“Shanie Tommasini: Slippery Clump” at the Umlauf

The Umlauf Prize-winning artist uses big, playful shapes and environmental manipulation to look at art, nature, and conservation

"...Umlauf Prize-winning show, "Slippery Clump," Shanie Tomassini offers a small-scale study of environmental control and submission in a less..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...best dog movies to our favorite flicks about America's pastime, visit austinchronicle.com/movie-picks. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Love & Friendship

What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?

"...odd bedfellows with the era’s ascending slackers, clerks, and small-time crooks. When Stillman expatriated to Europe for a spell,..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Keating The year is 1978. A team of wannabe crooks botch a small-town bank heist and flee with their..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart My Heart

Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter

"...milestone for a company whose model is based on small dividends amassing into big ones, an American appetite for..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Off the Record

Local songwriter Johnny Goudie takes the stand while Trailer Space Records preps for Record Store Day

"...local rocker Johnny Goudie, and his girlfriend at the time, Susan Otten, awoke to find her head split open,..."

April 15, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Storyteller

Nobody spins a yarn like Jaston Williams

"...Midway through lunch, Jaston Williams mentions the essay in Pentimento in which Lillian Hellman observes that theatre people love..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Call of the Wild

David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom

"...its steely, unblinking gaze on a familial bunch of small-time crooks with overblown egos and blown-out dreams. Think The..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Juan González answers to no one

"...Texas Vice President for Student Affairs Juan González's allotted time for public input on the future of the Cactus..."

May 14, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...to the mix, counting for a "considerable amount of time" – that is, counting to 15 – in order..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

C Sick

Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse

"...required, he simply let the disease take its course. Sometime around Aug. 15 or 16, 2005, the disease took..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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Our readers talk back.

"...It Is the Time for ReasonDear Editor,..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Scoop

Woody Allen's second British film with Scarlett Johansson finds the director falling back into the rut he carved for himself with every forgettable comedy since the underrated Deconstructing Harry.

"...Grim Reaper-driven boat to the afterlife. Bored, Strombel makes small talk with the victim of a notorious London serial..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"...all transportation boards of being comprised of nothing but "crooks" and "sellouts," to recruit candidates whose sole qualification for..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Slade

Gift guide

"...Slade as Flame, a hard-luck Midlands act struggling against small-time crooks and cynical promoters to make it in the..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...two of the Taylor nine – are doing jail time for their crimes. One of the meth defendants had..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Fashion

Stephen explores the similar trajectories of the lives of Martha Stewart, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela??!

"...unrepentant Diva of Domesticity (fair, as long as the crooks at Enron go to the big house for the..."

July 23, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Once Upon a Time in Austin

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

"...Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003); Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003); The Princess of Mars (pre-production)..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...citizens and taxpayers of Travis County. Thus, when the time comes to set tax rates to fund the rest..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...evenly. Democrats in national and local elections used their time-honored technique of demonizing their opponents and it didn't work...."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Another festival weekend, this time jazz; plus Mars Music not going under, and Bill Hicks -- still dead, more CDs.

"...you can't wait that long, the video for Spoon's "Small Stakes," made in Austin by Peter and Julie Simonite,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Hightower Report

Bush barks but barely bites, and MBNA buys a Congressman … on credit.

"...Bush Talks Loudly, Carries Small Stick..."

July 26, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...It's like a time warp in here...."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

TV Eye

Blacks and Latinos inch toward equity on television, but there are still miles of progress to be made.

"...provided a night to remember for African-Americans, but only time will tell if it was a one-night stand or..."

April 5, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

"...Say goodbye to another Danny Crooks enterprise. The former Steamboat captain phoned the Chronicle on..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...Director Larry Clark (Kids) chronicles more dysfunctional teens. This time, they're homicidal...."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...has seen more than his share of "real good crooks" during his 28-year tenure on the force. He's worked..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...past 15 years, Pilgrim's company has been cited numerous times by state and federal authorities for violating clean air..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...issue would leave one to believe that Coyote Ugly, Small Time Crooks, and Sunshine are all equally worthy (or..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...not one, but two comedies -- Road Trip and Small Time Crooks -- on the same day. This double-punch..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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