Taking the Fifth?

The battle lines form over the Bush nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

"...The battle lines are forming over the Bush nomination of..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

This biopic tells the life story of Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th-century Benedictine nun, who was a woman of many talents and mystical visions.

"...Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta. Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Latest in Paper

Kurt Wallender, a senior detective with the Ystad Police Department, is the focus of a series of international bestsellers by Swedish author Henning Mankell. Police procedurals, these kinds of novels are called, but these books are about police procedure the way Philip K. Dick's science fiction was about star wars: not really.

"...The Kurt Wallander Series Faceless Killers, The Dogs of Riga,..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Death Watch: Last Minute Reprieve Sought for Condemned Woman

UPDATE: Judge postpones execution until April

"...UPDATE: A Dallas judge this afternoon halted the impending execution of Kimberly McCarthy, who would have been..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Approves Mandatory Ultrasound

It's just informed consent, they say

"...Concluding that the motive behind and language of Texas' new ultrasound-before-abortion bill..."

Jan. 11, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Abortion Ruling Harms Women

Closings, tears, and outrage for women and providers at Texas clinics

"...There were tears at Planned Parenthood's South Austin clinic this..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...in his backyard when he heard someone walking up the gravel path toward his neighbor's house. Sherman lives on..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...living, seething, bouncing bridge between pioneering local post-punks of the Eighties (Scratch Acid and Butthole Surfers) and their contemporary..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Aubrey Hays, Rod Gator, and the Bright Light Social Hour headline our recommended shows

"...a torrential cloudburst in 2021 single "Statue," backed by the screams of guttural guitars and a trumpet, before nestling..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

Fifth Circuit Says Sonogram Law Fine

Overturns Judge Sparks' injunction

"...The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a..."

Jan. 10, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Real Road to Wellville?

Two strange and inspiring stories of the healing power of food – and how terribly it can hurt us

"...Austinite Deirdre Earls has made a remarkable journey from the frustrations and despair of chronic illness to burgeoning national..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men responsible..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

First Woman to Be Executed Since 2005

"...On Jan. 29 the state is scheduled to carry out its 493rd execution..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Upholds Anti-Abortion Law

Only eight clinics expected to survive ruling

"...UPDATE: Abortion providers plan to take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. “We will go..."

June 9, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...It’s here, it’s queer, it’s back again for another year. That’s right, y’all, it’s your ultimate guide to..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

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

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Austin’s Sexual Assault Controversies Roil the District Attorney’s Race

Margaret Moore's controversial handling of rape cases brings opponents to the race

"...survivors whose rights she believes are being ignored by the incumbent and her office...."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...In 2009, the 81st Legislature of the state of Texas was nicknamed..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Review: Let the Canary Sing

Cyndi Lauper doc travels the long path to becoming herself

"...There's an alternate world in which Cyndi Lauper was the..."

July 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation

South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

"...They say history doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes...."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

You Don’t Even Have to Go to the Movies Anymore

You really shouldn’t stop going to the movies

"...Austin has a hugely vibrant film culture, bursting at the seams with talented filmmakers, savvy filmgoers, insightful film writers,..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Will Women Have a Voice at the New Women's Hospital?

Issues of choice and midwifery still perplex women using Brack's hospital-within-a-hospital.

"...not inclined to raise a public ruckus, even if their livelihoods are threatened by the loss of hospital privileges...."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Friend of the Family

In Thomas Mallon's new nonfiction book, the strangest figure in the JFK assassination is the most honest one.

"...Lee Harvey Oswald was in her front yard under the oak tree playing with his daughter Junie. His wife..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Dyed-in-the-Wool Fan

The Historical Fiction of Diana Gabaldon

"...Tartan Day is a national holiday in Scotland, commemorating the deaths of Scottish Army soldiers under the command of..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Fire at AFD

Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics

"...her office. Apart from books and binders, memorabilia line the bookshelf – plaques, accolades, and a squadron of toy..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Man Without a Past

A man, beaten into amnesia, builds a new life in this Oscar-nominated Finnish film.

"...Kaija Pakarinen and Sakari Kuosmanen. An informal biography on the Internet Movie Database states that, combined, Aki Kaurismäki and..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"..."Good evening, Austin," says Keith Richards like the King of England himself, stepping back from the microphone..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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