Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...The annual literary festival staged around the state’s Capitol announced..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Art

Art Openings

"...ALTERNATE CURRENT ART SPACE, 2209 S. First, 443-9674. "The Sacred and Profane," a multi-media event featuring works by..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Page Two: That Was Then

The case for improving the quality of strategic political fictions

"...But then again, I just might"..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...Tinkering With Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in Americaby Kim Todd..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

DVDanger: What to Watch This Halloween

Part I: Slugs, zombies, and one-night stands

"...Halloween is upon us. and even if the Austin weather refuses to concede that it should be..."

Oct. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hollywood Babble On

The Silver Screen in Black & White

"...It's no big secret that during its heyday from the Twenties until the late Fifties, Hollywood was dominated by..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...artist Ata Mojlish, who comes to Austin by way of Bangladesh, this show at the garage-based gallery centers on..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...trudging through her dissertation as a graduate student at the University of Texas, Macor was sneaking off in the..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Carry On, My Wayward Tongue

Michael Erard on Um ...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders and What They Mean

"...book Um...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean (Pantheon, $24.95) has garnered significant attention for the..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Scott Blackwood

Harvesting History

An appreciation of the pecan

"...Visceral memory, circa 1980. On the clearest of blue November days, I'm slowly circumnavigating Eastwoods..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...The one and only dear,..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Manchester Perps

Interview with Chemical Brother Ed Simons.

"..."We have a party on the line."..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

A Kinder, Gentler Filmmaker

Jeffrey Travis' surprising success

"...dropout, frayed hipster hair, funky boho tee, and countless American Spirit Lights. Now, meet Jeffrey Travis. At 34, this..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...It was a hot Sunday afternoon late in the summer of 1978. Having arrived in town only two..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Jason Neulander Experimental drama. Now, there's a term to conjure dread in the heart of..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest

Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle

"...If you're wondering how Gareth Evans, the filmmaker who brought Indonesian martial art pencak silat action..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Keep Calm and Party On

Everything you need to know to navigate SXSW Film

"...Confused about the queues? Overwhelmed by the party options? Hankering for the..."

March 4, 2013 Screens Post

Who's That Girl?

The Bookslut -- aka Jessa Crispin -- is getting people excited.

"...One of her cats -- Acker, not Dobbler, because Dobbler "loves..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Let me put this plain and true, and then make of me what you will: Like all good..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/99

The found footage anthology goes back to the '90s

"...Just one year after the series returned with a rejuvenated sense of purpose, V/H/S..."

Sept. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Jon Seda. (R, 130 min.) Terry Gilliam may be the most gifted cinematic surrealist since Luis Bu–uel and, while..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Further Reflections

"...Elizabeth Hurley at the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

A Way They'll Never Be

"...Suddenly on July 21 it was the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's birth. I say "suddenly"..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...change Fastball FASTBALL: All it took was a song, "The Way," and Austin's previously ignored power pop trio Fastball..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...Jim Hightower is one of 11 local literati contributing reviews in this issue. photograph..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Diamonds Are Forever

Does Baseball Still Matter?

"..."Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn base-ball,..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature

To Rome With Love

Ambling and merely passable, this new Woody Allen picture lacks a raison d'être.

"...The original, more euphonious title for Woody Allen's 42nd feature..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...A Novel by Elizabeth Strout 2. Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx 3. The Wonders of the Invisible..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

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