International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...envisioned. He founded Rock Lectures exploring Latinx and Native American contributions to rock & roll, plays a key role..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Marie Arana, LatinoLand: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Electrifying South American folklore, amplifying West African tribalism, and broiling Caribbean rhythms,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

You Have a Right to Counsel. So Why Doesn’t Travis County Allow Attorneys at Bail Hearings?

Get out of jail free $10K

"...jail. There, Travis County Sheriff's Office staff – often working on a skeleton crew and sometimes working double shifts..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...of Families for Justice, Austin Justice Coalition, and JUST America. "We support each other," the activist known as King,..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Learning the Hard Way That Police and Democratic Socialists Rarely Mix

CLEAT alum Danny Fetonte's resignation from the Austin DSA raises questions for the local chapter

"...in Chicago in early August, the Democratic Socialists of America – the largest socialist organization in the country –..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Farewell to Dusty Rhodes

How the American Dream spoke to and for blue collar America

"...gimmick, a persona, and Rhodes was known as the American Dream. Runnels owed his to famous manager Gary Hart,..."

June 15, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: So Big Deal, Hemingway

Will Huck Finn be a valuable and immortal American archetype in the future?

"...Miller, Willa Cather, and Mark Twain are the only American novelists certain to outlast the era of America's primacy.)"..."

July 25, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

An Interview with Kevin Shields

The sonic architect deals with the past

"...one of only five shows marking the band’s first American tour in 16 years, Shields shared his thoughts on..."

April 16, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Continued Story

Daniel Johnston's songs find new life in the rock opera Speeding Motorcycle

"...The first day off, and I never quit working all day. Theatre takes up a ridiculous amount of..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Hightower Report

Rebuild the Middle Class; and Life in Iraq

"...to get cheap labor in China and India, taking America's middle-class jobs with them. It has been shoved there,..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...engineering. I've forgone about a quarter million in pay working on politics instead of re-entering the business world. However,..."

June 16, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Weak "America is a Christian nation. … We pledge to exert..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

With a View

Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams relive the making of 'Room'

"...2002, the main time that I was writing and working on this, reality seemed like a bad dream that..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Hightower Report

Standing up for working families, the middle class, and the poor; and National Guard preying on the desperate

"...be Democrats again. This means standing up unequivocally for working families, the middle class, and the poor, as well..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

No country gets two centuries anymore. The 21st will be China's century. That's what $4-plus a gallon means, and nothing can stop it. We're heading for a modern Dust Bowl.

"...America is over. America is like Wile E. Coyote after..."

April 29, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Once Upon a Time in Austin

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

"...2000: American Outlaws (Morgan Creek) D: Les Mayfield; S: Roderick Taylor,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...King ignorantly claims, but he is a courageous activist working hard to protect all of our freedoms and liberties..."

June 13, 2003 Column

Packs a Punch

Chances are you've seen Powerhouse Animation's work, whether you know it or not -- its portfolio includes Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Disney TV's The Proud Family, and plenty of local TV spots, ad campaigns, and one-off Flash animation projects.

"...their press release says: "Powerhouse Animation is made in America by Americans. Only the finest in handcrafted paper and..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...have to go elsewhere before a homegrown, multibillion dollar, all-American industry suddenly turns around and finds itself a shadow..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...have college degrees and are members of a Latin American rarity -- a thriving middle class. The local music..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...Children participating in the week-long camps dress in 19th-century working clothes before embarking on a world of water pumps,..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...returns came back, our indications were that it was working." A Sinking Ship..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...1. The huge Chronicle puff piece on Austin American-Statesman editor Rich Oppel, former Chronicle Public Enemy Number Two..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Book Reviews

"...like a Monty Python character -- Graham Chapman's prototypical American businessman: all bluster and testosterone, serious but inadvertently hilarious...."

July 4, 1997 Books Feature

Happy Camper

Judith Sims on 23 Years with Austin's Art Museum

"...involved with the school and its students, and also working with film and video." The latter, she adds, appeals..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...life, and the community virtues practiced by small-town Middle Americans, stillÉ there are just some holiday seasons when HollywoodÕs..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Oliver Tree on crying, his cowboy lineage, and his influences… which are none

Memeable alternative pop star plays sold out Stubb’s gig this weekend

"...lot, I feel like there’s such a stigma in America specifically – I can’t speak for other countries because..."

March 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Red Rocket

Simon Rex gets under the skin of this year’s most fascinating scumbag

"...their most fundamental, Sean Baker’s movies are ultimately about America. Both Tangerine and The Florida Project find him delineating..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Confetti

Tale of a mother's determination is slight but sweet

"...2005's Beauty Remains, set under Chang Kai-shek's premiership), Chinese American filmmaker Ann Hu goes more contemporary, more personal, and..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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