Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...instead of working in a restaurant for a short time to repay their $1,500 smuggling fee, the victims were..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

DVDanger: Digging Up the Marrow

Adam Green on the long and very personal path of his new feature

"...Thrones, Adam Green makes as strong a case for the iron throne as anyone. His latest, Digging Up the..."

March 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Blacker the Face

A WWE-type gimmick further devalues rap music

"...Award for “favorite” hip-hop album over Drake’s Nothing Was the Same and Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2. How..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Praying for The Overnighters

Director Jesse Moss stands and rests with the fracking migrants

"...If The Overnighters is a modern true-life version of The Grapes..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Can Thug Kitchen Stand the Heat?

Controversial bloggers visit Austin tomorrow

"...When I spoke to Michelle Davis and Matt Holloway, the authors of the previously anonymous blog Thug Kitchen and..."

Oct. 15, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...In two years, Robert Schenkkan's LBJ drama All the Way premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; moved to..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest

Scripter talks Faults, Halloween, and running out of bullets

"...eight of Fantastic Fest, and Simon Barrett may be the only person who doesn't look like 10 miles of..."

Sept. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playing the Dozens in District 3

Media forum takes on affordability, rail, city farms

"...gentrification, affordable housing, urban rail, and urban farms, in the third forum sponsored by the Chronicle, Austin Monitor, KUT-FM,..."

Sept. 16, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin and the 7-10 Split

Candidates in west and west-central districts find common cause

"...talking about shifting Austin to single-member City Council districts, the logic was simple. You add more geographic representation, more..."

July 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: July 14

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...gets worse for Jane Doe, and Chris Christie blocks the aisle, as your AggreGAYtor considers compromise. For what?!..."

July 14, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Point Austin: The Powers That Be

The UT stalemate is one battle in an education war

"...resign by Oct. 1 or face possible dismissal by the University regents. The explicit reasons for Cigarroa's request were..."

July 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The AggreGAYtor: June 6

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Texas GOP members lay down planks, Longview takes the long view, and George Takei goes East,..."

June 6, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

DVDanger: 'Frightmare', 'The Flesh and Blood Show'

Redemption resurrects the legacy of terror maestro Pete Walker

"...When American audiences think about British horror in the 1970s, they tend to think about the Gothic high..."

March 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The New Vulcan Gas Company

Owners acquire rights to historical venue’s name

"...By Friday afternoon, the grey, ponytailed segment of Austin’s music community was up..."

Feb. 22, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Doug Dorst, Part Two: The Coffeehouse Transcript About 'S.' Continues!

Shout-out to JJ Abrams, who would've LOVED that peanut-butter cup.

"...… and welcome back to the Doug-Dorst-and-four-other-literary-types-talking-about-S. transcript here in the everbright pixels of your..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...They don't slouch in high heels on plush sofas. They..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Reclaiming 'The Corner'

Neighbors, police, and prosecutors applaud the 'Drug Market Intervention' at 12th and Chicon

"...bought a trio of small Victorian-era cottages lined up along Salina Street, just a block from the intersection of..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

No Prayer for the Dying

Iron Maiden returns to Austin after 25 years

"...Cooling the concrete sprawl that is the Circuit of the Americas..."

Sept. 11, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

By the People, for the People

It started on a mountain, and now it's over the hill: channelAustin is turning 40

"...Forty years ago, there was no YouTube. There was no iMovie. And suggesting..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Feature

The Full Monty

With the release of 'RWBY,' Monty Oum is officially Rooster Teeth's rock star

"...At the Austin Convention Center the first weekend of July, you..."

July 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Society Pages

Reading the next chapter of the Austin Film Society's playbook

"...There aren't many superstar film programmers. So even though he'd..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...and humane struggle can build a living community within the shell of the dying one." – Letter from the..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

The Last Exorcism: Part II

In this sequel, the devil follows the same girl from the backwoods to New Orleans; sadly this follow-up has none of the smarts of its predecessor.

"...The Lord may be my shepherd, but I want the..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting in the Game

Oculus Rift prototypes are coming to the SXSW Gaming Expo

"...with a creeping soundtrack, it's not hard to feel the art form's pull. But even with centuries of music,..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

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

'The NFL Beat': Combine Cliff Notes

Getting caught up on the 2013 NFL draft season

"...The 2013 NFL scouting combine is upon us, and draft..."

Feb. 21, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Lights Go Down at South Lamar

Final night at the Alamo Drafthouse mothership

"...It may not be the original Alamo Drafthouse, or the biggest, but the Alamo..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Push Pens at Pride

Texas Hip-Hop with a Positive LGBT Message

"...Hip-hop. Theater. Acoustic. Spoken-word. These pals from San Antonio make the..."

Sept. 20, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Liz Williams

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...In those days, 5:30pm was a sacred time – and not just because it kicked off the..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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