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Legislator says his fetal-personhood bill shouldn't punish pregnant women

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Onstage Theatre Company's production of Crimes of the Heart focuses on the relationships among Beth Henley's small-town Southerners and describes them simply, truly, and beautifully

Magic wishing dust allows Jennifer Garner to completely skip over her teens and twenties.

'The Fine Art of Ceramics' is a straightforward title for a tight show, with five artists creating intimate textures and sculptures out of clay, porcelain, and plaster

Is Stephen your style avatar or Eddie Izzard? Who was that man behind the shades at the Texas Film Hall of Fame?

The year-old Austin Independent Business Alliance hires a paid staff

'Snake Hunt: These Rattles Ain't for Babies'

Christina Ricci, Rebecca Romaijn-Stamos, and hordes of young Republicans

In The Bateman Trilogy, about a family of working-class suburbanite Texans, Ken Webster reveals a fine playwright's voice to go along with his strong directorial style

Travis Co.'s three House Democrats eagerly endorse Rep. Doggett

Ah, to live the life of the Chronicle Food editor; plus, Gingerbread pancakes, Girl Scouts, and the Gilstraps of Wimberley

Do Texas M.D.s now have to report pregnant drug users?

The women of the online Austin Craft Mafia got it made

The cast of Zachary Scott Theatre Center's annual Rockin' Christmas Party delivers like crazy for over two hours, but this year's edition feels under-rehearsed and is uncomfortably loud.

The Bedlam Faction's sci-fi, action-movie, musical upgrade of Aphra Behn's 17th-century comedy The Emperor of the Moon is a good time that's edgy enough for the wilder bunch and tame enough for conventional crowds.

The legal state of midwifery (Chronicle reprint from 1993)

"Food-o-File" is on the Basil's case and other big restaurant changes.

The Austin Shakespeare Festival's timely production of Julius Caesar, deftly directed by Paul Norton, features an effective, almost all-female ensemble whose depiction of the play's bold, rule-breaking politicians and opportunity-grabbing power brokers who send their enemies into disarray summons up parallels to the state of American politics.

From its annual competition, Austin Script Works has picked eight new 10-minute plays for presentation in the annual Out of Ink Festival, and this year's crop is outstanding throughout, serving up some fairly serious situations and complex characters treated with sensitivity and not a little humor.

Showtime approaches the subject of death with Dead Like Me, a new series that moves the focus from those left behind to those dearly departed.

Elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist! You know that our diva style avatar Stephen made the scene (and quite a scene) at the Pride Parade. And what hot li'l purring mama will soon be off the singles list?

Keg party at the lake! We get starstruck at the 10th anniversary party for Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater's classic ode to bud and tube socks.

Two arts institutions end their runs: the iron belly muses theatre company and the South Congress visual arts venue Gallery 1313.

In the iron belly muses production of Pains of Youth, a group of young, wealthy medical students in 1920s Austria have, well, a lot of sex with each other, and while the actors work it for all they're worth, the quick tempo and constant physical movement lead to a lack of clarity in the story and a lack of, well, sexiness in the sex.

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