Point Austin: Impeaching the Empire

The House Judiciary Committee considers high crimes and misdemeanors

"...I haven't written much about impeaching the Bush administration, although I readily concede there is..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...The lights come up, and there he is, like a..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beside the Point

City Council gets ready to wade in the water (treatment plant)

"...At the June 8 City Council meeting, Brewster McCracken suggested that..."

June 23, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Weak at the Knee?

Chief Stan Knee's tenure at the APD has had many external successes, and several internal failures.

"...When Stan Knee was sworn in as the new chief of the Austin Police Department..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Graffiti on the Superhighway

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

"...The Red Fez on Fifth Street fizzed like an underground..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Heyd in Plain Sight

Austin painter Heyd Fontenot exposes more than himself in his new exhibition.

"...There are a lot of naked people on the wall..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator, but that technicality..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...Behind the saw- horses and police tape, onlookers fidget. A..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...by Mindy LaBernz..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

The Best Music We’ve Seen So Far at SXSW 2023

An insightful Jeff Tweedy, sunshiney Armani White, and more

"...Though South by Southwest Music officially started yesterday, the Chronicle music team, as..."

March 14, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...We were bold and life was great..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...The illustration came into my possession last Monday morning...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...And It's a Big One: The Texas House Democratic Caucus laid out an ambitious proposal..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: The Definition of Insanity

Waiting for the Legislature to finally do its duty on school finance

"...Fresh from reviewing the News staff's upbeat interviews with the incoming Central..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Fall just got a little closer, readers, not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sotol: The New White Lightning

Three military vets find purpose, identity, and craft in Desert Door distillery

"...From the outside, the Desert Door sotol distillery and tasting room..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Off the Record

Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword

"...In a matter of weeks, the Sword departs for an..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...Every time Townes Van Zandt played the Cactus Cafe in the late 1990s, my roommate went...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rick Noriega's Speech to the Texas Democratic Convention

Blasts Cornyn, calls for end to Iraq War.

"...After the jump is the speech Rick Noriega just gave to..."

June 6, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

A Hundred Years of Shadows

One hundred years after "The Great Train Robbery," motion pictures have transformed consciousness into a Kingdom of Shadows.

"...One reference book says "The Great Train Robbery" was 11 minutes long; Kevin Brownlow's..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...photograph courtesy of Photofest As the Austin Film Society begins a new series of screenings..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam

"...Dark Shadows..."

April 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Latest in Paper

In his clear, descriptive style, Christian Parenti delivers not only the now-familiar voice of the "embedded" journalist, but also that of one who is intelligent and curious enough to seek out the resistance.

"...The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Books Feature by Diana Welch

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...Jack Jackson, fiftysomething, wears glasses, has white hair and a white mustache..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Djinn

The dangers of a wish coming true in this childhood horror

"...Directed by: David Charbonier and Justin Powell. Starring: Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe and..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Owen Egerton Gets Spooked Writing The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin author on his new haunted house movie

"...Script conferences tend to be mundane affairs. They don't generally involve spending the night in a haunted..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nosferatu Festival Celebrates the Original Cinematic Vampire

Get in on the nights of the living dead

"..."Nosferatu? Does this word not sound like the call of the..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hell of It

Mike Mignola on returning to Hellboy

"...The connoisseur of shadows. The master of the tentacle. Artist..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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