The Return of Lila Downs

‘La Reyna’ makes another rare stop in Austin – tonight

"...Lila Downs performs with all the force of a tropical depression. On 2012’s Pecados y..."

April 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

FF2012: Why 'The Collection' is All About Character

Marcus Dunstan brings the mask back for Fantastic Fest

"...Horror fans loved 2009 slasher pic The Collector, but it didn't set the box office ablaze...."

Sept. 23, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Analyzing the Texans Draft: Part 1

In what will be remembered as the 'Phillips draft'

"...The Houston Texans 2011 NFL draft will most likely be..."

May 10, 2011 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

It's Halloween, Do You Know Where the Scariest Football Game Is?

Stillwater, my friends

"...Welcome to Halloween football where the Longhorns sweat the weekend that killed last season and..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky), this year's Fantastic Fest will turn..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Beautiful Game

The scene at Fado's was a madhouse for the Champions League Final

"...The Champions League Final...."

May 23, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

The Fall That Was

"...Sneaking into the last weekend of regular season games, I am looking..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

It's the Texans Just Being the Texans

"...The Texans must be grateful for the bye week. They..."

Nov. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

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

Page Two: Selling Short in the Marketplace of Ideas

"Consequences" wrought in the pursuit of silencing speech should be of deep concern to all

"...This is the last column for a long time that will address..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Column by Louis Black

What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?

Austin's plan to end wholesale euthanasia at Town Lake shelter remains a distant dream

"...7-week-old kitten weighs about a pound; its veins are the size of vermicelli. So if you're administering a lethal..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Nourishment for the Soul

Correo Aereo Deepens, Ripens, and Grows

"...Perhaps the best way to talk about Correo Aereo is to..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Majestic Napster

In this time of 30-second Happy Meals and 10-minute workouts, Jay Hardwig finds a better way to spend his time: napping.

"...was in college I wrote a paper titled "Laziness, The Majesty of the Nap, and the Sacred Right to..."

July 21, 2000 Features Feature by Jay Hardwig

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...The stage may be empty, but that does not keep..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

At Home in the Outpost

R.O.'s Outpost, 17 miles west of Austin in the Hill Country, serves the kind of food, reviewer Mick Vann reports, that "the old folks grew up on, and the kind rarely found these days in our modern, fast-food, a-go-go world."

"...unassuming little spot on Highway 71, one mile before the Briarcliff turnoff, 17 miles from the "Y" at Oak..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Where the Heart Begins

"...by Jason Stout "It doesn't matter what we know, the body..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World , every MCU film reviewed

"...The Marvel Cinematic Universe has lost its greatest heroes, but..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...The 911 call that sticks with Lili Eguia more than..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bob Dylan Puts an End to “Rough and Rowdy Ways” With Two Nights in Austin

Triumphant world tour concludes at ACL Live at the Moody

"...Ways World Wide Tour – when a woman in the audience seized a medium-quiet moment of tuning to make..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Shawn Badgley

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...spent staring at screens, it's time to change with the leaves. Music festivals in and around Austin fill up..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...In hindsight, last year's shuddering halt to the CodeNEXT land use code rewrite looks less like an..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

The Tipping Point

By raising menu prices and eliminating gratuity, restaurateurs hope they've found the recipe for a better quality of life for staff

"..."We're still relying on you, the restaurantgoer, to pay the living of our servers," explained..."

March 25, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Point Austin: Farewell to the Seven

The end of an era, and the beginning of another

"...The official 175th anniversary of the city's founding is not..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The Drop

Based on a Dennis Lehane story, this disappointing crime drama costars James Gandolfini in his last role.

"...Gandolfini’s wintery silences and bitter outbursts are enough on their own to merit seeing this otherwise frustratingly vague slice..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Longhorns Do the Unthinkable

Will 36-20 victory over OU silence Mack Brown critics?

"...Of Mack Brown’s 154 wins as head coach at The University of Texas, few can eclipse the sweetness of..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

LoneStarCon 3: The Howard and George Show

Howard Waldrop and George R. R. Martin really do like each other

"...To commemorate their half-century of improbable friendship, writers George R. R. Martin..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: 'The Incredible Melting Man'/'Swamp Thing'

Morphing, melting and transmogrification clog up your screens

"...Something odd happened to movie monsters. Remember when they hated being inhuman and would kill themselves in a..."

Aug. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern world and at the same time to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

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