Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...his Turn Your Back on Violence event at Doris Miller Auditorium, located on the park grounds, in July 1996...."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Frost, Witness to War: Mexico in the Photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing

"...live performances have twice as much fire – Erin Walter standing in front of a mic belting a squall..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Parker Woodland, Good Looks, and More Crucial Concerts

Album releases, artist departures, and more recommended shows

"...band” boasts a just-as-formidable lineup of musicians: harmonica titan Walter Daniels, guitarist and Austin Music Hall of Famer Bill..."

June 7, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Resynator Director: Alison TavelProducers: Kathryn Robson, Jon Lullo, Brendan Walter, Sara Nesson, Barbara McDonough, Christopher Noviello In unearthing a..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pasta Paisanos Support Lilith Fund, Texas French Bread Bakes Back Better, Desert Door Gets WILD Again, There’s Deep-Fried Charcuterie at the Texas State Fair, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...23-24), will feature a hunter/gatherer feast curated by Lynn Miller & Mike Diaz of Oseyo and Finn Walter of..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...We Leave Behind Director: Iliana Sosa, Producers: Emma D. Miller, Iliana Sosa, Isidore Bethel (co-producer) After a lifetime of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...Editing: The Biotech Revolution of our Times: Bestselling author Walter Isaacson has established himself as the biographer of creativity,..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...THE OFFLINE PLAYLIST D: Brian C. Miller Richard (US, 49 min, Minnesota Premiere) A first-of-its-kind concert..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brandon Cash Says He's a Clown. His Critics Say He's a Bigot. Will His Customers Keep Coming Back?

The show must (?) go on

"...Nic Sanchez and Alex Walter founded a website called Shut Down Brandon Cash that..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lee Ackerley

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Mucho Mucho Amor follows the iconic, gender non-conforming astrologer Walter Mercado, who mesmerized Latino viewers with his extravagance and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Apollo 11

Astounding documentary takes us back to the first crewed mission to the moon

"...Directed by: Todd Douglas Miller...."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2018 Primary Election Filing Time

And the candidates are ...

"...U.S. Senator R: Ted Cruz, Geraldine Sam, Mary Miller, Bruce Jacobson Jr. D: Beto O'Rourke, Edward Kimbrough, Sema..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...the same flat note Billy Bob Thornton did playing Walter Matthau’s role in Bad News Bears. This is not..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...The Warriors (1979) – Presented by Walter Hill Writers: Walter Hill, David Shaber, Sol Yurick (novel)..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...be on hand to tell us, Be Fierce. Biographer Walter Isaacson, who has previously illuminated the genius in Benjamin..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1977, 118min/color, DCP) John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, and Donna Pescow. Directed by John Badham. John Travolta..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Christian Science Monitor Editor Michael Farrell; and film producer Walter Parkes...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Office Christmas Party

Workplace comedy lacks the laughs

"...and Will Speck. Starring: Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston, Kate McKinnon, Courtney B. Vance, Jillian Bell,..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jarrott Productions' The Price

This staging of the Arthur Miller drama keenly appraises the worth of a life

"...Franz gets a keen taste of that in Arthur Miller's The Price, newly mounted by Jarrott Productions. This New..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Writers

Storytellers become the story

"...sometime bookmaker Howard Prince. Approached by blacklisted pal Alfred Miller (Michael Murphy) to “front” for him – Prince will..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...16 million viewers were getting their first look at Walter Skinner in more than seven years, the actor who's..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kimberley Jones' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Best Director George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz (Gett:..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones' Theatrical Jazz

The accomplished stage artist, scholar, and UT professor pens the first study of artists translating jazz aesthetics into theatre

"...jazz aesthetic," to such current practitioners as Grisha Coleman, Walter Kitundu, and locals Florinda Bryant and Zell Miller III...."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...•The Downtown outlet of Trader Joe's (211 Walter Seaholm Dr.) is set to open on May 1st,..."

March 20, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Unfinished Business

The crude humor and cloying sentiment of Vince Vaughn's latest comedy make it a dud

"...Scott. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, Nick Frost, James Marsden and June Diane Raphael...."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...clerks with gray ponytails led to life-changing acquisitions: Roger Miller's Golden Hits, The Harder They Come soundtrack, Charles Mingus'..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ray Price, 1926-2013

‘Now blue ain’t the word for the way that I feel’

"...all its worth. And Nobel Ray Price, son of Walter and Clara Bradley Price, simply owned Chuck Seals’ words..."

Dec. 17, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Letters at 3AM: Articles of Faith

"That all things are possible is God"

"...Kierkegaard. I met him mostly on the subway, in Walter Lowrie's translation, convinced that Mr. K would have dug..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Metallica: Through the Never

The 32-year-old British quartet is shown in depth that only begins with the 3-D.

"...Paying homage to doom-y sources like Walter Hill’s The Warriors, John Carpenter’s Escape from New York,..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

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