Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...you're in the press or on the Supreme Court of the United States, Texas Republican leaders are defiantly deaf..."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: 'Texas Servant Girl Murders'

PBS's 'History Detectives' tackle Austin's biggest mystery: the unsolved string of killings in 1885

"...what are called the Servant Girl Murders, a series of grisly killings that took place in our city from..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AISD Documentary Captures Spirit of Recent Initiative

SEL improves grades, reduces absenteeism, and more.

"...the Austin Independent School District (AISD) was the subject of a 7-minute documentary called Austin ISD: A District Embracing..."

June 4, 2014 News Post by R.U. Steinberg

Alec Soth’s American Dream

Magnum photographer presents work and process to UT crowd

"...one he shared with a packed audience at the University of Texas Wednesday. He began shooting photography in large..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Arts Post by Rod Machen

A Tug of War Between Art and Morality

Andrew Shea's Portrait of Wally follows the trail of Nazi plunder

"...Back in the late summer of 2010, a 98-year-old oil painting by Austrian expressionist Egon..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Is Texas Breaking the Law?

State poised to execute another Mexican national

"...If the state of Texas goes through with the planned July 7 execution..."

June 8, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Notes of a Football Addict (Vol. V)

Paying tribute to Blanda, and more

"...Before prying into the heart of what's gone wrong in the State of Texas football,..."

Oct. 7, 2010 Sports Post by John Razook

Lily Tomlin, Citizen of Austin

The comedian on our town, Ann Richards, and getting hitched

"...homecoming. In the Eighties, she did an extended run of her first stage success and workshopped her second; bonded..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Robert De Niro Joins Harry Ransom Center for a Celebration of Film

Gala and endowment will honor the Heat star

"...that Robert De Niro will be hosting A Celebration of Film, a special fundraising gala marking the archive's 65th..."

June 27, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron

This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall

"...The rise and fall of Houston corporate monolith Enron was a stain on American..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock

Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag

"...Scream using a symbol so drenched in a legacy of racial conflict and oppression...."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Depths of 'Desire'

Curator Annette Carlozzi invites art lovers to dive down into images of longing

"...one word. No obligatory colon followed by a phrase expansively (or reductively) making explicit the point of this assemblage..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...and you can hear it – the unmistakable din of a high school band room. That swell of horns..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

A Portrait of the Artist as a Grad Student

Chronicle reviewer David Garza uses Tom Grimes' new history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop to question whether creative writing can be taught.

"...or if she really loved the grunt and sweat of dashing toward home plate, could she have still conjured..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza

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

SCOTUS Punts on Fisher vs. UT, Lifts Part of Voting Rights Act

Two major rulings from the Supreme Court

"...As the Texas Legislature roiled and boiled with the abortion debate, lawmakers..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Salt of San Marcos

Journalists Who Write Like Scholars - and Vice Versa

"...Juan Palomo and David Barton of The Salt Journal photograph by Jana Birchum Although San..."

May 29, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...illustration by Jason Stout In March 18, 1996, Texas had the dubious honor of becoming the first state..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

De Novo Comes to Texas

Jeffrey Solomon's play brings the violence of Central America to life

"...Novo, a documentary play that's based the true story of Edgar Chocoy, 16, who was killed two weeks after..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

A 'Culture of Excellence' at UT Inc.

The Commission of 125 report calls for a first-class (and blue-chip) university

"..."A disciplined culture of excellence" – that's how the 218 Texans on the..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...announced the keynote address to mark the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act would happen sometime in July...."

July 19, 2024 News Feature

UT Faculty Say Conservatization of the School Is a Long Time Coming

Another brick in the wall

"...to effectively end the tenure system and the teaching of critical race theory at UT-Austin, faculty and administrators across..."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2005

The Austin Critics Table has named six inductees for the 2005 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the fourth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...It was one of those days when Dagoberto Gilb was about to start..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Cream of the Crop

Ten Percent Plan Takes True Grit

"...photograph by Doug Potter In the wake of Hopwood, Texas's institutions of higher education are suffering under..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Texas Republicans Say They’ll Save Diversity on Campus by Killing Diversity on Campus

Higher education Senate subcommittee aims to double down on DEI ban

"...In the last legislative session in 2023, Texas Republicans outlawed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs at public..."

Nov. 15, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX in Discussion With UT Over the Future of the Cactus Cafe

KUTX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue

"...Cactus Cafe, a 150-capacity listening room located in the Texas Union building since 1979. The university cited budget concerns..."

May 7, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...down at his drafting table in a nook just off the kitchen and works all night...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...loves to write a headline that will piss Austinites off, WSJ posited this week that “Austin’s reign as a..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature

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