The Other Side of Hope

Searching for a better tomorrow in Aki Kaurismäki's droll tale of immigrants and restaurants

"...Two men abandon their former lives and take big gambles on attaining different..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reporting on the 'Other Side' of the Story

"...Dear Editor, I just read the issue of the Chronicle regarding Carole Keeton Strayhorn and..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Postmarks

The Other Side of Prison

Inmate Population Swells

"...As the state's inmate population grows, so, too, does the number..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Butts

Qmmunity: Hello From the Other Side

Plus, Queerbomb launches its Queer History Series

"...you on E-Day eve, oscillating, I'm sure like many of you, between "Oh sh!t, oh sh!t" and "There's no..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...election in Travis County that Dana DeBeauvoir hasn't run; the county clerk, herself among the longest-­serving local elected officials..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Many Worlds of Author Marshall Ryan Maresca

The Austin-based maestro of Maradaine writes and sells at a steady and impressive pace

"...Marshall Ryan Maresca's debut novel, The Thorn of Dentonhill, came out from DAW Books in..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The First Rule of Dinner Club Is ... Well, Let’s Talk About It

Austin’s array of subscription-based nomfests will please your palate, expand your experience, and maybe even comfort your budget

"...is. Dining out can be expensive – and let's hope that statement is no surprise to anyone outside the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Many Heads of Aaron Turner

Speaking the truth with Isis frontman Aaron Turner

"...As the founder of Hydra Head Records and the frontman and..."

Feb. 26, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Flip Side

In Poor Shadows of Elysium's Richard II, a coin makes all the difference in what you see

"...The stars of Poor Shadows of Elysium's production of Richard..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Film rights for Arthur Golden's first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha (Knopf, $25 hard), have just been bought..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

The Big Films of Summer: Picking the Winners

"...Mira Sorvino stars in Mimic..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Positive Side of Open Houses

"...Dear Editor, I was one of the Realtors interviewed on Fox and KEYE recently for..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Postmarks

The Local Politics of Climate Protection

Q&A with Will Wynn on his efforts to fight global warming

"...Mayor Will Wynn launched the Austin Climate Protection Plan. We visited with him recently..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Many Truths of I, Tonya

Sebastian Stan and Steven Rogers on unreliable narrators and figure skating's most controversial figure

"...There are two Tonya Hardings. There's the world-class figure skater..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Salt of the Earth

The amazing work of photographer Sebastião Salgado is scrutinized in this doc

"...For the past 40 years, Sebastião Salgado has been documenting human..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Of Gods and Men

This Cannes Grand Prix winner is a spellbinding tale of Trappist monks amid Algerian civil chaos and finding purpose in faith.

"...Maly, Olivier Perrier, Jean-Marie Frin and Abdelhafid Metalsi. Arriving stateside veritably encrusted with awards (the Grand Prix at Cannes..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stomp the Yard

Although littered with clichés and shopworn manipulations, this film's intervening dance sequences are so captivating that it’s almost possible to forget you’ve seen this movie a hundred times before.

"...Harry J. Lennix. Equal parts Footloose, Drumline, and 1,001 other movies about a poor kid from the wrong side..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Writing the Climate

Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming

"...than a month after announcing what's been described as the most ambitious municipal climate-protection plan in the nation, Mayor..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Citywide 86'd: The Fourth and Final Qualifying Round

Championship scheduled for June 17

"...A loudspeaker crackles, and the ominous monotone of the Uchiko chef's voices comes out..."

May 24, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

Doubt That the Stars Are Fire

"...In my defense, I came by it honestly. My father was a snob; his father was a snob; his..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...As green initiatives increase in popularity, the city of Austin maintains a complex relationship with urban..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...-- that is, a triangle -- symbolizes a lot of things, but one of them is "change." And whatever..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: (512) Brewing and The Brewtorium

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 4)

"...I mean, hasn’t this weather been just fantastic? There is platinum-grade beer drinking weather..."

April 14, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Mentality of Politics as War

Scott McClellan on his time in the Bush Administration

"...Chronicle: I imagine it's been a bit crazed for the last week...."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Universal: Mary Gauthier

Louisiana truthsayer plays twice at the Cactus Cafe Saturday

"...a difficult listen. It’s raw and intense, staring down the debris of heartbreak without pretense. Yet the new disc..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Home Is Where the Hatred Is

Dialoguing with 'Souled American' author Kevin Phinney

"...Delving deep into the coffers of American culture, Kevin Phinney's first book, Souled..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...Fourteen months after the Land-Development-Code-rewrite-that-shall-not-be-named went down in flames, amid squabbles over parking..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...a trend – or, perhaps, starting a new one. The Downtown real estate broker and his wife have been..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern world and at the same time to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

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