End of the Line

The Passing of Grey Ghost

"...players, a first- generation Texas bluesman. And as Tary Owens pointed out to the crowd at the Continental Club..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

Race

Perceptive film about Jesse Owens going to the 1936 Berlin Olympics

"...Jason Sudeikis, Shanice Banton, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, William Hurt, Eli Goree, David Kross, Barnaby Metschurat, Amanda Crew,..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Making Lists

"...Cisneros, James Crumley, Laura Furman, Dagoberto Gilb, Albert Goldbarth, William Hauptmann, John Irsfeld, Mary Karr, Beverly Lowry, Willie Morris,..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...two volumes -- Letters of Roy Bedichek, edited by William Owens and Lyman Grant, which deliberately omits any family..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Chasers

"...Directed by: Dennis Hopper. Starring: Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey, Crispin Glover, Seymour Cassel,..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The 50+ Books

"...The Gay Place, William Brammer..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature

Cinemapocalypse at the Alamo Ritz: Die, Nazi, Die!

Quentin Tarantino premieres Inglourious

"...(Alligator, Jackie Brown) turned up around four to screen William Lustig's 1983 Death Wish-y Vigilante, skipping out on the..."

Aug. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...very angry to hear the mother of 20-year-old Jessie Owens making the excuse that he was just a kid,..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

Spinning Yarns

Tracing generations' worth of jazz and R&B history through the Texas Trumpets

"...they tend to be warhorses better suited to the "William Tell Overture" and marching bands -- that the trumpet..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Further Trials of Eroy Brown

Eroy Brown's parole is in the hands of the TDCJ

"...Brown Panel," Habern wrote on Jan. 18 to Rissie Owens, chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, "face..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...a time such as this." -- Army Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin, newly appointed deputy undersecretary of defense for..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...of Light Director: Rosa Ruth Boesten, Producers: Roger Ross Williams, Anousha Nzume, Ilja Roomans George Anthony Morton, a classical..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...as well as their latest, Accelerator. Jim Caligiuri Christopher Owens..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

C Sick

Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse

"...August 21, 1998). He, local musicologist and historian Tary Owens, and musician Alejandro Escovedo were the prominent Austin music-industry..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Policing Sixth Street – in White and Black

Two conflicting stories – did a Downtown partier get out of control, or did the cops?

"...of the then-recent officer-involved shooting death of Jessie Lee Owens during a late-night East Austin traffic stop – and..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...Life" and Merle Haggard's "Life in Prison," Stax/Volt singer William Bell's "You Don't Miss Your Water," and Woody Guthrie's..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Headlines

"...SXSW Eco announced its 2016 keynote speaker, architect William McDonough, and a few programming highlights, including John Kotek..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...man was arrested in the killing of UT student William Ehrhardt III; police allege Jason Anthony Chacon was trying..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."Fire Inside" and highlighting sax showdown "Wash Away." Ephraim Owens' trumpet joins torching combo "Out of the Darkness" and..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Schloss, John Gallagher Jr., Danielle Brooks, Tony Hale, Keith Williams, Tee Dennard (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Alejandro Escovedo’s United Sounds of Austin

January 11, 2014. 41 photos.

"...Ephraim Owens..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Photo Gallery

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Ryzin (arts), and the Chronicle's Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Jillian Owens (theatre), Adam Roberts (theatre/classical music), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Dan..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...in the exhibition's jazz lounge and see it in William Claxton's breathtakingly sumptuous black-and-white photographs of jazz musicians hanging..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...editors) consults on the Travis Co. ballot (with one Williamson Co. outlier), chooses the races where we have a..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the controversial lawsuit that led (now Senior) District Judge William Wayne Justice to drag Texas prisons kicking and screaming..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column

Day Trips

"...of Jimmie Rodgers and the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens and others...."

June 27, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 22-28

"...Baretta, Connie Stevens spoofing Police Woman's Pepper Anderson, Buck Owens spoofing McCloud, and so on. In other words, bone..."

July 21, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Turns Out Final Weekly Band List

De La Soul, Mavis Staples, Ximena Sariñana highlight 10th lineup drop

"...Ephraim Owens (Dallas)..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

John Singleton and Chris Cooper to be honored

"...Mojave Writer/ Director: William Monahan..."

Sept. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Alejandro Escovedo's United Sounds of Austin

"...singing anchored the epic show – most notably Lucinda Williams, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Rosie Flores, Roky Erickson, and..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Review by Doug Freeman

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