The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one day during..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

UT/Arkansas State Preview

"...Sure, Texas will buzz saw Arkansas State this weekend. No doubt about it. The game..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

UT Who? The Tale of the Invisible Bobcats.

"...the print edition on Thursday. Frustrated? Think how fans of the Texas State University Bobcats feel. This past weekend..."

Oct. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...up and to the left, accessing the memory part of the brain, their lips will move ever so slightly..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Hunting of the President

This Friend-of-Bill doc recounts the hard-right campaign to cut short the Clinton presidency.

"...Thomason. The re-redistricted crowds at SXSW lustily cheered this Friend-of-Bill production (based on the 2000 bestseller by Joe Conason..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Michael King

Birds of America

Austin transplant Alex Karpovsky blends fact and fiction in his funny, heady tracking of the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker

"...In the kitchen of filmmaker Alex Karpovsky's East Austin sublet, he makes tea..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...grown accustomed to the parking cones, forklifts, and sounds of rapid construction. But in Feb­ru­ary, that clatter should end,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Ramblin' Soul of Songwriter Melissa Carper

Following the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold, the spotlight-averse artist is primed for broader attention

"...a feral charm. There are solar panels on the roof of the rented tiny cabin, which has been expanded..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...Maxwell, Nancy Bell While driving on a lonely stretch of road, I get inspired. I see an abandoned farmhouse..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...normal, since she's in Nashville and in these days of skyrocketing fame and all the right moves, she's more..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Aaron Frazer’s MCU of Soul

The Indications’ drummer and soul crooner introduces himself at ACL

"...He’s a founding member of Durand Jones & the Indications – that’s his falsetto..."

Oct. 7, 2021 Music Post by Austin Powell

Greater

The saga of a college football underdog

"...it’s based on a biography called Through the Eyes of a Champion, a missed opportunity), we are dropped into..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Reading The Riot Act With Devon Parks

Arkansas filmmaker on the lessons of no-resource cinema

"...and now Devon Parks is creating the same stirrings of that early Austin scene in the equally unlikely locale..."

Jan. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Longhorns' Million Dollar Bash

Texas beats New Mexico 45-zilch

"...in four years, concludes the Mountain West Conference portion of the Longhorns schedule. Texas paid a million dollars to..."

Sept. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

Walking In Between: Ben Rector

Indie phenom stops by Stubb’s Thursday

"...was in college, he’s gained recognition mostly through word of mouth and has followed that up by starting his..."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

'The NFL Beat': Ryan Mallett Learning From the Best

The 'Chronicle' catches up with a former Texas high school star

"...Initially, Mallett committed to the University of Michigan and played one season there before Rich..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Mike Loyko

Coach's Corner

Poor Nolan Richardson. Why's everybody always pickin' on he?

"...like our winter climate, but I suggest that most of these people are young and haven't lived here very..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Class Struggle

UT Big Wheels' Perks Outweigh Staff's Paychecks

"...his job as the head basketball coach at the University of Texas. But he got a $643,000 going away..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Bobcats Big Win Shown For All On Small Screen

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, here comes Texas State

"...play football on television, but I couldn’t watch the University of Texas Longhorns...."

Nov. 7, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

This Is a Blogpost About Austin's Jennymarie Jemison

Partly because her movie's in the Seattle International Film Festival

"...This blogpost is about Jennymarie Jemison partly because The..."

May 20, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...I keep Patrick Rosal’s collection of frenzied-cool poetry Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive on the..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Mr. Smarty Pants

The last socialist sequoia?

"...Researchers at the University of Arkansas believe oxygen-hating bacteria that produce gas in..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...line. At that point, we will leave the boundaries of the 10th U.S. Congressional District, currently represented by Austinite..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Destiny's Child

Tom Doyal reviews Sam Houston, Austin author James Haley's new biography on the Texas legend, and finds that the biographer's "hard work is almost invisible to the reader; he makes this complex life accessible, even understandable, in light of the times in which Houston lived."

"...biographical labors by having chosen Sam Houston, the hero of the Battle of San Jacinto and an extraordinary man..."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Mangled Triangle

The Triangle's New Look

"...Don't breathe a sigh of relief -- the crisis is hardly over...."

April 4, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative expression on the stage and on canvas, and..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Aggies Get Back on the Horse

Texas A&M resets with easy win over SMU

"...defensive improvement in a home contest against Southern Methodist University. They walked away with both...."

Sept. 23, 2013 Sports Post by Rod Machen

Red Raiders Look to Test Longhorns

Musings on the big game from a former Red Raiders walk on

"...I was raised by mother who was a graduate of the University of Texas, so therefore growing up I..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

UT Stays Awake, Sober in El Paso City

"...The most Texas sounding of all Longhorns apologized Monday. Not for the nonexistent pass..."

Sept. 8, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

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