Massive Shakeup in Top Management at Rooster Teeth

New roles for longtime RT personalities as Jordan Levin becomes GM

"...be taking over as general manager, while several core figures – including many of the company founders – move..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Toros on Top

"...Austin Toros? Last year’s D-League tragedians are sitting high atop the Southwest Division standings at 13-5, four games ahead..."

Jan. 14, 2008 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Verde Report: Opening the Books on Austin FC’s Salary Figures

A closer look at who’s bringing the best and worst value to the club

"...I reply, my DMs are open for more accurate figures! Please send at your leisure.) Austin FC Ranks 13th..."

May 27, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Top 10 Lege Stories

Wendy Davis' filibuster, redistricting, and the lottery fiasco

"...unconstitutional and will hold new hearings in January (see "Top 10 Education Stories.")..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

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Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

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Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Environmental Stories

The state dealt with a drought as the city took on some prickly issues

"...including Attorney General Greg Abbott and several other prominent figures – have had private water wells installed since 2009...."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...my dead body" session, as Democrats ponder a seemingly unstoppable wave of conservative legislation, and Republicans face a budget..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 9 Developing Stories

"...city in the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July. Other 'burbs grew fast, too. The..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 City Council Moments

"...the Yellow Brick Road: For sheer spectacle, we can't top House-the-Homeless prez Richard Troxell's Over-the-Rainbow Freakout. Speaking against since-adopted..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Top 10s

"...9) Cowan512 / 74069.2% 10) Summitt629 / 84074.9% AISD's Top 10 Transfer DestinationsAs center-city neighborhoods age and gentrify, many..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature

News Top 10s

"...Top 10 State Election Moments1. They thought they were dreamboats,..."

Jan. 3, 2003 News Feature

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Highs and lows from Austin’s stages in their first real post-pandemic year

"...Concert Hall this year, also gave voice to historical figures: the six wives of Henry VIII. The moment the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2020

Big exits, big changes, and the pandemic make for big stories

"...This year, tragic closures and the exit of major figures in the local scene were matched by tales of..."

Dec. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...potent performances, most notably a powerhouse turn by John Christopher...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2016

Works that struck a nerve with the political state of our city and our nation stood out in this year's outstanding theatre productions

"...(Austin Shakespeare)/HOLLAND TAYLOR AS ANN (Zach Theatre) Two towering figures of immense charisma and complexity, and two magnificent actors..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height

TCEQ OKs landfill's march toward Austin's highest point

"...contract ends. While Acuna is still waiting for exact figures, the total value is already "well over a million..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Milk and King Get Top Bling

Obama names LGBT trailblazers among list of "agents of change" receiving Medal of Freedom.

"...became one of the first openly lesbian major sports figures in America when she came out in 1981...."

July 30, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Events of 2005 That Engaged and Endure

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite performances of dance and classical music from 2005

"...sublime, with a pajama-clad dancer visited by four fanciful figures all in white, seemingly on holiday from commedia. Their..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

That Figures

City Manager Jesus Garza introduces a budget that focuses on roads, utilities, and cops, and skates around a needed tax increase.

"...to approve, issue, and pay off new bonds, on top of the $1.66 billion in tax-supported debt the city..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...up getting our all-American pavement 'n' parking stripes emblazoned atop what were once the claymored dirt alleyways of Saigon,..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Profile of L.A. radio deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, perpetual handmaiden to rock & roll royalty.

"...womb onward), but Bingenheimer’s long-running Rodney on the Roq Top 10 column in the seminal SoCal punk zine Flipside..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Fidelity

"...connoisseurs are also inveterate list-makers, constantly tossing off hilarious topics for new top-five lists. In addition to providing a..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped

"...There are certain figures in our pop culture firmament that many of us..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beautiful

"...comic potential in her material so stubbornly that larger-than-life figures like Michael McKean and Kathleen Turner are wasted in..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

But I'm a Cheerleader

Campy film is fun viewing and shines light on lipstick lesbians who are willing to put their pom-poms where their mouths are.

"...True Directions, a homosexual rehabilitation facility run by an over-the-top homophobe (Moriarty) and one of her reprogrammed gay men..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

"...Constantine, Hanns Zischler, Claudia Michelsen and Nathalie Kadem. It figures that if Jean-Luc Godard, the reigning film provocateur of..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

True Colors

"...in trying to create three-dimensional characterizations out of stick figures. Spader is somewhat credible as the righteous young turk..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shaft

"...as one-dimensional characters gradually flatten out into pure stick figures, and the crime plot goes from hokey to implausible...."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Omega Code

"...its prevailing sensibilities are more in line with secular figures like Irwin Allen and Aaron Spelling. Neither smart and..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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