Coach's Corner

Anna wants to become a top-flight tennis star? Kan o' kourn. Just become a Williams sister.

"...You don't, I hope, overthink the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and..."

July 12, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Charles Attal Discusses C3/Live Nation Deal

“We needed each other”

"...relationships,” nodded Charles Attal in an exclusive interview at the Chronicle last week about billion-dollar concert giant Live Nation..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fan Fest: Joan Jett

Blackheart rocker grows up

"...Losing both her parents within three years of each other changed rock & roll hero Joan Jett. Working with..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Toy Story 2

"...Potts, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey and Wayne Knight. The title says it all: If you (or your kids)..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tully

Modern motherhood unraveled and rebuilt by the Young Adult team.

"...Directed by: Jason Reitman. Starring: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston, Lia Frankland and..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...Roger Allers, Jill Culton and Anthony Stacchi. Sometime over the last 15 years, an animated-blockbuster formula was carved onto..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Danny and Michael Philippou Say Talk to Me

Creators of the new A24 horror on the foolishness of youth

"...In new A24 horror, Talk to Me, the greatest peril is not the supernatural force surrounding an..."

July 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...Welcome to the Chronicle Web extra full transcript of our interviews with..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...When I walked into the polished granite lobby of the Renaissance Hotel at the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Let's Talk About Sex, Bay-bee

AISD Teaches Kids About the Birds and Bees

"...of Austin, is talking about sex. Needless to say, the students are riveted to this guest lecturer...."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...schedule set? Well, throw that draft calendar out, as the festival (running March 11-20) has unveiled a whole extra..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Little Men

Friendships are tested in this bittersweet coming-of-age tale

"...Ira Sachs. Starring: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Farmers' Market Report: April 19-20, 2014

The first summer squash, chocolate bunnies, and iceberg lettuce

"...Fruitful Hills Farm has beaten all the other farmers to the punch, and brought the first..."

April 18, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Bless Me, Ultima

This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.

"...The independent film Bless Me, Ultima is based on the..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Interviewed My Dad About Marijuana

The Family (Smoke) Circle

"...I got pulled over last month. It was late, the night the freeze hit, and I think the cops..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Auckland City Limits? Absolutely.

Expanding the “City Limits” brand beyond Austin

"...Festival late last month, Charles Attal felt confident about the first real “City Limits” push outside of Austin. He..."

March 9, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice meets a considerably tamed Van Wilder for a mediocre romp in the Hamptons.

"...considerably tamed Van Wilder for a mediocre romp in the Hamptons. Booze-fueled antics – and Don Johnson! – ensue...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...Cabaret's 10 year anniversary series of divalicious evenings from the American Songbook. She also happens to be one of..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Women on Top

The Risks and Rewards of Being a Woman In Austin's High Tech World

"...Georgia Jones: The Computer Mom It's hard to imagine that there was..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Skateland

Skateland is a sweet, knowing, visually spot-on evocation of early-Eighties teen life in a small East Texas town.

"...Brett Cullen, Melinda McGraw, James LeGros and Haley Ramm. “The future's open wide," sang Modern English's Robbie Grey on..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Best Breweries, According to Children

Meet your beer garden friends, the Beergardigans

"...The hot button topic of "Kids in Brew­eries" will forever..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Dear Glutton: School Lunches

How to get your kids to pack their own lunch

"...With the school year about to start, my partner and I..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Back to 'School of Rock'

Get schooled on the film by Mike White, Jack Black, and Richard Linklater in time for its 10th anniversary

"...Even big kids can get cold feet...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Voyage

For 'The Odyssey,' composer Graham Reynolds goes on a journey with Austin Children's Choir

"...about Genghis Khan and Baba Yaga for Salvage Vanguard Theater; the soundtrack to Richard Linklater's film A Scanner Darkly;..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...Schumann is meant to be doing. When she's at the piano, she doesn't just make sounds with it; she..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...Twelve years ago, my wife and I took our then 5-year-old daughter Amelia to her first recreational soccer game...."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...The bar's gonna be pushed back, and all this is..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Moving Mountains

Turk and Christy Pipkin are keeping busy changing the world

"..."'Hope' is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul/ And..."

June 12, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Circo

A family-run circus that travels the back roads of Mexico is the subject of this documentary which explores the universal theme of filial loyalty.

"...Directed by: Aaron Schock. Although the subject matter of this documentary is a family-run circus..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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