The Best New Year’s Eve Concerts Happening in Austin

Eleven live music options to ring in 2024, from Snail Mail to Gary Clark Jr.

"...a 1997 Chronicle feature, the "hoot night" is an Austin invention, conceived by Michael Hall in the Eighties and..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Austin's Transportation Future: What Will It Look Like in 2033?

Highways, headless horsemen, and high-speed trains: The ghost of our transportation future

"...A train traveling over 200 miles per hour from Austin to Dallas. A car driving down I-35 with nobody..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...Yet while Stillman's early work had an undoubted fin..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite

Who’s holding the guns?

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound

No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first

"...set at this year's South by Southwest – during Austin nonprofit DAWA's showcase at Stubb's – through separate windows..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Celebrating Clementine Hall, the Unsung “Sixth Elevator”

Freddie Steady Krc and Eve Monsees team up on 7-inch tribute

"...In the annals of Austin music history, few acts parallel the mythic status of..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...for most arrests under Operation Lone Star. The Governor’s Pride..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Qmmunity: Quntry & Western

DJ Boi Orbison lassos queer country nostalgia with Neon Rainbows

"...Attention all LGBTQ buckaroos: Austin's hottest quntry party is Neon Rainbows. Established circa 2012..."

April 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...South by Southwest reconverging physically this March likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...In 2018, Austin-based art collector Laura Young purchased a centuries-old stone sculpture..."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...opportunities like this don't come around too often.  – Austin Powell..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Austin at Large: Making Good Trouble on I-35

America’s infrastructure systems are broken, but TxDOT has gone the extra mile

"...operative – the 2006 Central Library bond and the 2012 Central Health/UT Dell Medical School tax rate election –..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

"Let Dusty Sing One!" ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill (1949-2021) and the Pursuit of the Perfect Note

Legendary Texas bassist died in his sleep Tuesday night

"...Dec. 7th, 2013, when I interviewed him for an Austin Chronicle ZZ Top cover story. (See “Tracking The Beards,”..."

July 29, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...towered like the Washington Monument. I cried with supreme pride. Only Fats Domino prompted the same response years later..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

We Have an Issue: What’s Your Function?

Reporter Brant Bingamon goes inside the city’s buggy, behind-the-times website

"...In 2012, when then-staff writer Richard Whittaker reported on the launch..."

June 11, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Local Tea House Revamps Their Business to Survive Pandemic

West China Tea House shares Gong fu cha culture with Austin

"...to share a different kind of socializing culture to Austin. But Covid-19 threatened to derail their goals...."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Post by Niti Majethia

Qmmunity: Sellers Underground Shutters

Send Qmmunity your queer’d memories of the Fourth Street fixture

"...because of the pandemic, which means a quarter of Austin's queer bars and clubs have shuttered in the crisis'..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Strange Case of the 353rd District Court

"Vexatious Litigant" Connor vs. incumbent Judge Sulak in Dem primary

"...Republican (299th District Court, 2006; Third Court of Appeals, 2012) and once as a Democrat (353rd, 2008) – thus..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...dangerous scrap metal crew. Cast: Jessica Barden, Gus Halper, Austin Amelio, Grace Kaiser, Pamela Adlon, Becky Ann Baker (World..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Fangirling Over Austin’s Queer Film Fest

Plus make marriage with p1nkstar and Y2K, and Erica Nix promises no cults

"...S. Eighth); visit our Screens section here or at austinchronicle.com/screens for more! 2 To Do..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Queers Who Inspire Us

Plus trans-centric theatre, queer comedy, and the return of aGLIFF

"...tales of country dyke living. Then travel back to 2012, a fictional gay bar, and one mysterious death on..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required liability insurance to host a gay event in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Inside the Austin History Center’s LGBTQ Collections

The city’s historical archive shines a light on lesser-told stories

"...researching the history of the LGBTQ rights movement and Pride celebrations in Austin, much of this article's early history..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Public Notice: The Wrong Way, The Right Way

ALEC, APA two associations with different responses to our challenging times

"...The 46th ALEC Annual Meeting is in Austin this week, Wed.-Fri., Aug. 14-16, at the JW Marriott..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Qmmunity: Summer of Pride Is Here

Kicking off Stonewall’s 50th anniversary with QueerBomb, Black Pride, and more

"...At 34, my love of Pride sometimes feels akin to being the kid who still..."

May 31, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc: Doing the Legwork for Love

The mighty oak begins with a tiny acorn

"...First of all, what a confusing confluence of similar..."

April 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Make Some Noise for Native Rhymesayer Kydd Jones

With growing national buzz, why isn’t Austin paying attention?

"..."Man, that's Austin," says rapper Tank Washington, of his younger brother/multihyphenate Randell..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

"...My dad and I drove from Fort Worth to Austin in a Plymouth Barra­cuda. I was 6 years old...."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Ethan Hawke

The Mahogany Project Makes Space for Queer People of Color

The latest performance by the theatre collective embraces joy

"...slice of a larger performance by the Mahogany Project, Austin's most prolific black queer men's theatre collective. Unrestrained and..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

The Reader's Field Guide to Michael Noll

The Austin writer behind The Writer's Field Guide

"...phrases it best himself: “This book wouldn’t exist without Austin.” Published in late February by local press A Strange..."

April 4, 2018 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

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