Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...the Performing Arts has been nurturing along for some months now. It so happens that these two new plays..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

6 Austin-Based Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

These homegrown podcasts are original, diverse, and sure to entertain

"...Belyeu delivers. Uploaded on the last Monday of every month, episodes of the Night Owl Podcast chronicle Belyeu’s paranormal..."

June 17, 2019 Screens Post by Katelyn Landry

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...site now boasts some 2 million unique hits per month. Pretty good for a band of outsiders, no?..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...anti-SOS state law. State law supersedes local law, and Texas isn't pro-environment, so SOSA dredges COA office calendars for..."

April 28, 2006 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Arts Editor, I take responsibility for seeing that our writers' reviews of people we know in the arts community..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

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The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

"...be aware of the true nature of politics in Texas, and of the politics of this one who seeks..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column

It Was a Very Good Year

Jason Phelps on 12 Months of Exceptional Stage Projects

"...his three decades of living. For in one crowded twelvemonth, the versatile theatre artist has created two solo performance..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

New Voices

"...for "new and interesting voices" in these immediately post-holiday months. Sometimes in August a bit of literary fiction eeks..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

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"...writers, have put together enough money (working through The Texas Observer) to pay Lars' rent through January (we're hoping..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column

Fox Faux Pas

Staffing Changes and Low Morale at Fox-7 News

"...remember the firing of controversial reporter Gabe Caggiano last month ("TV Terrorist," The Austin Chronicle, Aug. 8). That turned..."

Sept. 26, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Faster Than Sound: A Belated Introduction From Your Incoming Music Editor

Music columnist graduates to Music editor after four years

"...Big Brother & the Holding Company, specifically from when Texas icon Janis Joplin was in the band. For my..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

But you can still put your arms around Margaret Moser

"...her now overflows with public parties at her South Texas Popular Culture Center, part of a graceful outro that..."

June 16, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Film Flam

Up all night at ATX Television Fest, production news, & more

"...Vergara. The sequel is set to roll camera this month...."

May 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

news/print

Festivals galore for poetry and prose enthusiasts

"...the public – is still being finalized; confirmed speakers include Texas State prof Ogaga Ifowodo, Singapore's Kirpal Singh, Barbara Crooker..."

April 1, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

News/Print

Austinites get on the same page with the Mayor's Book Club selection, Rockdale rocks some literature and music, novelist Amanda Eyre Ward gets crazy with the cheese (she's a whiz with the books, too), and Dobie Paisano turns 40, gets some work done

"...Sierra Leone. As in years past, Austinites have the month of March to read the book, with April devoted..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Festival huzzahs

"...The first tangible signs of the writers' strike in Austin? How about a demontration – not..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...dumping ground for cement mixers in South Austin, the Texas Capitol, Barton Springs Pool, and, most spectacularly last year,..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Year That Wasn't

"...Michael Corcoran's popular gossip column, "Austin/Inside Out," for several months, after Texas Monthly publisher Mike Levy complained mightily about..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature

Postscripts

Why has the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $50,000 to Southwest Texas State University, with the possibility of awarding the university $5 million more.

"...centers at 10 universities across the nation. Earlier this month, the NEH announced the 16 universities that have passed..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Public Notice

It's International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day and Discover Commute Solutions Month!

"...will ring nine times in honor of the nine months of pregnancy -- in conjunction with other Texas carillons..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...want learned discourse? Try this bit from one of Texas' greatest statesmen, Sam Houston, characterizing an opponent in his..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Celebrity Reviews

"...the director of the creative writing program at Southwest Texas State University. Tom Doyal is an Austin writer and..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Postmarks

"...Yet every three or four months, the Chronicle food section has another gratuitous dig at..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

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Pagan Cheer

"...The State of Texas' air and water pollution permitting agency (the TNRCC, or..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...led him straight to Dallas, or, more accurately, Richardson, Texas. If you look closely, you just might notice some..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

News/Print

Sci-fi, slam, and sainted stoners: what's happening in books this week

"...by guest of honor Scott Lynch), a dealer show, writers' workshops, and such irresistibly titled panels as Zombies!: The..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

Anne Rapp's Fortune

The screenwriter of Cookie’s Fortune talks about storytelling, working in the business, and the incredible collaborator she found in Robert Altman.

"...the Michener Center for Writers on the University of Texas campus. A born-and-bred Texan, Rapp spent most of the..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mujer Aguila

"...Central Texas Camp Fire Boys & Girls will be Collecting Food..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...the nation was thoroughly acquainted with the trade, and Texas was no exception. What's more, the Texas Central Railway..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

"...The building, owned by a Houston family since before Texas was a state, has been a saloon, a dry..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

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