The Johnson Treatment

It's been a dozen years since Robert Caro's previous book about Johnson, and now he's back, this time with Master of the Senate, an exhaustive and exhausting examination of the United States Senate during the years of Johnson's time there.

"...The first volume of Robert Caro's protracted meditation on the..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life

"...by the editors of Garden & Gun magazine HarperWave, 304 pp.,..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Five Austin Public Cemeteries

"...Status: The city's original municipal graveyard, it was completely sold out..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature

Diedrick Brackens Weaves Multitudes in the Blanton's "darling divined"

From his loom, the acclaimed artist fuses folk tales and forgotten memories with his own experiences to tell new, expanding stories of identity

"...backgrounds of lime greens, poppy reds, hazy purples. Sometimes the figures are presented together in nature: outside under a..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Sara Hutchinson

The Aftermath of the Big Headline: Stronger

David Gordon Green talks about the unlucky bystander to history

"...During the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, Stronger..."

Oct. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adventures in Journalism: Let’s Go to the Roller Derby!

"...When the dust finally settled after last Saturday’s (Dec. 2) important..."

Dec. 10, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

The Zealot and the Emancipator by H.W. Brands

This history by the UT professor offers a new look at John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: side by side

"...When you see a book is called The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Pine Curtain

First-time author Dina Temple-Raston's A Death in Texas pulls the James Byrd Jr. murder out of the East Texas woods.

"...Near the end of A Death in Texas (Holt, $26), an..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Whole Schmear

The First Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Texas has been host to Jewish communities since the 1840s, and Jewish settlers arrived as early as the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Maya Churi

History by the Tape

LBJ's secret White House tapes reveal more than he may have intended

"...The news to come out of Reaching for Glory: Lyndon..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Long Fringe @ the Hideout

"...FronteraFest, the oldest and largest performance festival in the Southwest, is..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

The Role of Mentor

Austin Actors Teach by Example at St. Edward's

"...Teaching acting -- the phrase conjures up images of classrooms in which instructors..."

June 28, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

If you want to understand the legacy of Bill Clinton forget the Elvis analogies and remember Orson Welles, who created film characters marked by their own self-corruption.

"...What the 21st century deserves is a New York mayor with..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

John Singleton and Chris Cooper to be honored

"...With a little over a month away until the Austin Film Festival, the AFF folks released their roster..."

Sept. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...One of Austin's most versatile theatre artists and a key player in elevating both the..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

The Southerner

The Southerner, Jean Renoir's last great film, and the only one to earn him an Academy Award nomination.

"...THE SOUTHERNER (1945)D: Jean Renoir; with Zachary Scott, Betty Field,..."

March 29, 2002 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

American Violet

This moving message film tells a story about a miscarriage of Texas justice.

"...S. Dutton, Xzibit, Malcolm Barrett and Pamela Tyson. Although they say the truth can set you free, Dee Roberts..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chrystal

Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.

"...as a serial killer from a later episode of The X-Files, as the Reverend H.W. Smith on Deadwood, as..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Chronicle Recommends: Films of Love

Romance is in the air in this month's movie picks

"...Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

My Taco With Margaret

Tacos taste better when you are learning things … especially things about awesome filmmakers like The Order of Myths' Margaret Brown.

"...(The Order of Myths shows one last time, today at..."

March 13, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Will Travel for Food

Appalachia: The Land and the Larder … Southern Foodways Symposium, Oct. 2-5, Oxford, Miss.

"...Appalachia: The Land and the LarderSouthern Foodways Symposium, Oct. 2-5, Oxford,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...tilts our overcooked globe toward its nuclear reactor for the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fierce, Fierce Beauty

The title for Keith Carter's exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art, "A Poet of the Ordinary" describes the photographer to a tee, a man who takes subjects from the everyday world and takes pictures of them that tell their story with the distilled purity of expression that characterizes great poetry.

"...The room was packed to triple capacity, some 230 people..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Cencor Realty's controversial development proposal for the state-owned Triangle site goes before a review board of..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature

Stillwater

Torn-from-the-headlines thriller never matches Matt Damon’s everyman

"...Six years after the release of the Oscar Best Picture-winning Spotlight, director Tom..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Anthony Hamilton

SXSW showcase reviews

"...March 16 Looking and sounding like 1974 strolling through the door, Anthony Hamilton wears his heart on his sleeve..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

"A man who carries the troubled history of an entire people on his back and a 24-piece band and three radio stations to boot cannot find peace"

"...journalist, jazz saxophonist, National Book Award winner – complicates the query instead of clarifying it. "Movies are simple," he..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Lizard Lick Cookbook Has Local Roots

Gluten-free recipes written with Blackbird Bakery owner

"...of Austin's Blackbird Bakery? Why, sensitivity to gluten in their diets, of course...."

Aug. 3, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Drive-by Truckers

SXSW records

"...Drive-by Truckers Southern Rock Opera (SDR) Wait a minute, three guitars? You..."

March 1, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

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