God's Not Dead

A college kid faces flunking out if he can't prove to his classmates and atheist professor that God exists.

"...Oliver, Trisha LaFache, Paul Kwo, Hadeel Sittu, Marco Khan, Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson...."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yuppie Pricks Stage RNC Watch Party

Because viewing it alone on C-Span is so depressing

"...Baio, first lady candidate Melania Trump, and Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson. For locals who couldn’t make the 1,400-mile sojourn..."

July 18, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Shrake in 1985 about the critically acclaimed Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, as well as about Shrake's..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...section of the Chronicle, I read your blurb of Willie's choice of presidential candidates and your opinion of Toby..."

July 25, 2003 Column

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...of musical artists among the finest in town: Meredith Robertson, Janis Stinson, Joe York, Allen Robertson. On the boards:..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Home Grown

Down on Pioneer Farm with KLRU's 'The Biscuit Brothers,' ready for season two but still struggling for funds

"...Allen Robertson – who you might know as banjo-slinging Buford Biscuit..."

May 19, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

A League of Their Own

"...genesis of Austin homegrown films. Not only did the Willie Nelson vehicle give the world a taste of local..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues is a blues primer covering every variation on the form, and in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production its lessons are driven home with verve and fervor and musical excitement

"...No. 1)," slyly played for deadpan menace by Allen Robertson; Willie Dixon's "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," sold with..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Record Reviews

"...for comparison shoppers, ventures into a new galaxy equally Willie Nelson and Jonathan Richman. There is much that's enticing..."

April 3, 1998 Music Review

Eastside Community Organizations

"...Robertson Hill Neighborhood Organization, Donna Shepherd, 1178 San Bernard, 499-8443..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

In Memoriam: Gary Cartwright

Time to "Turn Out the Lights" for the Texas Mad Dog writer

"...Jerry Jones, Jack Ruby, Benny Benion, and, of course, Willie; deep digs into the frame-up of Randall Dale Adams,..."

March 2, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...of beer on his head. Then, as Doc Jenkins (Willie Nelson) and Blackie Buck (Kris Kristofferson) look on, he..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Straight From the Horse's Mouth

Revisiting Bud Shrake's 1985 interview with the Chronicle

"...Shrake in 1985 about the critically acclaimed Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, as well as Shrake's storied..."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...EASTMOUNTAIN SOUTH: Not only is Robbie Robertson bringing a keynote speech and pre-The Last Waltz DVD/box..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...that I first heard a Muddy Waters record with Willie Dixon on bass, and it rocked my world. I..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...which was allowed by fiat to take over the Robertson Hill N.A.'s seat. (Anderson's executive director, Raydell Galloway, already..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Platters

"...WILLIE NELSON..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

Longtime General Manager Tom Gimbel Departs Austin City Limits Television

ACL brand ambassador launches artists management agency in NYC

"...Connolly, production and distribution oversight will fall under Sara Robertson, the Chief Content Officer, and the iconic Terry Lickona..."

March 31, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Beyond the Horizon with Denny Freeman

Austin lodestar offered the theories of life through a guitar

"...Austin experienced a mini-explosion of national attention and growth. Willie Nelson world became the city’s calling card, but also..."

April 27, 2021 Music Post by Bill Bentley

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Daveigh Chase, Natasha Lyonne, Louis Hunter, Nikki Reed, Britt Robertson (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...of an eight-foot marijuana plant. And this is 1967. Willie Nelson still had a shirt and tie on. He’s..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Across the Great Divide

Hacienda's Abraham Villanueva keys in on the Band

"...drunkard's dream of Bessie up on Cripple Creek; Ragtime Willie pining for a Virginia rockin' chair from the sea...."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...& Sara, Minus the Bear, Les Claypool, the Raconteurs, Willie Nelson, and M.I.A., all at a blinding pace. Festivals..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Eric Clapton

Gift guide

"...Robert Cray's elegant "Poor Johnny," Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, Willie Nelson's acoustic schooling on "Blue Eyes Crying in the..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Deadman

"...of his old boss, Daniel Lanois, the man behind Willie Nelson's Teatro, Harris' Wrecking Ball, and several U2 efforts...."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Dan Oko

After a Fashion

This week, Stephen slathers it on at a major social-climbing event...

"...star-studded event features George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, and Martina McBride, and others. Go..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

Next week is a big week in network TV

"...children's show featuring the musical talents of Austin-based Allen Robertson, Jerome Schoolar, and friends, might be a thing of..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...among them Pope John Paul II, conservative preachers Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, and Thornton's brother Ronald Carlson –..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...How many military unit jackets were worn by Slick Willie, who managed to be abroad during the time of..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Neil Diamond comes to town, the Metro stays open, Cotton Mather searches for a deal, Hamstein sells its publishing, Wynton Marsalis visits the Elephant Room, and much, much more.

"...signed autographs after the show in front of their Willie Nelson-sized transportation... Kevin Russell, in between plugs for his..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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