Austin ISD Moves To 100% Remote Learning for the Week Following Thanksgiving

On-campus instruction will resume Dec. 7

"...Last night the Austin Independent School District announced it will temporarily move..."

Nov. 26, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Bigfoot and Butterflies: Across the Dark Divide With David Cross

How shooting his wilderness adventure changed his brain

"...fall out of your brain? David Cross was, on the set of his remarkable wilderness story The Dark Divide..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Coronavirus Frontlines: Wheatsville Co-op

Two managers talk life as an essential grocery store employee

"...a pandemic, it’s even more apparent how extremely important they are. Every day, employees like the folks at Wheatsville..."

April 8, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

X Frontman John Doe Has More Fun in the New World

Living quietly in Austin for two years now – and only for hours at a time!

"...schedule as he nurses a beer and chili at the Long Play Lounge...."

June 28, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Toll Anti-Choice Laws Have on Real Lives

UT researcher interviewed 603 women about the barriers facing abortion care in Texas

"...of angry men carrying anti-choice posters camped out near the abortion clinic. They shouted righteous denouncements of abortion, telling..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Playback: The Healing Hand of Jonathan Horne

Following the free jazz guitar phenom as he undergoes hand surgery

"...Horne, crossing a skyway between a parking garage and the adjoining medical center...."

July 27, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...lore that Lyndon Baines Johnson would hold court with the bathroom door open. "That's a true thing," said Rob..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death By Festival Brings the Horror and Metal for a Good Cause

13 hours of ghoulish cinematic creations

"...Scaring is caring. When the inaugural Death By Festival splatters the walls and shakes..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The bloody spy series returns

"...Directed by: Matthew Vaughn. Starring: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Julianne..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour's psychedelic Western

"...Writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour entered the indie film scene with her festival darling, 2014’s A..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town

"...more proof – if any were needed – that the Lord of Lies loves extra-heavy, metal machine music, and..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Live: The Roots & Friends

“This is the best shit of the whole South By!”

"...On a stacked SXSW Saturday night billed as the Roots & Friends, a seemingly endless array of artists..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Animation and reality collide in this paean to pubescence

"...at his third middle school, a place governed by the rules-obsessed Principal Dwight (Daly) and his chief enforcer (Retta)...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Birth of a Nation

Controversial slave uprising epic finally hits theatres

"...Jackie Earle Haley, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gabrielle Union and Tony Espinosa...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beside the Point: Failing Our Teachers

Why won't we fund our schools?

"...stream of contractors coming through my house. This week, the big job was installing some storage in my garage...."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Column by Richard Whittaker

The Wailing

South Korean movie adeptly blends a variety of genre tropes

"...strange, in South Korean director Na Hong-jin's new film The Wailing. With two features under his belt – 2008's..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Back From the Dead

Stephen Romano cheats the grim reaper to launch Eibon Press

"..."The boat can leave now. Tell the crew."..."

July 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback – AAN Convention: Worth the Ink?

Checking the pulse of print media and music journalism

"...post-apocalyptic survivalists – specifically alt-weekly newspaper staffers from around the country – assembled in Austin for the annual Association..."

July 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Conjuring 2

Semi-retired ghost hunters make a comeback in the second installment of James Wan's spooky series

"...Based on the “real-life” Enfield Poltergeist that rattled Britain’s nerves from 1977..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darkness

Supernatural horror film from the Blumhouse scare factory

"...It starts only five minutes into The Darkness: the ominous chords of a foreboding soundtrack warning..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Giving Voice to the Voiceless

Texas Jail Project tells the stories of people held in jail, pre-trial

"...When Diana Claitor first began the Texas Jail Project in 2006, she had no idea..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

The Night Before

Three guys look for fun on a Christmas Eve that turns into one crazy night

"...If your Santa wish list includes yet another “James Franco swings secretly gay” gag, then Christmas has..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: The Death Cult of the Gun

Slate study shows an estimated 90 U.S. deaths per day result from gun violence

"...The gun deaths are literally uncountable...."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Sharks in the Water

American Sharks kick off tour on Pau Wau’s party barge

"...Sharks shove off on a national tour. Since releasing their eponymous LP in 2013, Austin’s speed-sludge trio has toured..."

Aug. 10, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

News Roundup: Barton Springs, the Eastside, and Science

Barton Springs reopens, while activists take sides on East Side Hotel

"...officially begin, because Barton Springs has reopened; development of the Eastside continues to be contentious; who can really say..."

June 8, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Suffer the Children

Anti-abortion Lege targets vulnerable minors in judicial bypass bill

"...Jane's parents ran an East Dallas meth ring. The dangerous environment and prospect of being sold into sex..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Great Gig in the Sky

The best albums of our lives – and the afterlife

"...On Wednesday, Dec. 3, press day at the Chronicle, news of Ian McLagan's hospitalization began circulating early...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When the Game Stands Tall

It's all teamwork to the impediment of characterization in this sports drama based the 151-game winning streak of high school football coach Bob Ladouceur.

"...Laura Dern, Clancy Brown, Ser’Darius Blain, Stephan James and Matthew Daddario...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

There Goes the Neighborhood

North/South/Central – redistricting the live music capital

"...Take 10th Street, between the frontage road and Red River. My secret spot: gone...."

July 25, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Immigrant

Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix star in James Gray's latest New York opus, a story about a woman turned out from Ellis Island to fend for herself on the mean streets of New York.

"...The first shot of the film is of Ellis Island,..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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