Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"...Rhoda Winter Russell remembers Mary Wigman addressing her, rolling the "r" and lowering the pitch to emphasize the final..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...in his backyard when he heard someone walking up the gravel path toward his neighbor's house. Sherman lives on..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Daily Hustle: 8/26/10 (Updated)

This meeting's in the bag

"...it justice, with all major items – rezoning for the Walsh Tarlton condos in the Barton Springs zone, and..."

Aug. 26, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Secret Life of Bees

Despite the sincere coming-of-age story at the heart of this movie rife with singers-turned-actresses, there's no denying the pleasures found in the film's soulful matriarchy.

"...Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Starring: Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Amityville Horror

A dream home on Long Island is not all it's cracked up to be: The family inside sees dead people.

"...Chloe Moretz and Rachel Nichols. It’s a shame that the final film from MGM, which has just been bought..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez

Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream

"...In the 19th century, boxing was called "the gentleman's sport" or..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postcards from the Fringe

Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth

"......"

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

The Virtues of Flexibility

Re-Imagining the Production Process

"...It was unlike any theatre I had ever seen, a temple to possibility, its..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kate the Chemist Says, "Anybody Can Be a Scientist"

Kate the Chemist is on a mission to take over the world

"...Kate Biberdorf, or as she’s more commonly known, Kate the Chemist, has been working diligently for years to break..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Katherine McNevins

"Daniel Johnston: I Live My Broken Dreams" Tells the Story of an Artist

The first-ever museum exhibition of Daniel Johnston's work digs deep into the man, the myths

"...underestimate. His songs were mostly simple tunes that covered the same territory – love, redemptive and unrequited; his own..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

MASS Gallery Sends Exquisite Corpses Through the Mail

The Austin artspace gets downright surreal with the USPS for its current exhibition

"...You ever send a corpse through the mail, citizen? How about an exquisite corpse?..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Is Who We Are #7: Sharon Marroquín's The Materiality of Impermanence

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...Our ability to experience art in person and with others is presently in lockdown,..."

May 13, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Inside the Amazing World of Taxidermy With Stuffed

Director Erin Derham finds beauty and lessons in animal art

"...expected to make a movie about taxidermy. Before she started researching what would become her lyrical, poignant, and beautiful..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Things to Do Downtown During the Texas Tribune Festival

Take a break with these hot spots within walking distance of the Capitol

"...Here for the Texas Tribune Festival and need respite from politics? Downtown..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

Summer Fun: Conquering the Coastal Bend

Corpus Christi bike race bookends the end of summer

"...a fan and/or follower of Texas bicycle road rides, there's a good chance Conquer the Coast, the 10-/25-/65-mile ride..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Chronolog Post by Carmen Rising

Art Review: 'Blog Reblog'

Randomly paired photos yield serendipitous imagery

"...lovers of contemporary photography, it’s worth a trip to the Big Medium galleries...."

May 28, 2014 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern world and at the same time to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Below the budget storm clouds, plans form for UTMB campus at Mueller

"...The Travis Co. Hospital District board has seen the future..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Playing Around With the Evil Empire

The Rude Mechanicals go Russian with a play -- well, a performance piece -- umm -- a performance collage -- well, '300 Plays About Vladimir Putin.'

"...Rude Mechanicals. The name is redolent with irreverence, and while the "mechanical"..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Throw the Switch

City Planners Consider Options on the Seaholm Power Plant

"...Watson sounded unusually chipper last week as he discussed the many reuse possibilities for the old Seaholm Power Plant...."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spirit Adrift, Austin Reggae Fest, Nilüfer Yanya, Amyl & the Sniffers, and more recommended shows

"...Like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spirit Adrift commander Nathan Garrett and his..."

April 22, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Verde Report: Unable to Gather, Austin FC Players Find Friendship in Fans

How the Verde squad is settling into Austin

"...When Austin FC moved into its state-of-the-art St. David's Performance Center in the spring, it sounded..."

June 11, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Janine Barchas’ The Lost Books of Jane Austen

In this nonfiction book, the local scholar provides fresh insight into the ways that Jane Austen became Jane Austen, literary superstar

"...There's no way that the author of Pride and Prejudice..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Power to the People

Cue the linemen! 'Trash Project' choreographer Allison Orr is making Austin Energy dance

"...Allison Orr is back in the old routine: up at 5am (5:30 on a "good"..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Final Four

The artists up for the first Arthouse Texas Prize talk about their work

"...In just two weeks, Arthouse will hand out its first-ever Texas Prize, a historic..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Education of a Lifetime

A look at UT's Performing Arts Center and the process by which they bring the biggest names in jazz to Austin.

"...after UT's Bass Concert Hall had turned off all the lights and gone to bed. Except, down the dark,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Reverse Crossover of La Mafia

The Empire Builders

"...Perez was slain last spring, few people outside of the Latin music industry really knew who the young artist..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

Play’s the Thing in Grand Theft Hamlet

Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane take arms against a sea of virtual troubles

"...March 2020. The global film industry went into COVID lockdown. Like every..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Signs of the Season Changing

Anticipating Oktoberfest, our Halloween costume contest, and the midterm election

"...When I let the dog out first thing in the morning, I've started..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

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