Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Texas Book Festival No. 25 – aka Virtual Texas Book..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

AutFest Texas Changes the Narrative on Autism

Tonight's online festival lets the community tell its own stories

"...Every year dozens of film festivals celebrate the craft of independent filmmakers - too often leaving the..."

Sept. 13, 2020 Screens Post by Naomi Brady

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...The team behind Austin Film Festival promised that they'd stick..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"..."I don't think I would have ever imagined using the phrase, 'I just got off the phone with Kim..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes at Texas State University

Katie Bender's drama takes us inside the Alamo for the rare treatment of that story as something intimate, with feeling more than action

"...The general wants to know what the battle was like..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Winter Is Coming! Embrace the Cold as Night King Greg Abbott.

The Texas governor (dis)graces the Chronicle’s annual Halloween mask cover

"...Be Restored in Austin on Nov. 1. So reads the edict of our stone-cold would-be conqueror Greg Abbott, eager..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Features Feature

Texas LGBTQ Caucus Looking for Change

At town hall reps reinforced the need to flip the House in 2020

"...The 87th Texas Legislature is coming. That's been a resounding..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Texas, D.C. Dems Raise Funds and the Roof at Johnson-Jordan Dinner

DNC chair: "Opportunity everywhere" in "largest battleground state"

"...If you had any doubt that Texas is IN PLAY in 2020, let Tom Perez and..."

Oct. 6, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...tiny sampling of those to keep you moving about the Lone Star State...."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

"...With just over four weeks left to go, the 86th Texas Legislature is on track to send Gov...."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The People's Gallery at City Hall Shows Women With Disabilities in a New Light

The Bold Beauty Project of Texas exhibits portraits of courageous women from across the state

"..."Sometimes I hear mothers with young children telling their kids not to stare..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Laura Jones

Rep. Celia Israel on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Pandering to 3% of the electorate is not in anyone's best interest”

"...Transportation, prevailed in a January 2014 special election for the northern Travis County district. She’s served on the House..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...inexplicable symptoms. As it happened, a relative visiting at the time was a doctor of physical therapy, and he..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

The Damage Done by SB 4

Court records reveal impact of the "show me your papers" bill on immigrant lives

"...hadn't snatched up any of his family members. In the weeks following February's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Book Festival 2017: The First Dozen

Lisa Ko, Claire Messud lead off first look at fest lineup

"...On Monday, the Texas Book Festival announced the first dozen authors for..."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Opening the Book on Roller Derby

Local photographer Kickstarting history of Texas Rollergirls

"...Everyone knows Austin is the home of modern Roller Derby. But it's also the..."

June 9, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Case This Week

HB 2 oral arguments start Wednesday

"...On Wednesday, March 2, anyone interested in the future of reproductive health will be intently focused on..."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

HBO's The Leftovers Finds New Life in Austin

The second coming

"...The initial season of HBO's The Leftovers was awash with..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...What event could bring together Gary Hart and John Sununu, Jonathan Lethem and Lemony..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Human Right of Marriage

Austin couple at center of Texas marriage equality case

"...Leon she would need an emergency C-section. Aside from the obvious anxiety of the medical complication, partner Nicole Dimetman..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Book Festival: Monsterator Keith Graves

Now your budding doctor-to-be can piece together their own...

"...Monstrous! The Chronicle’s cover story on Keith Graves now tolls 13..."

Oct. 23, 2014 Books Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: A Sexual Savant

On the dangers of following someone into a dark basement

"...ago, I have to say this town is something! The Greenbelt is maybe my favorite place so far, and..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Van de Putte Sets the Date

SA senator to announce 2014 election plans next week

"...The eyes of the Texas Democratic Party will on the..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...knew his brain was injured, though any memory of the hit is lost. His recollection is limited to remembering..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Waltz Across Texas

Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?

"...About five dozen men and women boot-scoot across the sawdust-free dance floor of the Broken Spoke early on..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Victory by the People

Filibuster, parliamentary gamesmanship kill abortion bill … for now

"...It took until 2:20 in the morning for the Texas Senate to determine whether 12:02am..."

June 26, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

You Gotta Have the Mettle

Legendary Texas doc 'Hands on a Hard Body' keeps on truckin'

"...made. Sometimes it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time...."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Gay Place: Welcome to the GAYTX

It's heeeeere: The throng, the buzz, the madness, the Maddow.

"...Between the official South by Southwest programming and the bootleggy offshoots..."

March 8, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...In mid-December, before a friendly crowd at the Source for Women, a Houston anti-abortion "pregnancy resource" center,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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