Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Beck, a Mayan Foo Fighters, [and] Judas Priest screaming for vengeance at the Cedar Park Center: Perkins' pride of..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Eternals

Marvel’s immortal heroes overstay their welcome

"...answer to founding artist Jack Kirby’s New Gods title for DC: When Kirby returned to Marvel after a six-year..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...on uplifting its community in lieu of promoting dysfunction for album sales...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

SXSW Film Goes to A Quiet Place

Over 100 films and 43 world premieres fill a noisy nine days

"...of Sundance, conference speaker Spike Lee brings his surprise Waiting for Godot riff Pass Over, then everyone's inner kid..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...As for Krasinski's highly anticipated shift to horror, she said, "Not..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Snakepit Releases His Manor Threat

New collection of diary comics debuts at Beerland this Saturday

"...thing of the past; who drew the latest cover for the Austin Beer Guide; and whose diary-comic work has..."

June 8, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival: The Texas Promise

Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth finds the lie and the hope in Texas schools

"...I was on the floor as an education reporter for those debates, watching as lawmakers made a Faustian pact..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Ravitch to the Ritz: SXSWedu highlights

"...Most of SXSWedu": Ron Reed and SXSWedu coordinator (and Forbes' 30 Under 30 list honoree) Greg Rosenbaum walk first-timers..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature

Trailer Park Is Action-Packed

Not the heroes you deserve, but the heroes you need right now

"...and the explosion in West, you wouldn't be blamed for wanting to hide out in a room full of..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSWedu: Lights, Camera, Learn

Film programming includes 'Bully', 'Brooklyn Castle'

"...that they're just wheeling out an old 8mm projector for some drivers' ed reels, they have major documentaries like..."

Feb. 7, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...Diane Ravitch may be America's most important whistle-blower. The former U.S. assistant secretary of education doesn't employ hidden cameras..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Civics 101

"...St. David's Episcopal Church, 301 E. Eighth, 610-3500. $10 for lunch...."

May 18, 2012 News Column

Study: Dropout Rates for Blacks Higher in Charters

A new UT study shows black high school students in Texas are three times more likely to drop out from a charter system

"...school in Texas records a worrying 4% dropout rate for black high school students, but that soars to 13%..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...microphone and my trusty gray plastic Silvertone AM/FM radio, waiting breathlessly for the first notes of that song I..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chris the Conqueror

Chris Roberson takes on Superman, Elric, Captain Kirk, and Cinderella – and wins

"...His first mainstream title, Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love, for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, only hit newsstands in 2009...."

July 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: New Lease on Quality of Life

Steering away from the turbulence of the past

"...to shrink, opportunities are coming fewer and farther between for those who stay here. "The Hispanic population has increased..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Waiting for 'Superman'

More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.

"...global warming in An Inconvenient Truth. The premise of Waiting for ‘Superman’ is that the system is broken –..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Guggenheim on Education and Getting the Job Done

Q&A with the director of Waiting for 'Superman'

"...Davis Guggenheim, the director of controversial new education documentary Waiting for 'Superman,' visited Austin for an advance screening on..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Are Unions Educational Kryptonite?

New doc pins school failures on unions

"...The new documentary Waiting for 'Super­man' has triggered national media chatter about kick-starting..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...an archaeological dig site after a flood. Puddles have formed in the trenches left by the tractors used to..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Page Two: Home Fires

Revisiting the smoking ban and the return of Otto Binder

"...In the Chronicle's online forum discussions, the smoking ban issue is once again hot,..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...life don't always make immediate sense but do offer information if you take some time to contemplate them. Getting..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Fan Favorite

How the geekdom came together to save a love song to Star Wars from the dark side

"...Ohio to Skywalker Ranch in the Bay Area of California to steal a print of Star Wars Episode I:..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.'s sly take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior elevates everything about this film.

"...hands, had an epiphany, dropped by a Burger King for a nosh, and then cleaned up their acts, but..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Myth Steps

Trenton Doyle Hancock's mythic creatures rise from the canvas, with help from Stephen Mills and Graham Reynolds

"...But for the first two weeks of April, the Vegans –..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Like Out of a Movie

The legend of Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

"...People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival for its beautifully shot, thoughtful meditation on loss, connection, family,..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...Why don't you save some room for a slice..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Donovan

Gift guide

"...Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (Sony BMG)..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

TV Eye

Happy 300th, The Simpsons.

"...sure, The Osbournes have turned heads while others long for the good old-fashioned family values of the Bradys, the..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Beaver Nelson

Texas Platters

"...is number four out of the chute since 1998 for Austin's Raggedy Man, Beaver should have the "S" emblazoned..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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