Michelle Mayer: Departure/Return

A beautiful display of footwear cobbled as if from bark, moss, foliage, and fungus

"...Imagine a young and elegant Mother Nature on the catwalk,..."

April 8, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Monkeys Gone to Heaven

Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago sounds the call ... for balut!

"...Born in Manila, Joey Santiago left his native Philippines in the..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...Inside a dark room at the Salvage Vanguard Theater, a..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Letters at 3AM

At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be

"...such a simple song. It said such a simple thing: "I want to hold your hand." An impulse basic..."

July 3, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...Long ago, writing for a paper in a city by the sea,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Immigrants Tell Country to 'Listen Up'

Thousands take to Austin streets for immigrant rights rally and march

"...For the second year in a row, a flood of flag-waving,..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Secrets Shared

The documentary photos of Donna DeCesare

"...Donna DeCesare's photos raise a curtain on the darkest side..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Downtown's Tall Order

Where can we put 20,000 new residents?

"...Austinites startled by the height of the latest downtown residential..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Red, White, and Blue

Second place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...I sit crumpled like a sack lunch in the coach class of a discount airline 30,000 feet..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Garth Mueller

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Michael [King]:..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Postmarks

"...Sophia King Family Responds..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Aquifer Springs Eternal..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura observes the great John Cassavetes at work on the set of his next-to-last movie Love Streams.

"...How and why I came to stand in the darkness of John Cassavetes' living room beside the..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Blood Feast

Shadow of the Vampire isn't just an imaginative riff on the making of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. "It is an allegory of an aspect of what cinema is at its heart," says director E. Elias Merhige. "It's this dangerous, mad kind of science."

"...Cinema pumps images into our souls just like hearts pump..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...What I Saw at the Texas Book Festival When I..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The Real World: New Orleans and Survivor, CBS' brutal bid to rein reality television, are sure to fascinate pop culture fans throughout the summer. Belinda Acosta explains why she resents it: and why she can't stop watching.

"...Let me tell you why TV and summers don't mix for me. I'm a Midwesterner. Midwesterners are calibrated..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Festival of Lite

Arts writer Robi Polgar finds the true meaning of Chanukah, if not the true spelling ...

"..."Chanukah is that time of year between Christmas and Misgiving when all the bestest holiday shows..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Robi Polgar

Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Night

"...Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Nightby Thisbe Nissen..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Review by Amanda Eyre Ward

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...Alexander "Rusty" Windle was not a drug dealer, but he died like..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...I am a Smart Growth proponent, but I do not support the construction of Gotham condominiums at Town..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Stubb's, Wednesday, March 17..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Screamlines

"...The notion of extend-ing "Scanlines" for Halloween seemed like a..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Corner to Corner

Top Ten Neighborhood War Zones of 1997

"...1) Northwest Corridor. People are selfish, and "community" is an almost..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Exhibitionism

A Streetcar Named Desire: Half the Magic

"...Planet Theatre through August 23 Running Time: 3 hrs..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Arts Review

Greg Beets' National Top Ten

"...2. Lollipop, Dog Piss on Dog (Amphetamine Reptile)..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...Rod Caspers wears a crew-cut and projects a bossy demeanor that makes..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...The annual literary festival staged around the state’s Capitol announced..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Theatre Review: Bottle Alley Theatre Company’s Aurora

This alien exploration works as a play and an encapsulation of what makes Austin special

"...Austin is porch culture. That’s how I describe it to..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

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