These Things I've Come to Know

What times are we living in? South Austin's James McMurtry spells it out.

"...James McMurtry makes up stories and sets them to music. New album Complicated Game, his first studio..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Collective Strength

The 2014 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...That there is strength in numbers is common knowledge, but there..."

May 23, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outside of Society

Does Austin have enough room for two queer film festivals?

"...Six months have passed since opening night of the 26th season of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Point Austin: Incarceration Nation

The U.S. prison system has exploded beyond all reason

"...The good folks of Grassroots Leadership and the Sentencing Project..."

March 28, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Field Trip

Ben Wheatley's historical horror tackles the English Civil War

"...Period dramas are expensive. There are costumes and props and sets and horses and..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Come One, Come All!

Here’s Your Early Tipsheet of the Folks Running for City Council

"...Over the last several weeks, we've been compiling a catalog of..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Sayles Talk

More on the making of 'Go for Sisters' from John Sayles

"...John Sayles told the Chronicle why he returned to the border for his..."

Dec. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Catching Up With Jerry Ferrara

The 'Entourage' co-star has a host of new projects on his plate

"...Once again, the Turtle wins the race...."

Nov. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Patrick Courtney

UPDATED: Driver Says He Heard Shots, But Didn't See Police

Carter's friend, and the driver of the car, testifying this morning

"...UPDATE: Under pointed cross-examination, Leyumba Webb testified that if someone had..."

June 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Playback

You thought SXSW was the spring festival end-all/be-all? You thought wrong.

"...In the aftershocks of South by Southwest, a steady succession of..."

April 5, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Deconstructing John Milius

SXSW Film explores wild life of a Hollywood iconoclast

"...Milius, the feature-length debut from industry stalwarts Joey Figueroa and Zak..."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

AISD Braces for Lege, Court Action

School finance likely to hang fire for several months

"...Over the last few years, the Austin Inde­pendent School District has..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...Rosemary Lehmberg: Lots. You know, one of the things I've tried to do – not only while..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Carjacked for Christmas

Ruby Jane and her mother are carjacked, plus other holiday tales of need

"..."Look, I have two children. I've been shot at," the Houston pawnshop owner said to JoBelle Smith, explaining why..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Blood & Fire

Manu Chao's ACL, ACL aftershow, and everything in-between.

"...Comparing Manu Chao’s current quartet to the Clash might constitute punk rock heresy to the mohawk..."

Sept. 22, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Coming Home to Austin

Latest gerrymander reflects Capitol contempt for capital

"...what it will take to make "True Orangebloods" (as they like to call themselves) finally have quite enough of..."

June 3, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...No music fan ever bought a T-shirt for the promoter's name on the front...."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Read It and Weep

The suppressed KeyPoint report raises questions that still need answering

"...One young man is dead, another was severely wounded, and two Austin Police officers have..."

May 14, 2010 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...Lucero's gathering enters its fourth year and its second SX, and,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Page Two: Drowning in Triviality

Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense

"...emotionally overwhelming that all reason is lost, and all the long-known landmarks by which to navigate are gone. Even..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On

Austin punk gets the museum treatment, but does the scene come off as dead or alive?

"...The sound is what hits you first: guitars in full..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

How far are you willing to go to make a picture?

"...How wild were the early days of film? It was said that Henry..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two: Workingman's Blues

The real history of labor and union organizing is ignored and largely unknown

"...If only oppressed groups were somehow made nobler by their oppression – nobler and better than those oppressing them...."

Dec. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: Giving Thanks

In a dark time, among us walk ordinary heroes

"...In general, I'm not a big fan of holiday-themed columns. But this year, despite the twin storms of..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Whose City Is It?

Northcross Wal-Mart fight is about a lot more than a site plan

"...flamboyantly dissed in court by an attorney working for the city, but Casey Dobson was kind enough to do..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Our PUD process is broken. … Our current..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Patterson Appeal Denied Again

Thirteenth Court of Appeals denies for second time the appeal of Frederick Patterson, one of 29 black residents in Edna rounded up and charged with dealing crack

"...On Oct. 26 the Corpus Christi-based 13th Court of Appeals denied for the..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...FRIDAYBeto & the Fairlanes Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...for at least two decades before I finally visited there last summer. The area is one of our nation's..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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