Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"..."To me, the comic is the guy who says 'Wait a minute' as the consensus forms. He's the..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...It's just weeks before Christmas, but outside it feels like spring. The sky is..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

A Honky-Tonk Song

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

"...The jukebox is playing,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...Thursday 6, Hyperreal Film Club..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...My friend claims her blond Labrador retriever, Nellie, is a "mean little..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

A Time of Recognition

An excerpt from John Cale's new autobiography, What's Welsh for Zen?

"...Frankly, it just wasn't enough. John Cale's four-song Sterling Morrison..."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Victor Bockris

Is Smith Trying to Squeeze Readers Into a Slot?

"...Dear Editor, While I can appreciate the frustration Jordan Smith..."

Sept. 11, 2008 Postmarks

After a Fashion

Austin designer Jerri Kunz on plastic trees and the shoeless

"...A CHAT WITH JERRI She is an Austin legend –..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Confessions of a Trash-Lovin' Mama

Old viewing habits die hard for a new mom.

"...One night I was watching Showgirls and throwing back Moscow mules. The next..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

After a Fashion

This season, it's all about fashion.

"...FASHIONSPEAK I know why people think fashion designers are vapid..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Beginner's Guide to Marijuana Edibles

Forays into cannabis cookery

"...Sitting in post-holiday traffic, I covertly stared at the mom riding shotgun..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Food Feature by Alice B. Toker

Let's Build a City

All stages lead to the 2010-11 Austin Music Awards

"...Stages change, but platforms arise at every level...."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Radical Inclusion: A Morality Tale

Halfway through the 365 days of 365 Days/365 Plays, Suzan-Lori Parks' dramatic project has everyone making theatre and in new ways

"...Call this intermission...."

April 27, 2007 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

After a Fashion

We find a (very) few gab-worthy Globes moments, our favorite model / lawyer checks in, and your style diva does Dallas

"...GOLDEN GLOBULES: Last Sunday's broadcast was dull, dull, dull. I did have..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Somehow, Stephen has managed to milk attention to his birthday out of another week's column. You'd think they happen more frequently than once a year … perhaps at his age, they do? Plus, some Vivid cowboy news for those who may read this column for different reasons …

"...HOLIDAY HINTS With all the invitations rolling in, I knew..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history,..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...Sitting in the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians office last summer, waiting for..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Confessions of a Mind on Overdrive

Troy Dillinger has so much to give

"...You can call Troy Dillinger a lot of things – boisterous,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Free as a Bird

Andrew Kenny, leader of the American Analog Set, watches his phoenix rising in the Wooden Birds

"...It ended the way they had planned: one final album, one final tour,..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Hell of a Year

Kathy McCarty presses Jon Dee Graham about the good and the bad old and new days

"...I met Jon Dee Graham when I was 23 and he was 25. We..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Kathy McCarty

It Takes a Village

Christine Albert & Chris Gage experience another Austin musical rite of passage: the benefit

"...At the end of 2003, local performer Christine Albert approached..."

April 8, 2005 Music Feature by Christine Albert

Hatching a Plan

Austin's emerging culinary creative class is sharing talent and resources to find the right recipe for success

"...When former electrical engineer David Ansell began his soup delivery business in..."

June 18, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...Sapachai "Sap" Apisaksari and I became fast friends in the..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...Second Place: Novemberby Eileen E. Flynn..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Making a List

Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature

"...If we're to believe the lobbyists and developers who do business with the Legislature, the city..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Life A.D.

Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm

"...I woke up the morning after Doug Sahm died to NPR's Morning Edition program, and..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Perfect Holiday

In this lightweight yuletide fluffery, a young girl turns to a shopping-mall Santa to find a husband for her divorced mother.

"...Directed by: Lance Rivera. Starring: Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Faizon Love, Terrence..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dueling Dickens

Two productions of a seasonal classic raise the spirits, with Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol vs. Penfold Theatre's A Christmas Carol Classic Radiocast

"...You know the story. Set in mid-19th-century London, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

TV Eye

Reflections on the memorable television specials of Christmas past

"...Like most everyone, I have my favorite holiday sense-memories: creamy eggnog with a splash..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Smoke

"...Directed by: Wayne Wang and Paul Auster. Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel,..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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