Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...The Texas State Capitol is currently playing host to an..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...believe, when Elisabet Ney moved to Austin in 1892, there was no South by Southwest. Or FronteraFest. Or East..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Book Reviews

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories

"...to have it all: a wildly hyped debut collection of short stories published by Knopf, a pad in Jerusalem,..."

June 11, 1999 Books Review

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...The back cover blurb from Entertainment Weekly enthuses: "Expect revelations..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition "The Door by the Garden," it will also bring to..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived, with big features like..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Making Women Suffer

The self-appointed defenders of life and family values are neither

"...Opponents of Planned Parenthood insist that giving the organization federal dollars..."

April 22, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Who Is Stella Burden, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things About Her?

When the Rude Mechs do a show about acting, they find madness in the Method

"...They call her "the other Stella."..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...her letter (Sept. 28), especially regarding Belinda Acosta and the "TV Eye" column. I can't imagine why Dr. Austen..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Record Reviews

"...THE SEA AND CAKE The Fawn (Thrill Jockey)..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Review

For His Dance (Re)current Unrest, Charles O. Anderson Keeps Moving

Through the pandemic and other obstacles, the choreographer and UT teacher continues to adapt

"..."Like so many of us, these pandemics – COVID-19 and ongoing systemic racism..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...The playwright today as itinerant preacher. Thinking about some of..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...I appreciate the coverage of the referendum to abolish the Barton Springs..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...Along Bowman Drive in Round Rock the fences get tagged, cleaned, re-tagged, and re-cleaned at a..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Jared Harris, Karl Geary, Elina Lowensohn, David Lynch. From the director of the bizarre cult hit Twister comes this..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

All Over Creation: Nativity

A new musical by the 'Urinetown' team is born on the 40 Acres, and the chorus line craves bra-a-ains

"...'Tis the season when much attention is given to what is..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...When entering a theatre to see any film by director Richard Linklater for..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Working Beauty

In spinning a fairy tale of gifts, outsiders, and thorns, Bonnie Cullum's own story gets told

"...At this moment Bonnie Cullum probably envies Sleeping Beauty. The artistic director of the Vortex has had a very..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...Paris Hilton was there. So was Ashton Kutcher. Ditto DMZ, Al Gore, Ray..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slouching Towards Gomorrah

At the Intersection of Jazz and Lounge

"...At Cedar Street you can enjoy a Thelonious Monk any night of the week. No, not the..."

June 6, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Beer-Fueled, Fence Humping Music

TheWannabes

"...The name of the new album says it all: seven..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Feature

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...The Reasons Behind the Attack..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Anthony Orum on Austin

"In Austin, a city of changes, a book like Anthony Orum's Power, Money & the People: The Making of Modern Austin, is always relevant," writes Michael Erard. "It's the only urban history of Austin, tracing the early decisions that fixed the city's economy, politics, and sense of itself. Unfortunately, the book's availability has been spotty -- until late 2002, when an Oregon press, Wipf and Stock, reissued it."

"...In Austin, a city of changes, a book like Anthony Orum's Power, Money &..."

May 23, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

After a Fashion

See where Austin ranks in a national list of most creative cities and then wonder why Dallas also made the list once you find out that the cheesy reality TV show Cheaters is based there …

"...THE CHEATING KIND Have you seen the television show Cheaters..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Recommended at Texas Book Festival

Capsule reviews and panel info

"...The Fifty Year Swordby Mark Z. Danielewski Pantheon, 288 pp.,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature

Chapter 5: An Ongoing Odyssey

Twenty years of The Austin Chronicle: the final chapter and coda

"...Chronicle History: We have been in the same building, with SXSW World Headquarters across the field,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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