Utz

"...whose object of study has dichotomously diverged from the woolly mammoth to the common housefly. Utz was shot in..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Biotech Startup Colossal Wants to Bring Back Lost Species

A moonshot for the mammoth (and that's just the start)

"...raised $75 million for renowned genomics pioneers to resurrect woolly mammoths, and you’re likely to get a plethora of..."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Tom Cheredar

Out of the Boomers' Shadow

David Bucci, Playwright for Today's Young Theatre Haters

"...nothing at all), Bucci's work attracted the interest of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, a troupe known nationally for its..."

July 19, 1996 Arts Feature

Being Seen

"...kitchen sink dramas," has been staged by the noted Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company of Washington, D.C., and has done..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Column

Day Trips

The Waco Mammoth Site boasts the largest known concentration of mammoth skeletons, left after the beasts died from the same natural event

"...The Waco Mammoth Site lays bare the final remains of an ancient..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Who will win this epic new battle royal as Godzilla faces King Ghidorah?

"...There’s also brief appearances from the MUTOs, a mutated woolly mammoth-thing, and what looks suspiciously like creepy-crawly, 1960s-era arachnid..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good Dinosaur

Sweet and charming, Pixar's dino pic should please everyone

"...scenery is stunning to behold. Mountains, rivers, rocky expanses, woolly mammoth herds, a field of fireflies – there’s always..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fighting City Hall

What began as a play for Austin by a Ukrainian playwright has become a dispatch from the front lines of a war

"...contemporary Russian drama being produced in D.C. by the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. (The move forced the festival's cancellation.)..."

May 2, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: What Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back To Life?

With Matt Oztalay, Peter-John Byrnes, Wiley Wiggins, and more

"...David Moses Fruchter of Slappy Pinchbottom's Odd Preoccupation: The Woolly Mammoth – because that's the one my sweetheart would..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Council: Are We Having Fun Fun Fun Yet?

The show must go on, but where exactly?

"...is also promising a unicorn, a Pegasus, and a woolly mammoth – you think a mammoth takes orders for..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Tasmanian tiger. Colossal is also working on de-extincting the woolly mammoth...."

Dec. 23, 2022 News Feature

What About the Wildlife

"...Dear Editor, We all know what came of the woolly mammoth and the dodo bird. And it’s our job..."

Feb. 21, 2022 Postmarks

Fantastic Fest Interview: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson are Synchronic

The directing duo take a new path through time

"...movie, where he has to run away from the woolly mammoth, and people are trying to stab him with..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Natives

"...drummer Matt Frazier on the danceable "Breakers" and charging "Woolly Mammoth." Celebrated for its relative strength, the tiny hummingbird..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Dan Oko

Theatre Thinker

In the online dialogue about the art of the stage, Travis Bedard is a star

"...major national theatres like Chicago's Goodman or Washington, D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth, as Bedard has, unless you're saying something interesting...."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Gay Place

Gay Place loves itself some wonks

"...pace of politics labors like a big, fat, bloated woolly mammoth, but there was our prez, representing us and..."

June 17, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner

Tiger Woods is a great golfer, no doubt, but it's a shame there's no one else around who can really challenge him.

"...centers have become as extinct a species as the woolly mammoth. There's no obvious explanation for this. Are moms..."

June 21, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

The Masters and Wimbledon

"...three-shot rally is as extinct at Wimbledon as the woolly mammoth. The game became hit a serve as hard..."

July 13, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Mark Cuban may get heat for his unconventional style, but there's no doubt he's done wonders for the recently-moribund Dallas Mavericks.

"...that, alas, will soon be as extinct as the woolly mammoth. As in all the older buildings (i.e., pre-luxury..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Bottom's Dream: chokecherry

"...who helped organize the Austin contingent. The Annex (Seattle), Woolly Mammoth (Washington, D.C.), the Undermain Theatre (Dallas), The Living..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Young Guns and Typewriters

"...A full production of Lynwood Pharmacy was produced by Woolly Mammoth in Washington, D.C., and there's hope of getting..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Closer Than You Think

"...snow and ice subsides, what's revealed isn't a frozen woolly mammoth, tundra, or even Captain America, but the first..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Column

Black Artisan's Market

"...dozen companies are attending, including such far-flung groups as Woolly Mammoth (Washington, D.C.), Bottom's Dream (Los Angeles), Bloomsberg Theatre..."

July 12, 1996 Arts Column

Day Trips

The Waco Mammoth Site tells an amazing story of the prehistoric elephant's natural parenting instincts

"...The Waco Mammoth Site tells an amazing story of the prehistoric elephant's..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

We Have an Issue: A Mad Dash Through March

SXSW Preview Issue

"...into South by Southwest and publishing our annual typically mammoth Festival preview. (An aside: The Chronicle is the official..."

March 11, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Entranced

Remembering one who fascinated us all: Karen Kuykendall, 1937-2007

"...the course of a full year while staging this mammoth six-hour play. There was a scene where Robin Christian,..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Give Him Enough Rope

John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.

"...to develop -- consider the gestation periods of such mammoth works as Tony Kushner's Angels in America or Robert..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar