Amazing Journey

Six from Britain's bad-boy directors

"...It's fitting that the Austin Film Society kicks off this particular Essential Cinema..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Actors From the London Stage

Who needs more than five actors to do a Shakespeare play? Not this troupe.

"...suffers from no shortage of Shakespeare. Summer brought us the Winedale repertory, Young Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, Austin Drama..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Travis County Border Conflict Smolders On

Commissioners work precinct boundaries with politics in mind

"...state Sen. Kirk Watson. He was also involved in the partially successful lawsuit brought to overturn Tom DeLay's re-redistricting..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Hightower Report

Goldman's Singapore Sling; and Flipping Us the Bird

"...and to suppress any outbreak of political outrage from either the public or Washington...."

July 29, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Budgeting Room for Ignorance; and Shocking: Fed-Up Voters

"...Will Rogers said that when Congress comes into session, the public gets the same panicky feeling as "when the..."

July 8, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Lear

The flashy modern setting takes priority over Shakespeare's text in this update

"...The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 478-5282..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Medicine Men

The Band of Heathens' collective mojo

"...Opening night of South by Southwest Music 2011 and the venerable Home of the Blues is packed. Despite the..."

May 6, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Casual Victim Pile II

SXSW 2011 Picks 2 Click

"...SXSW showcase: Wed., March 16, 9pm, the Ale House..."

March 11, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

'Hot Smoke & Sasafrass': Bubble Puppy reunites, James McMurtry fires back, and a final verdict for the estate of Don Walser

"...Texas psych, Bubble Puppy is confirmed to appear at the 2010-11 Austin Music Awards at the Austin Music Hall..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Spirits to Enforce

Twelve superheroes plus The Tempest equals FronteraFest at its finest

"...Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale, 479-7529..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

'Turner to Monet: Masterpieces From the Walters Art Museum'

These 40 works impressively chart the evolution of art across the 19th century

"...'Turner to Monet: Masterpieces From the Walters Art Museum'..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Page Two: Running With the Wild Gang

Self-proclaimed patriots don't seem to have much love for their country, except on their own terms

"...out exactly what I have in my hands. In the wake of the election, three decades into the Chronicle,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

When It Felt True

The Austin Chronicle's Raoul Hernandez curates an AFS Essential Cinema series on the 'enigma' of William Wyler

"...The eight Oscar nominations for 1946's The Best Years of..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Tempest

Shakespeare's last play is ably acted, but the staging lacks heart

"...The Tempest..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

The Daily Hustle: 6/10/10 (Updated x 2)

Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dominates low impact agenda

"...from executive session, with discussion of hot topics like the Materials Recovery Facility and historic landmark zoning still in..."

June 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Between the Sheets: The Literary Liaisons of Nine 20th-Century Women Writers

Despite the often cruel behavior of their male counterparts, these famous women writers yearned above all for a creative mirror, an intellectual equal

"...Between the Sheets: The Literary Liaisons of Nine 20th-Century Women Writersby..."

May 7, 2010 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

A Bit of Bettie, A Little Storm

An Austin tribute to the queens of burlesque at the Alamo Lake Creek

"...The starlets of the Austin burlesque scene will be donning..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...Performers know from fear. At some point in their careers – it may be the first time they..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Amreeka

In this delightfully human and sweetly comic ode to the contemporary immigrant experience in a post-9/11 “Amreeka,” a Palestinian mother and son create a world of possibilities.

"...Boiteau, Jenna Kawar and Selena Haddad. Too often in these paranoid and partisan times, we tend to lose sight..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...you? Mikhail Bulgakov? Never thought to see him around these parts again. And J.B. Priestley, how long has it..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2008-09 Austin Music Awards Show

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 18

"...Chet Flippo once wrote in these pages that the true essence of the cosmic cowboy..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

Just what's needed in the big house – Perry's pistol-packing granny.

"...man bursting into tears while admitting his complicity in the gang rape of a female friend, followed immediately by..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Rigoletto

ALO's straightforward staging of the Verdi classic offers the thrill of a tale told well

"...Dell Hall at the Long Center, through Feb. 8..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Derek Jarman Collection

Witness Derek Jarman's powerful use of spectacle – it's no wonder everyone steals from him

"...The Derek Jarman Collection (Sebastiane/The Tempest/War Requiem/Derek)Kino International, $79.95..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Shocked at ROT! Round Up the Usual Suspects!

Offended peepster takes a gazillion photos of nude revelers

"...A complaint over alleged ribald behavior at the Republic of Texas Biker Rally headquarters last month petered..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Recounting Recount

Laura Dern's outrageous "Kitty" Harris hits the mark.

"...I remember in 2000, during the Bush v. Gore recount debacle, watching with gross car-wrecky..."

June 18, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

10th Street Tacos

Downtown tacos, El Paso-style

"...been open seven months, and it has already been the subject of a lawsuit that resulted in a name..."

June 13, 2008 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Public Access

Is public access TV on the blink?

"...Last Wednesday's public forum – held by the city's Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission – on the..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Matt Martinez

2007-08 Austin Music Awards

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12

"...The true spirit of the 26th annual Austin Music Awards..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Oops!

"...In a News item last week, "Tempest in the PACT Teapot," Feb. 8, we misspelled Public..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column

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