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Austin and Beyond

"...basic clothing, school supplies, Internet access, college textbooks, and gun safes.38-41 Another bill, filed by Houston Republican Talmadge Heflin,..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Double Team

"...to his liking, Quinn escapes, hooks up with flamboyant gun-runner Yaz (Rodman), and goes after Stavros, who has since..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Small Faces

"...the movie. Giddy with the excitement of an air gun given to him by his older brother Bobby, events..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Shot Andy Warhol

"...But here, in addition to being a violently deranged, gun-wielding, one-woman Society for Cutting Up Men, Solanis is also..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

March 2024 Primary Election Endorsements for Travis County Residents

Our choices for local, state, and national races

"...left turn,” Gutierrez told us. “I’ve seen what that gun can do to a child, can do to a..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

12 Jurors Found Him Guilty of Murder. Gov. Abbott Thinks He Knows Better.

An Army sergeant thought he could get away with murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, and he might be right

"...self-defense, thinking that Foster was about to raise his gun. The officers believed Perry and released him. He was..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Willful Ignorance

How common is police abuse of force? We don't want to know.

"...and the fatal shooting took place. Kleinert claims his gun accidentally discharged when he hit Jackson in the back..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Off the Record

'Hot Smoke & Sasafrass': Bubble Puppy reunites, James McMurtry fires back, and a final verdict for the estate of Don Walser

"...Ariz., rampage that took issue with Arizona's lenient concealed handgun legislation. The most thoughtful response came courtesy of his..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Larger Than Life

The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too

"...years. Initially, it was slammed for its glorification of violence and of a negative stereotype, that of the wild..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Our Motto: Be Depraved

'I Am Alpha' takes a darkly satirical look at a certain all-American youth group

"...cooler moniker for an Austin theatre troupe than "Loaded Gun Theory," I've yet to run across it. "Rude Mechanicals"..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Page Two

Left-leaning criticism is not the same as political extremism

"...medical option.) But I feel exactly the same about gun control, with the fanatical gun abolitionists also viewing any..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Louis Black

A Survivor's Journey

"...don't like to hear 'Icy Barrel of a Loaded Gun.'"..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Postmarks

Duke Still Had It

"...answer. Everyone knows the answer. Our country thrives on violence. It's in the media, our sports, our video games,..."

May 14, 1999 Column

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...faith, and follows him through a landscape awash with violence, destruction, and moral squalor. Shooting in black and white..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...Austin filmmaker Jeff Nichols – whose debut feature Shotgun Stories was just terrific stuff – reteams with Michael..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Scanlines

Clueless

"...of death set the standard for 30 years of violence in film, but neither of these remarkable facts account..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Screens Feature

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...output came with a menacing shadow, a threat of violence at the edges. In the past decade, her post-millennial..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

APD Officer Indicted for 2022 Killing of Tech Entrepreneur in South Austin

Daniel Sanchez faces deadly conduct count

"...away. After hitting the ground, Sanchez yells, “Drop the gun!” and instantaneously fires three shots, followed by two more...."

Dec. 20, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: The Big Fat Blue Lying Line

Nothing about Uvalde should surprise us in Austin about the credibility of police

"...is most of all a damnation of our state's gun laws, and of the people in power who have..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Six-Week Abortion Ban Leads List of Bad New Texas Laws

Parade of horribles comes courtesy of the 87th Texas Legislature

"...have permitless carry of firearms – pretty much any gun, concealed or not, in most any public place, as..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...of a young Black man, shot down with no gun in his hand. His mother starts to cry ......"

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Andrea Ariel Dances for Democracy

On Sunday, the artist's dancing mailbox was a Capitol surprise

"...at the U.S. Capitol and subsequent threats of more violence at state capitols, she didn’t feel comfortable going there..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Dangerous Man

At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.

"...porch. As Cole's fingers grabbed for control of the gun Wardlow shot. Cole fell dead. Wardlow and Fulfer were..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

National School Walkout

"...took part in a national walkout in protest of gun violence, chanting “the NRA has got to go as..."

April 21, 2018 Photo Gallery

Point Austin: What’s Past and What’s Present

Capitol events provide a snapshot of current predicaments

"...reasons. The WLM contingent, some openly armed with long guns, were soon surrounded by hundreds of counter-protesters who made..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Racism and Heroism

Reflecting on the Charleston massacre

"...his attack was indeed "terrorism" – the use of violence to political and even genocidal ends – is an..."

June 26, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Don't Shoot the Dog

John Wick co-directors talk Keanu and cold canine revenge

"...homage to classic Eighties action films, and the balletic violence of Beat Takeshi. "We just wanted to make something..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UPDATED: Man Injured in Austin Police Shooting

Domestic disturbance leads to officer-involved shooting

"...White responded to a domestic disturbance "with violence" call at the Red Oak Apartments just before 12:30pm..."

March 21, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...system, its Cypress campus was the scene of more violence Tuesday; 20-year-old student Dylan Quick has been charged with..."

April 12, 2013 News Feature

Point Austin: Madness in Many Packages

From Highland Mall to PACT, the lunatics are at large

"...22-year-old Poplawski is a raving anti-Semite, white supremacist, and gun fanatic who a few times posted comments to Jones'..."

April 10, 2009 News Column by Michael King

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