The Chronicle 's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and ...

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l-r: The Paper cast members Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei, Oscar Nuñez and Sabrina Impacciatore, with co-creators Michael Koman and Greg Daniels Much tittering about potential sources of inspiration and ...

There are starkly different takes on the development agreement. City officials said it represents a financial lifeline for Austin as the community looks for a way through its first budget crisis in ...

The last place on Earth that Austin filmmaker Margaret Brown expected to be on Sept. 29 of last year was in the city of Austin Council chambers. She was supposed to be heading to the set of her next ...

The road to finding the Democrat who will represent House District 49 and Central Austin, for lack of a Republican candidate, was a crowded one. Back in March, Austinites cast their votes for their ...

Malin, the beloved troll statue that sat within Pease Park, was burnt to the ground early Thursday, May 21. According to the Statesman, around 5:30am, the Austin Fire Department was called to the ...

Levitation 2026 will take over the city September 10-13 with a return to a multi-venue approach. This year’s four-night festival is headlined by Riot Grrrl founders Bikini Kill, Belarusian post-punk ...

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Bombeck’s honest views of motherhood and wifedom, heavily tempered with zany zingers, led to generations of copycat creations. Every paper had their own “women’s” column for a while. Then came the ...

When ChatGPT use became commonplace, Sarah Walker, who has taught the subject in Austin ISD for the last 14 years, had her students go back to paper and pencil. “What a lot of teachers in English have ...

For years, Austinites trying to understand police shootings had to piece together answers from briefings, news coverage, court cases, and old reports. Now, a new Office of Police Oversight dashboard ...