The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

"...later in combat. So, in the end, the soldiers strike an all too familiar pose -- they retreat into..."

June 29, 2001 Books Review by Scott Blackwood

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...playwrights of many communities? Does the itinerant preacher image strike any chords in anybody?..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

News of Urgency!

"...about the publishing industry put on by the Austin Writers' League. It's a fascinating thing to watch; writers, would-be..."

July 16, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

From Script to Screen

"...humor. It's a direct-to-video release from Disney, which may strike some as strange seeing as how Gordon is the..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again

Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

"...QBWA Bowling Night Get a strike among fellow queer Black women at this bowling alley..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

Postscripts

Appearances

"...Francisco. Writing in this month's Austin Writer, the Austin Writers' League's monthly newsletter, Riordan ponders why it took him..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

New Series Motherland: Fort Salem Conjures a Magical Post-Patriarchy Present

Freeform gets bewitched, bothered, and goes to war

"...until he finally had what he called a "lightning strike idea" to fuse his paganism obsession with the military...."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...and what you are, and—abstract categories out of the way—strike up a friendship. In my book Summer and Bird,..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...That's definitely the balancing act Robert was trying to strike and that I'm trying to strike as a director...."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

AFF Just Announced a Boatload of Programming

Spring and summer are chock-full of screenings and talks

"...You might recognize the WGF name from when we..."

March 20, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

New Russian Drama Festival

Austin gets another taste of contemporary Russian drama, and so does actor Joey Hood

"...in a violent, often criminal society. Under the heading STRIKE, Breaking String Artistic Director Graham Schmidt stages Klavdiev's "Martial..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...much to do with the threat of an actors strike and the associated rush to production. Rector says the..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Local production heats up, and a UT professor makes it to the Oscar doc short list

"...by a combo of the Writers Guild of America strike on the two coasts and a new film-incentives program,..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Naked City

"...bargaining power – including the last resort of a strike – in exchange for meet-and-confer bargaining. Having made the..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature

Spirited Anime

Director Shinichiro Watanabe translates his much-loved television series Cowboy Bebop to the big screen.

"...over the possibility of a chemical or biological terrorist strike stateside are there for the taking, although Watanabe would..."

April 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Esther's veteran Joel McKean passes away, and during a rare Broadway strike Austin playwright John Walch is honored by the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...union musicians who play for Broadway musicals went on strike over a contract dispute with theatre producers regarding the..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...has made it harder, not easier, for creatives to strike this balance. This is a fundamental contradiction in the..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

TV Eye

So what's snapped Belinda Acosta's bra strap this week? It's the announcement that the Wonderful World of Disney will remake Brian's Song.

"...to UPN (this is assuming the writers and actors strike doesn't happen or the strike comes to a close..."

May 4, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fall Film Previews

September

"...STRIKE..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...the Sixties. Enter pianist Shipp and bassist Parker to strike a blow for this disenfranchised segment of the jazz..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Point Austin: It's Rainin' Down in Texas

Marking Texas time and history by rising floodwaters

"...been a good, long sojourn, but I'm eager to strike out more on my own, get a bit further..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Michael King

A New Revolution?

Ding dong: The Golden Globes are (more or less) dead.

"...(stars like George Clooney pledged not to cross the writers' picket lines), NBC announced today it was killing Sunday's..."

Jan. 8, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

John Graves, Writer

Thoreau, like many of the modern-day nature writers, had a cause. Graves sees himself as a writer who chooses a subject.

"...seem too easy. Neither can sing worth a damn. Strike that last part, and let's get back to the..."

May 25, 2007 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...fails to move me. It also never fails to strike me dumb with its strange and compelling forlorn echo...."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to profit from those actions. We can no longer strike out blindly for our own personal gain if we..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...pushed by the media. The information in your column strikes me as emblematic of an increasingly anti-female time. It's..."

April 13, 2001 Column

Top of His Craft

Prior to his appearance at the Austin Film Festival, writer / director Steven Zaillian remembers his first film, his most successful, and the lessons he's learned along the way.

"...sort of a cowardice, I think. If there's a strike, which everyone is talking about, I'll be writing an..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...better for it. Always close enough to reality to strike a familiar chord, Father of the Bride shows what..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Is That a Biography in Your Pocket...?

Film Folios and Screen Prints

"...box office returns is like anticipating where lightning will strike - an inexact science at best. Director Rob Reiner..."

March 13, 1998 Books Review

McLeese's Pieces

Statesman Columnist Vents Spleen on Greens

"...humanity owns 40% of the wealth. The recent UPS strike provided enormous fodder for discussion...."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

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