Nostalgia for World War II

"...Dear Editor, My dad is a computer nerd, the kind that hoards old computers and rebuilds them. Although..."

May 18, 2004 Postmarks

Black Sabbath

"...Black SabbathBlack Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) (Warner Bros./Rhino) On a..."

May 7, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Two Men Went to War

A WWII comedy of errors begins when two British military dentists swap their drills for grenades.

"...derring-do is like a breath of fresh air – there are bullets and bombs galore here, but the lingering..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

As Theatre for Children Matures

In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too

"...many years, but he has devoted his life to the child in all of us. For close to half..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

With a Bullet

Cross your fingers, Monte Warden and Bruce Robison may be headed for No. 1 with George Strait

"...and his writing partner/best friend Bruce Robison composed in the Nineties. The Tennessee-born former schoolteacher comes by her instincts..."

April 2, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Joss Stone, Toots & the Maytals, Kris Kristofferson6-10pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...The Chronicle editorial board makes the following endorsements for the..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...The Chronicle editorial board makes the following endorsements for the..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The City Manager Responds..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

Identity Politics Color County's Precinct 1 Race

The Ron Davis-Celia Israel showdown splits the Eastside racial and political coalition

"...On the campaign trail, Travis Co. commissioner candidate Celia Israel usually..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Nukes Are Back!

The Bush administration plans for the next (little) nuclear wars

"...1830 hours. All are in uniform: the military brass, their crew cuts periscoping above their dress..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...On the career road of director Francis Ford Coppola, One From..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

What can Austin do to combat the powercenter plague? More than you might think.

"...A joke, of sorts: What did the Irishman do in the big-box superstore? Nothing. There aren't..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

Kill Contemporary Film Criticism: Vol. 1.

"...column was going to be just a consideration of the sorry state of most American film criticism (yes, I..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Turning Tricks With The Amazing Ray

With nothing up his sleeve, Esther's Follies resident magic man Ray Anderson pulls wonder -- and laughter -- out of thin air.

"...his size with only his hands sticking out, and they're shackled. Meanwhile, suspended over him is the Claw, a..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Calling Mom

An essay on the author's mother and her generation of African-American women

"..."We don't say 'nigger,'" my mother told me recently, during a long telephone call. This..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming baritone, and..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"...in her 1977 article on bilingual children's programming, "A Generation Without Cultural Hang-Ups." If a reading between the lines..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Dream of a New Circus

In the two decades it has taken for Cirque du Soleil to reach Austin for the first time, this Montreal-based troupe has not only reinvented circus as performance art but grown into one of the most unexpected and unlikely of entertainment empires.

"...street corner in Quebec and now it literally spans the planet, amazing audiences worldwide with its ability to transform..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael Point

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...KGSR 107.1 PRESENTS: ... one of the best bills of SXSW, led off by a pair..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

What Lies Beneath

John Cusack talks about putting a human face on Hitler in Max.

"...John Cusack may not be the greatest actor of his generation, but he is probably..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...The space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Take It or Leave It

Are the Strokes great? The Chronicle's Christopher Gray says no, but talks to them anyway.

"...They've been on Jay and Dave and Conan and SNL,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

A2K Meets 'ACL'

The rise of Charlie Jones, local promoter extraordinaire, ACL Fest main man.

"...a concert promoter, no two events are ever quite the same. Which is perhaps why Charlie Jones has instilled..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the household names, of the historical profession..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

Rock & Roll Ghost

Paul Westerberg looks forward, talks backward.

"...been greatly exaggerated. Until now. His latest solo album, the 2-CD Stereo, composed of the gentler "Stereo" and the..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Return to Never Land

"...Blayne Weaver and Harriet Owen. It wasn't as if the world was crying out for a new animated Peter..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura weighs in with his Top 5 list of 2001's best film and television moments.

"...dumb after all. Scholars now believe that lists were the earliest form of writing -- in fact, some think..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

ABCD

"...directors, ABCD (an acronym for American-Born Confused Desi) dramatizes the conflicts between traditional and Western concepts of family life..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Box and Beyond

Games, hardware, and other tech toys

"...Long ago, Sid Meier created Civilization, the greatest computer game ever made. Then he left the..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Brian Blouch

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