Beside the Point

Council takes long, slow journey into night

"...As sunlight slinks away and the daylight dwindles, I wager I wasn't the only Austinite..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

Protecting the Furnishings; and Black's Abacus

"...council meeting last week, Cole made a presentation on the benefits of building the long-delayed Waller Creek tunnel Downtown...."

March 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Medicine Man

Up a Tree With Greg Ashley

"...The Kosse Cafe is one of two diners in the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Page Two: Earth, Stones, and Thorns of the Wild Ground Growing

The poetry of the right-wing soul: an appreciation

"...need," as Gram Parsons prayed, I often just want quiet and coolness: a state such that, even with eyes..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

For the Activist Who Has Everything

Useless political gifts for the holiday season

"...Actually, they're not all useless, but some of the most useful..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature

Change in the Weather

A different kind of summer for the city arts funding process

"...and a similarly protracted string of blistering attacks on the city's Cultural Contracts program. In years past, the panels..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Friend of the Family

In Thomas Mallon's new nonfiction book, the strangest figure in the JFK assassination is the most honest one.

"...Lee Harvey Oswald was in her front yard under the oak tree playing with his daughter Junie. His wife..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Crafting the Song

Austin theatre actor Robert Fisher has the heart of a rock & roller, the work ethic of a medieval craftsman, and the style of a Bob Fosse. Either he's in the wrong business or he is, as playwright Kirk Lynn calls him, "a wonder."

"...Fisher's Austin acting résumé includes stints in productions like the Public Domain Theatre Company's tense, dark staging of Howard..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

The Hugh Beaumont Experience

Mark and Sarah Pratz

"...Bruce Dye Maybe Mark Pratz's daughter, Sarah, has been the biggest beneficiary of the clubowner's good common sense. Despite..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Voice of the Writer

Readings From the Texas Book Festival

"...Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana opened the 1997 Texas Book Festival with a session in the..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Books Feature

Sheryl Cole and Chito Vela: The Prize Fight

All eyes on the Democratic primary run-off in House District 46

"...The March Democratic primary election in House District 46 came..."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Down the rabbit hole we go, reader, and you're already familiar..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fables of the Reconstruction

Todos Santos Music Festival, on the edge paradise & progress

"...About 45 miles north of Cabo San Lucas, on the resort-riddled southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, sits Todos..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Last Laugh

Guy Forsyth signs off on God's Favorite Band

"...In honor of the Asylum Street Spankers' Farewell Tour of Austin, kicking off..."

April 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"..."Good morning," she says, flashing me a smile, setting the container on the box-office counter. "We're going to have..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"..."Most of the women were bleeding from their anuses after two days,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature 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 at Liberty, the Chronicle had..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...this instance, is a good thing. Festival Hill represents the value of the arts. It's a place where the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Rich From the Journey

The crazy quilt career of Kimmie Rhodes.

"...In the waning daylight of a winter Sunday afternoon, Kimmie Rhodes..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...Burka, senior executive editor and lead political reporter for the magazine. "But Evan Smith, though ... that's an interesting..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

More a Man Than a Legend

Observing as the golden-throated Flatlander becomes a record-label executive

"...Zen cowboy thanks to his being a follower of the guru Maharaji, the spiritual nature of the songs he..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Thing in the Lake

"...The Homecoming "Not understanding Pinter is a very great pleasure...."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

All Quiet on the Western Front

Shocking, graphic, and mournful adaption of the World War I epic

"...All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger’s adaptation of Erich..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...To understand the present, one must understand the past. To understand the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes to A Quiet Place

Over 100 films and 43 world premieres fill a noisy nine days

"...As SXSW Film celebrates its 25th year, the festival has unleashed a massive wave with the announcement..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...The most overbearing character in The Power of the Dog..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Blech Effect

The case against the king of biotech investment indicts corporate culture

"...your name is synonymous with a horrible day on the stock marker, but that's September 22, 1994, is forever..."

Aug. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Quiet Company and Muse's Continuing Journey

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Preaching to the Choir,” Music, Feb. 17: Quiet Company's latest release represents..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Postmarks

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...The band's been playing at least an hour, but it..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...Sometime in the fall of 1963 a psychology professor fell into step..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

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