The Oh in Ohio

This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.

"...Directed by: Billy Kent. Starring: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Mischa Barton, Danny DeVito, Miranda..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Patriots Taste the Moss-Flavored Kool-Aid

"...My mom made the best Kool-Aid ever. There was nothing like running up..."

May 5, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...Back in 2009, Colin Denby Swanson's most successful play so far,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Donya Stockton Isn’t Going Anywhere Near Hell in That Handbasket

The Austin clubland mover-and-shaker weaves much to the imagination

"...Donya Stockton, co-owner of Austin’s Beerland and Rio Rita and King Bee and the..."

April 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: August 23

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...Kathy Griffin invents the remix, James Franco takes up Cruising, and..."

Aug. 23, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Farmers’ Market Report: Jan 18-19, 2014

Broccoli, citrus, baby goats, salmon, soup, and syrup

"...The weather is going to be astoundingly gorgeous this weekend,..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The AggreGAYtor: October 19

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Anne Rice supports same-sex parenting, Kristina Bui has some explaining to do, and Honey..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Note Bob Stoops’ Brother Should Have Sent, but Didn’t Dare*

Helmet-to-helmet hits

"...Dear Bob, I love you like a brother, man. In fact we are brothers, aren’t we? That’s..."

Sept. 21, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The True Cost of Empire

The sacrifices of U.S. soldiers represent only an installment on the payments due

"...The Chronicle's news feature story this week is unusual, both..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...Robert EllisMohawk, Thursday 23 [inset-1-right]..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

LoneStarCon 3: The Lois McMaster Bujold Interview

The Hugo Award nominee and past winner on biology as politics

"...Hugo Awards for best novel than anyone but Robert Heinlein, and if you’re confused about why, you haven’t been..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...Because this is the day, right?..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Day at the Races

Primary races start heating up in nearby counties, across Texas, and around the nation.

"...That giant snoring sound you hear is coming out of local voters,..."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The AggreGAYtor: August 27

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...gay crush, Candi Cushman worries about “sexual chaos,” and the 49ers score. Today’s AggreGAYtor is reading the defense...."

Aug. 27, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

London in Austin

WWE wrestlers Paul London and Melina talk life on the road, and how bigger isn't always better

"...Friday night wasn't the warmest night of the year, but that didn't stop..."

Feb. 2, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Inside the Spinning, Whirling World

"...In 1997-98, Dr. Joni L. Jones of the UT Speech..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Summer Stock Austin's The Addams Family

The company's young artists infuse the musical incarnation of those spooky, ooky Addamses with fresh blood by the buckets

"...We knew that they were creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky – their..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

New Documentary The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story Tunes in to the Channel That Changed TV

Shorts, Dudes, and Good Burgers

"...What's your favorite Nickelodeon memory? Is it the raw surrealism of Rocko's Modern Life? The utter chaos..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...Lodged just beneath the national mainstream, R&B and its ever broadening spectrum enjoys..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...More than 20 years later, even the possibility seems completely incongruous and undeniably surreal. The Sex..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...It was hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board of..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...A youth leaves home to seek fulfillment in the wide, wide world, only to find that that..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...Thankfully. And 1999 deserves to die before it kills anything else. Even as these words are being put to..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The ACM Machine

Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise

"...Immediately following the election of the new "green" council, City Hall..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Oh, Goody

"...Dear Editor, Do I understand the math: getting one dollar annually from Precourt, a pinky..."

June 26, 2018 Postmarks

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...Now that you've met a few of the players, it's time to figure out what to go..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

The Hightower Lowdown

Wellstone supporters continue his legacy; and the Beef Association crams more fat into your arteries.

"...a nation of unhealthy chubbos -- thanks largely to the fact that we snarf down too much of too..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...us. Well, close enough for horror fans to start scheduling their October movie selections...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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