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Visit from stork means shift in Schumann's concert schedule
"...Nobody is ever happy when they have to postpone or drop out of a concert,..."
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Jan. 9, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Clint Eastwood: Good, Bad & Ugly
Hey, at least Sondra Locke didn't show up
"...We love Clint Eastwood. Period. What happened yesterday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa is never, ever going..."
Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Thrill Me, Creep
Night of the Creeps reunion at the Alamo Ritz
"...You'd be excused for thinking the world was coming to its exhaust-choked, living dead end..."
June 14, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Dance Fever
With Hot September Flurries, a corps of Austin choreographers burn up the Blue all month long
"...Forget about counting them on both hands. Or even using all your fingers..."
Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
TV Eye
Assuming for a moment that I rely on popular culture for all my information, what I want to know is, where do we learn to grow old?
"...Have no doubt, we live in a youth-centered culture. The desire to remain forever young is fueled by..."
Oct. 11, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Real Estate and Perfect Mates
The Year in Austin Culture
"...Mechanicals) This year's remount of last year's hit gave the Rude Mechanicals an opportunity to gild the lily, and..."
Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
25 Bars That Define Austin
Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar
"...It's difficult to think of a city more defined by its..."
July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
DVDanger: Elstree 1976
On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen
"...Film wisdom says that the only reason that Harrison Ford became a megastar was..."
July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Review: Oasthouse Kitchen + Bar
Considered dining outside the core
"...how a new generation of local restaurateurs are defying the stereotype that the suburban palate stops and starts with..."
May 20, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
DVDanger: A Christmas Horror Story
Seasonal horror anthology is a holiday delight
"...Christmas is a divisive holiday. There's the "joy to the world" types, the white elephant..."
Dec. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Five Faces of Frankenstein
This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster
"...The Modern Prometheus has gone postmodern. Or maybe post-postmodern. It's..."
Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
That’s So Cool: Celebrating Bob Johnston
The late producer’s staggering output somehow excluded his own renown
"...wired, he was lightning in a bottle always on the verge of escaping. He would start off all aglow..."
Aug. 20, 2015 Music Post by Louis Black
DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less
Putting a stake through some recent terror releases
"...The post-Halloween season is supposed to be all mist and..."
Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
For Your Consideration
What to see at the 21st annual Austin Film Festival
"...Eight days of films, four days of panels – there is so much to do at the 21st annual..."
Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Housecore Horror Headliners: Goblin
Italian soundtrackers rise from the dead to terrorize
"...Goblin became synonymous with Italian horror movie soundtracks. Even the name’s perfect – still. For keyboardist Maurizio Guarini, the..."
Oct. 25, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker
Point Austin: Seeing Double
Curious political parallels on the Potomac and the Colorado
"...Going through all these things twice..."
July 29, 2011 News Column by Michael King
Texas to Officially Adopt QT
2010 Texas Film Hall of Fame inductees to include one glorious bastard
"...Well, close enough: The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards will make Quentin..."
Dec. 21, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Living in Illusion
Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire
"...Illusion might be described as an extended polemic against the whole state of American culture – politics, entertainment, business,..."
Nov. 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King
See Jane Game
Keynote speaker Jane McGonigal wants to change the world
"...have foretold her future as a game designer, except there was another childhood experience that was just as defining...."
Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover
Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
"...and I bet I know why. She's jealous of the neighbor's pup, Laura, also known as Half-Pint. Nellie might..."
Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith
Kids in Black
That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.
"..."There is a separate ballet that's going on behind the..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
TV Eye
Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?
"...Many television critics couldn't make it to deadline without The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV..."
March 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW
Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party
"...new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as closing night films, and..."
Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Controlling Their Own Destiny
So many questions for the gaming industry, so many
Austin game developers to answer them
"...As you read this, millions of copies of the newly released Microsoft game Halo 2 are flying off..."
Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Red River Valley
Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues
"...Mardi Gras celebration this past February into fodder for the future Fox program When Fratboys Attack. Just around the..."
June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
As Much Magic as Fact
In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas.
Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.
"...We tend not to remember the Alamo. True, we've labeled the building a certified "shrine"..."
March 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza
Shattered Image
"...Not reviewed at press time. Daring narrative experimentation is cult auteur Raul Ruiz's forte, and this new murder mystery..."
Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Listening Station
What’s the Chronicle music staff listening to?
"...Blue Öyster Cult, Extraterrestrial Live..."
Aug. 25, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Agneepath
Bollywood action thriller.
"...reviewed at press time. This remake of a 1990 cult classic of the same name is a Bollywood action..."
Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Highlander
"...Connery. This story of an immortal being has a cult following that spawned a couple of sequels. Sean Connery..."
