Short Cuts

South Austin hip video store Pedazo Chunk celebrates its third anniversary with a new store, and it's time to get soused again with the Drunk Film Festival version 3.0

"...South Austin Now Officially "Coolest Place on Planet to Live" – President Blames al Qaeda, Cites..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Happenings

"...Envision Central Texas, a five-county citizens coalition focused on regional..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...On July 26, Austin lost a resident with an extraordinary..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part One

Four documentaries examine four film legacies

"...Stories about stories are an obsession. Recent documentaries like Jodorowsky's Dune and Lost Soul detail..."

Sept. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Death and Lawsuits

Ken Paxton has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

"...involved in two shootings this weekend; Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an ethics complaint and a fraud investigation (from..."

July 6, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Dance of the Century

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

"...to take a summer course with Wigman, the German expressionist dancer and choreographer who was one of the mothers..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at venues..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Just in Time for Nader '08

Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on An Unreasonable Man

"...An unavoidable aspect of An Unreasonable Man is the sense the viewer gets of being..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Planet Funk Meets Planet Punk

Nu beats on famous bleats

"...jaded, indie hipsters: Punch up YouTube, and check out Blondie's 1980 video for "Rapture." Pay special attention to Deborah..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

How He Made 'Fried Worms'

The dirt on director Bob Dolman

"...When production on his sweetly icky and gently comic adaptation of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Merry Hempsters Hit the Road

In 2001, actor and activist Woody Harrelson rang friend and filmmaker Ron Mann up and invited him to tag along on an environmental whistle-stop trip in a hemp-fueled bus -- "The Organic Living Tour." Two years later, Mann's digital video-shot doc Go Further is all but in the can.

"...Toronto-based documentary filmmaker Ron Mann was in the midst of..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"...A couple of months ago, during an early supper at El Sol y..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...Book of Dreams by Jack Kerouac; introduction by Robert Creeley City Lights Books, 356 pp., $17.95..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

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

"...Wright's Baby Driver, the debut of Starz's American Gods adaptation, and documentaries on subjects from the Grateful Dead to..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...Last summer, the Obama administration scrambled to deal with a surge of unaccompanied children..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...On the April morning of the funeral for slain Austin..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...of Texas was nicknamed the "hurry up and wait" session – in honor of legislators' inability to get much..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the Week "Obviously the individual(s) who leaked the information did not believe the Panel's vote, alone, was sufficient..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...'Second Shot' Unprofessional..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...This is in response to Nicole Huizar's concerns regarding the difficulty she has..."

July 14, 2006 Column

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with screenings put on by CinemaTexas, a graduate-student-run film..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

The Hightower Report

Another Front Group for George; and Protecting America from Fair Drug Prices

"...ANOTHER FRONT GROUP FOR GEORGE George W. has a new veterans..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Welcomes Critical DiscussionDear Editor,..."

July 15, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Exposing the Drug War..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

Like Being Killed

"...She came to my reading there with the novelist Jonathan Baumbach, a kind and funny man under whom I..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Books Feature by Marion Winik

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Film 2011 lineup – and they're keeping mum still on the Midnighters, SXFantastic Features, and the Shorts programs –..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Secrets Shared

The documentary photos of Donna DeCesare

"...Donna DeCesare's photos raise a curtain on the darkest side..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Who Remembers Phil Ochs?

Letters at 3AM

"...illustration by Jason Stout It isn't likely that any- one..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Reefer Madness

Anti-drug congressman turns pro-medipot lobbyist

"...Once upon a time there was a Republican congressman named..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Truth and Inconsequences

Chuck Klosterman on his life and his latest

"...pop culture. His first book, 2001's Fargo Rock City, chronicled his obsession with hair metal; subsequent books (2003's Sex,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Books Feature by Audra Schroeder

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