Fantastic Fest Review: Falling Stars

Witchcraft in the desert as a chillingly minimalist road trip

"...real – real enough to build fairy rings as hunting traps, and to lay down valerian root to ward..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Teddy

French werewolf comedy has a tragic bite

"...he's cool, so subversive, but he's a 20-something high school dropout still living in an upstairs room in a..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: Raymond Chandler’s 'The Long Goodbye'

Sleuthing for a childhood relic

"...a significant portion of his career in Naval intelligence hunting our native Bay Area’s Zodiac because his employers feared..."

July 11, 2014 Books Post by Raoul Hernandez

Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...who, at the time, was studying to be a public-school teacher. He told Ramos the officers had been at..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Locavore Chef

Jesse Griffiths on fishing, hunting, and 'French encouragement'

"...offers fall and spring classes in hog butchery, and hunting camps for both men and women. After Grif­fiths was..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Way With Guns

Young writer Kevin Wood grew up with BB guns, and rifles and hunting, so it was a bit of a shock for him to discover that he wasn't as comfortable with a handgun.

"...rifle, something he tries to do each year before hunting season. "Sighting" in gun-speak means firing the rifle at..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...remained district property, which cost about $180,000. (How many school districts do you know buy a house for their..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Column

Christmas Closer for Big Bend?

General Land Office rejects private bids for Christmas Mountains.

"...The three-person School Land Board voted unanimously Tuesday to allow two private..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...go to the movies, of course. Time off from school, time off from work -- the movies provide the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...(HBs 12, 1236, and 3042) that would establish private school voucher programs of various scope and grandeur for Texas..."

April 8, 2005 News Column

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...worked as an electrician. He dropped out of high school, married at 18, and had a son, Christopher. The..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Where the Sea Used to Be

"...short stories and essays — the Montana wilderness, geology, hunting, man's interaction with nature — and is just as..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Books Review

The Fresh and the Cured

Two local charcuterie wizards surf the old wave

"...sausagemakers, with two generations of Bohemian relatives before him hunting deer and making sausages around Gon­zal­es, Texas. He met..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...was going to transform the land into a corporate hunting retreat where he could entertain clients from Las Vegas..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...in their friendship. But this is challenged when the school’s matron divides them. Cast: Rima Te Wiata, Erana James,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...story set in the Bronx and at a pricey school for girls on the Upper East Side of Manhattan...."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

No Christmas Present for Private Land-Purchasers?

School Land Board says will give National Park Service time to make offer on Christmas Mountains

"...Christmas Mountains to private owners have faltered, after the School Land Board said it would give the National Park..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Our Land Public

Stretch of undeveloped land in far West Texas focus of unusual ownership debate

"...far West Texas, with the proceeds going to the School Land Board. But on the sale map the boundary..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wild, Wild Wildlife

Texas Parks & Wildlife's Andy Sansom

"...business -- and it really doesn't matter if you're hunting or you're rock-climbing -- you're in trouble...."

May 9, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Does Anybody Want the Warren Wildlife Gallery in Bouldin Creek?

Rick Warren's indoor safari brings turmoil to the South Austin neighborhood

"...to his family's Caterpillar dealerships – is chock-full of hunting trophies, artwork, and sleek video screens. In the reception..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As their fuzzy visions of the..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File: Weekend Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...pleased with the success of the first Gulf Coast Hunting and Fishing School that it will be repeated this..."

Aug. 22, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

"...Casting agents John Williams and Karmen Leech were hunting down a different strain of actor for David Gordon..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Top 10 State Stories: Farewell to Ann, fungoo to Cheney

"...3) School Finance Shell Game: A spring special legislative session ended..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Technical Difficulties

Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?

"...six-figure salary he used to command. But after job hunting for several months in Austin, he's been unable to..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Going Public

A new Sunset Commission report recommends opening Texas' public lands to use by the public as parkland.

"...that all state lands be assessed for their potential hunting and recreational value...."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Readers respond to Zero Tolerance, the Longhorn Pipeline, and Being John Malkovich.

"...3. When as a young man goes deer hunting for the first time has adults smear blood on..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...wishes to use them." EnviroLink, run by The Heinz School in Pittsburgh, offers libraries of environmental information, a directory..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Foodie Field Trips and More Edible Experiences to Gift This Season

Austin Chronicle Gift Guide 2023

"...herself teaching a class from time to time.bartonspringsmill.com/collections/cooking-classes New School of Traditional Cookery: Hunt, Butcher, Cook..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Food Feature by Rod Machen

Elevator Game

Goofy horror-comedy transitions to ghoulish chiller at the flick of a switch

"...The story definitely has a familiar rhythm, with a ghost-hunting show finally finding something truly supernatural and quickly ruing..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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