The United States of Insanity

Inside the family of Juggalos, and the deranged government crusade against them

"...Everyone hates the Insane Clown Posse...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...The trouble with owning an all-region DVD player these days..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...2015 is less than a month away, and today the festival announced some of its biggest titles ever, with..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

United States vs. Jamaica Preview: World Cup Qualifying Madness Arrives in Austin

Q2 Stadium hosts first-ever World Cup qualifier in Texas

"...Austin FC capped off an exhausting but profitable trio of..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the household names, of the historical profession..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...When I was a freshman at Sonoma State University in 2006, I received an assignment that required I interview..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...Directed by: Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan...."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Page Two: In the Moment, Part 2

A fascinating lesson in history

"...This is the second of what will likely turn out to be..."

July 29, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Get Off Your Ass and Change the World

Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams speaks tomorrow at BookPeople

"...Despite the exhausting recent headlines from around the globe, there are..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

News From Around the World: Austin, Tajikistan, Manchester, and Two World Cups

"...The UT Lady Longhorns open their season this weekend, with..."

Aug. 22, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

"...Vampiro a wrestler. It doesn't matter that his career in and out of the ring has stretched across four..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Sole Federal District Judge May Be the Most Overburdened in America

The case of the missing judges

"...suddenly very important when decisions with nationwide implications are in their hands. Say, when they decide to suspend the..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...Fantastic Fest is coming. Get some sleep while you can...."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Q2 Stadium to Host U.S. Men in Vital World Cup Qualifier

Find out how to get tickets for the match in October

"...Austin’s Q2 Stadium will host the United States Men’s National..."

July 22, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Save the World With Bill Nye

SXSW Eco closing speaker thinks we're not a lost cause

"...If there was one takeaway from Bill Nye's closing keynote speech..."

Oct. 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Bartender Places in the Cocktail World Cup competition in New Zealand

Local bartender Bill Norris places second in an international drink competition and shares recipe with Chronicle readers.

"...Award-winning FINO mixologist Bill Norris recently returned from New Zealand..."

Oct. 1, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Ley Line Soaks in the Healing Wash of We Saw Blue

Local quartet finds global rhythms in twining harmonies

"...Before each performance, the four women of Ley Line huddle together onstage momentarily..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

End of the Silk Road for the Dread Pirate Roberts

Online blackmarket founder Ross Ulbricht faces 20 years

"...No one knew who the real Dread Pirate Roberts was. That was a core..."

Feb. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hard Times in the Land of Plenty

Service nonprofits and their funders face the economic gale

"...It's another busy day at the Capital Area Food Bank of..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...to mistake Craig Hella Johnson for a mad scientist. The founder of the professional choral ensemble Conspirare and its..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Champion of the World Cinema

Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam

"...I recently had lunch with Chale Nafus, director of programming for the Austin Film Society, and I was disheartened..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

MLS Boss to Matthew McConaughey: We Want Austin FC at the “Front Porch” for the League

Commissioner, ATXFC co-owner outline the future of soccer

"...commissioner Don Garber on Thursday expressed unbridled optimism for Austin FC’s future ahead of the club’s first season. Then..."

March 19, 2021 SXSW Post by Eric Goodman

How Women Are Changing the World of Wine by Reclaiming the Vine

Wonder Women of Wine advocates for gender equality and diversity in the wine industry

"...While completing her cultural anthropology degree, Rania Zayyat took a server..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The International Modern Quilt Guild: The First QuiltCon in Austin

And these aren't, as the saying goes, your grandmother's quilts

"...a hell of a lot of gorgeous quilts at the Austin Convention Center this weekend...."

Feb. 20, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

His Shadow in the Frame

The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Robert Frank Photographs" provides an excellent introduction to Frank's career from his early social documentary work to his introspective images of later decades, and shows him always striving in his images to reflect his deeply personal response to the world around him.

"...In 1954, with the help of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Swiss-born..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Erina Duganne

At the Ready Gets in the Uniform Boots of Texas’ High School Cops

Sundance title comes to AFS's drive-in screen

"...If you walked into a school and there were kids with fake guns..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

"Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties"

"Witness" brings the Civil Rights Movement to the Blanton Museum of Art

"...With the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Down the Rabbit Hole With Something in the Dirt

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explain their favorite conspiracies

"...There's a fine line between being intrigued and being fixated..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sarah Vowell's Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman

"...would be a banner year for our less popular Founding Fathers? When the U.S. Treasury announced it would be..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

All the World's a Stage

"...Dear Editor, Barry Pineo wrote, "I have never traveled outside the continental United..."

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