Land of 1,000 Dances

Sundance Film Festival 1997

"...more mindful of the risks of the marketplace, they still recognize the profit potential inherent in one solid indie..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do They Dare?

Austin Team Portland-Bound for the National Poetry Slam

"..."Hey, the slam's a gimmick; but something special is still possible there." Like the rock anthem that inspired it,..."

July 26, 1996 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Heal Thyself

Council Watch

"...comprehensive audit of city government. Perhaps the mayor was still reacclimating to the English language after his two-week Moscow..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Column

Media Clips

"...Daily newspapers I'd still rather read:..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Column

Council Watch

"...legislators, as early as next session, are expected to grant free rein to wholesale electric providers previously barred from..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

Qmmunity: A Creative Storm Front

Front Festival hits Austin with a storm of great creative showcases over Labor Day weekend

"...have come a very long way," Hervey explains. "We're still grassroots and DIY, but we've had a bit more..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by James Scott

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...and messy. Two decades in, Pissed Jeans’ noise-rock tantrums still shock and amuse. The radical hardcore of Soul Glo’s..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...wrong people. Cast List: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Food & Wine Alliance: Taste of Texas Auction

Going once, going twice – going to treat you right, pardner

"...packages, provided by the likes of Franklin BBQ, Casero, William Chris Vineyards, Johnson’s Backyard Garden, Moonshine Patio Bar &..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Capital City Black Film Festival Grows by Leaps and Bounds

Four-day event showcases African-American experiences in cinema

"...season. Coming back with a fourth edition of the still-evolving Capital City Black Film Festival, organizers are going even..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Public Notice: Mobility and the Devil

Only Uber and Lyft can bring back Uber and Lyft

"...(But not very far away. After all, we're still the state capital, and Uber has long been more..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...this play gave a few people health insurance. That still makes me emotional."..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Who Says You're Drunk?

Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'

"...shore, the two women told police that Whittington was still stuck inside the car – but it was too..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Everything Went Black: Five Hits From Hell

What to watch this Halloween

"...character actor Stephen McHattie give a once-in-a-lifetime performance as Grant Mazzie, a boozy, self-loathing radio DJ in a far-flung..."

Oct. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

AFF Honors Chris Carter, Announces First Wave

Outstanding TV Writing Award for 'X-Files' creator

"...than fake marriages and carpet cleaners. Produced by Kelly Williams, and starring Kerri Lendo, John Merriman, Byron Brown and..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

She's My Heroine

Happy birthday to three of cinema's femmest fatales

"...unofficially banished from Tinseltown in 1928 after appearing in William Wellman's Beggars of Life. Her crime? The lady was..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

WilCo Sends Another One Packing

There's just no pleasing the Williamson Co. brass

"...Another "national expert" has left William­son Co., after apparently running afoul of WilCo's incestuous power..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Off the Record

The renovated Austin Music Hall breaks new ground; Brown Whörnet goes digital; and Roky Erickson rocks Austin City Limits with a little help from his friends

"...its scheduled grand reopening, the Austin Music Hall is still a hard-hat-required construction site. The unveiling, scheduled for Monday,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Endorsements

"...of activists bitter over a half-dozen lost battles (some still raging) they want to reverse by fiat. The process..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...of activists bitter over a half-dozen lost battles (some still raging) they want to reverse by fiat. The process..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

March 7 Primaries

"...Lieutenant Governor• Benjamin Z. Grant..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

A fresh melange of reader responses to our recent issues.

"...Grant Lannon & Judy McMillan..."

May 25, 2001 Column

A Boone to Austin Theatre

In 10 years of leading Frontera productions, Vicky Boone has touched many lives and changed the community.

"...Haley's Domain; Stephanie Swenson's Gap Pants; Ron Berry and William Walden's Water; Joy Cunningham's Goin' to Georgia; Tiana Hux's..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...implementing reform measures laid out by U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice in his landmark 1980 ruling in Ruiz..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

Looking ahead to SXSW, an appreciation of Sandra Bullock's underrated comic talent, and a goodbye to Advertising Director Pattie Moon.

"...Benjamin Bratt in Miss Congeniality -- provide the Cary Grant or William Powell she so needs to play off..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Louis Black

A Star Is Born

"...videos, laser discs, and DVDs.)A Star Is Born D: William Wellman (1937); with Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou,..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Magnificent Seven

Why three records are better than two

"...no wonder Sandinista's first disc is exhausting. Yet there's still 74 minutes of Clash City Rockers to come: the..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Michener Center for Writers

"...Since they are funded by a generous grant from the late James Michener, students needn't worry about..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Ric Williams

Overlapping Fireworks

It’s been six long years since Frontera artists Vicky Boone, Margery Segal, and Annie Suite have all worked with each other on a play, but the threesome still send off fireworks together, as C. Denby Swanson

"...goes first. Onward, from Ntozake Shange, Marsha Norman, and William Finn to Tony Kushner, Wendy Wasserstein, and John Guare,..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Conversations With Wilder

"...Hepburn's angelic young face among the tree branches, or William Holden's dazzling, golden boy smile. "What an evening it..."

March 10, 2000 Books Review by Raoul Hernandez

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