This Is the Box We're In

Council doesn't have a budget, but they're cutting it nonetheless

"...It may be a while before the city of Austin has a budget...."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Michael Jackson moonwalks among us for a final hurrah.

"...Well, I did. Michael Jackson’s posthumously released film about the preparations for his 50-concert comeback extravaganza is a strange..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chef Nikki Is the Cannabis Alchemist

Celeb chef mixes science and flavor to create cannabis comfort food

"...including plant medicine in food, using scientific calculations, that is alchemy,” says chef Nikki Steward. “[My business] is called..."

March 14, 2022 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Jumanji: The Next Level

Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel

"...Gillan, Jack Black, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Morgan Turner, Madison Iseman, Ser'Darius Blain, Alex Wolff, Rory McCann, Nick Jonas..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Is England

Set in Thatcherite England, this semi-autobiographical story tells of a descent from mischievous schoolboy to junior skinhead.

"...Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure and Joseph Gilgun. Somewhere between the pop jouissance of Guy Ritchie and the social realism..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...In early February, just as the 85th Leg­is­lature was getting going, Gov. Greg Abbott declared..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Strama Takes Anti-Bullying Laws to the Next Level

Bills address cyber-bullying and campus removals

"...For the national press it seems to be a flavor-of-the-week kind..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Post by Kelsey McNiel

The Verde Report: Is the End Approaching for Austin FC Coach Josh Wolff?

Help is coming, but the question remains whether he's the man to lead the reshaped roster

"...Wolff must feel like he’s caught in an Agatha Christie novel...."

July 5, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Automation Is the Future of Food, and the Future Is Now

AI on your plate

"...As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to necessitate endless adaptations in how..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Food Feature by Jessica Zuniga

After a Uniquely Short and Turbulent Term, Watson Is the Mayoral Candidate to Beat

Four opponents make their cases against the incumbent

"...For the past two years, Kirk Watson has shown Austinites what..."

Oct. 11, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

This Is Who We Are #10: Austin Lyric Opera's Candide

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown, and we don't know when..."

May 19, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"...some of you are gonna dance. Holy mackerel, it's the Cornell Hurd Band!"..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

This Is Electroclash

Eighties retro-synth bands like the Faint, Fischerspooner, and Austin's This Microwave World prove that the best way to move forward is to look back first.

"...night performance at Emo's by Chapel Hill's Crooked Fingers, the frank, indie-Americana outfit led by gravelly voiced ex-Archers of..."

April 25, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...In producing the play Notes From the Field – an investigation into..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin – the Only Gay Place

Travis defeated Prop. 2, but the rest of the state wasn't even close

"...When Billy Lee Brammer named his landmark novel about Texas statehouse politics The Gay Place,..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Only Real Disrespect Is 'Christian Values' Imposed on All of Us

"...Dear Editor, In response to Michelle Earle's letter in the last week's issue [“Postmarks,” Feb. 3], I'd like to..."

Feb. 6, 2006 Postmarks

This Is Your City Budget

More police, vanishing grants, rising costs, and ... Jazzercise?

"...Not too long ago, conventional wisdom held that once City Council received the city manager's..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

New “One-Stop Shop” for Trauma Recovery Is the First in Texas

It opens Nov. 1

"...survivors of violent crime can receive clinical case management, psychotherapy, and legal advocacy. Earlier this year, Travis County matched..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...Last October, Thom Yorke, frontman for the British band Radiohead, told the UK's Guardian newspaper he..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Is the Constitution Just a Screenplay?

"...Contrary to most of what you read and hear, there is perfect bipartisan agreement in Washington concerning all the..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

This Is a Love Story

Back and forth with Tood Solondz on his new film, 'Palindromes'

"...as a bit peculiar that, if you're looking for the films of Todd Solondz in at least one local..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The In Crowd

"...Directed by: Mary Lambert. Starring: Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Lorie Fortier, Ethan Erickson and..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

High adventure and fun times in an unexpectedly entertaining sequel

"...Hart, Dwayne Johnson, Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner and Alex Wolff...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

Meta Games That Run Deep by Staying Shallow

"...week's festival of inappropriateness didn't get your brain boiling then how about something a bit more meta? Oh yeah,..."

Aug. 13, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...says African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

Doc on the men behind the astronauts

"...You know the room: shaped like an auditorium, with countless screens and..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Tip 'T.I.' Harris, David Dastmalchian, Walton Goggins,..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...In mid-December, before a friendly crowd at the Source for Women, a Houston anti-abortion "pregnancy resource" center,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Babadook

Tyro helmer Jennifer Kent conjures a disturbing spook story about a mother, a son, and an unnerving presence in their house

"...Directed by: Jennifer Kent. Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West and..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Oranges

The great ensemble cast is the highlight of this movie about a 50-year-old man who falls in love with his best friend's daughter, who is half his age.

"...Directed by: Julian Farino. Starring: Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Leighton Meester, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt, Alia Shawcat,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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