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The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...To begin with, Marley is dead, and top ten lists are insane, or, at the very..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The House of Lepore Brings Ballroom to the Austin Club Scene

The family that slays together …

"...What makes a family? For many in the Texas queer community, family isn't made from blood but..."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming baritone, and..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Like this country's forefathers, it came from England. Though it didn't originate there,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Kings of Monterrey

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

"...more beer. We're at a 7-Eleven not far from their rehearsal space, and the drummer, Andres Saenz, is rifling..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Get Ready for the Abstronics of Mary Ellen Bute

A centennial celebration for the conductor of light

"...To commemorate the centennial of her birth, Cinematexas will screen a retrospective..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...by Mandy Keifetz Fleabites Press, $12 paper..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

The Queer Curator

Getting to know the Blanton's talented curator, Evan Garza

"...In fact, his abridged three-page curriculum vitae includes only the most impressive highlights of his extensive career – including..."

April 11, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Voxtrot would like to revise their last will and testament, please. No, not that part..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Sold on the Cool

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

"...The woman leans back into the sleek black sofa, her..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Modern Taste

"There are these conundrums," Steven Watson said at lunch the day before he headed off to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at UT to try and unravel some of them. Clarifying the enigmas of modernism and avant-garde artists is something that Watson has become quite proficient at.

"..."There are these conundrums," Steven Watson said at lunch the..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...Any physical resemblance between writer-performer Terry Galloway and her "sisters" in the Rude Mechanicals theatre company is..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

"...On Story: The Golden Ages of TelevisionEdited by Maya Perez and Barbara..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 'Tease That Binds

The Texas Burlesque Festival builds community among those who are hip to the strip

"...a hook – that little something unique that snags the audience. It can be a shake or a shimmy..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Gift Guide for the Austin Music Fan in Your Life

Try a Nineties Austin oral history, Willie birthday LP, or BLK ODYSSY ashtray

"...For the Lone Star Vinyl Connoisseur Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation's..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...Even in the very beginning, it was there -- a style. The..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse

After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing

"...It started off as a cute phrase, purloined from the movie..."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...Just before 10am -- ancient Greece and modern Denver. The two locales are so incongruous that..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Echoes of History

From the 23rd Street Mural to the Police Academy, in only 50 years

"...When I moved to Austin in the summer of 1975, the 23rd Street Mural was already..."

March 31, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...When you look at a map of the Americas, you see the United States first. Right..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

History doesn't repeat itself but the rhymes are terrifying in this unmissable documentary

"...History doesn't repeat itself, as the saying goes, but it certainly does rhyme. That's the..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Arty Reasons to Visit the Blanton

As the art museum gets an exterior makeover, don't miss the beauty inside

"...The two halves of the Blanton Museum of Art have..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...The movie distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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