Art

Art Openings

"...and Their Work (Mar 4); "Standing, Sitting, Sleeping, Sinking," Lyons Matrix Gallery (Mar 4); "N-O-N," Terra Children's Gallery (Mar..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...It was one of those days when Dagoberto Gilb was about to..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

David Sedaris and the Art of Ignoring

Austin-bound, the author adds a new descriptor: controversial.

"...As a New Yorker, he’s used to being in one of the most crowded cities in America: not crowded..."

April 28, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...e-readers are all the rage, but they have their limitations. You can't use a Kindle for a coaster, for..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...Austin has a pedigree of comic-book artists to make any bullpen on any coast nervous. And..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...Lafayette County Courthouse in 1840, but it was scorched along with most of this town square -- churches and..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...I've asked but no one can explain why three novels set in 19th-century Texas..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Why I Read ...

"...our critics who are also writers, like Jesse Sublett, Marion Winik, and Tom Doyal. But casting the net a..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...Grown Up All Wrong by Robert Christgau Harvard University Press, $29.95 hard Pop..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...Catherine Denueve. Une object d'arte. She should be in the Louvre; if she had..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...To your average American, even if he is an aficionado, one for whom the beat and the noise and..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Texas Tropes

Is Don Graham Really Texas' Literary Curmudgeon?

"...photograph by John Anderson..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Food for Thought

Books on Cuisine Make the Perfect Summer Treat

"...In our culture, food isn't just for feeding. In addition to firing up metabolisms, it also spawns entire industries,..."

June 12, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...images. The eyes in a portrait are an unspoken invitation... a barren landscape is rich in texture... an ordinary..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...of a snob, too. So say the words "genre fiction" – no, even worse, "Western novel" – and all..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Hey, who put a vegetarian in my aquifer?

"...the sudden flurry of excitement about film studio and production uses at Mueller, I appreciate the recognition given the..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...As you read this, millions of copies of the newly released Microsoft game Halo..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...It's unsettling getting a phone call from Jerry Wexler: Gerald Wexler, born 1917 in..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A New Chapter for Austin’s Small Bookstores

From serving neighborhoods to serving wine, how innovative local booksellers are filling the shelves

"...Well, fine, that one is kind of hard to prove. Austin loves to..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Indoor Queers Club: LGBT-Boo!

Queer horror picks from your trusty Chronicle crypt keepers

"...holds a special place in the queer community and everyone has their favorites they reach for. (Shout-out to Gothess..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Kennedy. Bentsen died Tuesday at age 85.Headlines• Austin music icon Clifford Antone died Tuesday. See our coverage in the..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

The Dragon & the Tiger

Shadow Warriors, Glorium

"...Glorium, a band shrouded in enough mystery to give Raymond Chandler writer's cramp. The Austin quintet's discography is subtitled..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature

Postcards’ Journey From the Border to the Stage

Writer Oscar Cásares, photographer Joel Salcido, and musician Carrie Rodriguez collaborate on a multimedia production

"...the smooth, glossy cover image of a palm tree on the beach. We smell the chemical scent of a..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by Benton Graham

99 Years of Tracking Texas

Texas State Historical Association's Publishing Division

"...diploma meets the outstretched palm. In Texas, that's different. Anyone taking a quick walk through downtown or West Campus,..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Phil West

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...down. The next couple of years will see the consequences of the bust followed by a slowly recovering economy...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half of the Nineties is growth,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Between the Lines

"...told him a story. He had been married to someone else, an Australian woman whom he had met during..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Books Review

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...1995. It wasn't the best year in book publishing: Martin Amis - genius or con man? - seemed be..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Why is William Gibson at BookPeople Tonight?

Because you should definitely distrust that particular flavor

"...Is there anything more ironic than technical problems with phones when you're interviewing William..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...white, and you're black. When you go to the station and the train has left, that is the blues...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

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