Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Watch: Black Eyed Vermillion Stares into the Isolated Abyss with “These Walls”

Punk growler deviates into dark trip-hop with new video

"...In our haste and excitement to move on from the past year of loss, lock-down, and isolation, it’s important..."

June 23, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Texas Is Reopening, but Local Leaders Are Ready to Bar the Door

At the threshold

"...As he had telegraphed he would do over the last week, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday unveiled his..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Denise Elliott Jones: "Does It Match the Sofa?" at the Butridge Gallery

This divine Texas artist is straight-up messing with the fabric of reality

"...All right, citizen, I'm sending you back to the Dougherty Arts Center, to the Butridge Gallery therein...."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...food joints, and enormous parking lots. Hit it at the wrong time, and you'll find yourself working slowly from..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time? (Part 2)

With Tim Doyle, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Kareem Badr, and more

"...We don't mean "What's the most important book you've ever read?" – whatever that..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Spencer Parsons

Spencer Parsons on Slacker 2011

"...With the world premiere of Slacker 2011 just a few days..."

Aug. 25, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

In Search of a Well-Set Table? Bring Back the Bling

Set formal holiday tables this year with thrift store finds

"...I never got to really see the dining room tables that I was continuously reminded were..."

Nov. 30, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...Striding across the full parking lot of Central Market near Ben White..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hightower Lowdown

Less Muckraking, More Fluffmaking; Battling Biopiracy

"...Less Muckraking, More Fluffmaking There once was a boisterous bar in Austin, that had..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...support would have unseated him. If Mitchell had given the Eastside even a fragment of what he said he..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...Down the rabbit hole we go, reader, and you're already familiar..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke, being..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

All Hail the Jester

Changing the world – one beer at a time

"...The jester is nobody's fool. Often dismissed as dim-witted and..."

May 2, 2014 Food Feature by Anna Toon

From the Vaults: 'Bernie' Kills

Linklater's latest delivers his biggest opening weekend

"...sophisticates in New York and L.A. have nothing on the home-town crowd. Richard Linklater's new film Bernie opened on..."

April 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Then There's This: Through the Roof

Cost of living in Austin is 'Out of Reach' for most renters

"...A new national report on the cost of rent for working people confirms what most..."

March 23, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...Perhaps it's prankishly appropriate in the time of viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" that..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Real Crash Davis

Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream

"...thinks about quitting, Alan Zinter looks you straight in the eye, barely blinking, not a hint of a smile..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten lava...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...On the city's letterhead and bumper stickers, Austin is the "Live..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Around the World in Tasty Ways

Ash Corea: Empress of the Empanada

"...The Empanada Parlour 500 East Fourth Street, 480-8902 Open Sun..."

May 12, 1995 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

Chronicle Endorsements for the March Primary Election

Here are the local, state, and national Dems we picked to represent us

"...Lots of action this cycle, as redistricting has changed the political map in ways that mostly work to Austin..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...clutch of "in case of emergency, break glass" songs they can trust to ignite a crowd...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing With These Texas Road Trips

Houston and other Texas sites celebrate the golden anniversary of the first lunar landing

"...Nobody really knew if we could get there. Well, get there safely. And if we did manage..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: The Arts Commission Hustle

City group gets moving on policy plan for Austin creatives

"...The special called meeting of the Austin Arts Commission pretty..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin and the 7-10 Split

Candidates in west and west-central districts find common cause

"...talking about shifting Austin to single-member City Council districts, the logic was simple. You add more geographic representation, more..."

July 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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