Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...A bunny cowers in fear. A shadow spreads across the ground...."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...2009, Colin Denby Swanson's most successful play so far, The Norwegians, was only 10 minutes long. "They were doing..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...says African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

The Daily Hustle: 10/28/10 (Updated)

Green roofs and water plants at City Council

"...Update: We had our suspicions, looking at the City Council agenda, that there wouldn't be much to..."

Oct. 28, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...Ted Levine, Simon McBurney, Miguel Ferrer and Dean Stockwell. The movie blasts into its starting place on a shrapnel-storm..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

MoPac and the Expensive Mess That Never Ends

Engineering company renovating the beleaguered stretch of highway gets bought out

"...construction continues on MoPac's long overdue toll lanes, CH2M, the Colorado-based engineering company responsible for the project's design and..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

Invasion of the Water Snatchers

Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies

"...Swimmers plunge into the cool waters of Jacob's Well near Wimberley. photograph by..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...and a hipster bar, you'd be forgiven for assuming the two-story building with the impressive "Strangeworks" sign is yet..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

The Hightower Report

A New Day for the EPA?; and Rich Boors in Fancy Drawers

"...A New Day for the EPA?..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Brings the Legend’s Legacy to AFS Doc Days

Biographical documentary captures the transformational jazz genius

"...The biographical documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool features..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Hightower Report

Rise of the Rovians; and Bush's Oily Lies

"...RISE OF THE ROVIANS..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...District, is try to fend off efforts to abolish the District. photograph by Jana Birchum..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Hightower Report

Forest Service Serves Mining Company; and Flaunting the Law While Flying the Flag

"...FOREST SERVICE SERVES MINING COMPANY..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hightower Takes on the Bushites in His Underwear

Jim Hightower's latest assault on the plutocracy hits the bestseller list.

"..."The book just jumped into the Top 10, and I..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Like, Maybe Get Your Ass Out of the House This Weekend?

Because this is the live *everything* capital of the world, after all

"...MY GODDAM LAWN, maybe check into a few of these Austin-tatious things: Miguel Aragon: Closing Reception at Mexic-Arte You..."

June 22, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hightower Report

Genetically Engineered Invasion; and Big Oil Powers Up in D.C.

"...wildly invasive, explosively flammable, and insatiably thirsty for groundwater. Then let's clone thousands of these living firecrackers and plant..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Waterfalls and Sea Changes

The former and current artistic directors of Austin Script Works discuss new plays, local theatre, and the writer's voice

"...I first met as grad students studying playwriting at the University of Texas. One day she brought in a..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Page Two: Theatre of Cruelty

The backdrop of reality that belies the McCain-Palin pageant

"...The 2008 presidential election campaign is proving to be American..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Hays County Water War

Private drilling threatens local water supplies

"...Rumblings from Hays County are reaching the state Capitol, reverberating over a groundwater well project that..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf

O, Brother! Where Art Thou?

Although out of the headlines, the George W. Bush siblings have been doing quite nicely for themselves.

"...Unless you've been reading the Houston Chronicle society page, it's unlikely you've seen any..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

The Sweet Science

"...I commend the Chronicle for the excellent piece on boxing, and for..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

Articulations

Austin Playwrights Dan Dietz and Tom White get produced in L.A., playwright Colin Swanson gets two shows mounted in NYC, and set designer Christopher McCollum and painter Michael Ray Charles show up on PBS.

"...The Arts Seen..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

How to Get Your Kids Through College

Once students enter the 'pipeline,' can educational plumbers stop the leaks?

"...Two metaphors are currently zipping around the education world like the latest slang in a high..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...The quiet man sipping a tall drink at a downtown..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Shami's Shale Flail

Dissecting the latest attack on Bill White

"...There are few sadder sights than a political campaign caught..."

Feb. 10, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Underwater

Neo-creature feature is a soggy mess

"...offer a perfectly acceptable mixture of pacing and scale. Their set-pieces may not always be elegant, but the filmmakers..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Monster Trucks

Boy meets monster, adventure ensues

"...with a dilapidated pickup truck? You get Monster Trucks, the trippiest kids’ movie ever to roll on four wheels...."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Headlines

"...• City Council resumes regular meetings Aug. 8, but the budget cycle is rolling in earnest, and city staff..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature

Syriana

One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.

"...Munir, Jamey Sheridan, Peter Gerety and Robert Foxworth. Like the saying about the butterfly flapping its wings on one..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

T.J. Higginbotham, a landowner in Hays County, wants to drill a well to produce 50 million gallons a year, reportedly to serve two proposed subdivisions in Dripping Springs, but Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District board members aren’t biting.

"...Many Hays County residents continue to vent their anger over a proposed water well that they fear..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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