gonzalez, Ramiro Martinez, and teacher Sylvia Saenz at Sanchez Elementary's bilingual education classes. photograph..."

June 12, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...occasional nosey reporters like me gathered in St. Louis for "Rail-Volution '97: Building Livable Communities With Transit." The premise..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...convenience store on Monday, Bill Spelman laid out his platform for the Place 5 seat on city council. He..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature

The Evil of Two Lessers

"...children easily, all over the world. If you're an American, no matter where you live you can find a..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark Updegrove

The Library's director from 2009 to 2017 on LBJ's evolving legacy

"...He also convened major summits on Vietnam, race in America, and civil rights, featuring leading scholars, activists, and political..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gina Chavez Tour Diary Numero Uno

U.S. State Department ambassadors stake Latin America

"...sure, musicians tour, but I’ve been blessed to have performed in some unique places quite early in my career...."

April 1, 2016 Music Post by Gina Chavez

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...the Way It Is. What an ideal way, just before Earth Day, April 22, to memorialize the TV newsman..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Quintessence

Quincy Jones has lived a career that would make his hero, Duke Ellington, proud

"...the work Quincy Jones does – his initiatives to teach kids about American music – is for them and..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Rainin in Paradize

Manu Chao, changing the world one neighborhood at a time

"...Mayan alux (ah-louche) – sprite, guardian, mischievous agent of fortune. Backstage at Stubb's, amidst the bedlam of a sold-out..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are women like? What is time like?..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...This is Craig Baldwin's impassioned cry for help, delivered with the aid of a mad scientist..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Of Church and State

British director Stephen Frears discusses his new film, Liam

"...To say that he has worked with all the aforementioned artists and many more would be the truth. "It..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Taboo Topics, True Subjects

Reflections on Race in the NBA

"...a few weeks ago, is a photo negative of American race relations: strong young black men have some of..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Feature by David Shields

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...hers, which I purchased from the Church of Christ for the Deaf, coincidentally at the same time the second..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...illustration by Jason Stout You know you're in for a long, hot summer when the weather has hit..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

The Luv Doc: Hot Mom

Austin has more Peter Pans than just about any city this side of San Francisco

"...My middle-aged mom still thinks she's in her 20s...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Gina Chavez

"...later, the native Austinite traveled to El Salvador to teach English and returned with a burning love for reggaeton..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Review by Nina Hernandez

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